Control module assembly

• US 7,080,990 B1
• Filed: 02/09/2005
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yi, Chong, Juntwait, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): HYEON, HAE M
• Application Number:
  US11/054,858
• Publication Number:
  US 20060177960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: 439/79, 439/46.1, 439/572, 439/892
• US Class Current: 439/79
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/62 Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05

Abstract

A control module assembly (100) includes a module housing (1) defining a receiving cavity (14) therein having a front opening, a printed circuit board (3) adapted to be housed in the receiving cavity, a header connector (2) including a number of contacts (6) mounted on the printed circuit board and accessible from the front opening, and a front bezel (4) installed onto the header connector and attached to the module housing. The header connector includes interfaces adapted for mating with complementary connectors and interlocked with the opening. The header connector has sets of different passageways (503) accommodating the contacts and the front bezel includes shrouds (42) for sheltering the contacts therein so as to receive the complementary connectors.

Claims

1. A control module assembly comprising:

a module housing defining a receiving cavity therein having a front opening;

a printed circuit board adapted to be housed in said receiving cavity; and

a header connector including a plurality of contacts mounted on the printed circuit board and accessible from the front opening, the header connector including interfaces adapted for mating with complementary connectors and interlocked with the opening, and having sets of different passageways accommodating the contacts so as to receive the complementary connectors

a front bezel installed onto the header connector and attached to the module housing, wherein

the front bezel includes shrouds for sheltering the contacts received in sets of passageways to form said interfaces; and

wherein

the header connector has a plurality of abutment tabs projecting upwardly from a top surface thereof and the front bezel defines a plurality of slots in a rear of a top wall thereof for engaging with said abutment tabs.

2. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the module housing has a plurality of abutment ribs in an inner of a top wall thereof for backing up against said abutment tabs.

3. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the front bezel provides a plurality of latching bosses projecting from top and bottom surfaces thereof and the module housing has a plurality of latches for latching with corresponding latching bosses.

4. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the module housing provides a pair of shoulders in opposite sides of a bottom portion thereof for supporting the printed circuit board.

5. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the module housing and the front bezel have a plurality of supporting pillars each having a height equal to a height of the shoulder.

6. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the module housing and the front bezel each include a pair of mounting flanges each having a mounting hole therein.

7. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said header connector comprises a header housing and a contact organizer attached to the header housing and wherein the contact organizer defining a plurality of through apertures for allowing tail portions of the contacts to extend therethrough.

8. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said header housing includes a plurality of guiding posts in an attachment surface thereof and the contact organizer defining corresponding guiding holes for interferentially fitting with the guiding posts.

9. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 8, wherein the header housing includes a plurality of side wall portions projecting rearward from a back face thereof to separate said sets of passageways and the guiding posts are disposed in the side wall portions.

10. A control module assembly comprising:

a printed circuit board;

a header connector mounted to a front edge region of the printed circuit board, and including a header housing and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing;

the header housing including a plurality of sections with corresponding contacts therein, respectively;

a module housing defining a cavity receiving said printed circuit board therein;

a unitary front bezel attached onto and positioned in a front portion of the module housing and defining a plurality of openings isolated from one another and respectively aligned with the corresponding sections in a front-to-back direction, and enclosing the corresponding contacts therein.

11. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein said front bezel further includes a pair of support flanges.

12. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein said module housing further includes a pair of support flanges.

13. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein said front bezel is fastened to the module housing.

14. The control module assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein said header housing is of a unitary piece.