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US 11,108,200 B2Granted
Socket connector and connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsChenxi (Josh) Wang, Hongqiang (Sean) Han, Xinbo (Polly) Liu, Clarence Leon Yu, Ping (Jane) Wei
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Abstract
A socket connector includes a housing defining a pair of rows of insertion cavities and an elastic fastener formed on a bottom wall of each insertion cavity. Each row of insertion cavities has at least one insertion cavity. The elastic fastener is adapted to engage a plug connector inserted into the insertion cavity.
Claims15
A socket connector, comprising:
- a housing defining a pair of rows of insertion cavities, each row of insertion cavities having an insertion cavity;
- and
- an elastic fastener formed on a bottom wall of each insertion cavity and adapted to engage a plug connector inserted into the insertion cavity, the elastic fastener engages a bottom surface of the plug connector, the bottom surface of the plug connector has a groove and the elastic fastener snaps into the groove to secure the plug connector in the insertion cavity.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a circuit board;
- and
- a pair of socket connectors symmetrically mounted on a front side and a back side of the circuit board, each of the socket connectors including a housing defining a pair of rows of insertion cavities, each row of insertion cavities having an insertion cavity, and an elastic fastener formed on a bottom wall of each insertion cavity and adapted to engage a plug connector inserted into the insertion cavity, the elastic fastener engages a bottom surface of the plug connector, the bottom surface of the plug connector has a groove and the elastic fastener snaps into the groove to secure the plug connector in the insertion cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.