Electrical connector shielding shell having side walls interconnected to prevent rear soldering legs thereof from splaying
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsJun Zhao, Cai-Yun Zhang
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: a housing; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing; a primary shielding shell enclosing the housing; and a secondary shielding shell affixed to the primary shielding shell, the secondary shielding shell including a pair of side walls and a top wall interconnected between the pair of side walls, each of the pair of side walls having a soldering leg; wherein the secondary shielding shell has a rear wall integral with a respective rear edge of a corresponding side wall.
Claims12
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing;
- an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing;
- a primary shielding shell enclosing the housing;
- and
- a secondary shielding shell affixed to the primary shielding shell, the secondary shielding shell including a pair of side walls and a top wall interconnected between the pair of side walls, each of the pair of side walls having a soldering leg;
- wherein
- the secondary shielding shell has a rear wall integral with a respective rear edge of a corresponding side wall;
- the top wall includes first and second halves connected to each other;
- and
- the first and second halves are connected through a dove-tailed structure and each integral with a respective upper edge of a corresponding side wall.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- an upper and lower rows of contacts retained in the housing;
- a primary shielding shell formed from sheet metal and secured to the housing and forming a mating cavity with a capsular cross-sectional along a front-to-back direction;
- and
- a secondary shielding shell formed from another sheet metal and secured to the housing and including a pair of side walls and a rear wall unitarily forming together a complete U-shaped structure in a top view;
- wherein
- said pair of side walls are either welded to the primary shielding shell or respectively equipped with two horizontal halves extending toward and secured with each other to commonly form a top wall so as to prevent said pair of side walls from moving away from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
- each of said side walls has a rear soldering leg;
- the housing includes a base, a front tongue extending forwardly from the base and enclosed in the mating cavity, and a rear mount extending rearward from the base;
- and
- the two horizontal halves are secured together via a dove-tailed structure.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- an upper and lower rows of contacts retained in the housing;
- a primary shielding shell formed from sheet metal and secured to the housing and forming a mating cavity with a capsular cross-sectional along a front-to-back direction;
- and
- a secondary shielding shell formed from another sheet metal and secured to the housing and including a pair of side walls and a rear wall unitarily forming together a complete U-shaped structure in a top view;
- wherein
- said pair of side walls are either welded to the primary shielding shell or respectively equipped with two horizontal halves extending toward and riveted with each other to commonly form a top wall so as to prevent said pair of side walls from moving away from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
- the housing includes a base, a front tongue extending forwardly from the base and enclosed in the mating cavity, and a rear mount extending rearward from the base;
- and
- the primary shielding shell includes a pair of stops forwardly abutting against a back side of the base in the front-to-back direction, and the horizontal halves form corresponding notches to accommodate the stops therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.