Connector assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHajime ARAO, Toshihisa Yokochi, Itaru Sakabe
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Abstract
A connector assembly capable of efficiently dissipating heat is provided. The connector assembly includes: an optical cable; and a connector module, and the optical cable includes an optical fiber core wire, an outer cover provided around the optical fiber core wire, and a metallic braid provided between the optical fiber core wire and the outer cover, and the connector module includes a housing defining a space, and a circuit board received in the space of the housing and mounted with a photoelectric conversion unit connected with the optical fiber core wire, and the metallic braid of the optical cable and the circuit board of the connector module are thermally connected to each other.
Claims20
A connector assembly, comprising:
- an optical cable;
- and
- a connector module,
- wherein the optical cable includes
- an optical fiber;
- an outer cover provided around the optical fiber, and
- a metallic heat transfer member provided between the optical fiber and the outer cover, and
- the connector module includes,
- a housing defining a space, and
- a circuit board received in the space of the housing and mounted with a photoelectric conversion unit connected with the optical fiber, and
- the heat transfer member of the optical cable and the circuit board of the connector module are thermally connected to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.