REVERSIBLE DUAL-POSITION ELECTRIC CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME

• US 20170279226A1
• Filed: 09/21/2015
• Published: 09/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kiwi Intellectual Assets Corporation
• Original Assignee: Chou Hsien Tsai
• Inventors: Tsai, Chou Hsien
• Granted Patent: US 10,297,954 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/502 composed of different pieces H01R13/514 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/64 Means for preventing incorrect coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6658 on printed circuit board H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence
• 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

The invention provides a reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising: an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions; two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure; characterized in that a second metal shell is further provided to rest against the metal housing, the second metal shell is provided with a four-sided housing, the four-sided housing is fitted with and rests against the four-sided primary housing, and one of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing is a fully-closed housing without a prodding hole.

Claims

1. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure;

characterized in that a second metal shell is further provided to rest against the metal housing, the second metal shell is provided with a four-sided housing, the four-sided housing is fitted with and rests against the four-sided primary housing, and one of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing is a fully-closed housing without a prodding hole.

2. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (c) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (c):

(a) wherein the four-sided primary housing is the fully-closed housing without the prodding hole;

(b) wherein a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner; and

(c) wherein each of both of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing is the fully-closed housing without the prodding hole.

3. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the docking part is provided with two connection plates facing each other in a top-to-bottom direction, a connection slot is formed between the two connection plates, opposite surfaces of the two connection plates are the two connection surfaces, the second metal shell may function as a ground shielding member and be fitted with and disposed in the metal housing, top and bottom plate sheets of the second metal shell are two ground shielding sheets with a gap formed therebetween, the two ground shielding sheets are provided with contacts exposed from the two connection surfaces, respectively.

8. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the docking part is a tongue, the tongue is projectingly disposed on the end of the base seat, an inner end of the tongue is connected to the base seat, an outer end of the tongue is a free end, plate surfaces of the tongue with two larger areas are the two connection surfaces, the other two opposite sides of the tongue opposite to the inner and outer ends are two sides, the metal housing and the base seat rest against and are positioned with each other, a connection slot is formed in the four-sided primary housing, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, the docking electric connector can be inserted and positioned into the connection slot in a dual-position bidirectional manner, and the four-sided housing is tightly fitted with an outside of the four-sided primary housing.

9. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, 6 or 8, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (d) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (d):

(a) wherein the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are substantially fitted with and flush with each other;

(b) wherein the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are substantially fitted with and flush with each other, and a front end of the four-sided primary housing is bent to shield a front end of the four-sided housing;

(c) wherein each of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are formed by bending a metal plate sheet and combined and locked together on a plate surface; and

(d) wherein each of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are formed by bending a metal plate sheet and is combined together on a plate surface to form a seam, wherein the two seams are staggered.

11. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, 6 or 8, characterized in that each of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet and is combined and locked together on a plate surface to form a seam, and the metal plate sheets of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing have the same thickness.

12. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 11, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (c):

(a) wherein the seams of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are biased toward different sides and staggered in a left-right direction;

(b) wherein the seams of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are disposed on two surfaces, which are not mutually stacked; and

(c) wherein the seams of the four-sided primary housing and the four-sided housing are biased toward different sides and staggered in a left-right direction and disposed on two surfaces, which are not mutually stacked.

13. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 8, characterized in that the four-sided housing integrally extends downwardly to provide at least one first plate connecting member disposed on left and right sides of the four-sided primary housing, and the first plate connecting member can be connected to and positioned on a circuit board.

14. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 13, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (h) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (h):

(a) wherein the metal housing is backward extended with an engaging combining plate on a top end of the four-sided primary housing, and the engaging combining plate is in flat surface contact with an inner surface of a top end of the second metal shell and locks to the base seat of the insulated seat;

(b) wherein a stopping structure is provided between the second metal shell and the metal housing to stop the second metal shell from moving frontwards;

(c) wherein a stopping structure is provided between the second metal shell and the metal housing to stop the second metal shell from moving backwards;

(d) wherein there are two of the first plate connecting members, which are left-right symmetrical;

