TWI877614B - Connector Assemblies - Google Patents

Abstract

A connector assembly includes a shielding cover, a socket connector, a rear cover, and a cable organizer. The shielding cover includes a plug-in channel with a rear end opening. The socket connector is disposed at the rear section of the shielding cover, and includes a socket housing, a plurality of socket terminals, and a plurality of cables respectively connected to at least part of the socket terminals and extending rearwardly out of the rear end opening. The rear cover is assembled to the rear end opening of the shielding cover, and the rear cover includes a rear wall, and the rear wall has a cable organizer assembly portion. The cable organizer is assembled to the cable organizer assembly portion of the rear wall, and the cable organizer has a cable organizer hole, and the plurality of cables of the socket connector pass through the cable organizer holes of the cable organizer rearwardly.

Description

Connector Assemblies

The present invention relates to a connector, and more particularly to a connector assembly.

China Utility Model Patent Publication No. CN204257893U discloses an electrical connector, wherein an insulating body of the electrical connector is provided with a first plug interface and a second plug interface, and a recessed clamping cavity located between the first plug interface and the second plug interface, the clamping cavity is used to insert and position the clamping protrusion of the metal heat sink; the clamping protrusion of the metal heat sink is extended backward from the main body to be inserted and positioned in the clamping cavity of the insulating body, and the partition is provided with plugging parts extending backward and located at the upper and lower sides of the clamping protrusion of the metal heat sink, the plugging parts are used to be inserted into the insulating body, so that the partition and the metal heat sink in the partition can be stably fixed on the side wall of the metal shell and the insulating body. However, the case discloses how to use the insulating body to position the metal heat sink and the partition, but does not disclose the supporting structure for supporting the upper connector and the lower connector (of the insulating body).

Chinese invention patent publication number CN110829064A discloses an electrical connector, which has a fixing cover on the rear side to fix the cable and fasten it to the circuit board. The fixing cover includes a plate-shaped portion and a fastening portion arranged on the rear side of the plate-shaped portion. The plate-shaped portion is provided with a plurality of wire passing holes, and the cable passes through the wire passing holes and is then welded to the conductive terminal of the electrical connector. However, the cable disclosed in the case must first pass through the wire passing holes of the fixing cover before at least one end is terminated to the connector. If both ends of the cable are assembled first, the fixing cover cannot be assembled. Secondly, the cables must pass through the wire passing holes of the fixing cover one by one, which is labor-consuming and time-consuming. Furthermore, the cable holes are punched directly on the metal fixing cover. The edges of these holes are sharp and can easily scratch or even damage the cables.

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 of the connector assembly of the present invention, it includes a shielding cover and a socket connector. The shielding cover includes a cover body, a compartment frame arranged on the cover body, and two plug-in channels defined by the cover body and the compartment frame and separated by the compartment frame from top to bottom. The socket connector is arranged at the rear section of the shielding cover and includes two socket shells arranged up and down and respectively arranged at the two plug-in channels, and a plurality of socket terminals. The compartment frame has a supporting structure located at the rear section and supported between the two socket shells, and the supporting structure includes an upper supporting plate, a lower supporting plate, and a supporting block arranged between the upper supporting plate and the lower supporting plate.

In some embodiments, the partition frame has a middle slot located at the rear section and extending forward and backward, and two supporting structures separated left and right by the middle slot. The socket connector also includes a middle shell located between the two socket shells and at least partially accommodated in the middle slot. The two socket shells and the middle shell together define two channels located on the left and right sides of the middle shell, and the two supporting structures of the partition frame are respectively located in the two channels.

In some implementations, the upper supporting plate and the lower supporting plate each have a plurality of positioning protrusions located around the supporting block and used to position the supporting block.

In some implementations, the invention further comprises two socket housings of the socket connector and a latch of the supporting structure.

In some implementations, the latch has a tail portion secured to a circuit substrate.

In some embodiments, the plug is connected to a grounding member of the socket connector and a grounding line of the circuit substrate.

