Micro USB socket connector
AssigneeChant Sincare Co., Ltd.
InventorsWen Ta Chiu, Ming Hui Yen, Chen An Wu
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Abstract
A USB socket connector includes a plastic core member, which has metal terminals embedded therein and a constraint member, for example, a raised portion, and a metal casing, which houses the plastic core member and has a constraint device, for example, notch that receives the constraint device of the plastic core member to hold the plastic core member in position upon insertion of the plastic core member into the casing, and two rear extension arms that are bent into shape and stopped against the back side of the plastic core member to hold down the plastic core member firmly in place after insertion of the plastic core member into the metal casing.
Claims17
A micro USB socket connector comprising a metal casing, said metal casing having a front open side and a rear open side, and a plastic core member mounted in said metal casing, wherein:
- said plastic core member has a plurality of metal terminals embedded therein, and a second constraint device at the periphery thereof;
- said metal casing comprises a first constraint device for engagement with said second constraint device of said plastic core member to hold said plastic core member in place, and a plurality of extension arms that are bent into shape to hold down said plastic core member in said metal casing after insertion of said plastic core member through said rear open side of said metal casing into the inside of said metal casing to force said second constraint device of said plastic core member into engagement with said first constraint device of said metal casing.
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