TWI763212B - connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a guide shield and a heat sink. The guide shield has an accommodating space, a socket connected to the accommodating space and located at the front end, and a wall constituting the accommodating space, the wall forming a window communicating with the accommodating space. The heat sink has a surface disposed on the wall, and a thermal coupling portion protrudingly disposed on the surface. The thermal coupling portion enters the accommodating space through the window and can move relative to the guiding shield. The thermal coupling portion includes two side protruding structures extending from front to back and jointly defining a concave portion, and a thermal pad disposed in the concave portion between the two side protruding structures, each side protruding structure has a front end located at the front end a guide slope.

Description

connector assembly

The present invention relates to a connector assembly, in particular to a connector assembly with a heat sink.

Chinese Invention Patent Publication No. CN111065878 A discloses a connector assembly. When the pluggable module is inserted into the cover element of the connector assembly, the slope of the heat sink protects the front edge of the thermal interface material to avoid interference with the Module joining. Although the slope can protect the front edge of the thermal interface material from engaging with the module, when the module passes through the slope, the front end of the heat sink will be raised and the rear end will be The elasticity of the spring presses down to present an inclined state, and then the thermal interface material will be scraped during the continuous insertion of the front end of the module, causing damage to the thermal interface material.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a connector assembly that can improve at least one problem in the prior art.

Therefore, in some embodiments, the connector assembly of the present invention includes a guide shield and a heat sink. The guide shield has an accommodating space, a socket connected to the accommodating space and located at the front end, and a wall constituting the accommodating space, the wall forming a window communicating with the accommodating space. The heat sink has a surface disposed on the wall, and a thermal coupling portion protrudingly disposed on the surface. The thermal coupling portion enters the accommodating space through the window and can move relative to the guiding shield. The thermal coupling portion includes two side protruding structures extending from front to back and jointly defining a concave portion, and a thermal pad disposed in the concave portion between the two side protruding structures, each side protruding structure has a front end located at the front end a guide slope.

In some embodiments, each side protruding structure further has a first stepped portion located behind the guiding slope portion, and a second stepped portion located behind the first stepped portion, and the thermally conductive pad is located on the two The part between the second step portions of the side protruding structures protrudes from the second step portions of the two side protruding structures.

In some embodiments, the protruding height of the first stepped portion of each side protruding structure relative to the surface of the heat sink is greater than the protruding height of the second stepped portion relative to the surface of the heat sink.

In some embodiments, the front section of at least one of the protruding structures is configured as a front wide section which is widened laterally.

In some embodiments, the guiding slopes of the protruding structures on both sides are connected to each other to form a guiding structure extending laterally, and the thermal coupling portion further has a rear section formed on the guiding structure and extending laterally a groove, the front edge of the thermal pad extends into the groove.

In some embodiments, the guiding slopes of the protruding structures on both sides are connected to each other to form a guiding structure extending laterally, and the thermal coupling portion further has a rear section formed on the guiding structure and extending laterally a groove, the front edge of the thermal pad extends into the groove.

In some implementations, the guiding slopes of the protruding structures on both sides are protruded from a portion of the thermal pad located between the guiding slopes.

In some embodiments, it also includes a socket connector covered by the guide shield, and a pressing elastic member for assembling the heat sink to the wall of the guide shield.

In some embodiments, the pressing elastic member is an elastic fastener, the heat sink further has a substrate formed with the surface, the pressing elastic member has an elastic pressing portion that is elastically pressed against the substrate, and It extends from the elastic pressing portion and is assembled to the assembling portion of the guiding shield.

The connector assembly of the present invention can surely protect the heat-conducting pad and prevent the heat-conducting pad from being scratched by the front edge of a pluggable module.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are designated by the same reference numerals.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 , a first embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention is suitable for plugging with a pluggable module 200 . The pluggable module 200 includes a casing 201, a plug-in board 202, and a cable 203. The casing 201 includes a plug-in portion 201a, and the plug-in board 202 protrudes from the plug-in part 201a and is disposed on the The plug-in portion 201 a and the plug-in board 202 have a plurality of contact fingers 202 a . The cable 203 is provided in the housing 201 and is mechanically and electrically connected to the plug-in board 202 . The connector assembly 100 includes a guide shield 1 , a receptacle connector 2 , a heat sink 3 , and two pressing elastic members 4 . It should be noted that the number of the guiding shield 1 , the socket connector 2 , the heat sink 3 and the pressing elastic member 4 can be adjusted according to requirements and can be stacked or combined. , not limited by the number in the first embodiment.

