Heat Resistant Magnetic Electrical Connector

摘要

A magnetic connector system (100) having a cable-end connector (110) and a printed circuit board connector (115). The cable-end connector has a ferro-magnetic strike plate (155). The printed circuit board connector has plugs or bosses (120A, 120B) which mate with corresponding sockets in the cable-end connector and are configured to properly align or orient the connectors. The plugs may include electrical contacts (120A1 , 120A2, 120B1) which mate with corresponding electrical contacts in the cable-end connector. The printed circuit board connector has a magnet assembly (122) which is inserted or installed into a receiving area, and secured by retainers, after the printed circuit board connector has been wave- or reflow-soldered to a printed circuit board. The magnet assembly and the strike plate hold the cable-end connector and the printed circuit board connector together.

主权项

1. A heat resistant magnetic electrical connector comprising:
a body formed from an electrically insulating material which is tolerant of temperatures associated with wave- or reflow-soldering the heat resistant magnetic electrical connector to a printed circuit board, the body comprising:
first and second plugs extending from a face of the body, the first plug being located toward a first end of the face and having a first width, the second plug being located toward a second, opposite end of the face and having a second, different width;a receiving area on a back side of the body;retainers; andfirst and second openings positioned between the first and second plugs and extending from the face through the body to the receiving area; first and second electrical conductors extending through the body, the electrical conductors forming exposed first and second electrical contacts, respectively, forward of the face, and forming first and second connector pins, respectively, at respective first and second predetermined locations other than the face or forward of the face, and wherein the first and second connector pins are configured for being wave- or reflow-soldered to conductors on the printed circuit board; and a magnet assembly having a first end and a second end, the first end having first and second extensions, the magnet assembly being inserted into the receiving area after the first and second electrical conductors have been wave- or reflow-soldered to the printed circuit board, wherein the first and second extensions extend into the first and second openings, and wherein the retainers hold the magnet assembly at least partially within the receiving area once the magnet assembly is inserted therein.