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US 9,520,685 B2Granted
Electrical connector having sidewardly exposed contacts
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsJun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulating body having an upper face and a lower face, two opposite side faces, a front face and a rear face, and a plug-receiving hole; and a number of terminals mounted to the insulating body, each terminal having a holding portion, an elastic portion extending into the hole, and an abutment portion. The abutment portion is movably exposed to a corresponding side face.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulating body having an upper face and a lower face, two opposite side faces, a front face and a rear face, and a plug-receiving hole;
- and
- a plurality of terminals mounted to the insulating body, each terminal comprising a holding portion, an elastic portion extending into the hole, and an abutment portion, the abutment portion being movably exposed to a corresponding side face;
- wherein
- the insulating body has a respective opening exposed to a corresponding side face, and the abutment portion includes a pressing portion and a connecting portion between the pressing portion and the holding portion, the pressing portion protruding through the opening outwardly of the insulating body;
- wherein
- the pressing portion and the connecting portion are substantially aligned along an extension direction of the plug-receiving hole.
4 more elements
An electrical connector for use with a plug, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a pair of outwardly exposed side faces opposite to each other in a transverse direction, and a plug receiving hole extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction for receiving the plug;
- a plurality of terminals mounted to the housing, each of said terminals defining a contacting section extending into the plug receiving hole for responding to the plug, and an abutment portion exposed upon the corresponding side face and moveable in said transverse direction for mechanical engagement within a notch of a printed circuit board and electrical connection to a corresponding conductive pad around said notch on said printed circuit board.
An electrical connector for use with a plug, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a pair of outwardly exposed side faces opposite to each other in a transverse direction, and a plug receiving hole extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction for receiving the plug;
- a plurality of terminals mounted within the housing, each of said terminals defining a holding section for securing to the housing, and an abutment portion located around the holding portion with an elastic structure therebetween and exposed upon the corresponding side face and moveable in said transverse direction for mechanical engagement within a notch of a printed circuit board and electrical connection to a corresponding conductive pad around said notch on said printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.