Electrical connector assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9601876-B2
Application number	US-201514866045-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Priority date	Mar 4, 2015
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting to a chip module, includes a first metal casing having a first accommodating cavity, a first electrical connecting base received in the first accommodating cavity, a second metal casing having a second accommodating cavity, and a second electrical connecting base received in the second accommodating cavity. The second metal casing includes a fixing portion fixed to an outer surface of the first metal casing, and the second metal casing is fixed onto a circuit board. The first and second electrical connecting bases mate with first and second mating plugs. The first and second mating plugs are configured to transmit signals of different specifications. It is convenient to separate or combine the first electrical connecting base and the second connecting base.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
a first metal casing provided with a first accommodating cavity;
a first electrical connecting base, received in the first accommodating cavity, and configured to mate with a first mating plug;
a second metal casing, fixed onto a circuit board, provided with a second accommodating cavity, and having a fixing portion fixed to an outer surface of the first metal casing; and
a second electrical connecting base, received in the second accommodating cavity, and configured to mate with a second mating plug,
wherein the first electrical connecting base and the second electrical connecting base are independently formed before respectively received in the first accommodating cavity and the second accommodating cavity, the first metal casing and the second metal casing are fixed via the fixing portion, the first electrical connecting base is fixed to the first metal casing, the second electrical connecting base is fixed to the second metal casing, such that the first electrical connecting base and the second electrical connecting base are assembled together through the first metal casing and the second metal casing; and
wherein the first mating plug and the second mating plug are configured to transmit signals of different specifications.

2. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second accommodating cavity is located at a side of the first metal casing; and
wherein the first metal casing wraps the periphery of the first electrical connecting base, and the second metal casing wraps the periphery of the second electrical connecting base.

3. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein an extending portion extends from the fixing portion to define the second accommodating cavity, and the head and the tail of the extending portion are connected by laser soldering to form the second accommodating cavity.

4. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal casing comprises a stopping wall extending downward from the fixing portion to be stopped at the back of the first metal casing.

5. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the stopping wall comprises a grounding portion extending downward and soldered to the circuit board.

6. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal casing comprises a stopping portion stopped at the back of the second electrical connecting base.

7. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the second metal casing is provided with an elastic sheet entering the second accommodating cavity downward and used for urging the second mating plug downward.

8. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrical connecting base comprises:
a first insulating body, having a first base and a first tongue extending forward from the first base;
a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals respectively arranged into an upper row and a lower row, and embedded in the first insulating body, each of the first terminals having a first contact portion exposed from an upper surface of the first tongue, and each of the second terminals having a second contact portion exposed from a lower surface of the first tongue;
an upper grounding sheet located above the first terminals;
a lower grounding sheet located below the second terminals and associated with the upper grounding sheet; and
a middle shielding sheet located between the first terminals and the second terminals.

9. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the first mating plug comprises a holding sheet contacting the middle shielding sheet, and the holding sheet is provided with an insertion portion extending downward and inserted into the circuit board.

10. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the holding sheet comprises a notch running through a lower edge of the holding sheet, and the holding sheet holds the first mating plug by using the notch.

11. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrical connecting base is of a specification for transmitting a radio frequency signal.

12. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal casing wraps a top surface and two sides of the first metal casing, the fixing portion is fixed to the top surface of the first metal casing by laser soldering, and two buckling sheets extend downward respectively from two side edges of the fixing portion to buckle the two sides of the first metal casing.

13. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal casing comprises a rear wall stopped at the back of the first electrical connecting base, the first electrical connecting base comprises a boss, and the rear wall is provided with a supporting leg extending downward and supported on the boss.

14. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first mating plug comprises:
a third metal casing, having a fixing frame fixed to the circuit board and a mating frame extending forward from the fixing frame and entering the first accommodating cavity; and
an insulating sleeve, sleeved over only the mating frame, having a limiting portion stopped at a front end of the mating frame, and supported on the circuit board.

15. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first mating plug comprises an insulating block and a terminal group insert-molded in the insulating block;
wherein each terminal of the terminal group comprises a soldering portion, the insulating block comprises an isolation portion between two adjacent soldering portions; and
wherein the insulating block comprises, at a side of the soldering portion, a slot extending to the soldering portion, and a top surface of the slot is higher than a bottom surface of the isolation portion.

16. The electrical connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first mating plug comprises:
a body;
an upper row of terminals and a lower row of terminals located in the body, each of the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals having a conducting portion electrically connected to the first electrical connecting base; and
an upper shielding sheet located above the body and a lower shielding sheet located below the body,
wherein the upper shielding sheet or the lower shielding sheet comprises a main portion and a side portion bending and extending from each of two sides of the main portion, and the main portion comprises an opening corresponding to the conducting portion and passing through to the side portion.

17. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
a first metal casing provided with a first accommodating cavity;
a first electrical connecting base, received in the first accommodating cavity, and configured to mate with a first mating plug;
a second metal casing, fixed onto a circuit board, provided with a second accommodating cavity, and having a fixing portion fixed to an outer surface of the first metal casing; and
a second electrical connecting base, received in the second accommodating cavity, and configured to mate with a second mating plug,
wherein a top surface of the second metal casing is provided with an elastic sheet entering the second accommodating cavity downward and used for urging the second mating plug downward; and
wherein the first mating plug and the second mating plug are configured to transmi

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd
• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Xiao Di
• Fang Da Ling

Classifications

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R24/50

  mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board] · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title

• H01R13/6585 Primary

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title