U.S. patent application number 14/798829 was filed with the patent office on 2017-01-19 for sata cable.
The applicant listed for this patent is COMPONENT USER INDUSTRY CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to CHI SEN CHANG, KUO CHEN HSU, TZU HAN WU.
Application Number | 20170018330 14/798829 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 57589968 |
Filed Date | 2017-01-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170018330 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
HSU; KUO CHEN ; et
al. |
January 19, 2017 |
SATA CABLE
Abstract
A SATA cable capable of grounding noise, includes a cable body;
a lead group embedded in the cable body, having two ends exposed
from two ends of the cable body, respectively, and comprising a
signal transmitting lead group, a signal receiving lead group,
power leads and ground leads, the signal transmitting lead group
further comprising a first signal transmitting lead and a second
signal transmitting lead, and the signal receiving lead group
further comprising a first signal receiving lead and a second
signal receiving lead; a first metal shield layer unit disposed on
a surface of the cable body; a second metal shield layer unit
disposed on another surface of the cable body; and a noise lead
embedded in the cable body, electrically connected to ground leads,
and having two ends exposed from the cable body to thereby
electrically connect with the first metal shield layer unit.
Inventors: |
HSU; KUO CHEN; (TAOYUAN
CITY, TW) ; CHANG; CHI SEN; (TAOYUAN CITY, TW)
; WU; TZU HAN; (TAOYUAN CITY, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
COMPONENT USER INDUSTRY CO., LTD. |
TAOYUAN CITY |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
57589968 |
Appl. No.: |
14/798829 |
Filed: |
July 14, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H01R 12/716 20130101;
H01B 7/0861 20130101; H05K 2201/093 20130101 |
International
Class: |
H01B 7/08 20060101
H01B007/08 |
Claims
1. A SATA cable, comprising: a cable body; a lead group embedded in
the cable body, having two ends exposed from two ends of the cable
body, respectively, and comprising a signal transmitting lead
group, a signal receiving lead group, a plurality of power leads
and a plurality of ground leads, the signal transmitting lead group
further comprising a first signal transmitting lead and a second
signal transmitting lead, and the signal receiving lead group
further comprising a first signal receiving lead and a second
signal receiving lead; a first metal shield layer unit disposed on
a surface of the cable body; a second metal shield layer unit
disposed on another surface of the cable body; and at least a noise
lead embedded in the cable body, electrically connected to at least
one of the ground leads, and having two ends exposed from the cable
body to thereby electrically connect with the first metal shield
layer unit, wherein the two ends of the at least a noise lead each
have a noise lead bend segment, wherein the first metal shield
layer unit comprises a first double sided adhesive layer, a first
aluminum foil layer, two third double sided adhesive layers and two
third aluminum foil layers, with the first aluminum foil layer
having two ends each having a first aluminum foil layer bend
segment, with the first double sided adhesive layer adhered to a
surface of the cable body, with the first aluminum foil layer
adhered to the first double sided adhesive layer, with the third
double sided adhesive layers adhered to two sides of the first
aluminum foil layer, respectively, with the first aluminum foil
layer bend segments adhered to the third double sided adhesive
layers, respectively, with the noise lead bend segments
electrically connected to the first aluminum foil layer bend
segments, respectively, with the third aluminum foil layers adhered
to the first aluminum foil layer bend segments and covering the
noise lead bend segments, respectively.
2. The SATA cable of claim 1, wherein the at least a noise lead is
disposed between the signal transmitting lead group and the signal
receiving lead group.
3. (canceled)
4. The SATA cable of claim 1, where in the second metal shield
layer unit comprises a second double sided adhesive layer and a
second aluminum foil layer, with the second double sided adhesive
layer adhered to another surface of the cable body, and with the
second aluminum foil layer adhered to the second double sided
adhesive layer.
5. The SATA cable of claim 1, where in the second metal shield
layer unit comprises a second double sided adhesive layer and a
second aluminum foil layer, with the second double sided adhesive
layer adhered to another surface of the cable body, and with the
second aluminum foil layer adhered to the second double sided
adhesive layer, wherein the second double sided adhesive layer is
of a larger thickness than the first double sided adhesive
layer.
