Electrical connector with latches holding module in place
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHao-Yun Ma
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulting housing defining a receiving room and an inserting opening through which the module is inserted in the receiving room in an inserting direction. A plurality of contacts are retained in the housing and each contact comprises an engaging portion extending in the receiving room. A pair of latching structures is located in front of the inserting opening to limit the module in the receiving room in the inserting direction of the module, the latching structures being urged to move downward to allow the module into the receiving room.
Claims9
An electrical connector for receiving a card-like module, comprising:
- an insulting housing defining a receiving room and an inserting opening through which the module is inserted in the receiving room in an inserting direction;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the housing and each contact comprising an engaging portion extending in the receiving room;
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- a metal shell loaded on the housing and covering on the receiving room;
- wherein a pair of latching structures extending from a front edge of the metal shell and located in front of the inserting opening, the latching structures comprises a pair of stopping portions with an inward-facing edge resisted at an outside of the module in a condition that the stopping portions are urged to move downward to allow the module into the receiving room and restored to prevent the module from falling from the receiving room.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing extending horizontally and defining a receiving room in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed into the receiving room in said vertical direction;
- a metallic shell assembled to the housing and covering on a top of said receiving room in said vertical direction while leaving an insertion opening through which a module is allowed to be inserted into the receiving room in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said vertical direction;
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- at least one latch extending downward from a top wall of the metal shell and located around the insertion opening and deflectable in the vertical direction;
- wherein said latch defines a stopping piece with a bearing face facing toward the shell in the vertical direction to commonly define an insertion passage therebetween in said vertical direction for guidable insertion of the module, and further with a limiting edge facing toward the receiving room in said front-to-back direction for locking of the module;
- wherein the stopping piece is forced to move away from the shell in said vertical direction for enlarging a space therebetween during insertion of the module.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing comprising a bottom wall and two sidewalls;
- a metal shell covering above a top of the insulative housing, thereby defining a receiving room among the insulative housing and the metal shell, the metallic shell comprising a pair of lateral walls retained on the sidewalls of the insulative housing respectively;
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- a plurality of contacts disposed in the bottom wall with contacting sections exposed into the receiving room;
- wherein a pair of inward-slanting sparing arms unitarily extend forwards from the pair of lateral walls of the shell and press in a pair of slots defined at outer faces of the sidewalls of the insulative housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.