Electrical connector

• US 8,292,674 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2011
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Yang, Cheng-Wang, Ye, Chao-Yong, Chang, Kai-Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Leon, Edwin A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PATEL, HARSHAD C
• Application Number:
  US13/233,031
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 439/271, 439/277, 439/278, 439/320, 439/587, 439/589, 439/693, 439/660, 439/582
• US Class Current: 439/660
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/57 surface mounting terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/707 Soldering or welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5219 Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a dielectric body, a plurality of terminals molded in the dielectric body and an insulating housing. The dielectric body has a base portion, and a tongue portion. A rear end of the tongue portion defines a ring-shaped cavity for receiving a ring-shaped waterproof ring therein. The insulating housing has a top wall, two side walls and a bottom wall interconnected with one another to form an accommodating space thereamong. A ring-shaped blocking wall with an insertion groove formed therein is connected with inner sides of the top wall, the two side walls and the bottom wall. The tongue portion is inserted into a front of the accommodating space through the insertion groove with an outer periphery of the waterproof ring resisting against an inner sidewall of the insertion groove, and a front of the base portion abutting against a rear of the blocking wall.

Claims

1. An electrical connector adapted to be soldered on a printed circuit board, comprising:

a dielectric body having a base portion, and a tongue portion protruded forward from a front of the base portion, a rear end of the tongue portion being concaved inward to form a ring-shaped cavity for receiving a ring-shaped waterproof ring therein;

a plurality of terminals molded in the dielectric body with front ends thereof exposed in a top of the tongue portion and rear ends thereof projected out of the base portion to be soldered on the printed circuit board; and

an insulating housing having a top wall, two side walls and a bottom wall which are interconnected with one another to form an accommodating space thereamong, a ring-shaped blocking wall with an insertion groove formed therein being connected with inner sides of the top wall, the two side walls and the bottom wall, the tongue portion of the dielectric body being inserted into a front of the accommodating space through the insertion groove with an outer periphery of the waterproof ring resisting against an inner sidewall of the insertion groove, and the base portion being engaged with a rear of the accommodating space with a front side of the base portion abutting against a rear side of the blocking wall.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a first connecting element mounted to a bottom of the bottom wall, the first connecting element having a base plate abutting against the bottom of the bottom wall, two opposite ends of the base plate extending upward to form two insertion plates, a front side of the base plate defining two mouths, one inner end of each mouth inclining upward and extending towards the other inner end of the mouth to form a cantilever arm, a free end of the cantilever arm spreading outward and protruding upward to form a touching portion, the bottom wall defining two inserting slots for receiving the two insertion plates, and two circular holes for receiving the touching portions.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein two portions of the base plate are punched downward to form two first fastening portions, the electrical connector further includes a first sealing element mounted under the first connecting element with the two first fastening portions being inserted in two first fastening holes formed in the first sealing element to seal up chinks between the insertion plates and the inserting slots and interstices between the touching portions and the circular holes.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising two second connecting elements of which each has a base piece, two sides of the base piece extending upward and then extending outward to form two locating pieces, the top wall defining two locating grooves, the two locating pieces of each second connecting element being located in two sides of the locating groove, a bottom wall of the locating groove defining a locating hole for receiving the base piece therein.

5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, further comprising two latches, each latch having a clipping portion with a matching hole being formed therein, a front portion of a top of the clipping portion being bent perpendicular to the clipping portion to form a contact portion, each side wall of the insulating housing defining a clipping groove extending longitudinally for receiving the clipping portion, two opposite inner sidewalls of the clipping grooves defining two through-holes corresponding to the matching holes and communicated with the accommodating space, two tops of the two clipping grooves extending face to face to form two fixing grooves for receiving the contact portions.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein two second fastening portions are protruded upward from the locating pieces of each second connecting element and beyond a top of the top wall of the insulating housing, the electrical connector further includes a second sealing element mounted on the top wall of the insulating housing with the second fastening portions being inserted in second fastening holes formed in the second sealing element to cover chinks between the second connecting elements and the locating grooves, and chinks between the latches and the clipping grooves.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top wall defines two buckling grooves and a notch located between the two buckling grooves and passing through a rear side of the top wall, a top of the base portion defines two trapezoid buckling portions buckled in the buckling grooves and a locating portion protruded upward between the two buckling portions to be located in the notch.

8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing, two opposite ends of a top of the shielding shell being punched inward to form two elastic portions, the top wall defining two recesses transversely spaced from each other for bucking the two elastic portions therein.