Connector jacket
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Abstract
A connector jacket includes a bottom shell, and an upper shall having one side hinged to one side of the bottom shell. The upper shell is secured to the bottom shell in the closed position to hold a module plug on the inside by hooking respective downward hooks of the upper shell in respective retaining notches at the reduced rear end of the bottom shell and forcing respective toothed retaining rods of the bottom shell into engagement with respective retaining holes on respective retaining blocks at the reduced rear end of the upper shell.
Claims2
A connector jacket comprising a bottom shell, an upper shell covered on said bottom shell to hold a module plug having a spring rod therein, and a connecting strip connected between one side of said upper shell and one side of said bottom shell, wherein said bottom shell comprises a front opening at a front end thereof which receives said module plug, a locating block on a side of said bottom shell which holds said module plug in place, two retaining notches on the outside of said bottom shell opposite to said connecting strip, a longitudinal wire groove defined within a reduced rear end of said bottom shell and terminating in a rear opening for the passing of the electric wire of said module plug, and two toothed upright retaining rods bilaterally projecting from the periphery of the reduced rear end;
- said upper shell comprises a front opening at a front end thereof which matches with the front opening of said bottom shell and receives said module plug therein, a longitudinal top opening extending to the front end which receives the springy rod of said module plug, two arched ribs bridging over said longitudinal top opening to protect the springy rod of said module plug in said longitudinal top opening, two downward hooks projecting from one side of said top shell opposite to said connecting strip and respectively hooked in the retaining notches of said bottom shell, a longitudinal wire groove defined within-a reduced rear end of said top shell and terminating in a rear opening for the passing of the electric wire of said module plug, and two retaining blocks bilaterally projecting from the periphery of the reduced rear end, each of said retaining blocks defining a retaining hole which receives one of said toothed upright retaining rods.
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