Electrical connector with improved shielding means
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorMing-Ching Chen
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Abstract
A shielded electrical connector (100) for receiving a module includes a shielding shell (3) mounted to a printed circuit board, an insulative housing (1) assembled to the shell and equipped with a number of contacts (2). Each contact has a contacting portion (22) for contacting with the module and a soldering portion (23) extending beyond the shell for connection to the printed circuit board. The shell comprises a bottom plate (32) extending in a direction perpendicular to the module insertion direction and a plurality of side plates (310, 311, 312, 313) extending upwardly from the bottom plate and cooperating with the bottom plate to form a receiving space for receiving the module. Every two adjacent side plates are connected to each other.
Claims20
A shielded electrical connector for electrically connecting a module to a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a shielding shell mounted to the printed circuit board comprising a bottom plate, a plurality of side plates extending perpendicularly from the bottom plate and a receiving space defined therebetween for receiving the module, wherein a connection device is provided between at least one of every two adjacent side plates for electrically connecting the two adjacent side plates;
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- an insulative housing assembled to the shell and equipped with a plurality of contacts, each contact having a contacting portion received in the receiving space for contacting with said module and a soldering portion extending beyond the shell for mounting to the printed circuit board.
A shielded electrical connector, through which a module is electrically connected to a printed circuit board having a cutout, comprising:
- a one-piece shell mounted to the printed circuit board through the cutout, said shell comprising a bottom wall, side walls extending perpendicularly from periphery edges of the bottom wall, and connecting members formed between and electrically connecting every two adjacent side walls;
- contact inserts received in said shell each including an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts embedded in said housing, each contact comprising a contacting portion inwardly extending above said bottom wall of said shell;
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- an insulative device provided between said contacting portions and said bottom wall.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board defining opposite first and second surfaces with an opening extending through both said first and second surfaces in a confinement manner;
- an electrical connector comprising:
- a metallic shield defining a horizontal main wall with a plurality of side walls extending therefrom and commonly defining a box type configuration with a receiving cavity therein, said metallic shield disposed in the opening under a condition that the bottom wall is closer to the first surface than to the second surface while free ends of the side walls are closer to the second surface than to the firs surface;
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- a contact module assembled to the housing and including a plurality of contacts, each of said contacts defining a contact portion closer to the first surface than to the second surface, and a mounting portion closer to the second surface than to the first surface;
- wherein
- said housing, said shield and said printed circuit board are configured to have said housing assembled to the shield in a direction along which the shield is assembled to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.