Electrical connector assembly with improved locking device
First Claim
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a locking station defining a receiving cavity, and a pair of side walls extending in a front-to-back direction and locating at two sides of the receiving cavity in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
a plug cable connector being forwardly inserted into said receiving cavity and including a spring being deflectable;
in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
wherein said spring includes a pair of laterally extending offset ends; and
each side wall defines a locking shoulder facing forwardly and pressing against said respective offset end downwardly, wherein said plug cable connector comprises an insulative housing defining a front mating slot, a terminal module assembled to the housing with contacts exposed in the mating cavity and respectively connected to corresponding wires of a cable, an insulative block assembled to the insulative housing with a plurality of passageways through which the corresponding wires extend along a front-to-back direction; and
an insulative casing overmolding with said insulative housing and said insulative block;
said spring is associated with the insulative block, wherein said spring is attached upon an insulative spacer which is attached to the insulative block in a floating manner along said front-to-back direction.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present invention, an electrical connector assembly includes a locking station and a plug cable connector. Said locking station has a receiving cavity, and a pair of side walls extending in a front-to-back direction and locating at two sides of the receiving cavity in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction. Said plug cable connector is forwardly inserted into said receiving cavity and includes a spring being deflectable in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction. Said spring includes a pair of laterally extending offset ends; and each side wall defines a locking shoulder facing forwardly and pressing against said respective offset end downwardly.
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a locking station defining a receiving cavity, and a pair of side walls extending in a front-to-back direction and locating at two sides of the receiving cavity in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
a plug cable connector being forwardly inserted into said receiving cavity and including a spring being deflectable;
in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction;
wherein said spring includes a pair of laterally extending offset ends; and
each side wall defines a locking shoulder facing forwardly and pressing against said respective offset end downwardly, wherein said plug cable connector comprises an insulative housing defining a front mating slot, a terminal module assembled to the housing with contacts exposed in the mating cavity and respectively connected to corresponding wires of a cable, an insulative block assembled to the insulative housing with a plurality of passageways through which the corresponding wires extend along a front-to-back direction; and
an insulative casing overmolding with said insulative housing and said insulative block;
said spring is associated with the insulative block, wherein said spring is attached upon an insulative spacer which is attached to the insulative block in a floating manner along said front-to-back direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- a locking station defining a receiving cavity, and a pair of side walls extending in a front-to-back direction and locating at two sides of the receiving cavity in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
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6. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a locking station forming a receiving cavity and a locking shoulder at an upper side of the receiving cavity;
a plug cable connector being forwardly inserted into said receiving cavity and including a spring extending backwardly;
wherein said spring has a locking latch for releasable engagement with the locking shoulder, and said locking shoulder presses against said locking latch downwardly, wherein said plug cable connector includes an insulative housing with a mating slot, a terminal module assembled behind the housing with two rows of contacts locating by two sides of the mating slot and respectively connected to corresponding wires of a cable, and an insulative block assembled to the housing;
said insulative Mock protrudes upwardly beyond the receiving cavity; and
said spring attaches to the insulative block, wherein said terminal module includes a pair of grounding plates on which mounding contacts of said contacts are connected and drain wires of the cable are connected; and
said terminal module includes a pair of insulative bodies attached to each other. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- a locking station forming a receiving cavity and a locking shoulder at an upper side of the receiving cavity;
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11. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a locking station including a pair of side walls to define a passage there between in a transverse direction, said locking station further forming a forward abutting face and a downward abutting face; and
a plug forwardly inserted into the passage in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction, and equipped with a moveable locking latch moveable relative to the locking station in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said transverse direction and said front-to-back direction;
wherein during mating, the movable locking latch is prevented from moving rearwardly by the forward abutting face and is prevented from moving upwardly by the downward abutting face, wherein the locking station forms a locking shoulder on which both the forward abutting face and the downward abutting face are formed, wherein said locking latch includes a pair of side bars with a transverse bar linked at least to one of the pair of side bars and extending in the transverse direction around the locking shoulder. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
- a locking station including a pair of side walls to define a passage there between in a transverse direction, said locking station further forming a forward abutting face and a downward abutting face; and
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