Electrical connector having shielding plate
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHung-Chi Yu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) includes a housing (10) and a pair of shielding plates (20) attached to opposite sides of the housing. The housing has opposite side walls (12), a slot (11) between the side walls and a plurality of terminal passages (13) in communication with the slot. Each side wall has a plurality of retainers (14) for securing the shielding plate. Each plate has a plurality of grounding terminals (22) received in the terminal passages of the housing for electrically mating with a complementary connector. A plurality of soldering tails (23) extends from each of the shielding plates opposite to the grounding terminals for being soldered to and securely electrically connected with a printed circuit board.
Claims3
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having opposite side walls, a slot between the side walls and a plurality of terminal passages opened in the side walls in communication with the slot;
- and
- a pair of shielding plates attached respectively to the side walls of the housing, each shielding plate having a plurality of grounding terminals extending from an upper edge of the shielding plate downwardly into the terminal passages of the housing for electrically mating with grounding terminals of a complementary connector;
- wherein
- each of the side walls of the housing forms several pairs of retainers extending outwardly from a middle portion thereof for securing the shielding plate;
- wherein
- each of the shielding plates has a plurality of retaining tabs each secured between one pair of retainers of the housing;
- wherein
- each retainer is substantially L-shaped and a receiving space is defined between one pair of retainers and securely receives one retaining tab of the shielding plate.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having opposite side walls with a slot therebetween, a plurality of terminal passages opened in the side walls in communication with the slot;
- a pair of shielding plates attached to outer faces of said pair of side walls, each of said shielding plates including a plurality of grounding terminals extending from an upper edge thereof each with a semi-circle like bight portion above an upper face of the housing and a vertical section downwardly extending from said bight portion into a corresponding terminal passage;
- wherein
- the vertical section is configured to mechanically and electrically engage with another grounding contact of a complementary connector inserted into the slot, and the bight portion provides guiding and protection functions for insertion of said complementary connector;
- wherein
- each of the side walls of the housing forms several pairs of retainers extending outwardly from a middle portion thereof for securing the shielding plate;
- wherein
- each of the shielding plates has a plurality of retaining tabs each secured between one pair of retainers of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.