For example, the guide shield 1 is made of metal material, and the guide shield 1 can be constructed by punching and bending a metal plate through a die. The guide shield 1 extends along a front-rear direction D1 (the direction indicated by the arrow is the front, and the reverse direction is the rear) and has a top wall 11 and the top wall 11 along an up-down direction D2 (the direction indicated by the arrow is upward, A bottom wall 12 opposite to each other at intervals along a left-right direction D3 (the direction indicated by the arrow is right, and the reverse direction is left) is opposite to each other at intervals and is respectively connected to both sides of the top wall 11 and the bottom wall 12 two side walls 13, a rear wall 14 located at the rear end and connected to the top wall 11 and the rear edge of the side walls 13, and extending downward from the side walls 13 and suitable for fixing a circuit board (not shown in the figure) ) (not shown) and/or a plurality of pins 15 connected to ground traces. In addition, the guide shield 1 also has an accommodating space 16 which is defined by the top wall 11 , the bottom wall 12 , the two side walls 13 and the rear wall 14 and is located inside. a socket 161 for accommodating the space 16 and for inserting the pluggable module 200, a window 162 formed on the top wall 11 and extending backward from the front section of the top wall 11 and communicating with the accommodating space 16, and A bottom opening 163 located behind the bottom wall 12 and communicated with the accommodating space 16 .

The receptacle connector 2 is covered by the guide shield 1 through the bottom opening 163 , so that the receptacle connector 2 is disposed in the rear section of the accommodating space 16 , but not limited thereto. In addition, the socket connector 2 is mechanically and electrically disposed on the circuit board. The socket connector 2 has an insulating base 21 and a plurality of terminals 22. The base 21 has a plug slot 211 facing forward. , the terminals 22 are arranged in the socket 211 and their tails (not shown) are electrically and mechanically connected to the circuit board. After the pluggable module 200 enters the guide shield 1 from the socket 161 , the plug board 202 of the pluggable module 200 protruding from the plug portion 201 a can be inserted into the socket connector 2 the plug-in slot 211, so that the contact fingers 202a of the plug-in board 202 contact the terminals 22 in the plug-in groove 211 of the socket connector 2, so that the pluggable module 200 and the connector assembly 100 are connected to each other. The socket connectors 2 are butted against each other. In addition, a plurality of grounding members 17 are disposed at the socket 161 of the guiding shield 1 , and the grounding members 17 are disposed on the socket 161 and are respectively located on the outer side of the guiding shield 1 and the inner side of the guiding shield 1 The two plate bodies 170 located at the socket 161, and a plurality of elastic fingers 171 extending backward from the two plate bodies 170 located at the socket 161 and distributed on the outside of the guide shield 1 and the inside of the guide shield 1, etc. One of the elastic fingers 171 located on the outside of the guide shield 1 is used for contacting with the peripheral edge of a casing (not shown) located at a mounting hole (not shown), and the elastic fingers 171 are located in the The inner side of the guiding shield 1 is used for contacting with the pluggable module 200 .