Therefore, in some embodiments, the connector assembly of the present invention includes a shielding cover, a socket connector, a rear cover, and a cable organizer. The shielding cover includes a plug-in channel with a rear end opening. The socket connector is disposed at the rear section of the shielding cover, and includes a socket housing, a plurality of socket terminals, and a plurality of cables respectively connected to at least a portion of the socket terminals and extending rearwardly out of the rear end opening. The rear cover is assembled to the rear end opening of the shielding cover, and the rear cover includes a rear wall, and the rear wall has a cable organizer assembly portion. The cable organizer is assembled to the cable organizer assembly portion of the rear wall, and the cable organizer has a cable organizer hole, and the plurality of cables of the socket connector pass through the cable organizer holes of the cable organizer rearwardly.

In some embodiments, the assembler has two halves joined to each other.

In some implementations, the two halves of the cable aligner have the same structure and can be combined with each other.

In some embodiments, the cable tidy assembly portion includes a recess integrally formed in the rear wall, and the cable tidy assembly is assembled in the recess.

In some embodiments, each of the half bodies has a groove formed at the periphery corresponding to the edge of the recess.

In some embodiments, each of the halves has complementary joining protrusions and joining recesses.

In some embodiments, the cable tidy assembly portion includes two recesses integrally formed on the rear wall and arranged side by side with each other, and a spacer located between the two recesses. Each of the half bodies has two side portions respectively assembled in the two recesses, and a spacer portion located between the two side portions and having a through groove. The spacer portion is inserted into the through groove of the spacer portion of the two half bodies.

In some embodiments, each of the half bodies has a plurality of the coupling protrusions and a plurality of the coupling recesses formed on the side portions and the spacer portions.

In some embodiments, the connector assembly includes two cable organizers, and the rear wall has two cable organizer assembly parts, one located at the top and the other at the bottom, each of which is assembled with one cable organizer. The opening of the recess of the upper cable organizer assembly part faces upward, and the opening of the recess of the lower cable organizer assembly part faces downward.

The support structure of the partition frame in the present invention is supported between the two socket housings, and the support structure includes the support block arranged between the upper support plate and the lower support plate, so that strong support can be provided between the two socket housings. Secondly, by passing through the plug of the two socket housings and the support structure, the relative position between the two socket housings and the support structure can be further maintained to increase the support strength of the support structure, and the plug can also be used as a grounding component. In addition, by the cable organizer assembled on the rear cover, the cables can be provided to exit from the rear, and the cable organizer and positioning functions are provided. Furthermore, the cable tidying device composed of the two halves can be easily and separately assembled to the rear cover in a state where the cables are assembled. The cable tidying device can also be made of insulating material, so the edge of the cable tidying hole of the cable tidying device is less sharp than that of the rear cover, thereby protecting the cables exiting the rear cover from being scratched.

Referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, an 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 housing 201, a plug board 202, and a cable 203. The housing 201 includes a plug portion 201a. The plug board 202 is disposed at the end of the plug portion 201a, and the plug board 202 has a plurality of contact fingers 202a. The cable 203 is disposed in the housing 201 and mechanically and electrically connected to the plug board 202. The connector assembly 100 includes a shielding cover 1, a socket connector 2, two plugs 3, an upper heat dissipation module 4, a lower heat dissipation module 5, a rear cover 6, and two cable assemblers 7.

The shielding cover 1 is, for example, formed by punching and bending a conductive metal plate, and is used to guide the pluggable module 200 and shield electromagnetic interference. The shielding cover 1 includes a cover body 11, a compartment frame 12 disposed on the cover body 11, and two plug-in channels 13 defined by the cover body 11 and the compartment frame 12 and separated by the compartment frame 12. The cover body 11 extends along a front-to-rear direction D1 (the direction indicated by the arrow is forward, and the opposite direction is rearward), and includes a top wall 111, two side walls 112 spaced apart from each other along a left-right direction D2 (the direction indicated by the arrow is right, and the opposite direction is left) and connected to the two sides of the top wall 111, and a bottom wall 113 spaced apart from the top wall 111 along an up-down direction D3 (the direction indicated by the arrow is upward, and the opposite direction is downward) and connected to the bottom edges of the two side walls 112.

