Electrical connector having structures for preventing deflected-insertion
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsZhi-Qiang Chen, Xiao-Li Li, Bing Peng
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2), and a shell (3) surrounding the housing. The insulative housing includes a base portion (10) with a plurality of passageways (111) extending therethrough, a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion, and a rib (11) formed at an end of the tongue portion. A plurality of terminals are received in the passageways and extend forwardly for dividing the tongue portion into several parts. Each terminal comprises a conductive surface (22, 23). The rib extends adjacent to one of the terminals and partially protrudes beyond the conductive surface of the one of the terminals.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing comprising a base portion defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, and a rib formed at an end of the tongue portion;
- and
- a plurality of terminals received in the passageways and extending forwardly for dividing the tongue portion into several parts, each of the terminals comprising a conductive surface, the rib extending adjacent to one of the terminals and partially protruding beyond the conductive surface of the one of the terminals.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base defining a lengthwise direction, a vertical direction and a mating direction perpendicular to one another;
- a metallic shell enclosing the housing and defining therein a receiving cavity in front of the base;
- a plurality of juxtaposed contacts disposed in the housing with corresponding contacting sections extending beyond the base and into the receiving cavity along said mating direction;
- and
- a pair of supporting ribs extending from the base in said mating direction and respectively abutting against two outer sides of a pair of contacting sections in said lengthwise direction while a space between said pair of contacting sections being essentially empty for receiving a mating portion of a complementary connector.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base with a bottom plate extending forwardly from a bottom edge of said base;
- a slot extending rearwardly into the bottom plate from a front edge of said bottom plate, said slot extending through said bottom plate in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing and including a plurality of contacting sections extending forwardly beyond the base above said bottom plate;
- at least one support rib extending forwardly from the base above said bottom plate and supporting at least one of said contacting section;
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- a metallic shell enclosing said contacting sections and said support rib while without said bottom plate;
- wherein
- said metallic shell includes a mounting leg extending downwardly to extend through said slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.