Electrical connector with LED transversely neighboring partial light guiding ring
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsZhong-Hua Zhou, Zhi-Jian Chen
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing, a plurality of cylindrical mating ports located on and forwardly extending from a front face of the housing, and a plurality of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) disposed in the housing behind the front face thereof. The mating port includes a majority part and a minority part engaged with each other wherein the majority part has the material same with or similar to that of the housing and is spaced away from the LED while the minority part is essentially translucent or transparent for light transmission/guiding and intimately confronts the LED.
Claims19
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a front face;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the housing;
- at least one cylindrical mating port located upon the front face and forming a front ring portion with therein a mating hole extending along a front-to-back direction;
- and
- an LED (Light Emitting Diode) disposed in the front face;
- wherein
- the ring portion is divided into first and second arc sections complementary with each other, and said first arc section is made of translucent material while said second arc section is made of opaque material, wherein said LED is located adjacent to said first arc section while being far away from said second arc section;
- and
- the mating port includes a pair of rear fixing portions, and one of the pair of rear fixing portions is made of translucent material and unitarily formed with the first arc section and the other of the pair of rear fixing portions is made of opaque material and unitarily formed with the second arc section.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a front face;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the housing;
- at least one cylindrical mating port located upon the front face and forming a front ring portion with therein a mating hole extending along a front-to-back direction;
- and
- an LED (Light Emitting Diode) disposed in the front face;
- wherein
- the ring portion is divided into first and second arc sections complementary with each other, said first arc section is made of translucent material while said second arc section is made of opaque material, and said LED is located adjacent to said first arc section while being far away from said second arc section;
- and
- one of said first and second arc sections forms an engagement rib while the other of said first and second arc sections forms an engagement groove receiving said engagement rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.