Electrical connector

• US 7,297,025 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2006
• Issued: 11/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: P-Two Industries Inc.
• Original Assignee: P-Two Industries Inc.
• Inventors: Wei, Kuan-Yang
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRUC T
• Application Number:
  US11/434,769
• Publication Number:
  US 20060292929A1
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 439607-608, 439/95, 439/108
• US Class Current: 439/607.04
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/62 connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a holding member and a shielding covering having a latch element, wherein the holding member including a plurality of resilient plates, a coupling portion for coupling the resilient plates, and a pair of extending portions. In assembly, the holding member is inserted into the insulative housing in a direction of the rear face of the insulative housing and therefore the extending portion adheres to the rear face, then the shielding covers the insulative housing in a direction of the front face of the insulative housing and therefore the latch element is inserted through the slot and interferentially contacting the extending portion of the holding member.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

an insulative housing including a front face and a rear face, the rear face having at least a slot extending inwardly and through therefrom, said insulative housing having a plurality of terminal passageways extending therethrough;

a shielding covering the insulative housing and having at least a latch portion therein corresponding to the slot;

a plurality of terminals received in a portion of said terminal passageways of said insulative housing, each terminal having a contact part and a soldering part; and

a holding member including at least a coupling portion, an extending portion and a plurality of resilient plates, said plurality of resilient plates being received in a portion of said terminal passageways, wherein, in assembly,

the holding member is inserted into the insulative housing in a direction of the rear face of the insulative housing and therefore the extending portion adheres to the rear face, then the shielding covers the insulative housing in a direction of the front face of the insulative housing and therefore the latch portion inserted through the slot and contacting the extending portion of the holding member.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extending portion of the holding member comprises a hole, and the latch portion of the shielding further having a latch element being interferentially engagable with the hole after insertion through the slot of the insulative housing.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the extending portion is formed at one end of the coupling portion and extends outwardly therefrom, the extending portion adhering to the rear face of the insulative housing after assembly.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the latch element is disposed at one end of the shielding and perpendicular to the holding member.

5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein the latch element corresponds to the extending portion.