Patent ID: 11894628
Assignee: AMPHENOL EAST ASIA ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A PCIe SAS direct link connector assembly, comprising:
a board comprising
a front side,
a back side,
a cavity extending from the front side to the back side,
a pair of bores disposed on two sides of the cavity, and
a plurality of positions disposed on a surface of the back side and along an edge of the cavity; and
a connector fixed on the board, the connector comprising a female head comprising a pair of bores corresponding to the pair of bores of the board such that, when screws pass through respective bores of the pair of bores of the female head and bores of the pair of bores of the board and are fastened with nuts, a back portion of the female head is fixed on the board and a front portion of the female head extends through the cavity to the front side of the board,
terminals in a first row held by the female head,
a high-speed line connected with terminals in the first row held by the female head, and
terminals in a second row held by the female head, the terminals in the second row comprise terminals each formed in an asymmetric shape and having a short side held in the front portion of the female head and a long side opposite the short side, the short side comprising a first contact point configured to make contact with a terminal of a mating connector from the front side of the board, and the long side comprising a second contact point configured to make contact with a respective one of the plurality of positions on the surface of the back side of the board.