Electrical connector with insert-molding structure
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsQisheng Zheng, Zhenghua Xu, JunXian Liu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (9) has an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of subassemblies (3). Each subassembly has a base member (4), a first and second printed circuit boards (PCBs, 72, 73), a pair of insert portions (6) mounted on corresponding PCBs, and a plurality of terminals (5) insert molded in the insert portions. One of the insert portions has a plurality of first positioning posts (62) and first mounting holes (63), the other insert portion has a plurality of second positioning posts (67) and mounting holes (68) second stably engaging with the first mounting holes and the first positioning posts of the former.
Claims7
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a first terminal insert, the first terminal insert having a first printed circuit board (PCB);
- a second terminals insert, the second terminal insert having a second PCB;
- and
- an interengaging device arranged between the first and second terminal inserts so as to attach the first terminal insert to the second terminal inserts wherein
- the interengaging device has a first and second insert portions, each insert portion has a plurality of terminals inserted therein;
- wherein
- the first insert portion has a positioning post, the second insert portion has a mounting hole, the positioning post engaging with the mounting hole;
- wherein
- the first and second insert portions respectively have a first and second latches extending along side edges thereof, and the insulative housing has notches engaging with corresponding latches;
- wherein
- the housing has a front wall, the front wall forming a plurality of tabs extending inwardly from an inner surface thereof holding the first and PCBs.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a subassembly, the subassembly having a first and second PCB modules;
- wherein
- the first PCB module having a first PCB, a first insert portion, and a first plurality of terminals inserted in the first insert portions, the first insert portion having a positioning post;
- the second PCB module having a second PCB, a second insert portion, and a second plurality of terminals inserted in the second insert portions, the second insert portion having a mounting hole engaging with the positioning post of the first insert portion;
- wherein
- the first and second insert portions of the subassembly respectively have a first and second latches extending along side edges thereof, and the housing has notches engaging with corresponding latches;
- wherein
- the subassembly having a base member, the base member having two body portions and a grounding bar sandwiched in between the body portions;
- wherein
- the body portions of the subassembly defines a plurality of recesses, and the base member has a plurality of contacts received in corresponding recesses;
- wherein
- the housing has a front wall, the front wall forming a plurality of tabs extending inwardly from an inner surface thereof holding the first and second PCBS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.