# US 2020/0403333 A1 · Plug connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0403333 A1 - Document ID: US20200403333A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/905,891 - Filed: 2020-06-18 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-18 - Assignees: Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited - Applicants: Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited - Inventors: WEI MENG; ZHENG-RONG ZHU; JUN CHEN; YANG-TSUN HSU - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200403333A1 ## CPC - H01R 12/7005: {Guiding, mounting, polarizing or locking means; Extractors (for printed circuit boards H05K)} - H01R 12/62: connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures - H01R 12/772: {Strain relieving means} - H01R 12/777: {Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts (H01R12/78, H01R12/79 take precedence)} - H01R 12/79: connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures - H01R 13/629: Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} - H01R 12/721: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits} - H01R 13/5845: {the strain relief being achieved by molding parts around cable and connections} - H01R 13/6275: {Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence)} - H05K 1/117: {Pads along the edge of rigid circuit boards, e.g. for pluggable connectors} - H05K 2201/09754: Connector integrally incorporated in the printed circuit board [PCB] or in housing - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A plug connector includes: an insulative housing including a main body, a reinforcement projecting forward from the main body, and a pair of baffle plates; and a printed circuit board partially received in the insulative housing, the printed circuit board extending forward from the main body and beyond the reinforcement, the reinforcement wrapping on the printed circuit board, wherein a width of a front end of the printed circuit board exposed outside the main body in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the reinforcement, and a limiting groove is formed between the baffle plate and the printed circuit board for guiding the plug connector to mate with a socket connector. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plug connector comprising: an insulative housing including a main body, a reinforcement projecting forward from the main body, and a pair of baffle plates; and a printed circuit board partially received in the insulative housing, the printed circuit board extending forward from the main body and beyond the reinforcement, the reinforcement wrapping on the printed circuit board, wherein a width of a front end of the printed circuit board exposed outside the main body in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the reinforcement, and a limiting groove is formed between the baffle plate and the printed circuit board for guiding the plug connector to mate with a socket connector. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reinforcement is located on the upper and lower surfaces of the insulative housing ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the baffle plates include a pair, and the pair of baffle plates are respectively located on both sides of the main body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The plug connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein each baffle plate includes a side baffle plate perpendicular to the printed circuit board, the limiting groove includes a side limiting groove between the printed circuit board and the side baffle plate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The plug connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein each baffle plate includes an upper baffle plate connected with the side baffle plate, the limiting groove includes an upper limiting groove between the printed circuit board and the upper baffle plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The plug connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the upper baffle plate extends horizontally inward from the upper end of the side baffle plate and is located at the upper end of the printed circuit board. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The plug connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein a groove is provided on the inner side of the baffle plate to guide the plug connector to mate with the socket connector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug connector includes an inner mold received in the insulative housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The plug connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the plug connector includes a cable electrically connected to the printed circuit board, the inner mold is wrapped at the junction of the printed circuit board and the cable to hold the connection between the printed circuit board and the cable. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plug connector includes a spring piece on the reinforcement to mate with the socket connector. ### Claim 11 A plug connector comprising: an insulative housing including a main body defining a hole extending therethrough in a front-to-back direction, and a plate like reinforcement projecting forwardly from the main body and spaced from a bottom plate of the main body in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction; a printed circuit board being retained within the insulative housing and extending through the hole and tightly sandwiched between the reinforcement and the bottom plate in the vertical direction; and a pair of L-shaped baffle plates forms on opposite sides of the main body and spaced from all the reinforcement, the printed circuit board and the bottom plate in the vertical direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The plug connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said L-shaped baffle plates includes an upper baffle plate located at a level higher than the reinforcement in the vertical direction, and a side plate located on an outer side of all the reinforcement, the printed circuit board and the bottom plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The plug connector as claimed in claim 12, wherein the printed circuit board is wider than the bottom plate in the transverse direction, and the bottom plate is wider than the reinforcement in the transverse direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The plug connector as claimed in claim 13, wherein a plurality of vertical posts extend through corresponding holes in the printed circuit board and are linked to both the bottom plate and the reinforcement in the vertical direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The plug connector as claimed in claim 14, wherein the printed circuit board extends forwardly beyond both the bottom plate and the reinforcement in the front-to-back direction, and a front end region of the printed circuit board forms a plurality of circuit pads exposed to an exterior in the vertical direction.