On April 10, 2025, news from the China National Intellectual Property Administration showed that Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., and Tailian Solutions Co., Ltd. applied for a patent entitled "connector components and socket connectors", with the publication number of CN 119787006 A and the application date of October 2023.
The patent abstract shows that the present disclosure provides a connector assembly and a socket connector. In an exemplary embodiment, the connector assembly comprises: a printed circuit board mounted with first and second electrical pins, a socket connector formed with first and second slots and a locking cavity, and a locking clip movable within the locking cavity and capable of moving between a first position and a second position. The length of the first electrical pin is greater than the length of the second electrical pin; The length of the first slot is greater than the length of the second slot; The locking component is configured such that when in the first position, the locking component engages with the first electrical pin to lock the first electrical pin in the first slot, and when in the second position, the locking component disengages from the first electrical pin to release the lock on the first electrical pin.
