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US 7,402,078 B2Granted
Electrical connector with firm frame for mating with corresponding connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsFeng Wan, Jin-Kui Hu, Guo-Hua Zhang
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) for receiving a number of contacts (2), and a metal shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing (1). The metal shield includes a first frame (401) and a second frame (402). The first and second frames share a partition wall (403) therebetween. The second frame includes a second bottom face (4023) defining a mating slot. The partition wall has a fixing portion (4032) wedged into the mating slot for ensuring a firm configuration of the second frame (402).
Claims15
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing;
- and
- a metal shield enclosing the insulative housing and comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first and second frames sharing a partition wall, the second frame having a bottom face defining a mating slot, the partition wall having a fixing portion wedged into the mating slot, wherein the fixing portion has a distal end portion and an intermediate portion in communication of the distal end portion, and wherein the intermediate portion is narrower than the distal end portion.
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An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing;
- and
- a unitary one-piece metal shield enclosing the insulative housing and defining a connector interface, the metal shield comprising a partition wall integrally extending from said metal shield, the partition wall extending into said connector interface to divide the connector interface into a first frame and a second frame, the first frame comprising a first top wall and a first bottom wall parallel to the first top wall, the second frame comprising a second top wall being integral with the first top wall and a second bottom wall opposite to the second top wall, wherein the second bottom wall defines a mating slot and to partition wall has a fixing portion received in the mating slot;
- wherein
- the first and second too walls of the metal shield define a hole, the partition wall having a protrusion received in the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.