The heat sink 3 has a base plate 31 formed with a bottom surface 311 and a top surface 312 , a plurality of heat dissipation fins 32 formed upward from the top surface 312 of the base plate 31 and arranged side by side along the left-right direction D3 , and A thermal coupling portion 33 is disposed protrudingly on the bottom surface 311 of the substrate 31 . The bottom surface 311 of the base plate 31 is disposed on the top wall 11 of the guiding shield 1 , the thermal coupling portion 33 enters the accommodating space 16 through the window 162 on the top wall 11 , and the entire heat sink 3 is thermally coupled with the thermal coupling portion 16 . 33 is movable relative to the guide shield 1 . It should be noted that although the heat sink 3 is installed on the top wall 11 in the first embodiment, in other embodiments, the heat sink 3 may also be installed at the bottom where the window 162 is formed The wall 12 or the two radiators 3 are respectively installed on the top wall 11 and the bottom wall 12 where the window 162 is formed. In addition, the radiator 3 can also be installed in the accommodating space for guiding the shield 1 16 is divided into a separation structure of upper and lower layers (not shown). In addition, although in the first embodiment, the thermal coupling portion 33 is directly and integrally formed on the substrate 31 to move with the substrate 31 , in other embodiments, the thermal coupling portion 33 can also be opposite to the substrate 31 . An independent element assembled to the base plate 31 movably on the base plate 31 , or an independent element fixedly assembled to the base plate 31 and moved together with the base plate 31 .

The two pressing elastic members 4 are elastic fasteners in the first embodiment and are used to assemble the heat sink 3 to the top wall 11 of the guide shield 1 . Each pressing elastic member 4 has an elastic pressing portion 41 elastically pressed against the top surface 312 of the base plate 31 , and extends downward from the left and right ends of the elastic pressing portion 41 and is assembled to the guide. The two assembly parts 42 of the shielding cover 1 are guided. In detail, each side wall 13 located on both sides of the guide shield 1 is formed with two buckling protrusions 131 , and each assembly portion 42 is formed with a corresponding buckling protrusion 131 on the corresponding side wall 13 . a snap hole 421. In addition, the heat sink 3 also has two avoidance grooves 34 formed on the heat dissipation fins 32 and used to avoid the elastic pressing portions 41 of the two pressing elastic members 4 . It should be noted that, although the number of the elastic pressing parts 41 and the assembling parts 42 of the pressing elastic member 4 is one pair in the first embodiment, in other embodiments, the elastic pressing parts 41 and 42 The number of the parts 41 and the assembling parts 42 can also be adjusted to any number according to the requirements. In addition, the pressing elastic member 4 can also be replaced with other elastic fasteners for pressing the radiator 3 The type of the pressing elastic member 4 is not limited to the first embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 , when the pluggable module 200 enters the guide shield 1 and is mated with the receptacle connector 2 of the connector assembly 100 , the housing 201 of the pluggable module 200 The top surface of the plug-in portion 201a will be in contact with the thermal coupling portion 33 of the heat sink 3, and the thermal coupling portion 33 of the heat sink 3 together with the entire heat sink 3 will be pushed upward (see FIG. 4 ), and further , through the downwardly pressing reaction force exerted by the pressing elastic member 4 on the radiator 3, the thermal coupling portion 33 of the radiator 3 will be closely abutted against the shell of the pluggable module 200 The top surface of the plug-in portion 201a of the body 201 maintains the contact relationship between the pluggable module 200 and the heat sink 3 to ensure heat dissipation.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5 to 6 , the thermal coupling portion 33 includes a body 331 protruding downward from the bottom surface 311 of the substrate 31 , formed downward from the body 331 , extending from front to back, and defined together Two side protruding structures 332 of a concave portion 333 , and a thermal pad 334 disposed in the concave portion 333 between the two side protruding structures 332 . The thermally conductive pad 334 can sufficiently fill the seams or voids of the contact surfaces to reduce the contact thermal resistance between the contact surfaces. The thermally conductive pad 334 is a thermal interface material (Thermal Interface Material) in the first embodiment, and its material can be selected from For example, a combination of materials with properties such as high thermal conductivity, high flexibility, compressibility, insulation, wear resistance, etc., and, for example, a material combination of a substrate and a phase change material, such as It can be a structure of more than two layers, the outer substrate can be a material with thermal conductivity, lubricity, wear resistance, tear resistance (such as Teflon), and the inner layer material is a phase change Material. In addition, the thermal pad 334 can also have electromagnetic wave shielding (EMI Shielding) by changing the combination of materials.