In this embodiment, the housing 11 includes an upper shell 114 and a lower shell 115 which are assembled with each other and form the insertion channel 13. The upper shell 114 has the top wall 111 and the two side walls 112 which are connected to each other in an integral manner, and the lower shell 115 has the bottom wall 113, and the lower shell 115 is assembled to the two side walls 112 of the upper shell 114. A concave portion 112a is formed at the bottom edge near the front end of each side wall 112 of the upper shell 114, and each side wall 112 is formed with a plurality of buckle blocks 112b facing outward and a plug hole 112c opening downward. The bottom wall 113 of the lower housing 115 is integrally formed with two convex parts 113a corresponding to the concave parts 112a of the two side walls 112, and two side plates 113b correspondingly assembled on the outer sides of the two side walls 112. The concave part 112a is provided with a front insertion part 112d, and the convex part 113a is provided with a front insertion hole 113c corresponding to the front insertion part 112d, and the front insertion part 112d is inserted into the front insertion hole 113c. Each side plate 113b is formed with a plurality of buckle holes 113d buckled with the buckle block 112b of the corresponding side wall 112, and an inserting portion 113e inserted upward into the inserting hole 112c of the corresponding side wall 112, so that the bottom wall 113 of the lower shell 115 can be assembled and combined with the two side walls 112 of the upper shell 114.

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5 , the partition frame 12 has an upper wall 121 and a lower wall 122 that are opposite to each other at upper and lower intervals, two side connecting walls 123 that are connected between the upper wall 121 and the lower wall 122 and opposite to each other at left and right intervals, a front connecting wall 124 that is connected between the upper wall 121 and the lower wall 122 and located at the front end, and a plurality of fixing flaps 125 formed on the side edges of the upper wall 121 and the lower wall 122. Each of the side walls 112 of the cover body 11 of the shielding cover 1 also has a plurality of fixing through holes 112e that correspond to the fixing flaps 125. The fixing flaps 125 are bent after passing through the fixing through holes 112e so that the partition frame 12 is assembled to the two side walls 112 of the cover body 11 of the shielding cover 1. The upper plug-in channel 13 is defined by the top wall 111, the two side walls 112 and the upper wall 121 of the partition frame 12, and the lower plug-in channel 13 is defined by the two side walls 112, the bottom wall 113 and the lower wall 122 of the partition frame 12. Each of the plug-in channels 13 has a front end socket 131 located at the front end for inserting the pluggable module 200, and a rear end opening 132 located at the rear end.

2 to 6 , the socket connector 2 is disposed at the rear section of the shielding cover 1 and includes two socket housings 21 arranged vertically and disposed at the two plugging channels 13 from the two rear end openings 132, a middle housing 22 disposed between the two socket housings 21, a plurality of socket terminals 23, and a plurality of cables 24. Each of the socket housings 21 has a plugging slot 211 facing forward, and the socket terminals 23 are disposed in the socket housings 21 and extend into the plugging slot 211. In this embodiment, the socket connector 2 further includes a plurality of terminal fixing blocks 25, 26 partially covering the socket terminals 23, wherein the terminal fixing block 25 located in the middle and in a vertical structure constitutes the intermediate shell 22, and the tail portions 32 of the socket terminals 23 arranged on the terminal fixing block 25 in a vertical structure extend from the bottom of the intermediate shell 22; the terminal fixing blocks 26 located on the left and right sides and in a horizontal structure are arranged on the two socket shells 21, and the terminal tail portions 231 of the socket terminals 23 arranged on the terminal fixing blocks 26 in a horizontal structure are respectively connected to the cables 24, and the cables 24 extend from the rear ends of the two socket shells 21.

5 to 8, the partition frame 12 further has a middle slot 126 located at the rear section and extending forward and backward, and two supporting structures 127 located at the rear section and supported between the two socket housings 21, and the two supporting structures 127 are separated left and right by the middle slot 126. It should be noted that the partition frame 12 may not have the middle slot 126 in other embodiments, and the number of the supporting structures 127 may be only one or more than three, and is not limited to this embodiment. Each of the supporting structures 127 includes an upper supporting plate 127a integrally formed at the rear section of the upper wall 121, a lower supporting plate 127b integrally formed at the rear section of the lower wall 122, and a supporting block 127c disposed between the upper supporting plate 127a and the lower supporting plate 127b. The upper supporting plate 127a and the lower supporting plate 127b each have a plurality of positioning protrusions 127d, 127e located around the supporting block 127c and used to position the supporting block 127c. Specifically, the middle slot 126 partially accommodates the middle shell 22, and the two socket shells 21 and the middle shell 22 jointly define two channels 27 located on the left and right sides of the middle shell 22. The two supporting structures 127 of the partition frame 12 are respectively located in the two channels 27 to support between the two socket shells 21.

