ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR

• US 20170294726A1
• Filed: 04/11/2017
• Published: 10/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tsai, Yu-Lun, Hou, Pin-Yuan, Liao, Chung-Fu, CHEN, LONG-FEI, CHEN, HUNG-YU, WANG, HSU-FEN
• Granted Patent: US 10,128,596 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/516 Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing , hoods
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45

Abstract

An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell and a terminal module in the metallic shell. One or more first leg extends outwardly from two sides of the metallic shell. A first slot is formed on the first leg. When the electrical receptacle connector is soldered to a circuit board, the first slot increases the space for receiving the solders to prevent solder wicking.

Claims

1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:

a terminal module comprising a base portion, a tongue portion extended outwardly from the base portion, and a plurality of receptacle terminals held in the base portion, wherein one of two ends of each of the receptacle terminals extends toward the tongue portion, and the other end of each of the receptacle terminals protrudes out of the base portion; and

a metallic shell receiving the terminal module, wherein each of two sides of the metallic shell extends outwardly at least one first leg , and each of the first legs forms a first slot.

2. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the metallic shell comprises a plurality of side plates, a top plate, and a bottom plate, the side plates respectively locate adjacent to two sides of the tongue portion, the top plate locates adjacent to a first surface of the tongue portion, and the bottom plate locates adjacent to a second surface of the tongue portion opposite to the first surface, the side plates, the top plate, and the bottom plate are connected with each other to form an insertion opening of the metallic shell and the insertion opening is near a front end of the tongue portion.

3. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 2, further comprising an outer shell out of the metallic shell and near the insertion opening, wherein the outer shell stacks on the metallic shell to form a double-layer shell structure.

4. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 3, wherein the metallic shell comprises a front region and a rear region defined at the bottom plate and located at a rear portion of the front region.

5. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 4, wherein the outer shell comprises a plurality of sidewalls and a plurality of second legs, the sidewalls respectively extend toward two sides of the rear region, and the second legs respectively extend outwardly from edges of the sidewalls.

6. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 5, wherein one of the second legs on each of the sidewalls is near an outer side of the corresponding first leg and aligned with the corresponding first leg.

7. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 5, wherein each of the second legs comprises a second main body and a second slot formed on the second main body.

8. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 7, wherein each of the second legs comprises a plurality of second recessed portions, and the second recessed portions are formed at two sides of the second main body.

9. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 5, wherein the second legs at front portions of the sidewalls are aligned along a horizontal line, the second legs at rear portions of the sidewalls are aligned along a horizontal line and near the two sides of the base portion.

10. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle terminals comprise a plurality of first receptacle terminals and a plurality of second receptacle terminals, the first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and the tongue portion, first flat contact portions of the first receptacle terminals at one ends of the first receptacle terminals are at the first surface of the tongue portion, and second flat contact portions of the second receptacle terminals at one ends of the second receptacle terminals are at the second surface of the tongue portion.

11. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 10, further comprising a shielding plate held inside the base portion and the tongue portion, wherein the shielding plate comprises a plate body and a plurality of shielding legs, the plate body is between the first flat contact portions and the second flat contact portions, the shielding legs extend outwardly from two sides of the plate body, each of the shielding legs is near an inner side of the corresponding first leg and aligned with the corresponding first leg.

12. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein each of the first legs comprises a first main body and a plurality of first recessed portions, and the first recessed portions are formed at two sides of the first main body.

13. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the outer shell comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and two side portions each connected to the top portion and the bottom portion, the top portion, the bottom portion, and the two side portions form a receiving space for receiving the metallic shell.

14. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the outer shell comprises a top portion and two side portions respectively extended from two sides of the top portion, the top portion and the two side portions form an assembling space for stacking on the metallic shell.

15. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the base portion comprises a plurality of positioning posts, each of the positioning posts is near the corresponding first leg.

16. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein a rear cover and a plurality of first legs extend from a rear portion of the metallic shell, the first legs extend outwardly from two sides of the rear cover.