Patent Application
20140308843
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to connector assemblies, and particularly to a connector assembly with a user friendly mechanism.
2. Description of Related Art
A connector assembly is used for transmitting data between two electronic devices. The connector assembly includes a socket connector defining a plurality of inserting slots and a plug connector forming a plurality of plugs. Each plug is received into a corresponding inserting slot. However, it is easy to insert a plug into a wrong inserting slot. Therefore, there is room for improvement in the art.
Many aspects of the embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
The socket connector 10 includes a front plate 11, a stepped top portion (not labeled), and three side plates 15. The stepped top portion includes a first top plate 12 and a second top plate 13. A positioning portion 111 extends from the front plate 11 and includes a sliding plane 1112. The sliding plane 1112 extends downwards from the meeting end and rises from the front plate 11. An acute angle between the sliding plane 1112 and the front top plate 12. The front plate 11 and the three side plates 15 cooperatively form a substantially cuboid structure. In one embodiment, the first top plate 12 is substantially parallel to the second top plate 13. A distance between the first top plate 12 and a bottom of the socket connector 10 is greater than a distance between the second top plate 13 and the bottom of the socket connector 10. The socket connector 10 defines two first inserting slots 121 in the first top plate 12, and two second inserting slots 131 in the second top plate 13. A depth of each first inserting slot 121 is greater than a depth of each second inserting slot 131. In one embodiment, a cross-section of each first inserting slot 121 is substantially octagonal, and a cross-section of each second inserting slot 131 is substantially rectangular.
The plug connector 20 includes a front wall 21, a stepped bottom portion (not labeled), three sidewalls 26, a top wall 28, and a latch 25. The stepped bottom portion includes a first bottom wall 22 and a second bottom wall 23. The front wall 21 and the three sidewalls 26 cooperatively form a substantially cuboid structure. In one embodiment, the front wall 21 is substantially perpendicular to the top wall 28, and the top wall 28 is substantially parallel to the first bottom wall 22 and the second bottom wall 23. A distance between the first bottom wall 22 and the top wall 28 is less than a distance between the second bottom wall 23 and the top wall 28. A distance between the first bottom wall 22 and the second bottom wall 23 is substantially equal to a distance between the first top plate 12 and the second top plate 13. Two first pins 221 extend from the first bottom wall 22 and correspond to the two first inserting slots 121. Two second pins 231 extend from the second bottom wall 23 and correspond to the two second inserting slots 131. A height of each first pin 221 is greater than a height of each second pin 231. A height difference between the first pin 221 and the second pin 231 is substantially equal to a height difference between the first inserting slot 121 and the second inserting slot 131, and also substantially equal to a height difference between the first bottom wall 22 and the second bottom wall 23. In one embodiment, a cross-section of each first pin 221 is substantially octagonal, and a cross-section of each second pin 231 is substantially rectangular. The latch 25 extends from the front wall 21 and includes a maintaining portion 251 and a hooked latching portion 253 connected to the maintaining portion 251. The maintaining portion 251 is connected to the front wall 21. The latching portion 253 extends out of the first bottom wall 22 and the second bottom wall 23 and includes a latching plane 2531. The latching plane 2531 is oblique, and an acute angle is defined between the latching plane 2531 and the front wall 21, and the latching plane 2531 is on an inner surface of the latch 25 at the distal end thereof.
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In disassembly, the latch 25 is pulled out to disengage from the positioning portion 111, and the plug connector 20 is removed from the socket connector 10.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages have been set forth in the foregoing description of embodiments, together with details of the structures and functions of the embodiments, the disclosure is illustrative only and changes may be made in detail, especially in the matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the disclosure to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013101248052 | Apr 2013 | CN | national |
