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Granted Patent B2
US 10,804,635 · App. 16/361,434 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Board mating connector in which signal contact unit and ground contact unit are interlocked

Inventors: Hwa Yoon Song (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Uk Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sun Hwa Cha (Hwaseong-si, KR); Chang Hyun Yang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Eun Jung Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyung Hun Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hee seok Jung (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: GigaLane Co., Ltd.
H01R13/2407H01R12/91H01R13/2421H01R13/502H01R24/50H01R2103/00
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Patent No.
US 10,804,635
App. No.
16/361,434
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one example, a board mating connector, in which a signal contact unit and a ground contact unit are interlocked, includes: a signal contact unit which has one side in contact with a signal electrode of a board and is electrically connected to the signal electrode; a ground contact unit which has one side in contact with a ground electrode of the board and is electrically connected to the ground electrode; and a dielectric unit which is disposed between the signal contact unit and the ground contact unit, wherein the ground contact unit includes a ground portion and another ground portion which is relatively moved in contact with the ground portion so as to be coupled to and interlocked with a connection portion through the dielectric unit.

Claims (42)

1. A board mating connector in which a signal contact unit and a ground contact unit are interlocked, the board mating connector comprising:

a signal contact unit which has one side in contact with a signal electrode of a board and is electrically connected to the signal electrode;

a ground contact unit which has one side in contact with a ground electrode of the board and is electrically connected to the ground electrode; and

a dielectric unit which is disposed between the signal contact unit and the ground contact unit,

wherein the signal contact unit includes a housing which has a housing insertion hole of which one side is open, a contact portion which has a contact portion insertion hole of which one side is open, and a connection portion which has one end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the housing insertion hole and the other end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the contact portion insertion hole,

wherein the ground contact unit includes a first ground portion and a second ground portion which is relatively moved while in contact with the first ground portion so as to be coupled to and interlocked with the connection portion through the dielectric unit, and

wherein the connection portion includes:

a first connection hole of which one side is open;

a second connection hole of which one side is open;

a first connection protrusion which protrudes from an outer wall of the one end of the connection portion;

a second connection protrusion which protrudes from an outer wall of the other end of the connection portion;

two or more first connection slits which are elongated to one side of the connection portion from the one end thereof along a circumference of the connection portion; and

two or more second connection slits which are elongated from the other end of the connection portion to the other side thereof along the circumference of the connection portion.

2. The board mating connector of claim 1 , wherein:

the first ground portion has a first ground hollow portion, and one side of the second ground portion is partially inserted into the first ground hollow portion and which has a second ground hollow portion; and

the dielectric unit includes a first dielectric portion which is disposed between the housing and the first ground portion and a second dielectric portion which is disposed between the connection portion and the second ground portion,

wherein, when the second ground portion is moved in a direction of the first ground portion or in a direction opposite to the direction of the first ground portion, the connection portion moves together with the second ground portion by the second dielectric portion in a direction in which the second ground portion is moved.

3. The board mating connector of claim 2 , further comprising a signal spring which is inserted between the one side of the second connection hole and one side of the contact portion insertion hole,

wherein, when the contact portion is moved in a direction of the connection portion, the signal spring is compressed by the contact portion, and the compressed signal spring is restored so that the contact portion is moved in a direction opposite to the direction of the connection portion.

4. The board mating connector of claim 2 , wherein the contact portion further includes a contact tapered portion which is formed on an inner wall of the contact portion so as to have an inclined shape such that an inner diameter thereof is gradually decreased toward one side thereof,

wherein, when the contact portion is moved in a direction of the connection portion, an outer diameter of the second connection protrusion is compressed by the contact tapered portion, and the compressed outer diameter of the second connection protrusion is restored in a direction in which an inner diameter of the contact tapered portion is increased so that the contact portion is moved in a direction opposite to the direction of the connection portion.

