Electrical connector

• US 7,160,153 B1
• Filed: 09/26/2005
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: George Ying-Liang Huang
• Original Assignee: George Ying-Liang Huang
• Inventors: Huang, George Ying-Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen; Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US11/234,274
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 439607-610
• US Class Current: 439/607.44
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/512 assembled by screw or screws
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a connecting unit having a conductive terminal disposed in a sleeve end portion of a dielectric seat, and a metal shielding sleeve disposed around and covering the sleeve end portion of the dielectric seat. A metal shielding housing has an opening for access into an accommodating space thereof and permitting extension of a coupling end portion of the dielectric seat into the accommodating space via the opening for connection with the coupling end portion of the dielectric seat. The metal shielding sleeve projects from an intermediate metal sleeve connected electrically to both the metal shielding sleeve and the metal shielding housing.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a connecting unit including

a dielectric seat having a sleeve end portion that is formed with a terminal-receiving space and that has opposite first and second open ends for access into said terminal-receiving space, and a coupling end portion connected fixedly to said first open end of said sleeve end portion,

a conductive terminal disposed in said terminal-receiving space in said sleeve end portion of said dielectric seat, said conductive terminal having a first conducting end portion extending toward said second open end of said sleeve end portion, and a second conducting end portion opposite to said first conducting end portion and extending outwardly of said first open end of said sleeve end portion, and

a metal shielding sleeve disposed around and covering said sleeve end portion of said dielectric seat;

a metal shielding housing formed with an accommodating space and having an opening for access into said accommodating space, said metal shielding housing permitting extension of said coupling end portion of said dielectric seat into said accommodating space via said opening for connection with said coupling end portion of said dielectric seat; and

an intermediate metal sleeve connected electrically to both said metal shielding sleeve of said connecting unit and said metal shielding housing, said metal shielding sleeve projecting from said intermediate metal sleeve.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an engaging unit provided on said metal shielding housing and said intermediate metal sleeve for releasably anchoring said intermediate metal sleeve to said metal shielding housing.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein said engaging unit includes an engaging lug formed on one of said metal shielding housing and said intermediate metal sleeve, and an engaging hole formed in the other one of said metal shielding housing and said intermediate metal sleeve and engaging said engaging lug.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metal shielding housing has complementary first and second housing parts that are interconnected removably.

5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said intermediate metal sleeve has a through hole permitting extension of said sleeve end portion of said dielectric seat and engaging fittingly said metal shielding sleeve.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metal shielding sleeve of said connecting unit has a grounding terminal extending outwardly of said coupling end portion of said dielectric seat.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sleeve end portion is opposite to said coupling end portion.

8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said metal shielding housing further has an open end for access into said accommodating space, said open end of said metal shielding housing being adapted to allow for extension of an electrical wire therethrough, said electrical connector further comprising an insulating housing sleeved on said metal shielding housing in a close fitting manner.