US 9,004,941 B2Granted

Connector with side power bay

AssigneeMolex Incorporated

InventorsXi Jia Wang, Yih Ping Chua

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Abstract

A receptacle connector, a plug connector and an electrical connector assembly, the receptacle connector comprises a housing, a cage, a separation unit, a plurality of receptacle terminals, and a plurality of receptacle power terminals. The housing comprises a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate which are arranged transversely at an interval. The cage is installed to the housing and surrounds the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate to define a mating space. The separation unit extends into the mating space to separate the mating space into an HDMI receptacle portion and a power receptacle portion which are arranged transversely. The receptacle terminal is provided to the first tongue plate for transmitting a signal conforming to a HDMI transmission specification. The power terminal is provided to the second tongue plate for transmitting power.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A receptacle connector, comprising:

an housing comprising a base block extending transversely and a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate extending forward from a front side face of the base block, the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate being arranged transversely at an interval;
a cage installed to the housing and surrounding the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate to define a mating space;
a separation unit connected to the cage and positioned in the mating space and separating the mating space into an HDMI receptacle portion and a power receptacle portion respectively arranged transversely, the first tongue plate being positioned in the HDMI receptacle portion, the second tongue plate being positioned in the power receptacle portion;
a plurality of receptacle terminals for transmitting a signal conforming to HDMI transmission specification, and each receptacle terminals comprising a contact portion provided to the first tongue plate;
and
a plurality of receptacle power terminals for transmitting power, each receptacle power terminals comprising a contact portion provided to the second tongue plate.

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An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a receptacle connector, the receptacle connector comprising:
an housing comprising a base block extending transversely and a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate forwardly extending transversely from a front side face of the base block, the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate being arranged transversely at an interval;
a cage installed to the housing and surrounding the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate to define a mating space;
a separation unit connected to the cage and positioned in the mating space and separating the mating space into an HDMI receptacle portion and a power receptacle portion respectively arranged transversely, the first tongue plate being positioned in the HDMI receptacle portion, the second tongue plate being positioned in the power receptacle portion;
a plurality of receptacle terminals for transmitting a signal conforming to HDMI transmission specification, and each receptacle terminals comprising a contact portion provided to the first tongue plate;
and
a plurality of receptacle power terminals for transmitting power, and each receptacle power terminals comprising a contact portion provided to the second tongue plate;
a plug connector, the plug connector comprising:
an plug housing comprising a base portion extending transversely, a plug structure forwardly extending transversely from a front side face of the base portion, and a separation portion, the plug structure being provided with an HDMI plug portion and a power plug portion respectively arranged transversely at an interval, the separation portion being positioned between the HDMI plug portion and the power plug portion to separate the HDMI plug portion and the power plug portion, the HDMI plug portion defining an HDMI slot therein, the power plug portion defining a power slot therein, the HDMI receptacle portion being capable of matching and inserting into HDMI slot, the power receptacle portion being capable of matching and inserting into the power slot;
a terminal module provided to the plug housing, and comprising a plurality of plug terminals and a plurality of plug power terminals, the plurality of plug terminals each having a contact portion positioned in the HDMI slot and being for transmitting a signal conforming to HDMI transmission specification, the plurality of plug power terminals each having a contact portion received in the power slot and being for transmitting power;
and
a plug cage installed to the plug housing and comprising a shielding sheath surrounding and covering the plug structure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/973,314Filed 22 Aug 2013
Priority: TW 101216154 A22 Aug 2012
Published: US 2014/0106618 A117 Apr 2014
Granted: 14 Apr 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H01R 27/02
Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts: for simultaneous co-operation with two or more dissimilar…
H01R 24/60
Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure: contacts spaced along planar side wall…
H01R 27/00
Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts
H01R
Electrically-conductive connections

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