CN108963512B - Connector module and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The connector module comprises a conductive shell provided with a main body part and a terminal assembly fixed with the main body part, wherein the terminal assembly comprises an insulating body and a plurality of groups of signal terminals fixed in the insulating body, each signal terminal comprises a terminal fixing part fixed in the insulating body, a terminal wiring part formed by extending one end of the terminal fixing part and a terminal butt joint part formed by extending the other end of the terminal fixing part, the connector module further comprises a plurality of groups of cables, each group of cables comprises a signal wire and a grounding structure, the end parts of the signal wires of each group of cables are fixedly connected with the terminal wiring parts of the signal terminals, and the grounding structures of each group of cables are fixedly connected with the conductive shell. The shielding isolation between each group of differential signal terminals of the connector module can be well realized, the whole structure is stable, the grounding effect is good, the manufacturing method is simple, and the connector module is suitable for mass industrialized production.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to a connector module and a manufacturing method thereof.
Background
The QSFP-DD (Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable Double Density) specification has been published to define a high-speed communication module having eight channels. Each channel has an operation rate of 25Gbit/s or 50Gbit/s, so that the QSFP-DD module supports Ethernet application with a rate of 200Gbit/s or 400 Gbit/s. The QSFP-DD module is provided with a socket connector, and the socket connector comprises an insulating body and four rows of terminals accommodated in the insulating body. On the 05 month 04 day of 2018, chinese patent publication No. CN107994402a discloses a socket connector, which is disposed on a circuit board and connected with a docking circuit board, and includes an insulating body, a row of first terminals, a row of second terminals, a row of third terminals, and a row of fourth terminals, the first terminals, the second terminals, the third terminals, and the fourth terminals are arranged in a vertical direction and disposed in the insulating body, the first terminals and the fourth terminals form a first docking port, the second terminals and the third terminals form a second docking port, and the first terminals, the second terminals, the third terminals, and the fourth terminals are soldered on the circuit board to realize electrical connection between the socket connector and the circuit board. Because the socket connector is connected with the circuit board through welding, layout design is more limited, and meanwhile, a larger position is required to be reserved when the circuit board is designed.
There are two common ways of electrically connecting a socket connector to a circuit board in the prior art, the first is by soldering the socket connector directly to the circuit board as described above, and the second is by transferring the socket connector to the circuit board as a bridge through a transfer module. However, the signal cables of the socket connector are numerous, and have the characteristics of shielding performance, high frequency and the like, so that the requirements cannot be met simply through cable switching or common switching connector switching. In this regard, a new switching module is designed to realize the switching of the above-mentioned type of socket connector.
In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to provide a new connector module and a method for manufacturing the same.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a connector module and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein shielding isolation can be well realized among groups of differential signal terminals of the connector module, meanwhile, the whole structure of the connector module is stable, the grounding effect is good, the manufacturing method is simple, the connector module is suitable for mass industrialized production, and the service life of products is long.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a connector module, including a conductive housing having a main body portion and a terminal assembly fixed to the main body portion, wherein the terminal assembly includes an insulating body and a plurality of signal terminals fixed to the insulating body, each of the signal terminals includes a terminal fixing portion fixed to the insulating body, a terminal connection portion extending from one end of the terminal fixing portion and exposed to the outside of the insulating body and the conductive housing, and a terminal butt-joint portion extending from the other end of the terminal fixing portion and exposed to the outside of the insulating body and the conductive housing, the connector module further includes a solder joint protection module and a plurality of sets of cables, each of the sets of cables includes signal wires, an end of the signal wires of each set of cables is connected to the terminal connection portion of the corresponding signal terminal, and the solder joint protection covers the terminal connection portion and an end of the signal wires.
As a further improvement of the present invention, an insulating protection layer is formed on the surface of the main body portion at the positions of the terminal connection portion and the end portion of the signal line, the insulating protection layer covers the terminal connection portion and the end portion of the signal line, and the solder joint protection module covers the periphery of the insulating protection layer.
As a further improvement of the invention, the main body part is penetrated and formed with a plurality of terminal module accommodating cavities in the vertical direction, the periphery of each terminal module accommodating cavity is formed by a conductive shell to realize shielding and isolation between two adjacent groups of signal terminals, and the terminal assemblies are correspondingly fixed in the terminal module accommodating cavities.
As a further improvement of the invention, the connecting piece module further comprises an outer module, wherein the outer module wraps the upper surface of the main body part, the front and rear surfaces of the main body part and the welding spot protection module, the front and rear surfaces of the main body part are respectively outwards protruded to form convex ribs, the convex ribs are in a strip shape and extend along the left and right directions, and the convex ribs are embedded in the outer module.
As a further improvement of the invention, each group of signal terminals comprises a pair of signal terminals for transmitting differential signals, each group of cables comprises a pair of signal wires and a grounding structure, the left side or the right side of each terminal module accommodating cavity is respectively and upwardly protruded to form a convex part and form a grounding surface, and the grounding structures of each group of cables are respectively and correspondingly contacted and fixed with each grounding surface one by one.
As a further improvement of the present invention, a plurality of protruding strips are formed on the lower surface of the main body portion in a protruding manner, each protruding strip is in a strip-shaped linear protruding rib structure, each protruding strip extends continuously from the front end edge to the rear end edge of the main body portion in the front-rear direction, and the terminal butt-joint portions of each group of signal terminals protrude into the space formed between the two corresponding protruding strips.
As a further improvement of the invention, the upper surface of the main body part is arranged into a step structure and forms an upper bearing surface and a lower bearing surface which forms a drop with the upper bearing surface, the terminal wiring parts are formed with two rows which are respectively and correspondingly positioned on the upper bearing surface and the lower bearing surface, the two rows of terminal wiring parts form a step-shaped height level difference, the plurality of groups of cables are stacked in two layers, one layer of cables is correspondingly connected with one row of terminal wiring parts, and the other group of cables is correspondingly connected with the other row of terminal wiring parts.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides a method for manufacturing a connector module, at least comprising the following steps:
A. making a conductive shell;
B. forming a plurality of groups of signal terminals by stamping, and fixing the plurality of signal terminals to a conductive shell through an insulating body formed by injection molding;
C. preparing a plurality of groups of cables, wherein each group of cables comprises a signal wire, the end parts of each group of cables are contacted and fixed with the terminal wiring parts of the corresponding groups of signal terminals, and meanwhile, each grounding structure is connected and fixed with a specific position of the main body part;
D. forming an insulating protection layer on the surface of the conductive shell at the positions of the terminal wiring part and the end part of the signal wire, wherein the insulating protection layer covers the terminal wiring part and the end part of the signal wire;
E. forming a welding spot protection module on the surface of the conductive shell at the position of the insulating protection layer through injection molding, wherein in the step, the welding spot protection module covers the terminal wiring part, the end part of the signal wire and the insulating protection layer;
F. the outer mold part covers the welding spot protection mold part, the outer mold part at least partially covers the conductive shell and the terminal assembly, and the outer mold part, the conductive shell and the insulating body completely cover the end part of the signal wire, the terminal wiring part, the insulating protection layer and the welding spot protection mold part.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the above-mentioned production method further comprises the steps of:
G. and sleeving heat-shrinkable sleeves at the positions, close to the outer mold pieces, of the groups of cables, and heating the heat-shrinkable sleeves to shrink the heat-shrinkable sleeves to bind the groups of cables.
