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US 9,882,324 B2Granted
Electrical connector assembly having identical matable connectors
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsMing Shi, Xiang Xu, Xiaozhi Fu, Yuquan Chen, Yong Yang
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Abstract
An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has an insulation body formed with a receiving slot and a terminal disposed in the receiving slot. The electrical connector is matable with an identical electrical connector.
Claims25
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first electrical connector having
- an insulation body formed with a receiving slot, the insulation body having a front body, including a first front body and a second front body opposite to each other in a vertical direction, and a rear body, the receiving slot having a first front receiving slot formed in the first front body and a second front receiving slot formed in the second front body, and
- a terminal disposed in the receiving slot, the terminal having
- a fixing portion in the rear body,
- a first elastic arm extending from the fixing portion to the receiving slot, the first elastic arm including a first electrical contact portion formed at an end of the first elastic arm, and
- a second elastic arm extending rearwardly from the fixing portion, an end of the second elastic arm arranged to face an inner wall of the receiving slot and pressing a conductor of an external wire against the inner wall of the receiving slot to form an electrical connection with the conductor, a platform portion formed on one side of the end of the second elastic arm lower than a surface of the end;
- and
- a second electrical connector identical to the first electrical connector and matable with the first electrical connector, the first front body of the first electrical connector matable with a second front receiving slot of the second electrical connector and a first front body of the second electrical connector matable with the second front receiving slot of the first electrical connector.
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An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first electrical connector having
- an insulation body formed with a receiving slot, the insulation body having
- a front body including a first front body and a second front body opposite to each other in a vertical direction, the receiving slot having a first front receiving slot formed in the first front body and a second front receiving slot formed in the second front body,
- a rear body,
- an elastic arm formed on a bottom surface of the insulation body away from the first front body, one end of the elastic arm formed with a hook and extending beyond a front end surface of the insulation body, a tail formed at the end of the elastic arm opposite the hook,
- a connection portion connecting a middle of the elastic arm to the bottom surface of the insulation body, the elastic arm pivotable about the connection portion,
- an elastic press piece formed on the bottom surface of the insulation body, and
- a protrusion formed on a top surface of the insulation body, and
- a terminal disposed in the receiving slot, the terminal having a fixing portion in the rear body and a first elastic arm extending from the fixing portion to the receiving slot, the first elastic arm including a first electrical contact portion formed at an end of the first elastic arm;
- and
- a second electrical connector identical to the first electrical connector and matable with the first electrical connector in a mating position, in the mating position
- the first front body of the first electrical connector mates with a second front receiving slot of the second electrical connector and a first front body of the second electrical connector mates with the second front receiving slot of the first electrical connector,
- the first electrical contact portion of the first electrical connector electrically contacts a first electrical contact portion of the second electrical connector, and
- the hook of the first electrical connector engages a protrusion of the second electrical connector, and a hook of the second electrical connector engages the protrusion of the first electrical connector, the elastic press piece adapted to be pressed onto the tail to disengage the hook from the protrusion.
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An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- a first electrical connector having
- an insulation body formed with a receiving slot, the insulation body having
- a front body including a first front body and a second front body opposite to each other in a vertical direction, the receiving slot having a first front receiving slot formed in the first front body and a second front receiving slot formed in the second front body,
- a rear body,
- a dovetail protrusion formed on one side surface of the insulation body, and
- a dovetail recess formed on an opposite side surface of the insulation body, the dovetail recess having a stop wall formed at one end and an elastic tab formed on a bottom surface of an opposite end, and
- a terminal disposed in the receiving slot, the terminal having a fixing portion in the rear body and a first elastic arm extending from the fixing portion to the receiving slot, the first elastic arm including a first electrical contact portion formed at an end of the first elastic arm;
- and
- a second electrical connector identical to the first electrical connector and matable with the first electrical connector, the first front body of the first electrical connector matable with a second front receiving slot of the second electrical connector and a first front body of the second electrical connector matable with the second front receiving slot of the first electrical connector, the dovetail protrusion of the first electrical connector matable with a dovetail recess of the second electrical connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.