Receptacle connector

• US 20070173118A1
• Filed: 04/12/2006
• Published: 07/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amphenol Taiwan Corp. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Amphenol Taiwan Corp. (Amphenol Corporation)
• Inventors: Chen, Chin-Yu
• Granted Patent: US 7,331,822 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/607.10
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7011 Locking or fixing a connector to a PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/725 containing contact members presenting a contact carrying strip, e.g. edge-like strip
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector

Abstract

A receptacle connector includes a insulative housing having an engaging portion, and a guiding position shield having a locking member wherein the engaging portion is defined as a rectangular groove and the locking member has a barb formed by stamping inward from a surface. In assembly, the barb is against the engaging portion (the rectangular groove) whereby to assemble the insulative housing and the guiding position shield together.

Claims

1-8. -8. (canceled)

9. A receptacle connector comprising:

a) an insulative housing having;

i) a mating slot;

ii) a plurality of terminals located in the mating slot;

iii) two engaging portions, one of the two engaging portions is located on each of two opposing sides of the insulative housing; and

iv) a plurality of locating posts located on a bottom edge of each of the two opposing sides of the insulative housing; and

b) a guiding position shield made of metal and having;

i) a top wall;

ii) two side walls extending downwardly from the top wall;

iii) two locking members, one of the two locking members is connected to each of the two side walls and extending outwardly from a rear of the housing, each of the two locking members engaging one of the two engaging portions;

iv) a first tongue connected to the top wall and extending outwardly from the rear of the housing; and

v) a plurality of positioning legs extending from bottom edges of the two side walls.

10. The receptacle connector according to claim 9, wherein each of the two engaging portions is a rectangular groove integrally formed in the opposite side of the housing.

11. The receptacle connector according to claim 10, wherein each of the two locking members has a barb having a rectangular shape engaging the rectangular groove.

12. The receptacle connector according to claim 11, wherein the insulative housing has two recesses, each of the two locking members has a protrusion arm spaced apart from the barb and inserted into one of the two recesses of the insulative housing.

13. The receptacle connector according to claim 12, wherein the protrusion arm of each of the two locking members is positioned perpendicular to the two locking members and extending inwardly toward an interior of the guiding position shield.

14. The receptacle connector according to claim 9, wherein each of the two engaging portions has a width greater than a width of the each of the two locking members.

15. The receptacle connector according to claim 9, wherein each of the two side walls has a side wall tongue being displaced inwardly.