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US 6,902,432 B2Granted
USB connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTaishi Morikawa, Fumio Narui, Shinichi Ikemoto
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Abstract
A USB connector includes a jack and a plug. The jack includes a shield shell, having jack terminals therein. The plug includes a shield case, having plug terminals to be electrically connected to the jack terminals, and fitted into the shield shell. The shield shell has a mating portion The shield case has a latching portion which engages with the mating portion when the plug is inserted into the jack.
Claims6
A USB connector, comprising:
- a jack, including;
- a shield shell, having jack terminals therein;
- and
- a plug, including;
- a shield case, having plug terminals to be electrically connected to the jack terminals, and fitted into the shield shell,
- wherein a latching portion is provided on the shield case;
- wherein a shield contact piece for making contact with the shield case is provided on the shield shell by forming a groove on a wall portion of the shield shell;
- and
- wherein the latching portion engages with an edge portion of the groove formed on a mating portion when the shield case is inserted into the shield shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.