Electrical connector with improved contacts
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorSHUO-HSIU HSU
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Abstract
An electrical connector, adapted for being mounted with an accessory, comprises a body and a frame surrounding the body, the body has a base and a plurality of blocking walls extending upwardly from the base. The base and the blocking wall define a receiving cavity for receiving the accessory, the blocking wall has a locking arm extending into the receiving cavity to retain the accessory, and the frame has a pushing arm for upwardly pushing the accessory out of the receiving cavity. The electrical connector retain the accessory in the receiving cavity by the locking arm, and push the accessory out off by the pushing arm when the locking arm is released, it is simply to operation.
Claims20
An electrical connector, adapted for receiving an accessory, comprising:
- a body, the body having a seat with a receiving space;
- a locking arm extending from a peripheral of the seat toward the receiving space for retaining the accessory received in the receiving space, and the locking arm being able to deflect outwardly for releasing the accessory;
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- a frame, the frame surrounding the body and having an elastic pushing arm which extends into the receiving space from a bottom side for upwardly pushing the accessory.
The electrical connector comprises:
- a socket, the socket defining a bottom wall, a plurality of sidewalls extending from a peripheral of the bottom wall and a plurality of contacts disposed on the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the sidewalls cooperatively defining a receiving cavity for receiving an electronic component,
- a seat integrated with the socket, and the seat having a base and a plurality of blocking walls extending upwardly from the base, the base and the blocking walls together defining a receiving space for receiving the accessory;
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- a frame surrounding the socket and the seat, the frame having an elastic pushing arm disposed under the receiving space and extending into the receiving space for upwardly pushing the accessory.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a receiving space and a receiving cavity spaced from each other along a first direction;
- a metallic frame attached to a periphery of the housing;
- a pair of resilient locking arms located by two sides of the receiving space in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, each of said resilient locking arms being deflectable in said second direction;
- a pair of pushing arms formed on the frame and extending inwardly to be located under the corresponding locking arms in a third direction perpendicular to both said first direction and said second direction, each of said pushing arms being deflectable in the third direction to set forth a restoration force;
- an accessory received within the receiving space, deflecting the pushing arms and locked by said pair of locking arms in the third direction;
- an electronic component receiving with the receiving cavity with portions extending in the first direction to be located right above the accessory in the third direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.