Waterproof electrical connector having an insulative shell insert-molded with a metal shell
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsTAO YAO, JUN ZHAO
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing; a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing to form a receiving space; a metal shell for mounting on a printed circuit board, the metal shell being affixed to the shielding shell; and an insulative shell insert-molded with the metal shell and enclosing the shielding shell.
Claims19
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing;
- a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing to form a receiving space;
- a metal shell positioned around an outside of the shielding shell with corresponding affixed legs for mounting on a printed circuit board;
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- an insulative shell surrounding the shielding shell and integrally formed with at least one of the metal shell and the shielding shell via an insert-molding process so as to achieve waterproof function.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing an insulative housing with a plurality of terminals, the insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion;
- assembling a metallic shielding shell to the insulative housing to form a receiving space to enclose the insulative housing;
- providing a metal shell around an outside of the metallic shielding shell;
- insert-molding an insulative shell with one of said metal shell and said a shielding shell to form a insulative structure;
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- assembling said insulative structure to the other of said metal shell and said shielding shell.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion;
- a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing;
- a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing to form a receiving space, the tongue portion exposed out of the receiving space;
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- an insulative shell enclosing the shielding shell to form a receiving cavity to receive the tongue portion extending forwardly beyond the shielding shell, the insulative shell defining a stepping portion on thereof an interior surface facing the receiving cavity to form a front inner surface located in front of the stepping portion and a rear inner surface located behind the stepping portion, wherein
- the shielding shield is located behind the step portion and an exterior surface of the shielding shell intimately contacts the rear inner surfaces of the insulative shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.