(e) wherein there are two of the first plate connecting members, which are left-right symmetrical, two left-right symmetrical second plate connecting members are further provided in back of the two first plate connecting members, the two second plate connecting members can be connected to and positioned on the circuit board, and the two second plate connecting members are integrally disposed on the metal housing;

(f) wherein there are two of the first plate connecting members, which are left-right symmetrical, two left-right symmetrical second plate connecting members are further provided in back of the two first plate connecting members, the two second plate connecting members can be connected to and positioned on the circuit board, and the two second plate connecting members integrally is disposed on the second metal shell;

(g) wherein the at least one first plate connecting member is formed by prodding, pressing and bending at least one plate surface of the four-sided housing, and the at least one plate surface of the four-sided housing is formed with at least one prodding hole; and

(h) wherein the front end of the four-sided housing is integrally provided with a reversely bent plate, the reversely bent plate is stacked outside a top surface of the four-sided housing, and the reversely bent plate integrally extends downwardly to provide the at least one first plate connecting member.

22. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the docking part is provided with two connection plates facing each other in a top-to-bottom direction, a connection slot is formed between the two connection plates, and opposite surfaces of the two connection plates are the two connection surfaces.

33. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 21, 29 or 31, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (h) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (h):

(a) wherein the middle of the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a metal partition plate, and the metal partition plate separates the two terminal sets;

(b) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets having connection points with the same circuit serial numbers are arranged reversely;

(c) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets have the same contact interface;

(d) wherein the metal housing is top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical;

(e) wherein the two terminal sets are fixedly embedded into and injected molded with the insulated seat;

(f) wherein the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a first base seat and a second base seat directly stacked together, and the two terminal sets are fixedly disposed on the first and second base seats;

(g) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets are vertically aligned; and

(h) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets are arranged in an equally spaced manner.

4. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure, and a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner;

characterized in that the docking part is a tongue, the tongue is projectingly disposed on the end of the base seat, an inner end of the tongue is connected to the base seat, an outer end of the tongue is a free end, plate surfaces of the tongue with two larger areas are the two connection surfaces, the other two opposite sides of the tongue opposite to inner and outer ends are two sides, the metal housing and the base seat rest against and are positioned with each other, a connection slot is formed in the four-sided primary housing, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, the docking electric connector can be inserted and positioned into the connection slot in a dual-position bidirectional manner, and a ground shielding member resting against the metal housing is further provided, wherein the ground shielding member comprises two ground shielding sheets, each of which are provided by integrally bending a metal plate sheet to form a gap between the two ground shielding sheets, the two ground shielding sheets are provided with first plate sheets covering two inner sections of the two connection surfaces of the tongue, respectively, at least one ground shielding sheet is provided with a second plate sheet forming a step together with the first plate sheet, the second plate sheet covers the base seat and is electrically connected to the metal housing, and the second plate sheet has no resilient convex portion resiliently resting against the metal housing.

10. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the metal housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, the four-sided primary housing is combined and locked together on a plate surface, the metal plate sheets of the metal housing and the ground shielding member have the same thickness.

19. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 4, characterized in that the ground shielding member has a four-sided housing, and the four-sided housing is fitted with and positioned at the insulated seat.

20. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 19, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (d) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (d):

(a) wherein the four-sided housing is formed with the first plate sheet of the two ground shielding sheets, and the four-sided housing is fitted with and positioned at the inner section of the tongue;

(b) wherein the four-sided housing is formed with the first plate sheet of the two ground shielding sheets, the four-sided housing is fitted with and positioned at an inner section of the tongue, the insulated seat middle is provided with a metal partition plate, the metal partition plate extends from the base seat to the tongue and separates the contacts of the two terminal sets, two sides of the metal partition plate are provided with laterally projecting convex portions, and the two side plates of the four-sided housing contact the convex portions of the two sides of the metal partition plate;

(c) wherein the two ground shielding sheets are provided with the second plate sheet;

(d) wherein a thickness of the tongue is such that an inner section is thicker than an outer section so that the inner sections of the two connection surfaces are much more projecting than the outer sections of the two connection surfaces project;

(e) wherein the two ground shielding sheets are provided with the second plate sheets, the four-sided housing is formed with the second plate sheet of the two ground shielding sheets, and the four-sided housing is fitted with and positioned at the base seat;

(f) wherein the second plate sheet has a negative angle leaning against the metal housing, and the second plate sheet rests against the metal housing in an overpressure manner; and

(g) wherein the second plate sheet is in the form of a smooth plate sheet.

27. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 4, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (c) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (c):

(a) wherein each of the two ground shielding sheets is provided with the second plate sheet;

(b) wherein the second plate sheet has a negative angle leaning against the metal housing, and the second plate sheet rests against the metal housing in an overpressure manner; and

(c) wherein the second plate sheet is in the form of a smooth plate sheet.

28. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 4 or 8, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (h) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (h):

(a) wherein an external shape of the connection slot is top-bottom symmetrical and left-right symmetrical, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, and the two connection surfaces of the tongue form two symmetrical spaces;

(b) wherein a thickness of the base seat is larger than that of the tongue;

(c) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets are in flat surface contact with the connection surfaces of the tongue and are elastically non-movable;

(d) wherein the contacts of the two terminal sets are in flat surface contact with and fixed to the two connection surfaces of the tongue, respectively, and are elastically non-movable, the contacts of the two terminal sets are arranged in two rows with different lengths, and the lengths of the contacts of the two terminal sets are reversely and correspondingly arranged;

(e) wherein each of the two terminal sets has one row of 12 terminals and the contacts are elastically non-movable;

(f) wherein the two connection surfaces of the tongue are horizontal and extend frontwards, an inlet of the connection slot faces frontwards, the outer end of the tongue is a front end of the tongue;

or wherein the two connection surfaces of the tongue are vertical and extend upwards, and an inlet of the connection slot faces upwards;

or wherein the two connection surfaces of the tongue are vertical and extend frontwards, and an inlet of the connection slot faces frontwards;

(g) wherein the insulated seat is provided with a first seat and a second seat mutually stacked, the two terminal sets are respectively embedded into and injection molded with the first and second seat, the first base is integrally formed with a first tongue and a first base seat, the second base is integrally formed with a second tongue and a second base seat, the tongue comprises the first and second tongues stacked together, and the first and second base seat are stacked to form the base seat; and

(h) wherein a middle of the insulated seat is positioned and provided with a metal partition plate, the metal partition plate extends from the base seat to the tongue, each of two sides of the outer sections of the metal partition plate is provided with an engaging slot, and each of two sides of the tongue is provided with slot corresponding to the engaging slot.

5. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure, and a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner;

characterized in that the docking part is provided with two connection plates facing each other in a top-to-bottom direction, a connection slot is formed between the two connection plates, opposite surfaces of the two connection plates are the two connection surfaces, and a ground shielding member resting against an inside of the metal housing is further provided, wherein the ground shielding member comprises two ground shielding sheets integrally provided with a gap between the two ground shielding sheets, the two ground shielding sheets are provided with at least two resilient contacts shielding outsides of the two connection plates, respectively, and the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets project beyond the two connection surfaces, respectively.

6. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 5, characterized in that the ground shielding member has a four-sided housing and is in the form of a second metal shell, top and bottom plate sheets of the four-sided housing are the two ground shielding sheets, and the four-sided housing is fitted with and rests against the four-sided primary housing.

7. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 6, characterized in that the four-sided housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet to form a four-sided cover connected together on one side.

15. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 5, characterized in that the ground shielding member and the metal housing are integrally in the form of a four-sided housing, and top and bottom plate sheets of the four-sided housing are the two ground shielding sheets.

16. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 2, 5, 6 or 15, characterized in that the two ground shielding sheets are combined with an outside of the two connection plates, and the two connection plates are provided with openings, through which the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets pass and are exposed from the two connection surfaces.

17. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 16, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (c) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (c):

(a) wherein the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets project beyond the two connection surfaces, respectively, and are vertically elastically movable;

(b) wherein the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets are formed by reversely projectingly bending an elastic sheet from a front end, and the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets project beyond the two connection surfaces, respectively, and are vertically elastically movable; and

(c) wherein the two connection surfaces have two front sections and two rear sections higher than the two front sections, so that the connection slot forms a front section and a rear section lower than the front section, the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets are exposed from the front sections of the two connection surfaces, respectively, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the rear sections of the two connection surfaces, respectively, and are closer to a middle height of the connection slot than the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets.

18. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 16, characterized in that each of the terminals of the two terminal sets is provided with a vertically elastically movable extension, the extension extends out of and is disposed in front of the base seat, and is provided with the contact, the docking part is in the form of a fitting member of a fitting frame body fitted with a front end of the base and covers the extensions of the terminals of the two terminal sets, the contacts of the terminals of the two terminal sets project beyond the two connection surfaces, respectively, and are vertically elastically movable together with the extension, and front ends or portions near the front ends of the two connection plates of the fitting member are provided with openings, through which the contacts of the two ground shielding sheets pass, project beyond the two connection surfaces and are vertically elastically movable.

23. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 2, 5, 6, 15 or 22, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (e) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (e):

(a) wherein a rear end of the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a circuit board and an electronic unit, the pins of the two terminal sets and the electronic unit are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the pins of the two terminal sets are electrically connected to the electronic unit through the circuit board;

(b) wherein the two connection plates have the same height;

(c) wherein a cover body covering a rear section of the metal housing is further provided;

(d) wherein a middle of the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a metal partition plate, the metal partition plate separates the two terminal sets, each of two sides of the metal partition plate is integrally provided with a resilient snap, and the two resilient snaps are elastically movable in a left-right direction and have portions near two free ends provided with two laterally inwardly projecting snapping convex portions disposed on two sides of the connection slot, respectively; and

(e) wherein a middle of the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a metal partition plate, the metal partition plate separates the two terminal sets, each of two sides of the metal partition plate is integrally provided with a resilient snap, the two resilient snaps are elastically movable in a left-right direction and have portions near two free ends provided with two laterally inwardly projecting snapping convex portions disposed on two sides of the connection slot, respectively, and the metal partition plate is provided with at least one pin for electrical connection to form a grounding mask.

24. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 2, 5, 6, 15 or 22, characterized in that the docking part is provided with two side plates connected to the two connection plates to form a fitting frame body.

25. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 24, characterized in that each of the terminals of the two terminal sets is provided with a vertically elastically movable extension, the extension extends out of and is disposed in front of the base seat and is provided with the contact, the docking part is a fitting member fitted with a front end of the base and covering the extensions of the terminals of the two terminal sets, and the contacts of the terminals of the two terminal sets project beyond the two connection surfaces, respectively, and are vertically elastically movable together with the extensions.

26. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 25, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (c) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (c):

(a) wherein the two connection plates of the fitting member are provided with separate barriers to form separate slots for separating the extensions of the terminals of the two terminal sets;

(b) wherein a jointing portion connected to the fitting member is disposed in front of the base seat, the jointing portion has only two sides arced and has a middle section in the form of a notch; and

(c) wherein a middle of the base seat of the insulated seat is provided with a metal partition plate, the metal partition plate separates the two terminal sets, each of two sides of the metal partition plate is integrally provided with a resilient snap, the two resilient snaps are elastically movable in a left-right direction and have portions near two free ends provided with two laterally inwardly projecting snapping convex portions disposed on two sides of the connection slot,

respectively, each of two sides of the fitting member is provided with an opening, and when the two resilient snaps elastically move in the left-right direction, the two openings provide the spaces for the two resilient snaps.

21. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure, and a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner;

characterized in that the metal housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, the four-sided primary housing is combined and locked together on a plate surface, and a combination portion forms a gapless combination.

29. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure, and a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner;

characterized in that the docking part is a tongue, the tongue is projectingly disposed on the end of the base seat, an inner end of the tongue is connected to the base seat, an outer end of the tongue is a free end, plate surfaces of the tongue with two larger areas are the two connection surfaces, the other two opposite sides of the tongue opposite to the inner and outer ends are two sides, the metal housing and the base seat rest against and are positioned with each other, a connection slot is formed in the four-sided primary housing, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, the docking electric connector can be inserted and positioned into the connection slot in a dual-position bidirectional manner, the metal housing is integrally provided with a reversely bent plate, the reversely bent plate is stacked outside a top surface of the four-sided primary housing, the reversely bent plate integrally extends downwardly to provide at least one first plate connecting member disposed on left and right sides of the four-sided primary housing, and the first plate connecting member can be connected to and positioned on a circuit board.

30. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 29, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) to (e) or a combination of more than one of (a) to (e):

(a) wherein the metal housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, and the four-sided primary housing is combined and locked together on a plate surface;

(b) wherein the metal housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, the four-sided primary housing is combined and locked together on a top plate surface to form a seam, and the reversely bent plate shields the seam;

(c) wherein the metal housing is formed by bending a metal plate sheet, the four-sided primary housing is combined and locked together on a top plate surface to form a seam, and the reversely bent plate shields the seam by more than 85%;

(d) wherein the reversely bent plate is connected to a front end of the four-sided primary housing; and

(e) wherein the reversely bent plate is connected to a rear end of the four-sided primary housing.

31. A reversible dual-position electric connector, comprising:

an insulated seat provided with a base seat and one docking part, wherein the docking part is disposed on one end of the base seat and is provided with two connection surfaces facing opposite directions;

two terminal sets disposed on the insulated seat, wherein each of the terminal sets is provided with at least one row of terminals, each of the terminals has one end extending to provide a contact and the other end extending to provide a pin, and the contacts of the two terminal sets are exposed from the two connection surfaces of the docking part, respectively; and

a metal housing, which covers the insulated seat and is provided with a four-sided primary housing, wherein the four-sided primary housing shields the docking part to form one docking structure, and a shape of the docking structure can be positioned at one docking electric connector in a reversible dual-position manner;

characterized in that the docking part is a tongue, the tongue is projectingly disposed on the end of the base seat, an inner end of the tongue is connected to the base seat, an outer end of the tongue is a free end, plate surfaces of the tongue with two larger areas are the two connection surfaces, the other two opposite sides of the tongue opposite to the inner and outer ends are two sides, the metal housing and the base seat rest against and are positioned with each other, a connection slot is formed in the four-sided primary housing, the tongue is disposed at a middle height of the connection slot, the docking electric connector can be inserted and positioned into the connection slot in a dual-position bidirectional manner, the metal housing integrally provided with one or multiple reversely bent plates, and the one or multiple reversely bent plates are stacked on top and bottom plate surfaces of the metal housing.

32. The reversible dual-position electric connector according to claim 31, characterized in that the electric connector satisfies one of (a) and (b):

(a) wherein the one reversely bent plate or one of the multiple reversely bent plates is a ground shielding sheet; and

(b) wherein the multiple reversely bent plates are two reversely bent plates, each of ends of top and bottom plates of the metal housing is bent reversely to form the one reversely bent plate, and the at least one reversely bent plate is a ground shielding sheet.

34. A method of assembling a ground shielding member with an insulated seat, comprising the steps of:

providing an insulated seat, wherein the insulated seat is provided with a base seat and a tongue, the tongue is projectingly disposed on one end of the base seat, an inner end of the tongue is connected to the base seat, an outer end of the tongue is a free end, the two connection surfaces of the tongue have inner sections and outer section lower than the inner sections;

providing a ground shielding member by bending a metal plate sheet, wherein the ground shielding member is integrally provided with two ground shielding sheets, each of the two ground shielding sheets is provided with a first plate sheet and a second plate sheet with a step formed between the first plate sheet and the second plate sheet, two sides of the two first plate sheets are integrally connected together through two side sheets, the two first plate sheets and the two side sheets form a four-sided housing, and the four-sided housing is combined and locked together on a plate surface;

fitting the four-sided housing of the ground shielding member from the outer end of the tongue, wherein the four-sided housing of the ground shielding member before being assembled and positioned has a width greater than a maximum width of the tongue, and a height smaller than a height of the inner section of the two connection surfaces, so that the four-sided housing of the ground shielding member can be fitted with the tongue;

wherein when the four-sided housing of the ground shielding member is fitted with the inner section of the tongue, the four-sided housing resiliently deforms to decrease the width and increase the height, so that the four-sided housing can be tightly fitted with and positioned at the inner sections of the two connection surfaces of the tongue.