US 12,597,736 B2 · Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly having the same

Abstract

A plug connector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the housing of the plug connector includes a mating portion extending forward and a latching portion equipped in the housing. The latching portion may include, as a root having a lower end connected to the upper surface of the housing, a root extending to the upper end with the lower end of the root as a first fulcrum to form a cantilever structure; and as a pair of latching arms having a rear end connected to an upper end of the root, a pair of latching arms extending to the front end with the upper end of the root as a second fulcrum to form a pair of hooks. Each front end of the pair of latching arms may include an outward protrusion.

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Dependent claims

A plug connector comprising:

a housing having a mating portion extending forward and a latching portion extending from the housing, and
the latching portion including a root having a lower end connected to an upper surface of the housing a root and extending to an upper end, a pair of latching arms, each latching arm having a rear end connected to the upper end of the root, the pair of latching arms extending to a front end thereof, each front end of the pair of latching arms includes an outward protrusion thereby forming a pair of hooks, wherein the lower end of the root provides a first fulcrum, the upper end of the root provides a second fulcrum, and the latching portion forms a cantilever structure.

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a plug connector including a housing having a mating portion extending forward and a latching portion extending from the housing, the latching portion including a root having a lower end connected to an upper surface of the housing and extending to an upper end, a pair of latching arms forming hooks, each latching arm having a rear end connected to the upper end of the root, the pair of latching arms extending to a front end thereof, each front end of the pair of latching arms includes an outward protrusion thereby forming a pair of hooks, wherein the lower end of the root provides a first fulcrum, the upper end of the root provides a second fulcrum, and the root and latching arms form a cantilever structure;
and
a receptacle connector including a housing having a mating portion extending forward and a receiving portion, the receiving portion having a front end and a rear end, a pair of limiting blocks at the front end of the receiving portion, and a central block extending longitudinally from the rear end of the receiving portion and extending between the pair of limiting blocks, and wherein a gap is provided between the central block and each of the pair of limiting blocks.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly having the same

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Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly having the same

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Abstract

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