Each side protruding structure 332 has a guiding slope portion 332a located at the front end and having an inclined slope shape to generate a guiding effect, and a first stepped portion 332d located behind the guiding slope portion 332a. In the first embodiment, the guide slope 332a has a first guide portion 332b at the front and a second guide portion 332c at the rear, wherein the first guide portion 332b is compared with the second guide portion 332b. The guide portion 332c is more inclined, but in other embodiments, the guide slope 332a may not be divided into the first guide portion 332b and the second guide portion 332c, or be divided into three or more The guide part of , is not limited by this. In detail, in the first embodiment, the guiding slopes 332a of the two-side protruding structures 332 protrude from the portion of the thermal pad 334 located between the guiding slopes 332a of the two-sides projecting structures 332 ; The portion of the thermal pad 334 located between the first stepped portions 332d of the raised structures 332 on both sides is substantially flush with the first stepped portion 332d of the raised structures 332 on both sides; and the thermal pad 334 is located on the two sides The portion between the second stepped portions 333g of the side protruding structures 332 is more protruding than the second stepped portions 333g of the two side protruding structures 332 . In addition, the protruding height H1 of the first stepped portion 332d of each side protruding structure 332 relative to the bottom surface 311 of the heat sink 3 is greater than the protruding height H1 of the second stepped portion 333g relative to the bottom surface 311 of the heat sink 3 out of height H2. A front end portion 201b of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 facing the front end of the connector assembly 100 abuts against the guide slope portion 332a during insertion, and connects the heat sink 3 and its thermal coupling portion 33 At this stage, the relatively protruding guiding slope portion 332a can play a guiding role and protect the portion of the thermal pad 334 located between the guiding slope portions 332a of the protruding structures 332 on both sides, and here Usually, the thermal coupling portion 33 is inclined at a high front and a low back due to the action of the pressing elastic member 4. Therefore, by the action of the first step portion 332d behind the guiding slope portion 332a, the pluggable and unpluggable The front edge of the front end portion 201b of the module 200 preferentially contacts the higher first step portion 332d after passing through the guiding slope portion 332a for guiding, so as to prevent the front portion of the thermal pad 334 from being affected by the heat. The inclined state of the coupling portion 33 is scratched by the front edge of the front end portion 201 b of the pluggable module 200 . In addition, since the portion of the thermally conductive pad 334 located between the second stepped portions 333g of the two-side protruding structures 332 is more protruding than the second stepped portion 333g of the two-sided protruding structures 332, the thermally conductive pad 334 can be The rear section can more fully fill the seams or voids of the contact surfaces to reduce the contact thermal resistance between the contact surfaces.

In addition, in the first embodiment, the front end portion 201b of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 has a front end groove 201c formed at the top and biased to one side in the left-right direction D3 , and a front-end wide portion 201d located on the side of the front-end groove 201c and biased against the other side in the left-right direction D3. The front section corresponding to one side of the protruding structure 332 of the front end wide portion 201d is configured as a front wide section 332e which is laterally widened in the left-right direction D3, and the rear section is configured as a rear section with a narrower width in the left-right direction D3. The narrow section 332f, and the front wide section 332e and the rear narrow section 332f are spaced apart from each other by a small distance, but the front wide section 332e and the rear narrow section 332f can also be connected to each other, which is not limited thereto. The front wide section 332e corresponds to the front wide section 201d of the pluggable module 200, and the front wide section 332e can be used for the front wide section of the pluggable module 200 during the insertion process of the pluggable module 200. The front edge of the front end portion 201 d of the pluggable module 200 is abutted against, thereby further preventing the front portion of the thermal pad 334 from being scratched by the front edge of the front wide portion 201 d of the pluggable module 200 .

