IP Library Granted Patent US 12,372,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,731 · App. 18/102,782 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Connector assembly

Inventor: Ming-Huei Kao (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Molex, LLC
G02B6/4277
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Patent No.
US 12,372,731
App. No.
18/102,782
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed in the present invention is a connector assembly, including a guide shielding cover; a side cover plate; and a light guide piece. The guide shielding cover has a top wall and a side wall, and the side wall has an opening. The side cover plate is assembled on the side wall and shields the opening, and the side cover plate has a first mounting portion. The light guide piece has a second mounting portion matched with and assembled on the first mounting portion. The connector assembly in the present invention, through the side cover plate assembled on the side wall of the guide shielding cover, not only shields the opening on the side wall to generate an action of electromagnetic interference shield (EMI shielding), but also provides an additional construction for assembling the light guide piece through the side cover plate.

Claims (31)

1. A connector assembly, comprising:

a guide shielding cover having a top wall and a side wall, the side wall having an opening;

a side cover plate assembled on the side wall and shielding the opening, the side cover plate having a first mounting portion, the first mounting portion comprising a convex piece located above the top wall; and

a light guide piece having a second mounting portion matched with and assembled on the first mounting portion, a holding block of the second mounting portion having an insertion slot, wherein the convex piece of the side cover plate is inserted into the insertion slot.

2. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second mounting portion of the light guide piece is assembled on the first mounting portion of the side cover plate from front to rear.

3. A connector assembly, comprising:

a guide shielding cover having a top wall and a side wall, the side wall having an opening;

a side cover plate assembled on the side wall and shielding the opening, the side cover plate having a first mounting portion; and

a light guide piece having a second mounting portion matched with and assembled on the first mounting portion, wherein

the second mounting portion of the light guide piece is assembled on the first mounting portion of the side cover plate from front to rear, and

the first mounting portion of the side cover plate has a convex piece located above the top wall, and a receiving slot located below the convex piece and extending from front to rear, and the second mounting portion of the light guide piece has a holding block inserted into the receiving slot.

4. The connector assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the receiving slot is jointly defined by the convex piece and the top wall.

5. The connector assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the holding block of the light guide piece has an insertion slot, and the lower edge of the convex piece of the side cover plate is inserted into the insertion slot.

6. The connector assembly according to claim 5 , wherein a fixed protrusion facing upward is formed in the insertion slot of the holding block of the light guide piece, and a fixed recess facing downward is formed on the lower edge of the convex piece of the side cover plate and into which the fixed protrusion is clamped.

7. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the guide shielding cover further has a rear wall, the light guide piece is located over the top wall and extends backward to the rear wall, the side cover plate comprises two side cover plates respectively assembled on two side walls of the guide shielding cover, the light guide piece has two second mounting portions respectively located on left and right sides of the guide shielding cover and assembled on first mounting portions of the two side cover plates, the rear wall has a third mounting portion and the light guide piece has a fourth mounting portion that is matched with and assembled on the third mounting portion.

8. The connector assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the third mounting portion has an insertion piece, and the fourth mounting portion has an insertion hole corresponding to the insertion piece.

9. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the light guide piece is located on an outer side of the side wall, the side cover plate on the side wall further has a fifth mounting portion located below the first mounting portion, and the light guide piece further has a sixth mounting portion that is matched with and assembled on the fifth mounting portion.

10. The connector assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the fifth mounting portion has a fastening piece, and the sixth mounting portion has a fastening portion correspondingly buckled to the fastening piece.

11. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the side wall further has a locking piece extending within the opening.

12. The connector assembly according to claim 11 , wherein a front-end of the guide shielding cover is assembled with a plurality of ground pads, the ground pads have a plurality of elastic finger portions, and a plurality of fastening pieces formed at least in part of the plurality of elastic finger portions, the guide shielding cover further has a plurality of fastening holes formed at least on the side wall and correspondingly assembled with the plurality of fastening pieces of the ground pads, and the side cover plate shields the fastening holes located on the side wall.

13. The connector assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the guide shielding cover further has two insertion spaces arranged vertically, the side wall has two openings arranged vertically, the two openings respectively correspond to the two insertion spaces, and the side cover plate is assembled on the side wall to shield the two openings.

14. The connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the guide shielding cover is provided with a compartment frame, the side wall has first assembly holes, the side cover plate has second assembly holes corresponding to the first assembly holes, and the compartment frame has an assembly piece buckled to the first assembly holes and the second assembly holes.

15. A connector assembly, comprising:

a guide shielding cover having a top wall and a side wall, the side wall having an opening with a locking piece extending within the opening;

a side cover plate assembled on the side wall, over the locking piece, and shielding the opening, the side cover plate having a first mounting portion comprising a convex piece; and

a light guide piece having a second mounting portion matched with and assembled on the first mounting portion, a holding block of the second mounting portion having an insertion slot, wherein the convex piece of the side cover plate is inserted into the insertion slot.

16. The connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the light guide piece comprises two light guide tubes, the two light guiding tubes extend over the top wall of the guide shielding cover, and the second mounting portion of the light guide piece extends at least in part to an outer side of the side wall.

17. The connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the light guide piece comprises two light guide tubes, a front connecting post connected to the two light guide tubes, and a rear connecting post connected to the two light guide tubes.

18. The connector assembly according to claim 17 , wherein the guide shielding cover has a rear wall, the rear wall has a third mounting portion, the light guide piece has a fourth mounting portion on the rear connecting post, and the fourth mounting portion is matched with and assembled on the third mounting portion.

19. The connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the guide shielding cover further has two insertion spaces arranged vertically, the side wall has two openings arranged vertically, the two openings respectively correspond to the two insertion spaces, and the side cover plate is assembled on the side wall to shield the two openings.

20. The connector assembly according to claim 15 , wherein the guide shielding cover is provided with a compartment frame, the side wall has first assembly holes, the side cover plate has second assembly holes corresponding to the first assembly holes, and the compartment frame has an assembly piece buckled to the first assembly holes and the second assembly holes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2023
From: KAO, MING-HUEI
To: MOLEX, LLC
Reel/Frame 063351/0262 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210137002.X · Feb 15, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230258892A1 · Aug 17, 2023
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