Electrical receptacle connector and electrical plug connector
AssigneeAdvanced Connectek Inc.
InventorsAlan MacDougall, Wen-Yu Wang, Ya-Fen Kao
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Abstract
An electrical receptacle connector provided to connect with an electrical plug connector. The electrical receptacle connector includes a metal shell, an insulation body and a the conductive contact members. The conductive contact members are disposed at the insulation body to connect with the metal shell. The electrical plug connector includes a metal shell and a tubular portion disposed at a front portion of the metal shell. When the electrical plug connector is plugged into the electrical receptacle connector, the surface of the tubular portion of the electrical plug connector is in contact with the conductive contact members.
Claims15
An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:
- a metal shell defining a receptacle cavity;
- an insulation housing received in the receptacle cavity, wherein the insulation housing comprises a base portion, a tongue portion extending from the base portion, and two recessed portions disposed at a top side and a bottom side of the base portion, respectively, the tongue portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a plurality of upper-row plate terminals, comprising a plurality of upper-row plate signal terminals, at least one upper-row plate power-supply terminal and at least one upper-row plate ground terminal, each of the upper-row plate terminals held in the base portion and the tongue portion and located at the upper surface;
- a plurality of lower-row plate terminals, comprising a plurality of lower-row plate signal terminals, at least one lower-row plate power-supply terminal and at least one lower-row plate ground terminal, each of the lower-row plate terminals held in the base portion and the tongue portion and located at the lower surface;
- two conductive contact members received correspondingly in the two recessed portions and connected to an inner wall of the metal shell, wherein each conductive contact member comprises:
- a body portion;
- at least one strip-shaped plate, extending and bending from the body portion to contact to the inner wall of the metal shell;
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- a plurality of elastic contact portions each extending from and protruding out of the body portion to correspond to the strip-shaped plate, and each contact portions suspended above and below the tongue portion.
An electrical plug connector, comprising:
- a metal shell, comprising a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, a plug cavity defined by the first tubular portion and a connecting portion extending from the first tubular portion where the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion form different surfaces;
- an insulation housing received in the plug cavity, wherein the insulation housing comprises an upper portion, a lower portion and a terminal groove defined between the upper portion and the lower portion;
- a plurality of upper-row elastic terminals, the upper-row elastic terminals comprising a plurality of upper-row elastic signal terminals, at least one upper-row elastic power-supply terminal and at least one upper-row elastic ground terminal, and each of the upper-row elastic terminals disposed at the insulation housing and located at a lower surface of the upper portion;
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- a plurality of lower-row elastic terminals, the lower-row elastic terminals comprising a plurality of lower-row elastic signal terminals, at least one lower-row elastic power-supply terminal and at least one lower-row elastic ground terminal, and each of the lower-row elastic terminals disposed at the insulation housing and located at an upper surface of the lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.