As a further improvement of the present invention, the insulating protective layer is formed by gluing, and the end portions of the signal wires are fixedly connected with the terminal connection portions of the corresponding groups of signal terminals by welding.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows: the shielding isolation between each group of differential signal terminals of the connector module designed by the invention can be well realized; meanwhile, the structural design of the insulating protection layer, the welding point protection module and the outer module enables the whole structure of the connecting piece module to be stable; in addition, the signal terminals of the connector module are fixed with the cables through welding, and the signal terminals are connected with the circuit board through elastic crimping, so that the connector module is integrally modularized, and the connector module is easy to repair and replace after being damaged; in addition, the grounding structure of the cable of the connector module achieves a common ground effect by contacting the wire shell; in addition, the connecting piece module designed by the invention has simple manufacturing process, is suitable for mass industrialized production, has controllable yield and long service life of finished products.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the connector module of the present invention after being assembled to a circuit board.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the connector module shown in fig. 1 from another angle.
Fig. 3 is a partially exploded perspective view of the connector module shown in fig. 1, showing a schematic perspective view of the overmold separated from the conductive housing.
Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the connector module of fig. 3 from another angle.
Fig. 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of the connector module shown in fig. 1, showing an isometric view of the overmold with one of the solder joint protection modules separated from the conductive housing.
Fig. 6 is a partially exploded perspective view of the connector module shown in fig. 1, showing an isometric view of the overmold, one of the solder joint protection modules, the upper row of cables, and the heat shrink tubing separated from the conductive housing.
Fig. 7 is a partially exploded perspective view of the connector module shown in fig. 1, showing an isometric view of the overmold, two solder joint protection modules, upper flat cable and heat shrink tubing separated from the conductive housing.
Fig. 8 is a partially exploded perspective view of the connector module shown in fig. 1, showing an isometric view of the overmold, two solder joint protection modules, an upper cable, a lower cable, one of the terminal assemblies and heat shrink tubing separated from the conductive housing.
Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the perspective exploded view of fig. 8 from another angle.
Fig. 10 is a front view of the schematic diagram of fig. 1.
Fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of the structure shown in fig. 10 with the external module and the circuit board removed.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. For the sake of description accuracy, reference is made to fig. 1 for all references herein to directions, wherein the extending direction of the X-axis is the left-right direction, the extending direction of the Y-axis is the front-back direction, and the extending direction of the Z-axis is the up-down direction.
Referring to fig. 1 to 11, the connector module 100 of the present invention includes a conductive housing 1, a terminal assembly 2 fixed to the conductive housing 1, a cable 3 electrically connected to the terminal assembly 2, a solder joint protection module 4 covering a connection position between the terminal assembly 2 and the cable 3, an outer mold 5 covering the conductive housing 1, and a heat shrinkage sleeve 6 sleeved on the cable 3. The connector module 100 is configured to be mated and secured to a circuit board 200 (see fig. 1).
Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 6 to 11, the conductive housing 1 has a substantially plate shape and includes a plate-shaped main body 11 and ears 12 extending along left and right sides of the main body 11. The main body 11 has a stepped structure on an upper surface thereof in a vertical direction, and has an upper bearing surface 111 and a lower bearing surface 112 that is formed to be a drop with the upper bearing surface 111. The upper bearing surface 111 is the same shape as the lower bearing surface 112. A row of a plurality of terminal module accommodating cavities 110 are respectively formed on the upper bearing surface 111 and the lower bearing surface 112 penetrating the main body 11 in the up-down direction, shielding walls 101 (see fig. 8) are formed around each terminal module accommodating cavity 110 by the conductive housing 1, and cable limiting grooves 113 are respectively recessed in the rear positions of the upper bearing surface 111 and the lower bearing surface 112 in the terminal module accommodating cavities 110 to form stop walls 114 (see fig. 7 and 8). The upper bearing surface 111 and the lower bearing surface 112 are respectively formed with protrusions (not labeled) protruding upward at the right side or the left side of each terminal module accommodating cavity 110 and form a grounding surface 115, and the protrusions are in a strip-shaped convex rib structure.
Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 6 to fig. 11, a plurality of protruding ribs 116 are formed on the lower surface of the main body 11 of the conductive housing 11, the plurality of protruding ribs 116 are in a strip-shaped linear protruding rib structure, and the protruding ribs 116 continuously extend from the front end edge to the rear end edge of the conductive housing 1 along the front-rear direction. Each of the ears 12 has a fixing hole 121 formed therethrough in the vertical direction, and the fixing holes 121 are engaged with a locking bolt (not shown) to fix the conductive housing 1 to the corresponding circuit board 200. Ribs 117 are formed on the front and rear surfaces of the main body 11 so as to protrude outward, and the ribs 117 are formed in a stripe shape and extend in the left-right direction.
In the first embodiment of the present invention, the conductive housing 1 is made of a metal material with conductive properties. In the second embodiment, the conductive housing 1 is made of an insulating material by injection molding, and at least a partial position of the conductive housing 1 made of an insulating material is formed with a conductive layer by electroplating to achieve a function, for example, forming a conductive layer at the positions of the ground plane 115, the protruding strips 116 and the shielding wall 101, and achieving a common ground by making the conductive layer conductive with a designated ground position on the circuit board 200.
Referring to fig. 4 to 11, the terminal assemblies 2 are provided in plurality, each terminal assembly 2 includes an insulating body 21 and a pair of signal terminals 22, and the pair of signal terminals 22 are correspondingly fixed to the insulating body 21 by injection molding. Referring to fig. 8, each of the signal terminals 22 includes a terminal fixing portion 221 fixed in the insulating body 21, a terminal connecting portion 222 extending from one end of the terminal fixing portion 221 and exposed outside the insulating body 21 and the conductive housing 1, and a terminal abutting portion 223 extending from the other end of the terminal fixing portion 221 and exposed outside the insulating body 21 and the conductive housing 1. Each of the signal terminals 21 extends in the same plane, the terminal fixing portion 221 is in a linear shape, the extending direction of the terminal connecting portion 222 is perpendicular to the terminal fixing portion 221, and the terminal abutting portion 223 and the terminal connecting portion 222 are located on the same side of the extending direction of the terminal fixing portion 221 in the plane where the signal terminal 21 extends. In the connector module 100, the terminal connection parts 222 are arranged in a row on the upper bearing surface 111; the terminal connection parts 222 are arranged in a row on the lower bearing surface 112; the terminal butting portions 223 are arranged in two rows on the lower surface of the main body 11.
Referring to fig. 7 to 9, a pair of signal terminals 22 of each terminal assembly 2 are correspondingly used for transmitting a pair of differential signals. In the first embodiment of the terminal assemblies 2, the terminal assemblies 2 are independent from each other, the terminal assemblies 2 are correspondingly assembled to the terminal module accommodating cavities 110 of the conductive housing 1, and the terminal assemblies 2 realize shielding and blocking effects between signals through the shielding walls 101 around the terminal module accommodating cavities 110, so as to prevent differential signal interference between the terminal assemblies 2.
In the second embodiment (not shown) of the terminal assembly 2 according to the present invention, the terminal assembly 2 is of a one-piece design, the insulating body 1 is provided with only one, each signal terminal 22 is fixed to the insulating body 1 in two pairs, and in the second embodiment, each terminal module receiving cavity 110 of the conductive housing 1 is partially penetrated with each other in the left-right direction and the up-down direction at the lower surface position to match the structure of the insulating body 1, in other words, the shielding walls 101 around each terminal module receiving cavity 110 are partially communicated. The second embodiment of the terminal assembly 2 is a one-piece design of the insulative housing, which allows for simpler manufacturing processes, but the shield wall 101 is partially connected, which also allows for a slightly poorer shielding effect between the pairs of signal terminals 22 than the first embodiment.
