US 2014/0370752 A1 · ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a body portion, two tongues, and a polarizing portion, the body portion has a mating face and a rear end face opposite to the mating face, the two tongues are spaced apart from each other and protrude forwardly from the mating face and are arranged side-by-side along a horizontal direction. In an embodiment the metal shell surrounds the two tongues so as to define an inserting port and a polarizing portion is recessed downwardly from the top wall and is positioned between the two tongues, and a latching arm is bent from the bottom wall and is provided with a latching hole engaged with the retaining portion of the insulative housing. In an embodiment, the metal shell includes a strengthen tab protruding from the bottom wall.

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Dependent claims

An electrical connector, comprising:

an institutive housing comprising a body portion, two tongues arranged side-by-side along a horizontal direction, and a retaining portion, the body portion having a mating face and a rear end face opposite to the mating face, the two tongues protruding forwardly from the mating face, and the retaining portion being formed in the mating face;
a plurality of terminals fixed to the insulative housing and mounted on the two tongues;
and
a cage comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls respectively connected to two sides of the top wall and the bottom wall, the cage surrounding the two tongues so as to define an inserting port, a polarizing portion being recessed downwardly from the top wall and being positioned between the two tongues, and a latching arm being bended from the bottom wall, the latching arm being provided with a latching hole engaged with the retaining portion of the insulative housing.

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An electrical connector, comprising:

an insulative housing having a body portion, two tongues, and a polarizing portion, the body portion having a mating face and a rear end face opposite to the mating face, the two tongues being spaced apart from each other and protruding forwardly from the mating face and being arranged side-by-side along a horizontal direction, the polarizing portion protruding forwardly from the mating face and being positioned between the two tongues, the polarizing portion being further provided with a receiving groove extending in a front-rear direction;
a plurality of terminals fixed to the insulative housing and mounted to the two tongues;
and
a cage engaged with the body portion of the insulative housing and surrounding the two tongues so as to define an mating port, the cage having a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall, two side walls respectively connected to two sides of the top wall and the bottom wall, and a reinforcement tab protruding inwardly from the bottom wall, the reinforcement tab being correspondingly received in the receiving groove.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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