US 7,591,681 B1
Sensor connector assembly
George(Huanyl) Zhang, Irvine, Calif. (US); and Jeff Pan, Irvine, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/229,629.
Int. Cl. H01R 33/09 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—620.24 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor connector assembly, comprising:
an extender, comprising:
a first connector having a connector body including a first forward mating port, a plurality of terminal passageways formed in the connector body to communicate with the first mating port, a plurality of terminals received in the respective terminal passageways with contact sections exposed in the first mating port; and
a second connector electrically connected and disposed in a back-to-back relationship with the first connector, the second connector having a base including a mating tongue exposed in a second mating port, a plurality of contacts disposed on a same face of the mating tongue;
a receptacle defined upon a top wall of at least one of the first and second connector;
a thermal sensing device received in the receptacle; and
a cover assembled onto the receptacle for covering the thermal sensing device, the cover defining a plurality of through holes to communicate the thermal sensing device with the outside; wherein the thermal sensing device comprising a thermal transistor, a first thermal connector having one end electrically connected to the thermal transistor and another end electrically connected to a cable, and a thermal pad located outward of the thermal transistor and the thermal connector to communicate with the outside and adapted to conduct the outside heat to the thermal transistor; wherein an entrance of the receptacle at one side is walled up by the thermal pad.