5. The board mating connector of claim 2 , wherein the second dielectric portion includes two or more second dielectric hollow portions which are formed in a hole shape passing from one end to the other end of the second dielectric portion between the connection portion and the second ground portion.

6. A board mating connector in which a signal contact unit and a ground contact unit are interlocked, the board mating connector comprising:

a signal contact unit which has one side in contact with a signal electrode of a board and is electrically connected to the signal electrode;

a ground contact unit which has one side in contact with a ground electrode of the board and is electrically connected to the ground electrode; and

a dielectric unit which is disposed between the signal contact unit and the ground contact unit,

wherein the signal contact unit includes a housing which has a housing insertion hole of which one side is open, a contact portion which has a contact portion insertion hole of which one side is open, and a connection portion which has one end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the housing insertion hole and the other end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the contact portion insertion hole,

wherein the ground contact unit includes a first ground portion and a second ground portion which is relatively moved while in contact with the first ground portion so as to be coupled to and interlocked with the connection portion through the dielectric unit,

wherein the board mating connector further comprises a ground spring which is disposed between an inner side of the first ground portion and an outer side of the second ground portion,

wherein, when the second ground portion is moved in the direction of the first ground portion, the ground spring is compressed by the second ground portion, and the compressed ground spring is restored so that the second ground portion is moved in the direction opposite to the direction of the first ground portion,

wherein the first ground portion includes a ground tapered portion which is formed on an inner wall of the first ground portion so as to have an inclined shape such that an inner diameter thereof is gradually decreased toward one side thereof,

wherein the second ground portion includes a second ground protrusion which protrudes outward from one end of the second ground portion and two or more second ground slits which are elongated to one side of the second ground portion from the one end thereof along a circumference of the second ground portion, and

wherein, when the second ground portion is moved in the direction of the first ground portion, an outer diameter of the second ground protrusion is compressed by the ground tapered portion, and the compressed outer diameter of the second ground protrusion is restored in a direction in which an inner diameter of the ground tapered portion is increased so that the second ground portion is moved in the direction opposite to the direction of the first ground portion.

7. A board mating connector in which a signal contact unit and a ground contact unit are interlocked, the board mating connector comprising:

a signal contact unit which has one side in contact with a signal electrode of a board and is electrically connected to the signal electrode;

a ground contact unit which has one side in contact with a ground electrode of the board and is electrically connected to the ground electrode; and

a dielectric unit which is disposed between the signal contact unit and the ground contact unit,

wherein the signal contact unit includes a housing which has a housing insertion hole of which one side is open, a contact portion which has a contact portion insertion hole of which one side is open, and a connection portion which has one end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the housing insertion hole and the other end inserted to be movable along an inner side of the contact portion insertion hole,

wherein the ground contact unit includes a first ground portion and a second ground portion which is relatively moved while in contact with the first ground portion so as to be coupled to and interlocked with the connection portion through the dielectric unit,

wherein the first ground portion includes a ground tapered portion which is formed on an inner wall of the first ground portion so as to have an inclined shape such that an inner diameter thereof is gradually decreased toward one side thereof,

wherein the second ground portion includes a second ground protrusion which protrudes outward from one end of the second ground portion and two or more second ground slits which are elongated to one side of the second ground portion from the one end thereof along a circumference of the second ground portion, and

wherein, when the second ground portion is moved in the direction of the first ground portion, an outer diameter of the second ground protrusion is compressed by the ground tapered portion, and the compressed outer diameter of the second ground protrusion is restored in a direction in which an inner diameter of the ground tapered portion is increased so that the second ground portion is moved in the direction opposite to the direction of the first ground portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2019
From: SONG, HWA YOON; LEE, JIN UK; CHA, SUN HWA; YANG, CHANG HYUN; KIM, EUN JUNG; JUNG, KYUNG HUN; JUNG, HEE SEOK
To: GIGALANE CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0034834 · Mar 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190305457A1 · Oct 3, 2019
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