Electrical connector having light pipe and led with over molded opaque layer
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsWAN-LI XUAN, DAO-KUAN ZHANG
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes a mating port (15) for insertion of a plug connector, a first indicating assembly (5) for indicating a communication status of the mating port, and a second indicating assembly (6) for indicating another communication status of the mating port. The first indicating assembly includes a first light pipe (51) extending along the front-to-back direction and a first light emitting diode (52) extending along a top-to-bottom direction. The first LED has a number of first pins for mounting onto an exterior substrate and a first light emitting portion (521). The first light emitting portion has a number of first surrounding walls (5211) over molded with a first opaque layer (71).
Claims16
An electrical connector comprising:
- a mating port for insertion of a plug connector, the mating port extending along a front-to-back direction;
- a first indicating assembly for indicating a communication status of the mating port, the first indicating assembly including a first light pipe extending along the front-to-back direction and a first light emitting diode (LED) extending along a top-to-bottom direction, the first light pipe having a first front portion exposed at a visible position and a first tail portion for interacting with a first top face of the first LED, the first LED having a plurality of first pins for mounting onto an exterior substrate and a first light emitting portion including the first top face;
- and
- a second indicating assembly for indicating another communication status of the mating port, the second indicating assembly including a second light pipe extending along the front-to-back direction and a second LED extending along the top-to-bottom direction, the second light pipe having a second front portion exposed at a visible position and a second tail portion for interacting with a second top face of the second LED, the second LED having a plurality of second pins for mounting onto the exterior substrate and a second light emitting portion including the second top face;
- wherein
- the first light emitting portion has a plurality of first surrounding walls over molded with a first opaque layer.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a body defining a mating port extending through a front face thereof to be forwardly exposed to an exterior;
- a printed circuit board located behind the mating port;
- and
- a pair of indicating assemblies side by side arranged with each other with therebetween a distance similar to a width of said mating port, each including a light emitting diode (LED) mounted upon the printed circuit board, and a light pipe having one external end exposed upon the front face and an inner end intimately contacting a light emitting portion of the LED;
- wherein
- at least one of said pair of indicating assemblies has the light emitting portion equipped with an opaque layer thereon circumferentially except a face coupling to the inner end of the light pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.