Bracket for packaging electrical connector

Abstract

A bracket for packaging electrical connectors includes a base, a cover and a number of posts for assembling the cover to the base. The base and the cover each form a number of spaces corresponding to each other so that the space of the base and the corresponding space of the cover jointly form a compartment for accommodating an electrical connector therein.

1 . A bracket for packaging electrical connectors comprising:
 a base having a bottom plate and a plurality of beams and sidewalls, the beams and sidewalls forming a plurality of lower spaces;   a cover attached to the base and comprising a plurality of beams and sidewalls, the beams and sidewalls forming a plurality of upper spaces corresponding to the lower spaces, respectively; and   a plurality of posts assembling the cover to the base; wherein the lower space of the base and the corresponding upper space of the cover jointly forming a compartment for accommodating an electrical connector therein.   
   
   
       2 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate forms a bottom surface of the compartment. 
   
   
       3 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the beams are paralleled to each other and perpendicular to the sidewalls. 
   
   
       4 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a plurality of upper posts extending upwardly therefrom, and the cover defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the upper posts of the base. 
   
   
       5 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the posts each include a lower connecting section mating with the upper post and a shoulder mating with the through holes of the cover. 
   
   
       6 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a pair of bridge portions projecting upwardly therefrom at opposite sides thereof thereby to facilitate an operator to hold the bracket. 
   
   
       7 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the cover and the base includes a plurality of spacer bars extending from the beams and dividing each upper space or lower space into tow parts for receiving two separated part of the electrical connector, respectively. 
   
   
       8 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said at least one of the cover and the base includes a protrusion extending from the sidewall for sandwiching one of the separated part with the spacer bar. 
   
   
       9 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein said at least one of the cover and the base includes a tab extends from the beam for securing the other separated part of the electrical connector. 
   
   
       10 . A bracket for packaging electrical connectors having a mounting surface for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:
 a plurality of bases each defining a plurality of lower spaces;   a plurality of covers each defining a plurality of upper spaces corresponding to the lower spaces; and   a plurality of posts secured to the covers and the bases, wherein the bases and the covers are stacked and alternative arranged so that each base and the corresponding cover located thereon jointly defines a plurality of compartments for receiving the electrical connectors, respectively.   
   
   
       11 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the base comprises a bottom plate to support the electrical connectors received in the compartments. 
   
   
       12 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the base comprises a plurality of upper posts projecting upwardly, and the cover defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the upper posts of the base. 
   
   
       13 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the posts each include a lower connecting section mating with the upper post and a shoulder mating with the through holes of the cover. 
   
   
       14 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein the post further comprises a head extending upwardly from the shoulder portion, and each base includes a plurality of lower posts opposite to the upper posts to engage with the head portion. 
   
   
       15 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the electrical connector are received in the compartments with the mounting surface thereof perpendicular to upper surface of the cover and the base. 
   
   
       16 . The bracket as claimed in  claim 10 , wherein the cover can be pushed downwardly along the posts so as to expose the electrical connector. 
   
   
       17 . A bracket assembly comprising:
 a planar lower base and a planar upper cover commonly defining a lengthwise direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to each other in a horizontal plane, and further commonly sandwiching, in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said lengthwise direction and said transverse direction, therebetween a plurality of posts which are located around a periphery of the assembled base and cover,   a plurality of vertical dividers formed on both said base and said cover and extending in the transverse direction so as to forms therebetween, in the vertical direction, a plurality of vertical compartments along said lengthwise dierction for receiving corresponding electrical connectors therein, respectively; wherein   said cover is moveable relative to the base in said vertical direction between upper and lower positions under condition that the cover and the base commonly retain a lower half portion of each of said connectors when said cover is located at the lower position while the cover and the base respectively retain an upper half portion and the lower half portion of each of said connector when said cover is located at the upper position.   
   
   
       18 . The bracket assembly as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein said cover defines a plurality of through holes receiving the corresponding posts, respectively. 
   
   
       19 . The bracket assembly as claimed in  claim 18 , wherein one of said post and the corresponding through hole is radially shrinkable so as to allow said through hole may move downward along the post when said cover is moved from the upper position to the lower position. 
   
   
       20 . The bracket assembly as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein at least one of said base and said cover defines a plurality of spacer bars each extending into the corresponding compartment for being located between a load plate and a stiffener of a same connector received in the corresponding compartment under condition that said stiffener and said load plate cooperate with each other to located an insulative housing of the same connector therebetween in said transverse direction.