Electrical connector with contact modules
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsLi-Jiang Wang, Jia-Yong He, Zhong-Hua Yao, Qi-Sheng Zheng
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a base portion and mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion; two contact modules being retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative housing, and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules. A receiving space is formed between the shell and the tongue plate. The insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base portion and a mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion, the tongue plate defining a plurality of passageways, the base portion having a cavity extending rearwardly therethrough, and a plurality of through holes extending forwardly therein and communicating with the passageways and the cavity;
- two contact modules retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative block, the contacts defining contact portions protruding forwardly beyond the insulative block, and soldering tails extending beyond the insulative block for being soldered to a printed circuit board, the contact portions passing through the through holes and being received in the passageways of the tongue plate;
- and
- a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules, a receiving space being formed between the shell and the tongue plate for receiving a mating connector, the shell having a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to the top wall;
- wherein
- the insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably;
- wherein at least one of the insulative blocks unitarily defines a supporting plate protruding forwardly to support the bottom wall of the shell.
An electrical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a plug, comprising:
- a front insulative housing including a base portion defining a cavity communicating with the receiving space, and a tongue plate extending into the receiving space from the base portion along a length direction thereof;
- two rear contact modules being assembled together along a transverse direction perpendicular to the length direction, and each including an insulative block and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative block, the contacts each including a contact portion located on the tongue plate and exposed to the receiving space for mating with the plug, and a soldering tail extending beyond the insulative block for being soldered to a printed circuit board;
- and
- a metal shell attached to at least one of the insulative housing and the contact modules, and enclosing the tongue plate to form the receiving space;
- wherein
- the insulative blocks each includes a front portion retained in the cavity and a rear end portion connected to the front portion, the rear end portions of the insulative blocks are disposed on exterior of the cavity;
- wherein the shell further has a top wall with a horizontal suction plate adapted for being sucked by a suction device.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an upright insulative housing defining an upright mating port;
- a contact module defining an insulative block associated with a plurality of contacts, said housing cooperating with said insulative block to commonly define a whole housing contour including an upward oblique rear edge;
- a metallic shell enclosing said whole housing contour, and defining opposite top and bottom walls, and opposite side walls cooperating with said top and bottom walls to commonly enclose said upright mating port, a rear cover unitarily extending from a rear edge of the top wall and including an inclined upper plate linked to said rear edge of the top wall, and a lower plate linked to a lower edge of the upper plate;
- wherein
- each of said upper plate and said lower plate is equipped with a pair of locking plates on two sides thereof to respectively latch to the corresponding side walls, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.