Referring to fig. 3 to 9, the cables 3 are provided with a plurality of groups, and the plurality of groups of cables 3 are divided into an upper flat cable 31 connected to the terminal assembly 2 fixed on the upper carrying surface 111 of the conductive housing 1 and a lower flat cable 32 connected to the terminal assembly 2 fixed on the lower carrying surface 112 of the conductive housing 1. Each set of cables 3 includes two signal wires 301 and a ground structure 302. During assembly, each group of cables 3 is correspondingly placed in the corresponding cable limiting groove 113, forward assembly and stop of the cables 3 are realized through the stop wall 114, two signal wires 301 of each group of cables 3 correspondingly contact one pair of signal terminals 22 of the terminal assembly 2, and a grounding structure 302 of each cable 3 correspondingly contacts a grounding surface 115 on the conductive shell 1. In the present invention, each of the terminal connection parts 222 at least partially protrudes out of the insulating body 21 and forms a contact surface (not shown), and the contact surface of each of the terminal connection parts 222 is flush with the ground plane 115. In the embodiment of the present invention, the grounding structure 302 is a metal strip structure, however, in other embodiments, the grounding structure 302 may be replaced by other structures, such as a copper foil or a metal mesh braid structure.
Referring to fig. 3 to 9, the solder joint protection module 4 is formed by injection molding of an insulating material, and two solder joint protection modules 4 are provided, which are respectively formed on the upper bearing surface 111 and the lower bearing surface 112 of the conductive housing 1, and are used for covering the contact portion between the protection terminal connection portion 222 and the corresponding signal line 301. In the present invention, after the cable 3 is fixed to the signal terminal 22 and the ground plane 115, and before the solder joint protection module 4 is formed, the portion where the terminal connection portion 222 contacts the corresponding signal line 301 is covered with an insulating protection layer (not numbered, for example, the insulating protection layer may be formed by gluing) to pre-protect the portion where the terminal connection portion 222 contacts the signal line 301 before and during the injection molding of the solder joint protection module 4. After the formation of the solder joint protection module 4, the solder joint protection module 4 is actually covered outside the insulating protection layer.
Referring to fig. 3, 6, 8 and 11, the grounding structure 302 of each set of cables 3 is located at a middle position corresponding to two signal wires 301, and after the cables 3 are assembled to the conductive housing 1, the grounding structure 302 is bent to pass over the insulating layer of the adjacent signal wires 301 and contact with the grounding surface 115 of the conductive housing 1. When the solder joint protection module 4 is formed, only the part of the grounding structure 302 of the cable 3 above the insulating layer of the signal line 301 protrudes out of the solder joint protection module 4, and the structural feature design ensures that the solder joint protection module 4 has better protection effect and also has thinner structural design. To ensure that the overall thickness of the connector module 100 is relatively thin.
Referring to fig. 1 to 9, the outer mold 5 is formed by injection molding of an insulating material, the outer mold 5 covers the upper surface, the front and rear surfaces, the left and right surfaces and the solder joint protection mold 4 of the conductive housing 1, and ribs 117 on the conductive housing 1 are embedded in the outer mold 5 to increase the adhesion between the outer mold 5 and the conductive housing 1.
Referring to fig. 8 to 11, the terminal abutting portion 223 of the signal terminal 22 is a cantilever structure formed by extending one end of the terminal fixing portion 221 obliquely, and each terminal abutting portion 223 protrudes into the elastic space formed between the two protruding strips 116 correspondingly. The ribs 116 provide isolation and shielding between the differential pairs of each terminal assembly 2. The terminal abutting portion 223 is contacted with the circuit board 200 by elastic pressure bonding.
Referring to fig. 5, 5 and 6, the heat-shrinkable sleeve 6 is correspondingly sleeved on the cable 3 adjacent to the outer module 5, so that the heat-shrinkable sleeve 6 is heated to shrink and bind the cable 3 for protection.