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the top wall 11 of the guide shield 1 has a blocking piece 111 formed at the rear edge of the window 162 and extending downwardly, and a blocking piece 111 formed on the window 162 . A guide piece 112 is bent and extended downward at the side edge. The plug portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 further has a blocking surface 201e located in the front groove 201c and corresponding to the blocking piece 111, and extending backward from the blocking surface 201e and corresponding to the guiding piece 112 a guide groove 201f. When the pluggable module 200 enters the guide shield 1 and is mated with the receptacle connector 2 of the connector assembly 100 , the guide piece 112 and the guide groove 201f cooperate with each other to generate a guide After the pluggable module 200 and the socket connector 2 of the connector assembly 100 are connected to each other, the blocking plate 111 stops on the blocking surface 201e, thereby guiding and positioning the pluggable module 200 and the connector assembly 100. Furthermore, each side wall 13 of the guide shield 1 also has a locking piece 132 extending inwardly, and the plug portion 201a also has locking pieces formed at two side walls and corresponding to the two side walls 13 respectively. 132 of the two locking recesses 201g, when the pluggable module 200 and the connector assembly 100 are connected to each other, the two locking pieces 132 are snapped into the two locking recesses 201g, so that the pluggable The module 200 and the connector assembly 100 are locked to each other.

Referring to FIGS. 7 and 8 , the second embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention differs from the first embodiment in that the guiding slopes 332a of the two-side protruding structures 332 are connected to each other to form an edge A guide structure 335 extending laterally in the left-right direction D3, the thermal coupling portion 33 further has a groove 336 formed at the rear of the guide structure 335 and extending laterally along the left-right direction D3. The front edge extends into the groove 336 . Thereby, the front edge of the thermal pad 334 can be prevented from being scratched due to contact with the front edge of the front end portion 201b of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 .

Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10 , the difference between the third embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention and the first embodiment is that the protruding structures 332 on both sides are wider than the front end of the pluggable module 200 . One of the protruding structures 332 on one side corresponding to the portion 201d (see FIG. 1 ) is not divided into the front wide section 332e and the rear narrow section 332f (see FIG. 1 ), so that the overall width of the protruding structures 332 on both sides is approximately Consistent.

Referring to FIGS. 11 to 15 , the difference between the fourth embodiment of the connector assembly 100 of the present invention and the first embodiment is that the guide shield 1 also has a position adjacent to the socket 161 and facing the accommodating space A front bump 170 a protruding from the 16 , the front bump 170 a and the thermal coupling portion 33 are respectively located on the upper and lower opposite sides of the accommodating space 16 . In the fourth embodiment, the front bump 170a is integrally formed on the plate body 170 located inside the guide shield 1 of the grounding member 17' disposed on the bottom wall 12, and the front bump 170a is in this In the embodiment, it extends along the left-right direction D3, but in a variant embodiment, the front bump 170a can also be an independent element disposed on the guide shield 1, for example, can be disposed on the guide shield 1 In addition, the front protruding pad 170a may also be formed on other parts of the guiding shield 1, which should not be limited to the fourth embodiment.

In addition, the guide shield 1 also has two side pads 18 located on both sides of the window 162 in the left-right direction D3 and extending along the front-rear direction D1, and the two side pads 18 face the accommodating space 16 protrudes and is located on both sides of the thermal coupling portion 33 of the heat sink 3 in the left-right direction D3. In the fourth embodiment, the two-side convex pads 18 are independent pads disposed on the inner side of the top wall 11 of the guide shield 1 , and for example, the two-side convex pads 18 may be formed by double The face glue or adhesive is provided on the guide shield 1, but in a variant embodiment, the two side bumps 18 can also be integrally formed on the guide shield 1, for example, from the guide shield 1 The left and right sides of the window 162 of the top wall 11 of the 1 are integrally constructed, and the fourth embodiment is not limited.

Both the front bump 170a and the two side bumps 18 can limit the insertion inclination of the pluggable module 200 during the process of inserting the pluggable module 200 (see FIG. 1 ) to prevent the pluggable module 200 from being inserted. The front end portion 201b of the plug-in portion 201a of the group 200 is inclined upward too much, thereby preventing the thermal pad 334 from being scratched by the front edge of the front end portion 201b of the pluggable module 200 .

