Electrical connector

• US 6,796,839 B1
• Filed: 03/24/2003
• Issued: 09/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wu, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): Gushi, Ross
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUONGCHI T
• Application Number:
  US10/396,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20040192111A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607, 439/609, 439/610, 439/939, 439/564, 439/573, 439/608, 439/101, 439/83, 439/78
• US Class Current: 439/607.01
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/707 Soldering or welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/26 Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only for modular jack type connectors H01R24/62
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2201/06 for computer periphery

Abstract

An electrical connector (1) includes an insulating housing (10), a number of terminals (20) received in the housing, and a metallic shell (30) covering the housing. The metallic shell integrally forms a body section (31) and a retention section (32). The body section defines a semi-cavity (312) for receiving a complementary mating connector and has a pair of tabs (313) respectively stamped from two side panels (311) thereof. The tabs are retained in corresponding slots (120) defined in the housing to secure the housing and the shell. The retention section includes two retention portions (320) extending therefrom, each retention portion being press-fitted in corresponding recess defined in the housing so that the housing and the retention portion is substantially connected. The metallic shell also has a number of mounting pads (33) formed to be soldered on a printed circuit board on which the connector is mounted.

Claims

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a printed circuit board;

an insulative housing seated upon the printed circuit board and defining a mating tongue spatially between a pair of opposite side arms, and a pair of legs extending generally in alignment with the corresponding side arms while in an opposite direction;

a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing with mating portions on the mating tongue and soldering portions between said pair of legs; and

a metallic shell attached to the housing and including two opposite side panels covering the corresponding side arms and two opposite retention portions embedded in the corresponding legs;

wherein

said shell covers an upper side of the mating tongue, and the printed circuit board covers a lower side of the mating tongue.

2. The assembly as described in claim 1, wherein said side panels and said retention portions are equipped with mounting pads fastened to the printed circuit board.

3. An electrical connector assembly comprising:

a printed circuit board;

an insulative housing seated upon the printed circuit board and defining a mating tongue spatially between a pair of opposite side arms, and a pair of legs extending generally in alignment with the corresponding side arms while in an opposite direction;

a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing with mating portions on the mating tongue and soldering portions between said pair of legs; and

a metallic shell attached to the housing and including a front area with a larger lateral dimension and a rear area with a smaller lateral dimension;

wherein

both said front area and said rear area include mounting pads soldered to the printed circuit board;

wherein

the mounting pads of the front area and those of the rear area are not aligned with each other along a front-to-back direction;

wherein

each of said front area and said rear are includes corresponding retention means, for retaining the shell to the housing, essentially aligned with the corresponding mounting pad in a vertical direction.