# US 2017/0288352 A1 · Electrical receptacle connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0288352 A1 - Document ID: US20170288352A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/471,654 - Filed: 2017-03-28 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-31 - Assignees: Advanced Connectek Inc. - Applicants: Advanced-Connectek Inc. - Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai; Pin-Yuan Hou; Chung-Fu Liao; LONG-FEI CHEN; YUN-JHONG WONG; HUNG-YU CHEN; DONG XIANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170288352A1 ## CPC - H01R 24/64: for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45 - H01R 13/516: Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} - H01R 13/6585: Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts - H01R 13/6594: the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members - H01R 13/6461: Means for preventing cross-talk - H01R 2107/00: Four or more poles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electrical receptacle connector includes a terminal module received in a metallic shell. The terminal module includes a base portion and receptacle terminals held on the base portion. A notch is recessed from a periphery of an insertion opening of the metallic shell. Therefore, when the electrical receptacle connector is assembled in an electronic device, the periphery of the notch corresponds to the periphery of a cut opening of a housing of the electronic device. The periphery of the cut opening and the periphery of the notch are aligned along the same profile line, and the periphery of the notch does not protrude out of the cut opening. Therefore, the periphery of the insertion opening will not interfere with other components assembled with the housing, and the problem of that the conventional design cannot satisfy the design change of the housing of the electronic device can be solved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical receptacle connector, comprising: a terminal module comprising a base portion, a tongue portion outward extended from one end of the base portion, and a plurality of receptacle terminals held in the base portion, wherein one of two ends of each of the receptacle terminals extends toward a first surface of the tongue portion or a second surface of the tongue portion opposite to the first surface, and the other end of each of the receptacle terminals protrudes out of the base portion; and a metallic shell circularly enclosing the terminal module, wherein the metallic shell comprises a shell body, an insertion opening formed on one end of the shell body, and a receptacle cavity in the shell body, wherein the shell body is defined by two opposite walls and two opposite sidewalls respectively perpendicular to the two walls, the shell body comprises at least one notch recessed from a periphery of the insertion opening and formed on one of the walls or one of the sidewalls. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the metallic shell is covered by a housing, the housing comprises a window corresponding to the insertion opening and at least one cut opening recessed from a periphery of the window, a periphery of the at least one cut opening corresponds to a periphery of the at least one notch. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the first surface or the second surface of the tongue portion is exposed from the at least one notch. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the shell body comprises a plurality of notches, wherein the notches are respectively recessed from the periphery of the insertion opening and formed on the walls. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 4, wherein the first surface and the second surface of the tongue portion are respectively exposed from the notches. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the shell body is formed by bending a board to have the two walls and the two sidewalls, a cocktail-shaped slit is formed between peripheries of two connected ends of the board. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 6, wherein the cocktail-shaped slit is formed in one of the walls, and one of two ends of the cocktail-shaped slit extends toward the periphery of the at least one notch. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the shell body further comprises a plurality of side notches, the side notches respectively extend toward the sidewalls from two sides of the at least one notch. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle terminals further comprise a plurality of first receptacle terminals and a plurality of second receptacle terminals, one ends of the first receptacle terminals extend toward the first surface, and one ends of the second receptacle terminals extend toward a second surface opposite to the first surface of the tongue portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 9, wherein the terminal module further comprises a shielding plate between the base portion and the tongue portion, the shielding plate is between the first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals.