Plug connector

• US 7,465,194 B1
• Filed: 12/27/2007
• Issued: 12/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Mei-Chuan, Chiang, Shu-Man, Ho, Hsin-Tsung, Huang, Chung-Hsin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond; Briggitte R
• Application Number:
  US11/965,433
• Time in Patent Office: 355 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607, 439/610, 439/660
• US Class Current: 439/607.01
• 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 13/506 assembled by snap action of the parts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/65912 for shielded multiconductor cable coaxial cables with one conductor surrounded by shield H01R9/05; flat shielded cables H01R12/594
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6592 the conductive member being a shielded cable

Abstract

A plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, a rear lid and a cover. The insulating housing has a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion and defines a plurality of receiving slots for receiving the respective terminals. Each of the terminals has a soldering section stretching out from the rear of the base portion. The rear lid has a prop section and a support section protruding rearward from the rear of the prop section. The prop section is propped against the rear of the base portion of the insulating housing and defines a plurality of channels passing therethrough. The soldering sections of the terminals pass through the corresponding channels and are supported by the support section to be soldered with cables. The cover wraps the insulating housing and the rear lid.

Claims

1. A plug connector comprising:

an insulating housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, a plurality of receiving slots being defined in the base portion and the tongue portion;

a plurality of terminals received in the respective receiving slots of the insulating housing, each of the terminals having a soldering section stretching out from the rear of the base portion;

a rear lid having a prop section and a support section protruding rearward from the rear of the prop section, the prop section being propped against the rear of the base portion and defining a plurality of channels passing therethrough, the soldering sections of the terminals passing through the corresponding channels and supported by the support section;

a cover wrapping the insulating housing and the rear lid;

wherein the terminal has a fixing section extending longitudinally, the soldering section connects the rear of the fixing portion and is flat;

wherein the fixing section protrudes to form a protrusion adjacent to the front of the soldering section; and

wherein the rear of the base portion is concaved inward to form an opening communicating with the receiving slots and defines a plurality of fixing gaps communicating with the opening and corresponding to the respective receiving slots for locking the protrusion therein.

2. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminals include a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals arranged alternately, the soldering section of the first terminal is formed by extending sideward and then rearward from the top of the fixing section, the soldering section of the second terminal is formed by extending sideward and then rearward from the bottom of the fixing section, the soldering sections of the first terminal and the second terminal are respectively supported by the top and the bottom of the support section.

3. The plug connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the prop section of the rear lid defines a plurality of first fixing slots and a plurality of second fixing slots arranged alternately, the channels include a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, the first channel extends sideward and then rearward from the top of the first fixing slot, the second channel extends sideward and then rearward from the bottom of the second fixing slot, the rear of the fixing section of the first terminal is received in the corresponding first fixing slot, and the rear of the fixing section of the second terminal is received in the corresponding second fixing slot.

4. The plug connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first channel extends through the support section and is exposed to the top of the support section, the second channel extends through the support section and is exposed to the bottom of the support section, the soldering sections of the first terminal and the second terminal are respectively held in the corresponding first and second channels.

5. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising two latches respectively received in the insulating housing, each of the latches has a vertical inserting portion and a holding portion protruding rearward from the rear of the inserting portion, the rear of the inserting portion and the holding portion stretch out from the rear of the base portion of the insulating housing, the prop section of the rear lid defines two first fillisters, the rear of the first fillister extends rearward and is narrowed to form a second fillister, the rear of the inserting portion of the latch is received in the corresponding first fillister of the rear lid, and the holding portion is inserted in the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

6. The plug connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the top and the bottom of the holding portion of the latch respectively define a bump abutting against inner walls of the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

7. A plug connector comprising:

an insulating housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, a plurality of receiving slots being defined in the base portion and the tongue portion;

a plurality of terminals received in the respective receiving slots of the insulating housing, each of the terminals having a soldering section stretching out from the rear of the base portion;

a rear lid having a prop section and a support section protruding rearward from the rear of the prop section, the prop section being propped against the rear of the base portion and defining a plurality of channels passing therethrough, the soldering sections of the terminals passing through the corresponding channels and supported by the support section;

a cover wrapping the insulating housing and the rear lid;

wherein the terminal has a fixing section extending longitudinally, the soldering section connects the rear of the fixing portion and is flat; and

wherein the terminal include a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals arranged alternately, the soldering section of the first terminal is formed by extending sideward and then rearward from the top of the fixing section, the soldering section of the second terminal is formed by extending sideward and then rearward from the bottom of the fixing section, the soldering sections of the first terminal and the second terminal are respectively supported by the top and the bottom of the support section.

8. The plug connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the fixing section protrudes to form a protrusion adjacent to the front of the soldering section.

9. The plug connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the prop section of the rear lid defines a plurality of first fixing slots and a plurality of second fixing slots arranged alternately, the channels include a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels, the first channel extends sideward and then rearward from the top of the first fixing slot, the second channel extends sideward and then rearward from the bottom of the second fixing slot, the rear of the fixing section of the first terminal is received in the corresponding first fixing slot, and the rear of the fixing section of the second terminal is received in the corresponding second fixing slot.

10. The plug connector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first channel extends through the support section and is exposed to the top of the support section, the second channel extends through the support section and is exposed to the bottom of the support section, the soldering sections of the first terminal and the second terminal are respectively held in the corresponding first and second channels.

11. The plug connector as claimed in claim 7, further comprising two latches respectively received in the insulating housing, each of the latches has a vertical inserting portion and a holding portion protruding rearward from the rear of the inserting portion, the rear of the inserting portion and the holding portion stretch out from the rear of the base portion of the insulating housing, the prop section of the rear lid defines two first fillisters, the rear of the first fillister extends rearward and is narrowed to form a second fillister, the rear of the inserting portion of the latch is received in the corresponding first fillister of the rear lid, and the holding portion is inserted in the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

12. The plug connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein the top and the bottom of the holding portion of the latch respectively define a bump abutting against inner walls of the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

13. A plug connector comprising:

an insulating housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, a plurality of receiving slots being defined in the base portion and the tongue portion;

a plurality of terminals received in the respective receiving slots of the insulating housing, each of the terminals having a soldering section stretching out from the rear of the base portion;

a rear lid having a prop section and a support section protruding rearward from the rear of the prop section, the prop section being propped against the rear of the base portion and defining a plurality of channels passing therethrough, the soldering sections of the terminals passing through the corresponding channels and supported by the support section;

a cover wrapping the insulating housing and the rear lid; and

wherein the plug connector further comprising two latches respectively received in the insulating housing, each of the latches has a vertical inserting portion and a holding portion protruding rearward from the rear of the inserting portion, the rear of the inserting portion and the holding portion stretch out from the rear of the base portion of the insulating housing, the prop section of the rear lid defines two first fillisters, the rear of the first fillister extends rearward and is narrowed to form a second fillister, the rear of the inserting portion of the latch is received in the corresponding first fillister of the rear lid, and the holding portion is inserted in the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

14. The plug connector as claimed in claim 13, wherein the top and the bottom of the holding portion of the latch respectively define a bump abutting against inner walls of the corresponding second fillister of the rear lid.

15. The plug connector as claimed in claim 13, wherein the terminal has a fixing section extending longitudinally, the soldering section connects the rear of the fixing portion and is flat.

16. The plug connector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the fixing section protrudes to form a protrusion adjacent to the front of the soldering section.