Electrical connector assembly with an improved metallic shell
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1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a pair of protrusions on both sides thereof;
a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; and
a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a pair of elastic portions on lateral sides thereof;
wherein the elastic portions are bent inwards and adjacent to corresponding back surfaces of the protrusions;
the electrical connector assembly further comprises a spacer assembled to a back end of the insulative housing, and the spacer has a pair of latch arms extending forwards on lateral walls, the latch arms are locked with the corresponding tabs to fasten the spacer to the insulative housing.
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) having a pair of protrusions (102) on both sides thereof, a plurality of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing and a metallic shell (4) enclosing the insulative housing. The metallic shell has a pair of elastic portions (401) on lateral sides thereof, and the elastic portions are bent inwards and adjacent to corresponding back surfaces of the protrusions.
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1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
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an insulative housing having a pair of protrusions on both sides thereof; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; and a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a pair of elastic portions on lateral sides thereof; wherein the elastic portions are bent inwards and adjacent to corresponding back surfaces of the protrusions; the electrical connector assembly further comprises a spacer assembled to a back end of the insulative housing, and the spacer has a pair of latch arms extending forwards on lateral walls, the latch arms are locked with the corresponding tabs to fasten the spacer to the insulative housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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4. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction and spanning in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; four first passageways arranged in one row in the transverse direction and extending in the front-to-back direction; five second passageways arranged in another row in the transverse direction and extending in the front-to-back direction; four first contacts disposed in the corresponding first passageways with moveable contacting sections; five second contacts disposed in the corresponding second passageways with immoveable contacts sections in front of the moveable contacts in the front-to-back direction; and a spacer attached to the housing and defining two rows of slots opposite to each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction and the front-to-back direction;
whereintails of the first contacts and those of the second contacts are respectively received in the corresponding slots, to secure to corresponding wires. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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11. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a base with a mating tongue extending forwardly therefrom in a front-to-back direction and spanning in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; four first passageways arranged in one row in the transverse direction and extending in the front-to-back direction; five second passageways arranged in another row in the transverse direction and extending in the front-to-back direction; the two outer first passageways being joined with the two corresponding outer second passageways, respectively, in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said transverse direction; the three inner second passageways being joined with one another in the transverse direction and further joined with the two corresponding inner second passageways in the vertical direction; four first contacts disposed in the corresponding first passageways with moveable contacting sections; and fiver second contacts disposed in the corresponding second passageways with immoveable contacts sections in front of the moveable contacts in the front-to-back direction. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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