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US 2014/0349514 A1Published application
Electrical connector with heat-dissipation feauter thereof
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsAN-JEN YANG, TERRANCE F. LITTLE
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulator base having a rear retaining portion and a front tongue portion, a first terminal module with a plurality of first terminals thereof, a second terminal module with a plurality of second terminals thereof and interlocked with the first terminal module, and a shielding shell retained to the insulator base. A heat dissipation metal plate is embedded in the insulator base, and the heat dissipation metal plate provides a contact ear extending out of the insulator base and contacting with the shielding shell for heat dissipating.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulator base having a rear retaining portion and a front tongue portion;
- a first terminal module with a plurality of first terminals thereof;
- a second terminal module with a plurality of second terminals thereof, the first and second terminal modules interlocking with each other and then commonly inserted into a retaining room of the rear retaining portion to expose contacting portions of the first and second terminals upon opposite surfaces of the front tongue portion;
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- a shielding shell retained to the insulator base and surrounding the insulator base, thereby defining a mating cavity, into which the front tongue portion extending forwards from the rear retaining portion;
- wherein a heat dissipation metal plate is embedded in the insulator base, and the heat dissipation metal plate provides a contact ear extending out of the insulator base and contacting with the shielding shell for heat dissipating.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first connector and a second connector intended for mating with the first connector, the first connector for mounting to a printed circuit board, including an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals arranged on the insulating hosing, a shielding shell snugly surrounding the insulating housing and a heat dissipation means retained in the insulating housing and mechanically touching with the shielding shell;
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- the second connector for connecting with a cable, including an second insulative housing, and a plurality of mating contacts arranged on the second housing, an internal printed circuit board connecting with the mating contacts and the cable and a mating shell snugly surrounding the second housing, the internal printed circuit board providing a thermal pad thereon which contacts with the mating shell;
- wherein when the first connector and the second connector are mated with each other, a first connecting line is established through the terminals of the first connector and the mating contacts of the second connector, and a second connecting line is established through the thermal pad, the mating shell, the shielding shell and the heat dissipation means.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a receptacle connector mounted upon a main printed circuit board and defining a first insulative housing with a shielding plate embedded therein in a parallel relation with the main printed circuit board;
- a plurality of first contacts disposed in the first insulative housing with tails mounted to the main printed circuit board;
- a plug connector adapted to be mated with the receptacle connector and defining a second insulative housing with a metallic shield enclosing said second insulatve housing, a plurality of second contacts disposed in the second insulative housing, a cable extending rearwardly at a rear side of the plug connector, and a secondary printed circuit board located between the second insulative housing and the cable, and mechanically and electrically connected to the contacts and corresponding wires of the cable, a plurality of active components and a thermal pad mounted upon the secondary printed circuit board, said terminal pad contacting the metallic shield;
- wherein
- during mating of said receptacle connector and said plug connector, the metallic shield and the shielding plate are thermally connected so as to define a thermal dissipation path therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.