6. The SATA cable of claim 1, wherein one end of the cable body is
T-shaped, another end of the cable body is cruciform, or the two
ends of the cable body are T-shaped and cruciform,
respectively.
7. The SATA cable of claim 6, further comprising at least one of a
T-shaped reinforced plate and a cruciform handheld plate, with the
T-shaped reinforced plate connected to the T-shaped end of the
cable body, and with the cruciform handheld plate connected to the
cruciform end of the cable body.
Description
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
[0001] The present invention relates to SATA cables and, more
particularly, to a SATA cable capable of grounding noise to thereby
prevent the noise from interfering with any external electronic
component.
BACKGROUND
[0002] With information technology developing by leaps and bounds
nowadays, there is an increasingly great demand for the enhancement
of the efficiency of electronic data processing. To this end, SATA
hard drives were introduced. A SATA hard drive requires a SATA
cable for connection with an external electronic device. However, a
conventional SATA cable fails to prevent noise exposure which
interferes with an external electronic component, especially when
the SATA cable is exposed. Accordingly, it is important to invent a
SATA cable which is capable of ground noise to thereby prevent
noise from interfering with any external electronic component.
SUMMARY
[0003] In view of the aforesaid drawbacks of the prior art, the
inventor of the present invention conceived room for improvement in
the prior art and thus conducted extensive researches and
experiments according to the inventor's years of experience in the
related industry, and finally developed a SATA cable as disclosed
in the present invention to ground noise and thereby prevent noise
from interfering with any external electronic component.
[0004] In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the
present invention provides a SATA cable, comprising: a cable body;
a lead group embedded in the cable body, having two ends exposed
from two ends of the cable body, respectively, and comprising a
signal transmitting lead group, a signal receiving lead group, a
plurality of power leads and a plurality of ground leads, the
signal transmitting lead group further comprising a first signal
transmitting lead and a second signal transmitting lead, and the
signal receiving lead group further comprising a first signal
receiving lead and a second signal receiving lead; a first metal
shield layer unit disposed on a surface of the cable body; a second
metal shield layer unit disposed on another surface of the cable
body; and at least a noise lead embedded in the cable body,
electrically connected to at least one of the ground leads, and
having two ends exposed from the cable body to thereby electrically
connect with the first metal shield layer unit.
[0005] The SATA cable is characterized in that the at least a noise
lead is disposed between the signal transmitting lead group and the
signal receiving lead group.
[0006] The SATA cable is characterized in that the two ends of the
at least a noise lead each have a noise lead bend segment, wherein
the first metal shield layer unit comprises a first double sided
adhesive layer, a first aluminum foil layer, two third double sided
adhesive layers and two third aluminum foil layers, with the first
aluminum foil layer having two ends each having a first aluminum
foil layer bend segment, with the first double sided adhesive layer
adhered to a surface of the cable body, with the first aluminum
foil layer adhered to the first double sided adhesive layer, with
the third double sided adhesive layers adhered to two sides of the
first aluminum foil layer, respectively, with the first aluminum
foil layer bend segments adhered to the third double sided adhesive
layers, respectively, with the noise lead bend segments
electrically connected to the first aluminum foil layer bend
segments, respectively, with the third aluminum foil layers adhered
to the first aluminum foil layer bend segments and covering the
noise lead bend segments, respectively.
[0007] The SATA cable is characterized in that the second metal
shield layer unit has a second double sided adhesive layer and a
second aluminum foil layer, wherein the second double sided
adhesive layer is adhered to another surface of the cable body, and
the second aluminum foil layer is adhered to the second double
sided adhesive layer.
[0008] The SATA cable is characterized in that the second metal
shield layer unit has a second double sided adhesive layer and a
second aluminum foil layer, wherein the second double sided
adhesive layer is adhered to another surface of the cable body, and
the second aluminum foil layer is adhered to the second double
sided adhesive layer. The second double sided adhesive layer is of
a larger thickness than the first double sided adhesive layer.
[0009] The SATA cable is characterized in that one end of the cable
body is T-shaped, another end of the cable body is cruciform, or
the two ends of the cable body are T-shaped and cruciform,
respectively.
[0010] The SATA cable further comprises a T-shaped reinforced
plate, a cruciform handheld plate or both, with the T-shaped
reinforced plate connected to the T-shaped end of the cable body,
and with the cruciform handheld plate connected to the cruciform
end of the cable body.
