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US 8,708,750 B2Granted
Combo connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorYi-Tse Ho
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Abstract
A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing, at least three terminal groups and a metal shell. The insulative housing has a base and at least three tongue pieces which integrally extend from the base and are transversally spaced apart to each other and in which a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a left side thereof belongs to a left tongue piece, a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a right side thereof belongs to a right tongue piece, and the other of the tongue pieces between the left tongue piece and the right tongue piece belongs to a middle tongue piece. The metal shell surrounds the tongue pieces and defines a common mating space as well as a first and second mating space.
Claims18
A receptacle connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base and at least three tongue pieces which integrally extend from the base and are transversally spaced apart to each other and in which a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a left side thereof belongs to a left tongue piece, a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a right side thereof belongs to a right tongue piece, and the other of the tongue pieces between the left tongue piece and the right tongue piece belongs to a middle tongue piece;
- at least three terminal groups correspondingly provided on the tongue pieces respectively in which a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the left tongue piece belongs to a first terminal group, a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the right tongue piece belongs to a second terminal group, at least one of the terminal groups provided in the middle tongue pieces belongs to a third terminal group;
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- a metal shell sheathed on the insulative housing and surrounding the tongue pieces and defining a common mating space;
- the metal shell having a top plate and a bottom plate which are opposite to each other and a left side plate and a right side plate which connect the top plate and the bottom plate;
- a first mating space being defined by the left side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the left side plate, and a left side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the left tongue piece;
- a second mating space being defined by the right side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the right side plate, and a right side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the right tongue piece;
- and the first mating space and the second mating space being portions of the common mating space respectively.
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A receptacle connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base and at least three tongue pieces which integrally extend from the base and are transversally spaced apart to each other and in which a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a left side thereof belongs to a left tongue piece, a tongue piece of the tongue pieces at a right side thereof belongs to a right tongue piece, and the other of the tongue pieces between the left tongue piece and the right tongue piece belongs to a middle tongue piece;
- at least three terminal groups correspondingly provided on the tongue pieces respectively in which a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the left tongue piece belongs to a first terminal group, a terminal group of the terminal groups provided in the right tongue piece belongs to a second terminal group, at least one of the terminal groups provided in the middle tongue pieces belongs to a third terminal group;
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- a metal shell sheathed on the insulative housing and surrounding the tongue pieces and defining a common mating space for mating with a common plug connector;
- the metal shell having a top plate and a bottom plate which are opposite to each other and a left side plate and a right side plate which connect the top plate and the bottom plate;
- a first mating space being defined by the left side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the left side plate, and a left side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the left tongue piece;
- the first mating space being for mating with and limiting a first plug connector;
- a second mating space being defined by the right side plate, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the right side plate, and a right side face of the middle tongue piece adjacent to the right tongue piece;
- the second mating space being for mating with and limiting a second plug connector;
- and the first mating space and the second mating space being portions of the common mating space respectively.
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A receptacle connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base and at least two tongue pieces which integrally extend from the base and are transversally spaced apart to each other;
- at least two terminal groups respectively being different types and correspondingly respectively provided in the tongue pieces;
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- a metal shell sheathed on the insulative housing and surrounding the tongue pieces and defining a common mating space, the metal shell having a top plate and a bottom plate which are opposite to each other and two opposite side plates which connect the top plate and the bottom plate;
- and an independent space being defined by at least one side plate of the side plates, a part of the top plate and a part of the bottom plate which connect the at least one side plate, and a side face of the tongue piece sub-adjacent to the at least one side plate.
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