Multi-port receptacle connector unit
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorKun-Tsan Wu
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Abstract
A multiple-port receptacle connector unit comprises two parallel insulative housings connected to each other at respective ends thereof via two bridge portions thus defining a space therebetween. Each insulative housing defines a mating port along a lengthwise direction thereof and comprises at least one row of surface mount contacts each of which has a contacting portion vertically exposing to the mating port and a soldering portion horizontally exposing to external from a bottom of the insulative housing.
Claims2
A multiple-port receptacle connector unit comprising:
- two parallel insulative housings connected to each other at respective ends thereof via two bridge portions thus defining a space therebetween, each insulative housing defining a mating port along a lengthwise direction thereof and comprising at least one row of surface mount contacts each of which has a vertically extending contacting portion exposing to the mating port and a horizontally extending soldering portion exposing to an exterior around a bottom of the insulative housing;
- and
- a metal shielding covering most of the connector unit except the at least one row of surface mount contacts and comprising a lug extending through a passageway defined in the insulative housing downward to the bottom of the insulative housing for being soldered onto a grounding pad of an external printed circuit board;
- wherein
- the metal shielding has a height less than the height of the receptacle connector unit;
- wherein
- a relatively large hole and a relatively small hole are respectively formed in the bridging portions of the receptacle connector unit for preventing disorientation of a complementary connector adapted to be connected thereto;
- wherein
- each housing has at least one post extending from a bottom thereof for positioning the connector unit in a printed circuit board;
- wherein
- the metal shielding has at least one engagement tab extending laterally therefrom for being engaged within at least one reception groove formed in a periphery of the connector unit.
A multiple-port receptacle connector unit comprising a first pair of parallel insulative housings and a second pair of parallel insulative housings connected to each other at respectively ends thereof thus forming a square structure and defining a mating port along a lengthwise direction thereof and comprising at least one row of surface mount contacts each of which has a vertically extending contacting portion exposing to the mating port and a horizontally extending soldering portion exposing to an exterior around a bottom of the insulative housing wherein
- the connector unit filter comprises a metal shielding having a height less than the height of the receptacle connector unit and shaped as a mating structure to cover most of the connector unit except the at least one row of surface mount contacts;
- wherein
- the metal shielding comprising at least one lug extending therefrom downward to the bottom of the insulative housing for being soldered onto a grounding pad of an external printed circuit board thereby decreasing rounding contact resistance between the connector unit and the printed circuit board;
- wherein
- at least one of the insulative housing forms a passageway therein allowing the at least one lug of the metal shielding to extend therethrough;
- wherein
- only three of four corners of the connector unit are each formed with a keyway for preventing disorientation of a complementary connector unit adapted to be connected thereto;
- wherein
- each housing has at least one post extending from a bottom thereof for positioning the connector unit on a printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.