Electrical connector with shell
First Claim
1. An electrical connector adapted for mounting to a circuit substrate, comprising:
- an insulated housing having a primary body portion including a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls interconnecting with the top wall and the bottom wall to cooperatively form a hollow portion;
a plurality of terminals received in the insulated housing;
a metal shell including an upper wall and a pair of transversal walls extending downwardly from two opposite side edges of the upper wall to form a substantially inverted U-shaped body portion, said metal shell further having a pair of arms extending rearward from rear edges of the transversal walls respectively and a spring member slantways extending downward and rearward from rear edge of the upper wall; and
wherein the insulated housing further has a pair of enforcing beams attached to the lower sections thereof and extending beyond a front face of the insulated housing;
wherein the insulated housing is assembled between the arms of the metal shell, with the body portion of the metal shell located forwardly of the insulated housing and the spring member of the metal shell located above of the insulated housing; and
wherein each of the pair of enforcing beams defines a passage along a mating direction sandwiching lower sections of the corresponding arm and the transversal wall of the metal shell.
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulated housing (1), a number of terminals (2) received in the insulated housing (1), a metal shell (3) assembled to the insulated housing (1). The metal shell (3) includes an inverted U-shaped body portion (30), with a pair of arms (33) extending rearward from rear edges of transversal walls (32) and a spring member (34) slantways extending downward and rearward from rear edge of an upper wall (31) thereof. The insulated housing (1) further has a pair of enforcing beams (16) attached to the lower sections thereof and extending beyond a front face of the insulated housing (1). The insulated housing (1) is assembled between the arms (33) of the metal shell (3), with the body portion (30) located forwardly of the insulated housing (1) and the spring member (34) located above of the insulated housing (1). Each of the pair of enforcing beams (16) defines a passage (163) along a mating direction sandwiching lower sections of the corresponding arm (33) and the transversal wall (32) of the metal shell (3).
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector adapted for mounting to a circuit substrate, comprising:
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an insulated housing having a primary body portion including a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls interconnecting with the top wall and the bottom wall to cooperatively form a hollow portion; a plurality of terminals received in the insulated housing; a metal shell including an upper wall and a pair of transversal walls extending downwardly from two opposite side edges of the upper wall to form a substantially inverted U-shaped body portion, said metal shell further having a pair of arms extending rearward from rear edges of the transversal walls respectively and a spring member slantways extending downward and rearward from rear edge of the upper wall; and wherein the insulated housing further has a pair of enforcing beams attached to the lower sections thereof and extending beyond a front face of the insulated housing; wherein the insulated housing is assembled between the arms of the metal shell, with the body portion of the metal shell located forwardly of the insulated housing and the spring member of the metal shell located above of the insulated housing; and wherein each of the pair of enforcing beams defines a passage along a mating direction sandwiching lower sections of the corresponding arm and the transversal wall of the metal shell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electrical connector located on a circuit substrate, comprising:
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an insulated housing having a primary body portion including a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls interconnecting with the top wall and the bottom wall to cooperatively form a hollow portion; a plurality of terminals received in the insulated housing; a metal shell having an upper wall and a pair of transversal walls extending downwardly from the upper wall to form a substantially inverted U-shaped body portion, said each transversal wall defining a cutout with a front outlet; wherein the metal shell further including a pair of arms extending rearward from rear edges of the transversal walls; and wherein the insulated housing further has a pair of enforcing beams coupled to two opposite lower sections thereof; wherein the insulated housing is assembled between the pair of arms of the metal shell, with the cutouts of the transversal walls of the metal shell and the hollow portion of the insulated housing substantially lie on a horizontal geometrical plane; wherein each of the pair of enforcing beams defines a passage along a mating direction to sandwich lower sections of the corresponding arm and the transversal wall of the metal shell. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
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a printed circuit board; an electrical connector including; an insulative housing self-mounted to the printed circuit board and defining a front mating face; and a metallic shell having essentially an upside-down U-shaped configuration and self-mounted to the printed circuit board essentially in front of the housing under a condition that the front mating face is essentially behind a rear face of the said U-shaped configuration;
whereinthe housing further includes a pair of reinforcing beams forwardly extending beyond said front mating face to be engaged with two side walls of said shell. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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