Electrical connector with shielding shell
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYung-Chien Chung
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a shielding shell (2) and a plurality of terminal (3) disposed on the housing. The insulating housing includes a base portion (10) and a tongue portion (11) projecting from the base portion. The shielding shell includes a front portion (21) surrounding the tongue portion and defining a pair of opposite walls, back portion (22) surrounding the base portion and defining a pair of corresponding opposite walls, and a pair of connecting portion (23) unitarily connecting the front and back portion at the opposite walls thereof.
Claims13
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base potion and a tongue portion projecting forwards from the base portion;
- a plurality of terminals arranged on the insulating housing;
- and
- a shielding shell having a front portion surrounding the tongue portion and defining a pair of opposite walls, a back portion surrounding the base potion and defining a pair of corresponding opposite walls, and a pair of connecting portions unitarily connecting the front and back portions at the opposite walls thereof.
A shielding shell made of a piece of metal sheet and surrounding a connector, comprising:
- a front portion with one joint,
- a back portion having a left portion and a right portion apart from the left portion, each of left/right portion defining a side wall at opposite positions thereof;
- a pair of connecting portions extending outwards from the front portion respectively, one connecting portion connecting the front portion and the left back portion, another connecting portion connecting the front portion and the right back portion.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base potion and a tongue portion projecting forwards from the base portion;
- a plurality of terminals arranged on the insulating housing;
- and
- a shielding shell having a front portion surrounding the tongue portion and a back portion surrounding the base potion, and at least one connecting portion being discrete from the shielding shell and extending into the housing;
- wherein
- said connecting portion defines a locking head adjacent to the front portion and extending through the front portion, and an operation portion adjacent to the back portion and operable from an exterior outside of said back portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.