Electrical connector with improved terminals
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsChi Zhang, Ming Chuan Wu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) for mounting to a printed circuit board comprises an insulative housing (10) and a plurality of terminals (30) received in the housing. The housing comprises a pair of sidewalls (14) each defining a plurality of first passageways (128) and a tongue (12) located between the sidewalls. Each of the terminals comprises a positioning portion (34), a contact portion (32), and a tail (35). The positioning portion is received in the first passageway. The contact portion is attached to a surface of the tongue. The tail extends beyond the housing. The positioning portion interferentially engages with the first passageway in a longitudinal direction to restrict the terminal from moving along the longitudinal direction of the housing.
Claims4
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an elongated insulative housing comprising a pair of sidewalls each defining a plurality of first passageways and a tongue located between the sidewalls, the insulative housing defining a longitudinal direction, the tongue defining a plurality of second passageways and a plurality of terminal channels;
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- a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing and arranged along the longitudinal direction, each terminal comprising a connecting portion, a positioning portion extending upwardly from the connecting portion and received in a corresponding first passageway, a retention portion retained in the second passageways of the tongue, and a contact portion extending upwardly from the connecting portion beside the positioning portion and received in the terminal channels of the tongue, the positioning portion interferentially engaging with the sidewall and restricting the terminal from moving along the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.