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US 6,319,051 B1Granted
Electric connector with a light penetrable socket shell
AssigneeSpeed Tech Corp.
InventorsChih-Kai Chang, Huan-Ching Tsen
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Abstract
An electric connector in which an socket shell is installed in a housing to hold a terminal holder inside the housing and a set of terminals in the terminal holder and adapted to receive an electric plug, the socket shell being made of light penetrable material and, having a visible front side adapted to receive an electric plug and electric light emitting means, for example, LEDs installed in a rear side thereof and adapted to emit light through the visible front side to indicate operation of the electric connector.
Claims5
An electric connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a socket shell made of a light penetrable material and positioned in the housing, said socket shell having a cavity for receiving an electric plug;
- a terminal housing retained by said socket shell and including a plurality of terminals mounted thereon;
- at least one light emitting device;
- wherein said socket shell includes a rear portion and a front face which is remote from said rear portion, said rear portion forming at least one slot dimensioned to accommodate the light emitting device;
- and
- wherein the light emitting device is positioned in the slot and extends in a direction perpendicular to the front face such that light from the light emitting device travels through said rear portion to reach said front face.
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