Electrical connector with a shielding tube
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer, Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsXia ZHAO, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Xiao-Gao Yang
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: a first housing defining a front face and a rear face and two holes running through the front face and the rear face; a pair of terminals received in the holes respectively and extending forward but behind the front face of the first housing; and a first shielding tube fitly surrounding the first housing; wherein the first shielding tube defines a front distal portion located in front of the front face of the first housing, and the front distal portion shrinks gradually and becomes smaller in diameter.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first housing defining a front face and a rear face and two holes running through the front face and the rear face;
- a pair of terminals received in the holes respectively and extending forward but behind the front face of the first housing;
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- a first shielding tube fitly surrounding the first housing;
- wherein the first shielding tube defines a front distal portion located in front of the front face of the first housing, and the front distal portion shrinks gradually and becomes smaller in diameter.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first housing defining a front face and two holes opening through the front face;
- a pair of terminals receiving in the holes, respectively;
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- a first shielding tube fitly surrounding the first housing;
- wherein the first housing defines a recessed portion around an outer periphery face perpendicular to the front face, the recessed portion opens forwards, and the first shielding tube defines at a front inside thereof an additional portion received in the recessed portion.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first housing defining a front face and a rear face and two holes running through the front face and the rear face;
- a pair of terminals received in the holes respectively and extending forward;
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- a first shielding tube fitly surrounding the first housing and comprising a front portion, a rear portion, and a front distal portion directly and integrally extending from the front portion;
- wherein the front distal portion is located in front of the front face of the first housing, and the front distal portion shrinks gradually and becomes smaller in diameter while the front portion keeps a constant diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.