Electrical connector having insulative members and method of making the same
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsHai-Qiong Dai, Jing-Jie Guo
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Abstract
A electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2), a stiffener (3) and a pair of insulative members (4). The insulative housing includes a tongue portion (11) defining a number of first passageways (111a) and two molding holes (115a, 115b) communicating with the first passageways for accommodating a number of molds. The stiffener is insert molded with the insulative housing and defines two openings (33a, 33b) communicating with the molding holes. The insulative members cover the openings for sealing the molding holes after removal of the molds.
Claims12
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of immovable terminals embedded within the housing via an insert-molding process, the tongue portion defining a plurality of passageways arranged with one another in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction to receive said immovable terminals therein, and a plurality of molding holes communicating with said passageways in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction for receiving corresponding molds during said insert-molding process;
- a metallic stiffener embedded in the tongue portion, said stiffener including an opening:
- and
- an insulative block including a plurality of parts filled within the corresponding molding holes through the opening of the stiffener;
- wherein
- the tongue portion defines opposite surfaces in the vertical direction, and the immovable terminals are exposed upon one surface while the insulative block and the stiffener are exposed upon the other surface.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of immovable terminals embedded within the housing via an insert-molding process, the tongue portion defining a plurality of passageways arranged with one another in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction to receive said immovable terminals therein, and a plurality of molding holes communicating with said passageways in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction for receiving corresponding molds during said insert-molding process;
- and
- an insulative block including a plurality of parts filled within and completely occupying the corresponding molding holes after the insert-molding process for preventing shorting;
- wherein
- both said immovable terminals and said insulative block are exposed to an exterior in the vertical direction while said molding holes are not exposed to the exterior in the vertical direction but covered by the insulative block;
- and
- a metallic stiffener embedded within the tongue portion, wherein said stiffener includes an opening set aligning with the molding holes for molding consideration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.