In addition, in the fourth embodiment, the heat dissipation fins 32 of the heat sink 3 are fastened to each other side by side along the left-right direction D3 and disposed on the top surface 312 of the substrate 31 by welding, for example, and the two The avoidance groove 34 is defined by three sets of heat dissipation fins 32 which are arranged along the front-rear direction D1 and fastened to each other. Furthermore, in the fourth embodiment, the number of the pressing elastic member 4 is only one, and the pressing elastic member 4 has two elastic pressing parts 41 and two assembling parts 42, each of which is assembled. The portion 42 is formed with two buckling holes 421 corresponding to the buckling projections 131 of the corresponding side walls 13 .

To sum up, the connector assembly 100 of the present invention can reliably protect the thermal pad 334 and prevent the thermal pad 334 from being scratched by the front edge of the pluggable module 200 .

However, the above are only examples of the present invention, and should not limit the scope of the present invention. Any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the application for patent of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the present invention. within the scope of the invention patent.

100・・・ Connector Assemblies 1・・・・ Guide shield 11······· Top Wall 111・・・Baffle 112・・・ Guide piece 12・・・ Bottom wall 13・・・Sidewall 131・・・ Buckle bump 132・・・ Locking piece 14・・・ Rear wall 15・・・Pin 16・・・Accommodating space 161・・・Socket 162・・・Window 163・・・ Bottom opening 17······· Grounding parts 17’... Grounding 170・・・Board 170a···· Front bumper 171••• Elastic finger 18・・・ Side bumper 2・・・Socket connector 21・・・ Seat 211・・・Mating slot 22･･･Terminals 3････ Radiator 31······· Substrate 311・・・ Bottom surface 312... top surface 32・・・ Cooling fins 33•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 331... Ontology 332・・・Side raised structure 332a···· Guide slope 332b... first lead part 332c···· Second introductory part 332d... first stage 332e・・・Front wide section 332f•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 332g・・・Second order 333・・・ Recess 334••• Thermal pads 335································································ 336・・・Groove 34······· Avoid grooves 4················································································ 41······· Elastic pressing part 42・・・Assembly Department 421... Button hole 200••• Pluggable modules 201・・・ Shell 201a・・・Mating part 201b... Front end 201c···· Front groove 201d・・・ Wide front end 201e···· Blocking surface 201f···· Guiding ditch 201g···· Locking recess 202・・・Plug-in board 202a•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 203... Cable D1... Front-to-rear direction D2.....Up and down direction D3... Left and right directions H1... Protrusion height H2... Protrusion height

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, wherein: 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention and a pluggable module; FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the first embodiment, in which the socket connector and the pluggable module of the first embodiment are omitted; 3 is a perspective view of the heat sink of the first embodiment; 4 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment and a pluggable module when docked; Fig. 5 is a partial enlarged perspective view of Fig. 3; 6 is an exploded perspective view of the heat sink of the first embodiment; 7 is a perspective view of a thermal coupling portion of a heat sink of a second embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention, and the thermally conductive pad of the thermal coupling portion is omitted in the figure; 8 is a perspective view of the thermal coupling portion of the heat sink of the second embodiment; 9 is a perspective view of a thermal coupling portion of a heat sink of a third embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention, and the thermal pad of the thermal coupling portion is omitted in the figure; 10 is a perspective view of the thermal coupling portion of the heat sink of the third embodiment; 11 is a perspective view of a fourth embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention; FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 11 13 is a partial perspective view of the guide shield of the fourth embodiment, in which one of the two side bumps provided on the guide shield is disassembled from the guide shield; FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view of the fourth embodiment for explaining the front bump of the guide shield of the fourth embodiment; and FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the fourth embodiment for explaining the side bumps of the guiding shield of the fourth embodiment.

