Electrical connector having a firmly secured front sealing member
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorYANG-YANG YU
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end; an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion; and a front sealer having a front main body, a rear securing portion, and a pair of connecting portions connected between the front main body and the rear securing portion; wherein a groove is defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover; and the front main body is disposed in the groove and the rear securing portion is disposed behind the front protrusion of the outer cover.
Claims19
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion;
- a plurality of contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion;
- a metallic shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end;
- an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion;
- and
- a front sealer having a front main body, a rear securing portion, and a pair of connecting portions connected between the front main body and the rear securing portion;
- wherein
- a groove is defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover;
- and
- the front main body is disposed in the groove and the rear securing portion is disposed behind the front protrusion of the outer cover.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion along a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion;
- a metallic shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end;
- an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion;
- and
- a front sealer having a front main body;
- a groove defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover;
- wherein
- the front main body has a base part rearwardly abutting against a front end face of the front protrusion of the outer cover in said front-to-back direction, and a first part located behind the base part and disposed in the groove.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion along a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue portion;
- a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end;
- an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion;
- and
- a front sealer having a front main body and a rear securing portion with at least one connection portion linked therebetween in the front-to-back direction;
- wherein
- the front main body cooperates with the rear securing portion to sandwich the front protrusion therebetween in the front-to-back direction so as to securely retain the front sealer to the front protrusion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.