Referring to FIGS. 3 to 4 and 7 to 9, the two plugs 3 are inserted into the two socket housings 21 of the socket connector 2, and are respectively inserted into the two supporting structures 127. Each of the socket housings 21 is provided with a first through hole 212 for the plug 3 to be inserted, each of the upper supporting plates 127a is provided with a second through hole 127f for the plug 3 to be inserted, each of the lower supporting plates 127b is provided with a third through hole 127g for the plug 3 to be inserted, and each supporting block 127c is provided with a fourth through hole 127h for the plug 3 to be inserted. In this embodiment, the plug 3 has an interference protrusion 31 that interferes with the inner wall surface of the first through hole 212 to strengthen the fixing force, and a tail 32 located at the lower end and having a pinhole-shaped press-fit structure. The bottom of the connector assembly 100 is disposed on a circuit substrate 300, and the tail 32 of each of the plugs 3 is used to insert downward into the conductive through hole 301 fixed on the circuit substrate 300, and the plugs 3 are connected to the grounding member 213 (see FIG. 9, for example, it can be a grounding terminal or a grounding component) in the socket shell 21 of the socket connector 2 and the grounding line of the circuit substrate 300. In addition, in this embodiment, the cover body 11 of the shielding cover 1 also has a bottom opening 116 located behind the bottom wall 113, and the bottom opening 116 is used for the tail 32 of the plug 3 and the terminal tail 231 of the socket terminal 23 of the socket connector 2 disposed in the middle shell 22 to pass through and be disposed on the circuit substrate 300.

Since the supporting structure 127 of the partition frame 12 is supported between the two socket housings 21 , and the supporting structure 127 includes the supporting block 127 c disposed between the upper supporting plate 127 a and the lower supporting plate 127 b , it is possible to provide strong support between the two socket housings 21 . Secondly, by passing through the two socket shells 21 and the support structure 127, the relative positions between the two socket shells 21 and the support structure 127 can be further maintained to increase the supporting strength of the support structure 127. In addition, the pin 3 can also be connected to the grounding component 213 in the socket shell 21 of the socket connector 2 and the grounding line of the circuit substrate 300 to serve as a grounding component.

After the pluggable module 200 enters the corresponding plug-in channel 13 of the shielding cover 1 from any of the front-end sockets 131, the plug-in board 202 at the end of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 can be inserted into the corresponding plug-in slot 211 of the socket shell 21 in the socket connector 2, so that the contact finger 202a of the plug-in board 202 contacts the socket terminal 23 in the plug-in slot 211 of the socket shell 21, so that the pluggable module 200 and the socket connector 2 of the connector assembly 100 are connected to each other. In addition, the front section of the shielding cover 1 near the front socket 131 can be set on a mounting hole of a housing (not shown), and the shielding cover 1 further includes a plurality of first grounding members 14 disposed on the housing 11 near the two front sockets 131, and a second grounding member 15 disposed on the front connecting wall 124 of the partition frame 12. The first grounding member 14 has a plurality of first elastic fingers 141 extending backward from the front socket 131 and distributed on the outer side and the inner side, the first elastic fingers 141 located on the outer side are used to contact the portion of the housing located at the periphery of the mounting hole, and the first elastic fingers 141 located on the inner side are used to contact the housing 201 of the pluggable module 200. The second grounding member 15 has a plurality of second elastic fingers 151 extending backward from the front connecting wall 124 and distributed on the upper and lower sides of the partition frame 12 . The second elastic fingers 151 are used to contact the housing 201 of the pluggable module 200 .

