ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED SPACER
First Claim
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion, and a pair of extending portions extending backwardly from the base portion and spaced apart from each other along a transverse direction to form a receiving space therebetween, each extending portion defining a first slot communicating with the receiving space and a first block located at an inner side of the first slot;
a plurality of electrical contacts retained in the insulative housing and passing through the receiving space; and
a spacer attached to the insulative housing for retaining the electrical contacts, the spacer having a pair of second slots for receiving the first blocks and a pair of second blocks located at outer sides of the corresponding second slots for being retained in the first slots.
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base portion (11), and a pair of extending portions (114) extending backwardly from the base portion and spaced apart from each other along a transverse direction to form a receiving space (1143) therebetween, each extending portion defining a first slot (1142) communicating with the receiving space and a first block (1144) located at an inner side of the first slot; a plurality of electrical contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and passing through the receiving space; and a spacer (6) attached to the insulative housing for retaining the electrical contacts, the spacer having a pair of second slots (65) for receiving the first blocks and a pair of second blocks (66) located at outer sides of the corresponding second slots (65) for being retained in the first slots (1142).
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing having a base portion, and a pair of extending portions extending backwardly from the base portion and spaced apart from each other along a transverse direction to form a receiving space therebetween, each extending portion defining a first slot communicating with the receiving space and a first block located at an inner side of the first slot; a plurality of electrical contacts retained in the insulative housing and passing through the receiving space; and a spacer attached to the insulative housing for retaining the electrical contacts, the spacer having a pair of second slots for receiving the first blocks and a pair of second blocks located at outer sides of the corresponding second slots for being retained in the first slots. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electrical connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a base portion, a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion, a pair of extending portions extending backwardly from the base portion and spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction, and a receiving space formed among the base portion and the extending portions, the extending portions having a pair of first U-shaped locking portions facing upwardly and located at two lateral sides of the receiving space; a plurality of electrical contacts retained in the insulative housing and defining contacting portions retained in the mating portion, tail portions mounted onto a printed circuit board and located between the extending portions, and connecting portions connecting the contacting portions and the tail portions; a spacer coupled to the insulative housing and defining a plurality of retaining holes for the tail portions passing through, the spacer having a pair of second U-shaped locking portions facing downwardly and located at two lateral sides thereof for latching with the first U-shaped locking portions so that the spacer could be retained in the insulative housing firmly in the transverse direction; and a metal shell coupled to the insulative housing for shielding the contacts. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a front mating region and rear mounting region in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts including a front mating section exposed in the front horizontal mating region and a rear vertical mounting section exposed in the rear mounting region and extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; a pair of upward grooves formed around two opposite ends of the rear mounting region in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction and said vertical direction; and an insulative spacer including a horizontal body with therein a plurality of through holes extending in said vertical direction, and a pair of downward locking blocks at two opposite ends of said transverse direction and received in the corresponding upward grooves, respectively;
whereinsaid spacer is adapted to be upwardly assembled into the rear mounting region under condition that the mounting sections of the contacts received in the corresponding through holes and with the pair of blocks respectively received in the corresponding grooves. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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