Referring to fig. 2 to 9, the following describes in detail the method for manufacturing the connector module 100 according to the present invention, the method comprises the following steps:
A. the conductive shell 1 is manufactured by means of powder metallurgy, injection molding and the like;
B. forming a plurality of signal terminals 22 by punching, the plurality of signal terminals 22 being fixed to the conductive housing 1 by the insulating body 1 formed by injection molding;
C. preparing a plurality of groups of cables 3, wherein each group of cables 3 comprises a signal wire 301 and a grounding structure 302, the signal wires 301 of each group of cables 3 are welded and fixed with the terminal wiring parts 222 of the signal terminals 22 on the lower bearing surface 112 on the corresponding conductive shell 1 to realize electrical connection, and the grounding structure 302 is welded and fixed with the grounding surface 115 on the lower bearing surface 111 on the corresponding conductive shell 1 to realize electrical connection.
D. In the step C, an insulating protection layer is formed on the surface of the conductive housing 1 at the position where the terminal connection portion 222 is electrically contacted with the signal line 30;
E. forming a welding spot protection module 4 on the surface of the conductive shell 1 at the position where the insulating protection layer is positioned in the step D through injection molding;
F. preparing a plurality of groups of cables 3, wherein each group of cables 3 comprises a signal wire 301 and a grounding structure 302, the signal wires 301 of each group of cables 3 are welded and fixed with the terminal wiring parts 222 of the signal terminals 22 on the upper bearing surface 111 on the corresponding conductive shell 1 to realize electrical connection, and the grounding structure 302 is welded and fixed with the grounding surface 115 on the upper bearing surface 111 on the corresponding conductive shell 1 to realize electrical connection.
G. In the step F, an insulating protection layer is formed on the surface of the conductive housing 1 at the position where the terminal connection portion 222 is electrically contacted with the signal line 30;
H. forming a welding spot protection module 4 on the surface of the conductive shell 1 at the position where the insulating protection layer is positioned in the step G through injection molding;
I. an outer mold 5 is formed on the outer circumference of the solder joint protection mold 4 and the conductive housing 1 by injection molding;
J. and sleeving a heat-shrinkable sleeve 6 at a position of the cable 3 close to the outer module 5, and heating the heat-shrinkable sleeve 6 to shrink and bind the cable 3 by the heat-shrinkable sleeve 6.
In summary, the shielding and isolation between the differential signal terminals 22 of each group of the connector module 100 of the present invention can be well realized; meanwhile, the structural design of the insulating protection layer, the welding point protection module 4 and the outer module 5 ensures that the whole structure of the connector module 100 is stable; in addition, the signal terminal 22 of the connector module 100 is fixed with the cable 3 by welding, and the signal terminal 22 is connected with the circuit board 200 by elastic compression joint, so that the connector module 100 is integrally modularized, and is easy to repair and replace after damage; furthermore, the grounding structure 302 of the cable 3 of the connector module 100 achieves a common ground effect by contacting the wire housing 1; in addition, the manufacturing method of the connecting piece module 100 designed by the invention is simple, is suitable for mass industrialized production, has controllable yield and long service life of finished products.
The above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention and not for limiting the same, and although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that modifications and equivalents may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a connecting piece module, includes the conductive shell that is equipped with the main part and with the terminal subassembly that the main part is fixed mutually, the terminal subassembly includes the insulator and fixes a plurality of signal terminal of group in the insulator, each signal terminal is including fixing terminal fixed part in the insulator, by terminal fixed part one end extends and exposes terminal wiring portion outside insulator and the conductive shell and by terminal fixed part other end extends and exposes terminal butt joint portion outside insulator and the conductive shell, its characterized in that: the connecting piece module further comprises a welding spot protection module and a plurality of groups of cables, each group of cables comprises a signal wire, the end parts of the signal wires of each group of cables are connected with the terminal wiring parts of the corresponding signal terminals, and the welding spot protection module covers the terminal wiring parts and the end parts of the signal wires.
2. The connector module of claim 1, wherein: the surface of the main body part forms an insulating protection layer at the positions of the terminal wiring part and the end parts of the signal wires, the insulating protection layer covers the terminal wiring part and the end parts of the signal wires, and the welding spot protection module covers the periphery of the insulating protection layer.