2, 3 and 6, the housing 11 of the shielding cover 1 further has a top opening 117 formed on the top wall 111 and connected to the plug-in channel 13 above. The upper heat dissipation module 4 includes an upper heat sink 41 and two elastic fasteners 42 disposed on the two side walls 112 of the shielding cover 1 and assembling the upper heat sink 41 to the top wall 111 of the shielding cover 1. The upper heat sink 41 has an upper heat dissipation base plate 411 disposed on the top wall 111 from above, a plurality of upper heat dissipation fins 412 that are buckled side by side with each other and disposed on the top surface of the upper heat dissipation base plate 411 by, for example, welding, and two accommodating grooves 413 formed on the upper heat dissipation fins 412 and arranged side by side along the front-to-back direction D1 and corresponding to the two elastic buckles 42. The upper heat dissipation substrate 411 has an upper heat dissipation coupling portion 411a formed at the bottom, and the upper heat dissipation coupling portion 411a extends downward into the upper plug-in channel 13 through the top opening 117. Each of the elastic fasteners 42 has a pressing portion 421 disposed in the corresponding accommodating groove 413 and used to press downward and elastically against the upper heat sink 41, and two buckling portions 422 extending downward from the left and right ends of the pressing portion 421 and buckled to the two side walls 112 of the shielding cover 1. Each of the side walls 112 is formed with a buckling protrusion 112f, and each of the buckling portions 422 is formed with a buckling hole 422a buckled with the buckling protrusion 112f. In addition, the buckling protrusion 112f has a downward hole 112h, and the buckling hole 422a has an insert 422b inserted upward into the hole 112h, thereby further increasing the holding force between the buckling portion 422 and the buckling protrusion 112f. The downward pressure provided by the two elastic fasteners 42 can ensure that when the pluggable module 200 is inserted into the upper plug-in channel 13, the upper heat sink coupling portion 411a of the upper heat sink 41 can maintain contact with the top surface of the housing 201 of the pluggable module 200 as completely as possible. In addition, a protruding unlocking hook portion 422c that is folded outward is formed at the bottom of each of the buckling portions 422. The unlocking hook portions 422c of the two buckling portions 422 of the same elastic buckle 42 are staggered from each other in the front-to-back direction D1. Therefore, when two connector assemblies 100 are arranged side by side, the adjacent unlocking hook portions 422c on the two connector assemblies 100 can be staggered from each other, thereby making it easier to operate the elastic buckle 42 when unlocking.

In addition, it should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the cover body 11 is further formed with a baffle 117a extending downward from the rear edge of the top opening 117, and a guide piece 117b extending downward from the side edge of the top opening 117, and the top surface of the plug-in portion 201a of the pluggable module 200 is formed with a baffle 201b that can be blocked by the baffle 117a, and a guide groove 201c for accommodating the guide piece 117b to produce a guiding effect.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 10 , the compartment frame 12 of the shielding cover 1 further comprises an inner space 128 defined by the upper wall 121, the lower wall 122, the two side connecting walls 123 and the front connecting wall 124, and a lower opening 129 formed on the lower wall 122 and connected between the inner space 128 and the plug-in channel 13 below. The lower heat dissipation module 5 is disposed in the inner space 128 and comprises a lower heat sink 51 and an elastic biasing member 52. The lower heat sink 51 comprises a lower heat dissipation base plate 511 disposed on the lower wall 122, and a plurality of lower heat dissipation fins 512 that are buckled side by side and disposed on the top surface of the lower heat dissipation base plate 511, for example, by welding. The lower heat dissipation substrate 511 has a lower heat dissipation coupling portion 511 a formed at the bottom. The lower heat dissipation coupling portion 511 a extends downward into the lower insertion channel 13 through the lower opening 129 . The elastic biasing member 52 is arranged between the lower heat sink 51 and the upper wall 121 of the partition frame 12, and has a main body 521 arranged on the lower heat sink 51, and a plurality of elastic sheets 522 formed integrally upward and backward from the main body 521 and used to lean against the upper wall 121. The elastic force provided by the elastic sheets 522 can ensure that when the pluggable module 200 is inserted into the lower plug-in channel 13, the lower heat dissipation coupling portion 511a of the lower heat sink 51 can maintain contact with the top surface of the shell 201 of the pluggable module 200 as completely as possible.

In addition, it should be noted that, in the present embodiment, each side wall 112 of the cover body 11 is further formed with two side openings 112i corresponding to the two plug-in channels 13 respectively, and two locking pieces 112j extending inwardly and obliquely backward from the front edges of the side openings 112i, and the locking pieces 112j are used to snap into the locking recesses 201d at the sides of the plug-in portion 201a of the plug-in module 200 to produce a locking effect on the plug-in module 200 inserted into the plug-in channel 13. Furthermore, the lower side opening 112i is shielded by the front blocking portion 113f at the front section of the side plate 113b of the bottom wall 113, and the upper side opening 112i is shielded by the shielding piece 118 disposed on the side wall 112, thereby reducing the influence of the side opening 112i on the effect of the electromagnetic shield. The shielding piece 118 has a fixing through hole 118a that is penetrated and bent and fixed by one of the fixing flaps 125 of the partition frame 12, and a fixing insert 118b that extends upward and is inserted into the fixing plug hole 112k of the side wall 112.

