Low-profile right-angle electrical connector assembly
View Patent ↗A low-profile, right angle connector assembly comprises six cable connectors and six board-mount connectors housed within a PCIe bracket and EMI shell. The PCIe bracket and EMI shell are braced to a low profile PCIe card. Each board-mount connector is designed to receive a cable connector and allows for the transmission and processing of high-speed data with lower latency. A removable latch mounted on the cable connectors helps ensure the cable connectors remain physically connected to the board-mount connectors. The removable latch may be replaced as needed for breakage and wear and tear.
1. An electrical connector assembly affording a right angle electrical connection to a low profile PCIe printed circuit board, said connector assembly comprising:
at least one board-mount connector;
at least one cable connector detachably coupled to said at least one board-mount connector; and
a PCIe bracket; and
wherein the at least one board-mount connector contains a total of forty-eight differential signal pairs.
2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the differential signal pairs are pin contacts.
3. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the differential signal pairs are socket contacts.
4. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one cable connector is a male connector having pin contacts.
5. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one cable connector is a female connector having socket contacts.
6. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one board-mount connector comprises seven overmolded lead frame assemblies.
7. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6 wherein each one of the seven overmolded lead frame assemblies comprises a lead frame and a pin wafer.
8. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6 wherein each one of the seven overmolded lead frame assemblies comprises a lead frame and a socket wafer.
9. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6 wherein said seven overmolded lead frames assemblies further comprise a depression.
10. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one board-mount connector comprises an LED.
11. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one cable connector comprises a latch.
12. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 wherein the at least one cable connector comprises a ground strap having three ground tabs and secures two cable members together.
13. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 comprising two board-mount connectors.
14. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 comprising three board-mount connectors.
15. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1 comprising six board-mount connectors.