3. The connector module of claim 1, wherein: the main body part is penetrated in the up-down direction and is formed with a plurality of terminal module accommodating cavities, the periphery of each terminal module accommodating cavity is formed by a conductive shell to realize shielding and isolation between two adjacent groups of signal terminals, and the terminal assemblies are correspondingly fixed in the terminal module accommodating cavities.
4. The connector module of claim 1, wherein: the connecting piece module further comprises an outer module, the outer module wraps the upper surface of the main body part, the front surface and the rear surface of the main body part and the welding spot protection module, convex ribs are formed on the front surface and the rear surface of the main body part in a protruding mode, the convex ribs are in a strip shape and extend in the left-right direction, and the convex ribs are buried in the outer module.
5. A connector module as claimed in claim 3, wherein: each group of signal terminals comprises a pair of signal terminals for transmitting differential signals, each group of cables comprises a pair of signal wires and a grounding structure, the left side or the right side of each terminal module accommodating cavity is respectively and upwardly protruded to form a convex part and form a grounding surface, and the grounding structures of each group of cables are respectively and correspondingly contacted and fixed with each grounding surface one by one.
6. The connector module of claim 1, wherein: the lower surface of the main body part is convexly provided with a plurality of raised strips, each raised strip is of a strip-shaped linear raised rib structure, each raised strip continuously extends from the front end edge to the rear end edge of the main body part along the front-back direction, and the terminal butt joint parts of the signal terminals of each group are convexly extended into the space formed between the two corresponding raised strips.
7. The connector module of claim 1, wherein: the upper surface of the main body part is arranged to be of a step-shaped structure and forms an upper bearing surface and a lower bearing surface with the upper bearing surface forming a drop, the terminal wiring parts are formed with two rows of terminal wiring parts which are respectively and correspondingly positioned on the upper bearing surface and the lower bearing surface, the two rows of terminal wiring parts form step-shaped height level differences, the plurality of groups of cables are stacked in two layers, one layer of cables is correspondingly connected with one row of terminal wiring parts, and the other group of cables is correspondingly connected with the other row of terminal wiring parts.
8. The connector module of claim 2, wherein: the insulating protection layer is formed by gluing, and the end part of the signal wire is fixedly connected with the terminal wiring part of each corresponding group of signal terminals in a welding way.
9. A manufacturing method of a connector module at least comprises the following steps:
A. making a conductive shell;
B. forming a plurality of groups of signal terminals by stamping, and fixing the plurality of signal terminals to a conductive shell through an insulating body formed by injection molding;
C. preparing a plurality of groups of cables, wherein each group of cables comprises a signal wire and a grounding structure, the end parts of each group of cables are contacted and fixed with the terminal wiring parts of the corresponding groups of signal terminals, and each grounding structure is connected and fixed with a specific position of the main body part;
D. forming an insulating protection layer on the surface of the conductive shell at the positions of the terminal wiring part and the end part of the signal wire, wherein the insulating protection layer covers the terminal wiring part and the end part of the signal wire;
E. forming a welding spot protection module on the surface of the conductive shell at the position of the insulating protection layer through injection molding, wherein in the step, the welding spot protection module covers the terminal wiring part, the end part of the signal wire and the insulating protection layer;
F. the outer mold part covers the welding spot protection mold part, the outer mold part at least partially covers the conductive shell and the terminal assembly, and the outer mold part, the conductive shell and the insulating body completely cover the end part of the signal wire, the terminal wiring part, the insulating protection layer and the welding spot protection mold part.
10. The method of manufacturing a connector module of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
G. and sleeving heat-shrinkable sleeves at the positions, close to the outer mold pieces, of the groups of cables, and heating the heat-shrinkable sleeves to shrink the heat-shrinkable sleeves to bind the groups of cables.
11. The method of making a connector module of claim 9, wherein: the insulating protection layer is formed by gluing, and the end part of the signal wire is fixedly connected with the terminal wiring part of each corresponding group of signal terminals in a welding way.
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