Electrical connector having insulative housing configured with hermaphroditic halves
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-Jun Chen, Xian-Kui Shi, Chung-Yen Yang
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) comprises a first connector (2), a second connector (3) electrically connecting with the first connector, an insulator (5) molded over the first connector and the second connector, and a housing member including a top housing (1) and a bottom housing (4) combined together to enclose the insulator (5) and at least one of the first and second connectors therein. The insulator (5) defines an expansion (51) thereon, said expansion of the insulator is located in a corresponding depression defined in an interior side of the top or bottom housing.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a USB connector;
- and
- a pair of hermaphroditic top and bottom housings jointly enclosing the USB connector and interlocked to each other.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a first connector;
- a second connector electrically connecting with the first connector;
- an insulator molded over the first connector and the second connector, the insulator defining an expansion thereon;
- a housing member including a top housing and a bottom housing combined together to enclose the insulator and at least one of the first and second connectors therein, said expansion of the insulator located in a corresponding depression in an interior side of the top or bottom housing.
An adaptor comprising:
- a USB connection unit equipped with an outer shell and defining a rectangular mating port with USB contacts dispose therein;
- a plug connection unit defining a circular mating port with the plug contacts disposed therein under condition that said USB connection unit and said plug connection unit are back to back arranged with each other;
- a tail of the plug contact and tails of USB contacts being electrically connected to each other within an insulator;
- a pair of housing units assembled to each other to sandwich not only the USB connection unit but also the insulator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.