11 to 15 , the cables 24 connected to the socket terminals 23 in the socket connector 2 extend rearwardly out of the rear openings 132 of the two plug-in channels 13 . The rear cover 6 is, for example, made of metal material, and is assembled at the rear end opening 132 of the two plug-in channels 13 of the shielding cover 1. The rear cover 6 includes a rear wall 61, two side buckle plates 62 extending forward from the left and right sides of the rear wall 61 to overlap the two side walls 112 of the shielding cover 1, multiple upper buckle plates 63 extending upward from the upper edge of the rear wall 61 and inserted into the multiple through holes 111a at the rear end of the top wall 111 of the shielding cover 1, and multiple buckle holes 64 formed at the connection between the two side buckle plates 62 and the rear wall 61. Each of the side walls 112 of the shielding case 1 further has a plurality of buckle tabs 112g extending backward from the rear edge, and the buckle tabs 112g are used to bend inwards (not yet bent in the figure) after passing through the buckle holes 64. Specifically, in this embodiment, the two side buckle tabs 62 of the rear cover 6 extend forward and inwardly and are folded outwards at the ends, and the two side buckle tabs 62 are pressed inwards against the two side walls 112 of the shielding case 1 with a positive force.

The rear wall 61 has two wire tidying device assembly parts 611, each located at the upper and lower parts and each assembled with one of the wire tidying devices 7. Each of the wire tidying device assembly parts 611 includes two notches 611a formed integrally on the rear wall 61 and arranged side by side, and a spacer 611b located between the two notches 611a. The notches 611a are U-shaped notches, and the opening of the notch 611a of the wire tidying device assembly part 611 located at the upper part faces upward, while the opening of the notch 611a of the wire tidying device assembly part 611 located at the lower part faces downward.

The two cable tidyers 7 are made of insulating material, for example, and the two cable tidyers 7 are respectively assembled to the two cable tidyer assembly parts 611 of the rear wall 61. Each of the cable tidyers 7 has two halves 71 that are combined with each other up and down, and two cable tidying holes 72 that are defined by the two halves 71 and distributed left and right. The multiple cables 24 of the socket connector 2 are divided into four groups and pass through the four cable tidying holes 72 of the two cable tidyers 7 toward the rear. In detail, in this embodiment, the two halves 71 of the cable tidyer 7 have the same structure and can be combined with each other. Each of the half bodies 71 has two side parts 711 respectively assembled in the two recesses 611a, a spacer 712 located between the two side parts 711 and having a through slot 712a, and a plurality of the coupling protrusions 713 and a plurality of the coupling recesses 714 formed on the side parts 711 and the spacer 712. The spacer 611b is inserted into the through slot 712a of the spacer 712 of the two half bodies 71. By the cooperation between the spacer 611b and the through slot 712a, the cable tidying device 7 can be stably assembled to the cable tidying device assembly part 611. The coupling protrusions 713 and the coupling recesses 714 of the two half bodies 71 complement each other and are used for mutual assembly. In addition, each of the half bodies 71 has a groove 715 formed at the periphery and corresponding to the edge of the notch 611 a, thereby further strengthening the assembly strength between the cable organizer 7 and the rear wall 61 of the rear cover 6. As shown in FIG. 12 , because the cable organizer 7 is composed of two half bodies 71 coupled to each other, the cable organizer assembly portion 611 of the rear cover 6 can be inserted into one half body 71 first, so that the rear cover 6 can be inserted between the cables 24 when the cables 24 are already assembled, and the cables 24 can be placed in the cable organizing hole 72 of one half body 71, and then the other half body 71 can be assembled, so that when the cables 24 are already assembled, the cables 24 can be gradually assembled into the cable organizing hole 72 of the cable organizer 7 on the rear cover 6 and the rear cover 6 can be assembled on the rear end openings 132 of the two plug-in channels 13 of the shielding cover 1.

The cable tidying device 7 assembled on the rear cover 6 can allow the cables 24 to exit from the rear, and can provide cable tidying and positioning functions. Moreover, the cable tidying device 7 assembled by the two halves 71 can be easily and separately assembled to the rear cover 6 when the cables 24 are already assembled. The cable tidying device 7 can also be made of insulating material, so the edge of the cable tidying hole 72 of the cable tidying device 7 is less sharp than the rear cover 6, thereby protecting the cables 24 exiting from the rear cover 6 from being scratched.

