Electrical connectors with anti-mismating structure
First Claim
1. An electrical receptacle, comprising:
- an insulative housing comprising a base portion and an extending portion protruding forwardly from the base portion in a longitudinal direction, the extending portion comprising a horizontal tongue plate portion and a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal tongue plate portion;
a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each of the contacts comprising an elastic contact portion extending beyond a supporting surface of the tongue plate portion; and
a metal shield covering the extending portion and forming a receiving cavity therebetween, the elastic contact portion protruding into the receiving cavity.
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Abstract
An electrical connector for non-USB protocol includes an insulative tongue plate portion and a vertical portion extending perpendicularly from a lateral edge of the tongue plate portion. The width of the tongue plate portion extending along a transverse direction is much shorter than what of a corresponding standard USB connector. The thickness of the tongue plate portion extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction is the same as what of a corresponding standard USB connector. Under this circumstance, tongue plate portion and the vertical portion can be easily manufactured by a little improvement of the existing USB mold.
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18 Claims
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1. An electrical receptacle, comprising:
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an insulative housing comprising a base portion and an extending portion protruding forwardly from the base portion in a longitudinal direction, the extending portion comprising a horizontal tongue plate portion and a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal tongue plate portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each of the contacts comprising an elastic contact portion extending beyond a supporting surface of the tongue plate portion; and a metal shield covering the extending portion and forming a receiving cavity therebetween, the elastic contact portion protruding into the receiving cavity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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11. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
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an electrical receptacle comprising; an insulative housing comprising a base portion and an extending portion protruding forwardly from the base portion in a longitudinal direction, the extending portion comprising a receptacle horizontal tongue plate portion and a receptacle vertical portion perpendicular to the receptacle horizontal tongue plate portion; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each of the contacts comprising an elastic contact portion extending beyond a supporting surface of the receptacle tongue plate portion; and a metal shield covering the extending portion and forming a receiving cavity therebetween; and an electrical plug inserted in the receiving cavity of the insulative housing, the electrical plug comprising; a horizontal plug tongue plate and a plug vertical portion perpendicular to the plug tongue plate; and a plurality of contacts each comprising a contact portion supported by a top surface of the plug tongue plate to abut against the elastic contact portion of the electrical receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. An electrical assembly comprising:
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a plug connector connected with a cable and including; an insulative plug housing enclosed by a metallic plug shell; a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the plug housing; the plug housing and the plug shell commonly define a plug interface for mating, which has thereon a similar contact arrangement with a standard USB plug connector while having a recessed section on one side of the plug housing and a protruded section on the other side of the plug housing which are different from said standard USB plug connector which essentially defines a flat interface for mating. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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