3････ Radiator 31······· Substrate 311・・・ Bottom surface 312... top surface 32・・・ Cooling fins 33•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 331... Ontology 332・・・Side raised structure 332a···· Guide slope 332b... first lead part 332c···· Second introductory part 332d... first stage 332e・・・Front wide section 332f•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 332g・・・Second order 333・・・ Recess 334••• Thermal pads 34······· Avoid grooves D1... Front-to-rear direction D2.....Up and down direction D3... Left and right directions

Claims (14)

A connector assembly, comprising: a guide shield, having an accommodating space, a socket connected to the accommodating space and located at the front end, and a wall constituting the accommodating space, the wall is formed with a connection communicating with the accommodating space a window of the space; and a heat sink, which has a surface disposed on the wall, and a thermal coupling portion protrudingly disposed on the surface, the thermal coupling portion enters the accommodating space through the window and can be relative to the accommodating space To guide the movement of the shield, the thermal coupling portion includes two side protruding structures extending from front to back and jointly defining a concave portion, and a thermal pad disposed in the concave portion between the two side protruding structures. The raised structure has a guide slope at the front end. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein each side protruding structure further has a first stepped portion located behind the guide slope portion, and a second stepped portion located behind the first stepped portion, A portion of the thermal pad located between the second stepped portions of the two-side protruding structures protrudes from the second stepped portions of the two-side protruding structures. The connector assembly of claim 2, wherein the protruding height of the first stepped portion of the protruding structure on each side relative to the surface of the heat sink is greater than the protruding height of the second stepped portion relative to the heat sink The bulge height of the face. The connector assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the front section of at least one of the raised structures is configured as a front wide section that is laterally widened. The connector assembly according to any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the guide slopes of the raised structures on both sides are connected to each other to form a guide structure extending laterally, and the thermal coupling portion There is also a groove formed at the rear section of the guiding structure and extending laterally, and the front edge of the thermal pad extends into the groove. The connector assembly of claim 4, wherein the guide slopes of the two-side protruding structures are connected to each other to form a guide structure extending laterally, and the thermal coupling portion further has a guide structure formed on the guide structure. A groove extending laterally at the rear section of the thermal pad, and the front edge of the thermal pad extends into the groove. The connector assembly according to any one of claim 1 to claim 3, wherein the guide slopes of the two-side protruding structures protrude from a portion of the thermal pad located between the guide slopes. The connector assembly of claim 1, further comprising a socket connector covered by the guiding shield, and a pressing elastic member for assembling the heat sink to the wall of the guiding shield. The connector assembly of claim 8, wherein the pressing elastic member is an elastic fastener, the heat sink further has a base plate formed with the surface, and the pressing elastic member has a base plate that elastically presses against the base plate. an elastic pressing portion, and an assembling portion extending from the elastic pressing portion and assembled to the guiding shield. The connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide shield further has a front protruding pad adjacent to the socket and protruding toward the accommodating space, and the front protruding pad and the thermal coupling portion are respectively located in the accommodating space. on opposite sides of the space. The connector assembly according to claim 10, wherein the socket of the guiding shield is provided with a grounding member, the grounding member has a board body disposed on the socket, and is directed from the board body located at the socket toward the socket. The rearwardly extending elastic fingers are formed on the plate body. The connector assembly according to claim 10, wherein the guide shield further has side bump pads located on both sides of the window and extending front and rear and protruding toward the accommodating space, the side bump pads are located in the accommodating space. Both sides of the thermally coupled portion of the heat sink. A connector assembly comprising: A guide shield has an accommodating space, a socket connected to the accommodating space and located at the front end, a wall constituting the accommodating space, and a front protrusion adjacent to the socket and protruding toward the accommodating space a pad, the wall is formed with a window communicating with the accommodating space; and a radiator, which has a surface disposed on the wall, and a thermal coupling portion protrudingly disposed on the surface, the thermal coupling portion passing through the window Entering the accommodating space and being able to move relative to the guiding shield, the thermal coupling portion includes a thermal pad, the front bump pad and the thermal coupling portion are respectively located on opposite sides of the accommodating space, wherein the guiding The socket of the shielding case is provided with a grounding piece, the grounding piece has a plate body disposed at the socket, and an elastic finger portion extending backward from the plate body located at the socket, and the front convex pad is formed on the socket the plate body, and the front protruding pad is adjacent to the socket and located in front of the elastic finger part. The connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the guide shield further has side bump pads located on both sides of the window and extending front and rear and protruding toward the accommodating space, the side bump pads are located in the accommodating space. Both sides of the thermally coupled portion of the heat sink.

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