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US 8,475,217 B2Granted
Electrical connector with improved housing
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsZi-Qiang Zhu, Feng Xiong, Hong-Qiang Han
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base with two opposite sides and a tongue extending forwardly from the base, a first insulator attached to one side of the base, a second insulator attached to the other side of the base, and a plurality of contacts including a first set of contacts sandwiched between the base and the first insulator, and a second set of contacts sandwiched between the base and the second insulator. The contacts each has a contact portion arranged on the tongue for mating with a corresponding plug.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base with two opposite sides, and a tongue extending forwardly from the base;
- a first insulator attached to one side of the base which defines a plurality of first retaining slots;
- a second insulator attached to the other side of the base which defines a plurality of second retaining slots;
- a metal shell covering the housing, the first insulator and the second insulator, and surrounding around the tongue to define a mating port therebetween;
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- a plurality of contacts including a first set of contacts, and a second set of contacts, the contacts each having a contact portion located at the tongue and exposed to the mating port, a tail portion extending out of the housing, and a retaining portion between the contact portion and the tail portion;
- wherein the retaining portions of the first contacts are retained in the first retaining slots, the retaining portions of the second contacts are retained in the second retaining slots, respectively.
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An electrical connector, comprising:
- a first set of contacts located in a first vertical plane, each of the first contacts defining a first retaining portion, a first contact portion extending forwardly from a front end of the first retaining portion, and a first tail portion extending from a rear end of the first retaining portion;
- a second set of contacts located in a second vertical plane parallel to the first vertical plane, each of the second contacts defining a second retaining portion, a second contact portion extending forwardly from a front end of the first second retaining portion, and a second tail portion extending from a rear end of the second retaining portion;
- an insulative housing including a base, and a tongue extending forwardly from the base for the first and the second contact portions being located on;
- a first insulator retained on the base to hold the first retaining portions of the first contacts between the first insulator and the base;
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- a second insulator retained on the base to hold the second retaining portions of the second contacts between the second insulator and the base, and isolated from the first insulator by the base along a thickness direction of the tongue.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- an upright insulative base defining two opposite first sand second sides in a transverse direction;
- a plurality of first contacts located on the first side;
- a plurality of second contacts located on the second side;
- a first insulator defining a first face to abut against the first side and cooperate with the first side to sandwich the first contacts therebetween in the transverse direction;
- a plurality of first retaining slots formed in either the first side or the first face to receive the corresponding first contacts, respectively, under condition that the first contacts are allowed to be respectively assembled into the corresponding first retaining slots in only the transverse direction;
- a second insulator defining a second face to abut against the second side and cooperate with the second side to sandwich the second contacts therebetween in the transverse direction;
- a plurality of second retaining slots formed in either the second side or the second face to receive the corresponding second contacts, respectively, under condition that the second contacts are allowed to be respectively assembled into the corresponding second retaining slots in only the transverse direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.