[0011] Hence, the SATA cable of the present invention is capable of
grounding noise to thereby prevent noise from interfering with any
external electronic component.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
[0012] Objectives, features, and advantages of the present
invention are hereunder illustrated with specific embodiments in
conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0013] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a SATA cable according to a
preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the SATA cable taken at
another angle;
[0015] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a cable body, lead group and
noise lead according to the preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
[0016] FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the lead group embedded in the
cable body according to the preferred embodiment of the present
invention;
[0017] FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the lead group embedded in the
cable body taken at another angle;
[0018] FIG. 6 is a schematic view of noise lead embedded in the
cable body and a first double sided adhesive layer according to the
preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the first double sided
adhesive layer adhered to the cable body and a first aluminum foil
layer and third double sided adhesive layers according to the
preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the third double sided
adhesive layers adhered to the first aluminum foil layer shown in
FIG. 7;
[0021] FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the first aluminum foil layer
adhered to the first double sided adhesive layer, the third
aluminum foil layers and a T-shaped reinforced plate according to
the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0022] FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the third aluminum foil
layers adhered to the first aluminum foil layer and the T-shaped
reinforced plate connected to the cable body according to the
preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0023] FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a second double sided
adhesive layer and a second aluminum foil layer which have yet been
adhered to the cable body according to the preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
[0024] FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the second double sided
adhesive layer and the second aluminum foil layer adhered to the
cable body and a cruciform handheld plate according to the
preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the cruciform handheld plate
adhered to the cable body according to the preferred embodiment of
the present invention; and
[0026] FIG. 14 is a schematic view of the SATA cable assembled
according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0027] Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the present invention
provides a SATA cable which comprises a cable body 1, a lead group
2, a first metal shield layer unit 3, a second metal shield layer
unit 4 and at least a noise lead 5. The cable body 1 is provided in
the form of a slender insulating strap. The two ends of the cable
body 1 each have a plurality of slots 11 whereby the two ends of
the lead group 2 are exposed from the two ends of the cable body 1,
respectively, and thus electrically connected to an external
electronic component or an electronic device. Referring to FIG. 1
and FIG. 2, the slots 11 disposed at the right end of the cable
body 1 open downward, and the slots 11 disposed at the left end of
the cable body 1 open both upward and downward, though the
aforesaid configuration of the slots 11 is subject to changes as
needed. Referring to FIG. 3 through FIG. 5, the lead group 2 is
embedded in the cable body 1, and the two ends of the lead group 2
are exposed from the two ends of the cable body 1 through the slots
11, respectively. The lead group 2 comprises a signal transmitting
lead group 21, a signal receiving lead group 22, a plurality of
power leads 23 and a plurality of ground leads 24. The signal
transmitting lead group 21 comprises a first signal transmitting
lead 211 and a second signal transmitting lead 212. The signal
receiving lead group 22 comprises a first signal receiving lead 221
and a second signal receiving lead 222. Referring to FIG. 3, the
lead group 2 comprises the ground leads 24, the first signal
transmitting lead 211, the second signal transmitting lead 212, the
ground leads 24, the second signal receiving lead 222, the first
signal receiving lead 221, the ground leads 24 and three power
leads 23, which are arranged from right to left, though the
aforesaid arrangement and quantity is subject to changes as needed.
Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the first metal shield layer unit 3
is disposed on the top surface of the cable body 1, and the second
metal shield layer unit 4 is disposed on the bottom surface of the
cable body 1. Referring to FIG. 6 through FIG. 10, the at least a
noise lead 5 is embedded in the cable body 1 and electrically
connected to the ground leads 24, whereas the two ends of the at
least a noise lead 5 are exposed from the cable body 1 and thus
electrically connected to the first metal shield layer unit 3.
Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, the at least a noise lead 5 is in
contact with the fourth one of the ground leads 24 to the right.
However, it is also practicable for the at least a noise lead 5 to
be in contact with the first one of the ground leads 24 to the
right or the seventh one of the ground leads 24 to the right as
needed. In addition, it is also practicable that the at least a
noise lead 5 is provided in the plural and thus are in contact with
the ground leads 24, respectively.
