Connector with preformed metallic tubular mounting bracket
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsJun Zhao, Guang-Xin Gu
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an terminal module and a metallic tubular shield fixedly enclosing the terminal module to form a sub-assembly, and a metallic tubular bracket enclosing the sub-assembly. The terminal module includes an insulator having a base and a tongue portion forwardly extending from the base, and a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulator. The base includes a rear end having a securing section, and the bracket has a fixing section correspondingly, wherein the bracket is adapted to be forwardly assembled from a rear side of the sub-assembly to have the fixing section engaged with the securing section.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- a terminal module including an insulator with a plurality of terminals disposed therein;
- a pair of securing sections formed around a rear end of the insulator in a front-to-back direction;
- a metallic tubular shield enclosing the terminal module to commonly form a sub-assembly;
- and
- a metallic tubular bracket enclosing the sub-assembly with a pair of fixing sections formed around a rear portion thereof;
- wherein
- the pair of fixing sections are preformed before the bracket is forwardly assembled upon the sub-assembly in said front-to-back direction;
- and
- the securing section includes an abutment wall to prevent further forward movement of a corresponding fixing section.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising steps of:
- providing a terminal module with an insulator and a plurality of terminals disposed therein, said insulator further including a pair of securing sections around a rear end;
- rearwardly assembling a metallic tubular shield upon the terminal module to form a sub-assembly;
- providing a metallic preformed tubular bracket with a pair of fixing sections around a rear portion;
- and
- forwardly assembling the bracket upon the sub-assembly to have the pair of fixing sections engaged with the pair of securing sections, respectively.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a terminal module including an insulator with a plurality of terminals disposed therein;
- a pair of securing sections formed around a rear end of the insulator in a front-to-back direction;
- a metallic tubular shield enclosing the terminal module to commonly form a sub-assembly;
- and
- a metallic tubular bracket enclosing the sub-assembly with a pair of fixing sections formed around a rear portion thereof;
- wherein
- said shield is essentially in a circumferentially closed manner without openings while said bracket is essentially in a circumferentially open manner with openings due to mounting legs unitarily split and extending therefrom;
- and
- the shield forms a pair of protrusions, and the insulator forms a pair of recessions to receive the pair of protrusions therein to prevent further forward movement of the insulator relative to the shield, and said shield further includes a pair of stopping tabs abutting against a rear side of the insulator to prevent further rearward movement of the insulator relative to the shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.