It should be noted that the number of the cables 24, the number of the cable aligners 7, and the number of the cable aligning holes 72 in the cable aligners 7 can be adjusted according to needs and should not be limited to the numbers in this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 15 , in addition, in this embodiment, the rear wall 61 of the rear cover 6 also has two pressure springs 612 formed in an integral structure and applied forwardly to the rear ends of the two socket housings 21 of the socket connector 2, so that the assembly position of the socket connector 2 can be better positioned by the two pressure springs 612. Specifically, the pressure springs 612 are spring structures cut out from the rear wall 61 and folded forwardly.

In summary, the support structure 127 of the partition frame 12 of the present invention is supported between the two socket housings 21, and the support structure 127 includes the support block 127c disposed between the upper support plate 127a and the lower support plate 127b, so that strong support can be provided between the two socket housings 21. Secondly, by passing through the two socket housings 21 and the support structure 127, the relative position between the two socket housings 21 and the support structure 127 can be further maintained to increase the support strength of the support structure 127, and the plug 3 can also serve as a grounding component. In addition, the cable tidying device 7 assembled on the rear cover 6 can allow the cables 24 to exit from the rear, and can provide cable tidying and positioning functions. Moreover, the cable tidying device 7 assembled by the two halves 71 can be easily and separately assembled to the rear cover 6 when the cables 24 are already assembled. The cable tidying device 7 can be made of insulating material, so the edge of the cable tidying hole 72 of the cable tidying device 7 is less sharp than the rear cover 6, thereby protecting the cables 24 exiting from the rear cover 6 from being scratched.

However, the above is only an example of the implementation of the present invention, and it should not be used to limit the scope of the implementation of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention and the content of the patent specification are still within the scope of the patent of the present invention.

100: Connector assembly 1: Shielding cover 11: Cover body 111: Top wall 111a: Perforation 112: Side wall 112a: Recess 112b: Buckle block 112c: Socket 112d: Front plug-in part 112e: Fixing perforation 112f: Buckle convex part 112g: Buckle plate 112h: Hole 112i: Side opening 112j: Buckle plate 112k: Fixing socket 113: Bottom wall 113a: Protrusion 113b: Side plate 113c: Front plug-in hole 113d: Buckle hole 113e: Socket 113f: Front stopper 114: Upper shell 115: lower shell 116: bottom opening 117: top opening 117a: baffle 117b: guide plate 118: shielding plate 118a: fixing hole 118b: fixing insert 12: partition frame 121: upper wall 122: lower wall 123: side connecting wall 124: front connecting wall 125: fixing folding piece 126: middle slot 127: support structure 127a: upper support plate 127b: lower support plate 127c: support block 127d: positioning protrusion 127e: positioning protrusion 127f: second perforation 127g: third perforation 127h: fourth through hole 128: internal space 129: lower opening 13: plug channel 131: front plug 132: rear opening 14: first grounding piece 141: first elastic finger 15: second grounding piece 151: second elastic finger 2: socket connector 21: socket housing 211: plug slot 212: first through hole 213: grounding member 22: middle housing 23: socket terminal 231: terminal tail 24: cable 25: terminal fixing block 26: terminal fixing block 27: channel 3: latch 31: interference convex block 32: tail 4: upper heat dissipation module 41: Upper heat sink 411: Upper heat sink substrate 411a: Upper heat sink coupling part 412: Upper heat sink fin 413: Accommodating groove 42: Elastic buckle 421: Pressing part 422: Buckling part 422a: Buckling hole 422b: Insert 422c: Unlocking hook 5: Lower heat sink module 51: Lower heat sink 511: Lower heat sink substrate 511a: Lower heat sink coupling part 512: Lower heat sink fin 52: Elastic biasing member 521: Main body 522: Elastic sheet 6: Rear cover 61: Rear wall 611: Cable assembler assembly part 611a: Notch 611b: spacer 612: pressure spring 62: side buckle 63: upper buckle 64: buckle hole 7: cable tidying device 71: half body 711: side 712: spacer 712a: through slot 713: joint protrusion 714: joint concave 715: groove 72: cable tidying hole 200: pluggable module 201: housing 201a: plug-in part 201b: stopper 201c: guide groove 201d: buckle concave 202: plug board 202a: contact finger 203: cable 300: circuit board 301: conductive perforation D1: front and back direction D2: left and right direction D3: up and down direction