[0028] As mentioned before, the SATA cable of the present invention
is characterized in that the at least a noise lead 5 is
electrically connected to the ground leads 24 and the first metal
shield layer unit 3 to thereby ground noise, so as to prevent the
noise from interfering with any external electronic component. One
of the two ends of the SATA cable of the present invention bends as
needed.
[0029] Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, the SATA cable is
characterized in that the at least a noise lead 5 is disposed
between the signal transmitting lead group 21 and the signal
receiving lead group 22 such that the at least a noise lead 5 is in
contact with the fourth one of the ground leads 24 to the right.
Hence, the at least a noise lead 5 is disposed in the midst of the
cable body 1 to thereby reinforce the SATA cable of the present
invention.
[0030] Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 6, the SATA cable is
characterized in that two ends of the at least a noise lead 5 each
have a noise lead bend segment 51. Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 9,
the first metal shield layer unit 3 comprises a first double sided
adhesive layer 31, a first aluminum foil layer 32, two third double
sided adhesive layers 33 and two third aluminum foil layers 34. The
two ends of the first aluminum foil layer 32 each have a first
aluminum foil layer bend segment 321. Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG.
7, the first double sided adhesive layer 31 is adhered to the top
side of the cable body 1. Referring to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the third
double sided adhesive layers 33 are adhered to two sides of the top
surface of the first aluminum foil layer 32, respectively, and
disposed between the first aluminum foil layer bend segments 321,
and, afterward, the first aluminum foil layer bend segments 321 are
bent and adhered to the top surface of the third double sided
adhesive layers 33, respectively. Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9,
the first aluminum foil layer 32 is adhered to the top surface of
the first double sided adhesive layer 31, and, afterward, the noise
lead bend segments 51 are bent and electrically connected to the
top surface of the first aluminum foil layer bend segments 321,
respectively. Referring to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10, the third aluminum
foil layers 34 are adhered to the top surfaces of the first
aluminum foil layer bend segments 321, respectively, to thereby
cover the noise lead bend segments 51. Hence, the SATA cable of the
present invention is characterized in that the at least a noise
lead 5 is electrically connected to the ground leads 24 and the
first metal shield layer unit 3 so as to ground noise and thereby
prevent noise from interfering with any external electronic
component.
[0031] Referring to FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the SATA cable is
characterized in that the second metal shield layer unit 4
comprises a second double sided adhesive layer 41 and a second
aluminum foil layer 42. The second double sided adhesive layer 41
is adhered to the bottom surface of the cable body 1. The second
aluminum foil layer 42 is adhered to the bottom surface of the
second double sided adhesive layer 41. Hence, the SATA cable of the
present invention uses the second metal shield layer unit 4 to
shield noise and thus prevent the noise from interfering with any
external electronic component. In addition, the second double sided
adhesive layer 41 is of a larger thickness than the first double
sided adhesive layer 31 to further enhance noise shielding.
[0032] Referring to FIG. 11, the SATA cable is characterized in
that the right end of the cable body 1 is T-shaped. Alternatively,
the left end of the cable body 1 is cruciform. Alternatively, the
right and left ends of the cable body 1 are T-shaped and cruciform,
respectively. Hence, the SATA cable of the present invention can be
firmly connected to an external electronic component or an
electronic device.
[0033] Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 10, and FIG. 12 through FIG. 14,
the SATA cable further comprises a T-shaped reinforced plate 6, a
cruciform handheld plate 7 or both. The T-shaped reinforced plate 6
is connected to the T-shaped right end of the cable body 1. The
cruciform handheld plate 7 is connected to the cruciform left end
of the cable body 1. Hence, the SATA cable of the present invention
is advantageously characterized in that the T-shaped reinforced
plate 6 reinforces the T-shaped right end of the cable body 1.
Optionally, the SATA cable of the present invention can be easily
connected to an external electronic component or an electronic
device because of the cruciform handheld plate 7.
[0034] The present invention is disclosed above by preferred
embodiments. However, persons skilled in the art should understand
that the preferred embodiments are illustrative of the present
invention only, but should not be interpreted as restrictive of the
scope of the present invention. Hence, all equivalent modifications
and replacements made to the aforesaid embodiments should fall
within the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the legal
protection for the present invention should be defined by the
appended claims.
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