Electric connector assembly with a reliable locking device
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsWEI ZHONG, JIAN-KUANG ZHU, CHUN-SHENG LI
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Abstract
An electric connector assembly includes a plug connector and a mating socket connector, and the plug connector includes a base, a tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base and a plurality of electrical contacts. The tongue plate defines two relative surfaces and the tongue plate includes a terminal holder and a side portion beside the terminal holder in a transverse direction. The side portions define at least a pair of clamping portions recessed from the surface of the tongue plate, and the socket connector defines at least a pair of elastic arms for engaging with said clamping portions for enhancing the stability when the electric connector inserted into a mating connector.
Claims18
A plug connector includes:
- a base;
- a mating tongue plate being panel-liked and protruding forwardly from the base, and the mating tongue plate defining two opposite surface in an up and down direction, said mating tongue plate including at least a contact carrier defined at one of side opposite surfaces and two side portions at two lateral sides of the contact carrier in a cross direction perpendicular to said up and down direction;
- and
- a plurality of contacts including at least one row of contact portions arranged in the contact carrier along the cross direction;
- wherein each of the side portions defines at least a clamping portion recessed from the surface thereof.
An electrical connector assembly includes:
- a plug connector including a base,
- a mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base, the mating tongue plate defining two opposite insulating contact carriers at opposite sides thereof in an up and down direction and two metal side portions located at two lateral sides of the contact carriers in a cross direction perpendicular to the up and down direction;
- and
- a plurality of contacts including contact portions exposed onto the two contact carriers;
- and a socket connector for mating with the plug connector and including an insulative housing with a cavity for receiving the said mating tongue plate;
- a metal shell covering the insulative housing;
- and
- a plurality of second contacts retained in the insulative housing and protruding into the cavity for engaging with the contacts of the plug connector;
- wherein each of the side portions defines at least a pair of clamping portions recessed from opposite surfaces thereof in the up and down direction, and the metal shell defines two pairs of elastic arms at opposite thereof and protruding into the cavity to latch into the respective clamping portions of the mating tongue plate.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a plug connector having a mating tongue extending forwardly from a base along a front-to-back direction, said mating tongue including a contact region and a pair of retention regions at two opposite ends of said contact region in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of plug contacts with fixed flat contacting sections exposed upon the contact region;
- a receptacle connector having an insulative receptacle housing intimately enclosed in a metallic shell and defining a mating cavity therein;
- a plurality of receptacle contacts with deflectable curved contacting sections extending into the mating cavity;
- and
- a pair of elastic arms unitarily extending from the shell, through the receptacle housing and into the mating cavity;
- wherein
- during mating, the mating tongue extends into the mating cavity, the deflectable curved contacting sections mechanically and electrically connected with the corresponding fixed flat contacting sections of the plug contacts, respectively, and
- the pair of elastic arms latches the corresponding retention regions, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.