Plug and connector assembly using same
AssigneesHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
InventorsMAO-SHENG HUANG, CHUANG YUE, LIE ZHANG
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a plug. The plug includes a plug body, a fixing frame, and a number of elastic plates. The plug body is made of an insulating material. A number of gold fingers are disposed on the outer surface of the plug body. The fixing frame is made of a conductive material and sleeves the plug body. The elastic plates are disposed on inner sidewalls of the fixing frame and electrically connected to the fixing frame. Each elastic plate includes an apex. The present disclosure also relates to a connector assembly using the plug.
Claims20
A plug comprising:
- a plug body made of an insulating material;
- a plurality of gold fingers positioned on a plurality of outer surfaces of the plug body;
- a fixing frame made of a conductive material and sleeving the plug body;
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- a plurality of elastic plates positioned on inner sidewalls of the fixing frame and electrically connected with the fixing frame;
- each elastic plate comprising an elastic portion having an apex.
A connector assembly comprising:
- a socket comprising:
- a housing made of a conductive material and defined a first insertion groove, and the housing grounded;
- a socket body made of an insulating material and received in the first insertion groove, an outer surface of the socket body being covered by a layer of conductor, the socket body defining a second insertion groove comprising a plurality of inner surfaces;
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- a plurality of first gold fingers positioned on the plurality of the inner surfaces;
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- a plug operable to connect with the socket, comprising:
- a plug body made of an insulating material;
- a plurality of second gold fingers positioned on a plurality of outer surfaces of the plug body;
- a fixing frame made of a conductive material and sleeving the plug body;
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- a plurality of elastic plates positioned on an inner surface of the fixing frame and electrically connected with the fixing frame;
- each elastic plate comprising an elastic portion having an apex;
- wherein when the plug is inserted into the socket, the fixing frame is inserted into the first insertion groove and the plug body is inserted into the second insertion groove, the second gold fingers connect the corresponding first gold fingers respectively, the apexes provide resistance against the conductor firmly to make the apexes elastically resist.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.