Electric connector

• US 5,531,604 A
• Filed: 07/12/1994
• Issued: 07/02/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Huang C. Huang
• Original Assignee: Huang C. Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Huang C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bradley, P. Austin
• Assistant Examiner(s): DeMello, Jill
• Application Number:
  US08/274,177
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• Field of Search: 439/79, 439/80, 439/752
• US Class Current: 439/79
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5213 Covers

Abstract

An electric connector including a base block with two opposite slideways that receive tongues on a flexible cover plate. The connector further includes a plurality of terminals each of which is inserted into grooves in said base block. Upper connecting ends of the terminals form two parallel rows. The cover plate protects the terminals form being dislodged when a male connector or IC card is plugged into the connector. The cover plate also prevents dirt and water vapor from adhering to the terminals to negatively affect the performance of the electric connector.

Claims

1. An electric connector comprising:

a base block, said base block comprising two opposite slideways on each of two sides thereof, a center hole near a front top portion and spaced from a center opening on a top surface thereof, and said base block having an inwardly inclined plane, a plurality of projections perpendicularly extended from a front bottom portion, a plurality of parallel grooves spaced from each other at equal intervals and respectively extended from between two adjacent projections to a plurality of through holes arranged in two rows;

a plurality of terminals each of which is bent at 90 degrees twice to form an upper and a lower connecting end perpendicular to a central portion, with said upper connecting end inserted into one of said through holes, said central portion is tightly fitted into one of said grooves, and said lower connecting end protrudes from between said two projections on either side of the same groove; and

a rectangular cover plate made from a flexible material, comprising two tongues extended outward from a first and a second end thereof, said tongues are received in said two slideways, and a center catch means at a rear top portion to engage with said center hole for positioning.