Electrical connector having elongated housing and interconnected upper and lower shells attached to the housing

• US 10,153,594 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2017
• Issued: 12/11/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wu, Jerry, Hsu, Yang-Tsun, Chen, Jun, Fan, Xiao
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R
• Application Number:
  US15/719,545
• Publication Number:
  US 20180097312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7082 Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/775 Ground or shield arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

An electrical connector includes: an elongated insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the housing; an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece (12) secured to a middle portion of the housing; and a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece (22) secured to the middle portion of the housing, wherein the upper shell includes a connecting piece (13) secured to a middle portion of the lower shell.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

an elongated insulative housing;

a plurality of contacts secured to the housing;

an upper shell attached to the housing, the upper shell having a latching piece secured to a middle portion of the housing; and

a lower shell attached to the housing and connected to the upper shell at both end portions thereof in a longitudinal direction, the lower shell having a protruding piece secured to the middle portion of the housing;

wherein

the upper shell includes a connecting piece bent from the latching piece for securing to a middle portion of the lower shell, and

the housing has a protrusion at the middle portion and the latching piece has a hole receiving the protrusion.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting piece overlays a main portion of the lower shell.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connecting piece has a soldering hole.

4. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a thickened divider at a position along said longitudinal direction;

a plurality of contacts secured in the housing and divided into two groups by two sides of said divider;

a plurality of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding contacts and extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and

a shell assembly including a first metallic shell and a second metallic shell being opposite to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the front-to-back direction, and respectively secured to the housing;

wherein

said first shell includes a securing tab fastened to both the divider and the second shell around said divider.

5. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said wires are located between the first shell and the second shell in the vertical direction.

6. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second shell includes a protruding piece received in a hole formed in the divider for securing to the housing.

7. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said securing tab is of an L-shaped configuration having a vertical latching piece to secure to the housing, and a horizontal connecting piece to secure to the other of the first shell and the second shell.

8. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said latching piece has a hole receiving a protrusion formed on the divider.

9. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said connecting piece is soldered to the other.

10. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second shell forms a protrusion received within a hole formed in the housing, and said protrusion is aligned with and spaced from the securing tab in the front-to-back direction.

11. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein said protrusion and said vertical latching piece are spaced from and parallel to each other in the front-to-back direction.

12. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said divider is located around a middle region of the housing.

13. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a thickened divider at a position along said longitudinal direction;

a plurality of contacts secured in the housing and divided into two groups by two sides of said divider;

a plurality of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding contacts and extending along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and

a shell assembly including a first metallic shell and a second metallic shell being opposite to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the front-to-back direction, and respectively secured to the housing;

wherein

said first shell has a securing tab secured upon the divider, and the second shell has a protruding piece received within a hole formed in the divider, and

said securing tab is of an L-shaped configuration with a vertical latching piece secured to the divider, and a horizontal connecting piece secured to the second shell.

14. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said securing tab and said protruding piece are aligned with and spaced from each other in the front-to-back direction.

15. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said wires extend along the front-to-back direction, and are located between the first shell and the second shell in the vertical direction.

16. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said latching piece forms a hole to receive a corresponding protrusion on the divider.

17. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 16, wherein said connecting piece forms another hole to be solder upon the second shell.

18. The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 13, wherein said divider is located around a middle region of the housing.