Other features and effects of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a three-dimensional diagram of an embodiment of the connector assembly of the present invention; Figure 2 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of the embodiment and a pluggable module; Figure 3 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of the embodiment; Figure 4 is a further three-dimensional exploded diagram of the embodiment; Figure 5 is a partial three-dimensional diagram of the embodiment; Figure 6 is a partial cross-sectional diagram of the embodiment; Figure 7 is a three-dimensional diagram of a compartment frame of a shielding cover and a lower heat dissipation module of the embodiment; Figure 8 is a three-dimensional diagram similar to Figure 7, in which a part of the compartment frame is opened upward; Figure 9 is another partial cross-sectional diagram of the embodiment; Figure 10 is a three-dimensional exploded diagram of Figure 8; Figure 11 is a partial three-dimensional diagram of the embodiment; FIG. 12 is a three-dimensional exploded view of FIG. 11; FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are two three-dimensional exploded views of a rear cover and two wire tidying devices of the embodiment; and FIG. 15 is a three-dimensional view of the rear cover and the wire tidying device of the embodiment.

100: Connector assembly

1: Shielding cover

11: Mask body

111: Top wall

112: Side wall

112g: buckle piece

113: Bottom wall

114: Upper shell

115: Lower shell

12: Partition frame

121: Upper wall

122: Lower wall

124: Front connecting wall

125: Folding piece for fixing

126: Middle slot

127: Support structure

127a: Upper support plate

127b: Lower support plate

127c: Support block

127e: Positioning protrusion

128:Inner space

13: Plug-in channel

131: Front socket

132: Rear opening

2: Socket connector

21: Socket housing

22: Middle shell

23: Socket terminal

231: Terminal tail

24: Cables

25: Terminal fixing block

26: Terminal fixing block

27: Channel

3: Latch

32: Tail

5: Lower heat dissipation module

51: Lower radiator

511: Lower heat sink

512: Lower heat sink fin

52: Elastic biasing element

D1: front and back direction

D2: Left and right direction

D3: Up and down direction

Claims (8)

A connector assembly comprises: a shielding cover including a plug-in channel with a rear end opening; a socket connector disposed at the rear section of the shielding cover and including a socket housing, a plurality of socket terminals, and a plurality of cables respectively connected to at least part of the socket terminals and extending backward out of the rear end opening; a rear cover assembled at the rear end opening of the shielding cover, the rear cover including a rear wall having a cable organizer assembly portion; and a cable organizer assembled at the cable organizer assembly portion of the rear wall, the cable organizer having a cable organizer hole, and the plurality of cables of the socket connector passing backward out of the cable organizer holes of the cable organizers wherein the cable organizer has two halves coupled to each other. A connector assembly as described in claim 1, wherein the two halves of the cable organizer have the same structure and can be combined with each other. A connector assembly as described in claim 2, wherein the cable organizer assembly portion includes a recess integrally formed on the rear wall, and the cable organizer is assembled in the recess. A connector assembly as described in claim 3, wherein each of the half bodies has a groove formed at the periphery and corresponding to the edge of the recess. A connector assembly as described in claim 4, wherein each of the half bodies has complementary coupling protrusions and coupling recesses. A connector assembly as described in claim 5, wherein the wire organizer assembly portion includes two recesses integrally formed on the rear wall and arranged side by side with each other, and a spacer located between the two recesses, each of the half bodies having two side portions respectively assembled in the two recesses, and a spacer portion located between the two side portions and having a through groove, and the spacer portion is inserted into the through groove of the spacer portion of the two half bodies. A connector assembly as described in claim 6, wherein each of the half bodies has a plurality of the coupling protrusions and a plurality of the coupling recesses formed on the side portion and the spacer portion. A connector assembly as described in claim 6, wherein the connector assembly includes two of the cable organizers, and the rear wall has two cable organizer assembly parts, each located at an upper position and a lower position and each assembled with a cable organizer, the opening of the recess of the cable organizer assembly part located at the upper position faces upward, and the opening of the recess of the cable organizer assembly part located at the lower position faces downward.