INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM INCORPARATED WITH MAGNETIC ARRANGEMNT

• US 20100279517A1
• Filed: 05/04/2010
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: TSAI, TZU-CHING
• Granted Patent: US 8,251,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/38
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2421 using coil springs
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/38 having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector each defining a mating end of a regular polygon mating with each other. Each regular polygon defines a centre, an imaginary circle around the centre and a plurality of vertices at the imaginary circle. A plurality of pins are located at the mating ends which composed of one first pin at the centre of the first connector, two second pins at least fulfilling with one half of the vertices and arranged at adjacent vertices in turn, one third pin at the centre of the second connector and two forth pins at the vertices respectively in a condition that said two forth pins spaced from each other with a largest distance.

Claims

1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

a first connector and a second connector each defining a mating end of a regular polygon mating with each other, each regular polygon defining a centre, an imaginary circle around the centre and a plurality of vertices at the imaginary circle;

a plurality of pins located at the mating ends, the plurality of pins essentially comprising;

one first pin being at the centre of the first connector;

second pins at least fulfilling with one half of the vertices and arranged at adjacent vertices in turn;

one third pin being at the centre of the second connector;

two forth pins being at the vertices of the second connector respectively in a condition that said two forth pins spaced from each other with a largest distances.

2. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 1, wherein the regular polygon of the second connector defines a diagonal line across the centre thereof, the forth pins are on the diagonal line.

3. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 2, wherein the regular polygon has no diagonal line, one of the forth pins is at a first vertices thereof and the other of the forth pins is at another vertex which is nearest to an imaginary extending line from a connecting line between said first vertex and the centre.

4. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 3, wherein the first connector has a metal ring surrounding the first pin and the second pins therein to define said mating end and the mating end is recessed inwards.

5. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 4, where the first pin and the second pins each define a mating end and an abutting end, a spring means is set on the abutting end to urge the first and second pins to project outwards.

6. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 5, wherein the first pin and the second pins each define a mating end with a recessed front end to receive corresponding mating end of the third pin and the forth pins.

7. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 6, wherein the mating end of the second connector project outwards to be received in the metal ring of the first connector.

8. The electrical connector assembly as described in claim 6, wherein the second connector includes a metal shell and a permanent magnetic element covered by the metal shell.

9. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a first connector and a second connector each defining a mating end mating with each other, each mating end defining a regular polygon with N sides defining a centre and vertices;

a plurality of pins located at the mating ends, the plurality of pins essentially comprising;

one first pin being at the centre of the first connector;

second pins at least fulfilling with one half of the vertices and arranged at adjacent continual vertices in turn;

one third pin being at the centre of the second connector;

two fourth pins being at the vertices of the second connector respectively in condition that the forth pins and the third pin located at one diagonal line with said two fourth pins being in a diametrically opposite manner with each other when N is even, while one of the forth pins is at one vertex and the other of the forth pin is at another vertex nearest to an imaginary extending line which extends from said one vertex to the centre when N is odd.

10. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein said another vertex is essentially one farthest vertex from said vertex.

11. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 9, wherein when N is even, an amount of said second pins is exactly N/2;

when N is odd, the amount of said second pins is (N+1)/2.

12. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 11, wherein a sum of said second pins and said fourth pins is (N+4)/2 when N is even, or is (N+5)/2 when N is odd.

13. An interconnection system comprising:

a first connector defining a first polygonal interface with an N-number of first apexes and a first center;

a second connector defining a second polygonal interface corresponding to the first polygonal interface with also an N-number of second apexes with a second center aligned with the first center;

a first set of contact terminals arranged at both the first center and the first apexes with at least N−

2 apexes left open; and

a second set of contact terminals arranged at both the second center and the second apexes with at least N−

3 apexes left open.

14. The interconnection system as claimed in claim 13, wherein N is larger than or equal to 3, and at least N/2 apexes are open when N is even or at least (N−

1)/2 apexes are open when N is odd.

15. The interconnection system as claimed in claim 14, wherein the open apexes, which are not occupied by the second set of contact terminals, are arranged with a continuous manner in sequence.

16. The interconnection system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the two apexes of the first apexes, which are occupied by the first set of contact terminals, are spaced from each other with a largest distance among any two of said first apexes.