Patent Application
20160211595
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201510029172.6 filed on Jan. 21, 2015, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The subject matter herein generally relates to a connector and a connector assembly.
The connector is used for transmitting data between two electronic devices. The connector occupies space on a printed circuit board of the electronic device.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the attached figures.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “substantially” is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that the term modifies, such that the component need not be exact. For example, “substantially cylindrical” means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder. The term “comprising” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series and the like.
The present disclosure is described in relation to a connector assembly.
The connector 20 includes a main portion 22, a plurality of pins 24, and two fixing members 26. The main portion 22 includes a connecting portion 220 and a supporting portion 222. The supporting portion 222 extends from the connecting portion 220 and is substantially perpendicular to the connecting portion 220. The connecting portion 220 defines two connecting spaces 2202 and a plurality of mounting holes 2204. The plurality of mounting holes 2204 is aligned in a line on one side of the two connecting spaces 2202. The supporting portion 222 includes a body 2220 and a plurality of arms 2222. Two receiving spaces 2224 are defined in the two sides of the supporting portion 222. The body 2220 includes a plurality of first plates 22202 and a plurality of second plates 22204. The plurality of second plates 22204 is intersected with the plurality of first plates 22202. The plurality of second plates 22204 is substantially perpendicular to the plurality of first plates 22202. The plurality of first plates 22202 and the plurality of second plates 22204 can enhance mechanical rigidity of the supporting portion 222. The plurality of arms 2222 is evenly spaced from each other and is aligned in two rows. An inner surface of each receiving space 2224 includes a plurality of protrusions 22240. Each pin 24 can be substantially L-shaped. Each fixing member 26 includes a fixing piece 262 and a latching portion 264. The fixing piece 262 includes a fixing end 2620. The fixing end 2620 can be substantially hourglass shaped. The latching portion 264 includes two claws 2640. The two claws 2640 can be elastically deformable. The fixing piece 262 and the latching portion 264 define a plurality of grooves 266. The two fixing members 26 are integrally formed with metallic material. In at least one embodiment, each claw 2640 can be substantially rhomboidal. A height of the connecting portion 220 of the connector 20 can be greater than 10 mm. The connector 20 can be a serial advanced technology attachment connector (SATA).
The circuit board 30 defines two fixing holes 32, two latching holes 34, and a plurality of pinholes 36.
The storage device 10 is coupled to the connector 20. The fixing end 2620 is engaged with the fixing holes 32 (as shown in
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a connector assembly. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201510029172.6 | Jan 2015 | CN | national |
