Apparatus for securing connection between cable assembly and storage device connector

摘要

A disclosed connector latch for latching a cable assembly to a connector includes a substantially planar body and has a width approximately equal to the cable assembly width. The connector latch includes a retention clip comprising first and second tabs. Each tab extends the latch body and terminates at a flange displaced above the latch body by a thickness of the cable assembly. The connector latch includes a clamp with first and second branches. Each branch includes a middle portion pivotally coupled to the latch body, a fang at a distal end of each branch, and pinch plates at a proximal end of each branch. The branches are configured with an unbiased state in which they engage a distal edge of a connector connected to the cable. The mass storage device may be an M.2 solid state drive and the device connector may be a serial ATA connector.

主权项

1. A connector latch for maintaining a connection between a cable assembly and a motherboard I/O connector, the connector latch comprising:
a substantially planar latch body wherein a width of the latch body accommodates a width of the cable assembly; a retention clip comprising:
a first tab at a first end of the latch body, extending perpendicularly from the latch body and terminating in a first flange displaced from the latch body by a tab displacement approximately equal to a thickness of the cable assembly; anda second tab at a second end of the latch body, extending perpendicularly from the latch body and terminating in a second flange displaced from the latch body by the tab displacement; and a clamp comprising:
a first branch, comprising:
a middle portion pivotally coupled to a first pivot point of the latch body;a first fang at a distal end of the first branch; anda first pinch plate at a proximal end of the first branch; anda second branch, comprising:
a middle portion pivotally coupled to a second pivot point of the latch body;a second fang at a distal end of the second branch; anda second pinch plate at a proximal end of the second branch;wherein the connector latch attached together with the cable assembly and the first branch and the second branch are sized and oriented to engage, with the first fang and the second fang, a far edge of the motherboard I/O connectorwherein the first branch and the second branch both include an L-shaped structure, coupled between the middle portion and the pinch plate, oriented wherein the first and second pinch plates are closer together than the middle portion of the first branch and middle portion of the second branch when the clamp is unbiased.