Electrical connector having a shell defining a pair of wings at opposite sides thereof
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsTZU-FAN KUO, KUO-CHUN HSU
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises an insulator, a plurality of terminals retained in the insulator and a shell installed on the insulator. The insulator comprises a base portion and mating portion extending from the base portion. At lest one terminal has a contact portion disposed in the mating portion of the insulator. The shell defines a receiving room and comprises a side wall and a supporting arm extending out of the receiving room from the side wall. the supporting arm comprises a locking portion and a supporting beam connected with the locking portion and attached to the shell.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulator comprising a base portion and a mating portion extending from the base portion thereof;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulator, at least one terminal having a contact portion disposed in the mating portion of the insulator;
- and
- a shell defining a receiving room and being installed on the insulator for receiving the mating portion therein;
- the shell comprising a side wall and a supporting arm extending from the side wall and located out of the receiving room;
- wherein the supporting arm comprises a locking portion and a supporting beam connected with the locking portion and attached to the shell.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue;
- a metallic shell attached to said housing and defining a frame structure enclosing said mating tongue, said shell further including a supporting arm,
- said supporting arm including:
- a locking portion unitarily extending from a front edge region of the frame structure in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction with a through hole therein for fastening, and a supporting beam unitarily extending from the locking portion and abutting against an exterior side of the frame for reinforcement of the locking portion during securing.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue;
- a metallic shell attached to said housing and defining a frame structure enclosing said mating tongue, said shell further including a supporting arm,
- said supporting arm including:
- a locking portion unitarily extending from a front edge region of the frame structure in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction with a through hole therein for fastening, and a supporting beam unitarily extending from an outermost end of the locking portion;
- wherein
- the supporting beam defines another through hole in alignment with the through hole in said vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.