Electrical connector and molding method thereof

• US 8,083,549 B1
• Filed: 09/21/2010
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Chiang, Shu-Man
• Primary Examiner(s): Luebke, Renee S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tsukerman, Larisa
• Application Number:
  US12/887,501
• Time in Patent Office: 462 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607.29, 43960735-6074, 439/607.55, 298/83
• US Class Current: 439/607.55
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/24 Assembling by moulding on contact members

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a shielding shell which are molded integrally. The insulating housing has a top wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and a rear wall which are interconnected to form a box shape with an accommodating chamber formed thereamong. The terminals are molded in the insulating housing with contact portions extended into the accommodating chamber. The shielding shell includes an inner shell and an outer shell fixedly attached on the inner shell. The inner shell includes a top plate, two side plates and a bottom plate which are interconnected together to surround a receiving space thereamong. The shielding shell is molded in a periphery of the accommodating chamber with a portion of the outer shell exposed outside the insulating housing.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

an insulating housing having a top wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and a rear wall which are interconnected to form a box shape with an accommodating chamber formed thereamong;

a plurality of terminals molded in the insulating housing with contact portions extended into the accommodating chamber; and

a shielding shell including an inner shell and an outer shell fixedly attached on the inner shell, the inner shell including a top plate, two side plates and a bottom plate which are interconnected together to surround a receiving space thereamong, the shielding shell being molded in a periphery of the accommodating chamber with a portion of the outer shell exposed outside the insulating housing;

wherein a top of the top plate protrudes upward to form a buckling block, and the base plate defines a buckling hole for fastening the buckling block.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein two portions of the base plate protrude upward to form two assembling blocks spaced from each other, two portions of the top wall are cut off to define two assembling grooves for receiving the assembling blocks.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rear wall protrudes frontward to form an inserting portion surrounded by the receiving space, the inserting portion having a plurality of terminal grooves for receiving the terminals.

4. A manufacturing method of the electrical connector according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:

attaching the outer shell on the inner shell fixedly;

putting the shielding shell and a plurality of terminals in a mold, with the terminals suspended in the receiving space;

injecting molten plastics into the mold to form the insulating housing so as to make the terminals and the shielding shell molded in the insulating housing; and

taking out the electrical connector from the mold when the mold is cooled.

5. The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inner shell and the outer shell are welded together by means of laser welding.

6. The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the insulating housing has an inserting portion located in the receiving space for molding with the terminals.

7. The manufacturing method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the outer shell has a base plate attached on the top plate of the inner shell, two ends of the base plate respectively extend downward to form a clipping plate, a portion of the clipping plate extends downward to form a soldering portion, each of the two side walls defines a clipping slot penetrating the bottom wall for fastening the clipping plate and allowing the soldering portion to extend outside therefrom for being soldered with a circuit board.

8. An electrical connector, comprising:

an insulating housing having a top wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and a rear wall which are interconnected to form a box shape with an accommodating chamber formed thereamong;

a plurality of terminals molded in the insulating housing with contact portions extended into the accommodating chamber; and

a shielding shell including an inner shell and an outer shell fixedly attached on the inner shell, the inner shell including a top plate, two side plates and a bottom plate which are interconnected together to surround a receiving space thereamong, the shielding shell being molded in a periphery of the accommodating chamber with a portion of the outer shell exposed outside the insulating housing;

wherein the outer shell has a base plate attached on the top plate of the inner shell, two ends of the base plate respectively extend downward to form a clipping plate, a portion of the clipping plate extends downward to form a soldering portion, each of the two side walls defines a clipping slot penetrating the bottom wall for fastening the clipping plate and allowing the soldering portion to extend outside therefrom for being soldered with a circuit board.