Electrical connector

• US 8,801,467 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Cheng UEI Precision Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Lan, Rong-Qin
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R
• Application Number:
  US13/679,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20140141651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 439/626, 439/607.36, 439/83, 439/79
• US Class Current: 439/607.36
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7064 Press fitting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/712 co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit H01R12/72 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/714 with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6581 Shield structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board, a plurality of conductive terminals of which each has a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body, a contact arm elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board, and a touching arm projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body, a front shell mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board and the contact arms being apart located therein, and a rear shell covered to the base body and over the touching arms. The touching arms are horizontally arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction. The electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms being elastically against and pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board.

Claims

1. An electrical connector adapted for being vertically mounted on a circuit board placed horizontally, comprising:

an insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board extending forward from a front of the base body;

a plurality of conductive terminals each having a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body of the insulating housing, a top distal end of the fastening arm extending forward and being inclined sideward to form a contact arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, and a bottom distal end of the fastening arm extending rearward and being inclined downward to form a touching arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, the contact arms elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board and being arranged at regular intervals along a vertical direction, the touching arms projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body and being horizontally arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction;

a front shell looped from a metal plate to show a rectangular tubular shape, the front shell being mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board together with the contact arms of the conductive terminals being apart located therein; and

a rear shell curved from a metal plate, the rear shell being covered to the base body of the insulating housing and over the touching arms of the conductive terminals,

wherein the electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms of the conductive terminals being elastically against and further pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board,

wherein a back of the base body is concaved forward to form a receiving chamber, the fastening arm of the conductive terminal is substantially of an inverted-L shape, the fastening arms apart arranged in the receiving chamber of the base body at regular intervals with the overall length thereof lengthening by degrees from the bottom up, the rear shell seals up the receiving chamber, and

wherein a plurality of restraining portions is protruded in a bottom of the receiving chamber of the base body and arranged at regular intervals along, the transverse direction, a holding arm is longitudinally connected between the bottom distal end of the fastening arm and the touching arm with a fixing ear protruding sideward at one edge thereof, a bottom of each fastening arm is clamped between adjacent two restraining portions, the fixing ear abuts against a bottom of the corresponding restraining portion to prevent the conductive terminal from moving upward when the circuit board presses the touching arm upward.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side face of the tongue board of the insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal grooves arranged at regular intervals along the vertical direction and each longitudinally extending through the base body to communicate with the receiving chamber, a connecting arm is longitudinally connected between the top distal end of the fastening arm and the contact arm with a pair of fixing barbs oppositely protruding at two edges thereof, the contact arm passes forward through the base body, the fixing barbs are snapped in two opposite inner sidewalls of a rear of the corresponding terminal groove to secure the connecting arm in the rear of the terminal groove so as to ensure the contact arm is steadily pressed into the terminal groove.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom of the base body protrudes downward to form a pair of fastening pillars inserted in the circuit board, a bottom edge of the front shell protrudes downward to form a first gripping foot and a bottom edge of the rear shell protrudes downward to form a second gripping foot, the gripping feet are inserted in the circuit board by a locking method.

4. An electrical connector adapted for being vertically mounted on a circuit board placed horizontally, comprising:

in insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board extending forward from a front of the base body;

a plurality of conductive terminals each having a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body of the insulating housing, a top distal end of the fastening arm extending forward and being inclined sideward to form a contact arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, and a bottom distal end of the fastening arm extending rearward and being inclined downward to form a touching arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, the contact arms elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board and being arranged at regular intervals along a vertical direction, the touching arms projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body and being horizontally arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction;

a front shell looped from a metal plate to show a rectangular tubular shape, the front shell being mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board together with the contact arms of the conductive terminals being apart located therein; and

a rear shell curved from a metal plate, the rear shell being, covered to the base body of the insulating housing and over the touching arms of the conductive terminals,

wherein the electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms of the conductive terminals being elastically against and further pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board,

wherein the rear shell has a rear plate, a lateral plate extending forward from one side edge of the rear plate, and a front plate bent sideward from a front edge of the lateral plate and facing the rear plate, a bottom edge of the rear plate extends rearward to form a cover plate with two opposite sides thereof bent downward, a pair of supporting arms protrude rearward from two sides of a bottom of a back of the base body of the insulating housing, the touching arms of the conductive terminals are located between the supporting anus, the rear shell is mounted downward to the base body until the cover plate is across the supporting arms to be apart covered over the touching arms of the conductive terminals, the rear plate is against the back of the base body and the front plate is against one side of the front of the base body and away from the tongue board.

5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a middle of the cover plate covering the touching arms of the conductive terminals is further concaved upward for avoiding the touching arms contacting the cover plate when the touching arms are elastically pressed upward by the circuit board.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a substantial middle of the other side edge of the rear plate of the rear shell is connected with a T-shaped locking plate with a locking hole opened therein, the front shell has a first side plate of which a substantial middle of a rear is die-cut to form a T-shaped locking gap, the rear of the first side plate is against one outer side of the base body, a locking block is protruded at the outer side of the base body and located in the locking gap, the rear shell is mounted downward to the base body, then the locking plate is bent forward by an external jig to be buckled in the locking gap and the locking block is buckled in the locking hole.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a vertical edge of the front plate of the rear shell is bent rearward to form an inserting plate, one side of the front of the base body is concaved rearward to form an inserting slot extending vertically through the base body, the front shell has a second side plate of which a rear is inserted rearward in the inserting slot, the rear shell is mounted downward to the base body with the inserting plate being inserted downward in the inserting slot and abutting against the rear of the second side plate of the front shell.

8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein a top edge of the lateral plate of the rear shell extends inward to form a cover slice, the lateral plate is further punched inward to form a stopping portion at an upper position thereof and an elastic slice at a lower position thereof, a corresponding outer side of the base body defines a receiving fillister penetrating through a top thereof and a buckling fillister at a lower position thereof, while the rear shell is mounted downward to the base body, the elastic slice elastically resists against the corresponding outer side of the base body until it is set free to be buckled in the buckling fillister, the stopping portion is blocked in the receiving fillister and the cover slice covers the receiving fillister.

9. An electrical connector adapted for being vertically mounted on a circuit laced horizontally, comprising:

an insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board extending forward from a front of the base body;

a plurality of conductive terminals each having a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body of the insulating housing, a top distal end of the fastening arm extending forward and being inclined sideward to form a contact arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, and a bottom distal end of the fastening arm extending rearward and being inclined downward to form a touching arm of which a free end is slantwise bent back, the contact arms elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board and being arranged at regular intervals along a vertical, direction, the touching arms projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body and being horizon tali arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction;

a front shell looped from a metal plate to show a rectangular tubular shape, the front shell being mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board together with the contact arms of the conductive terminals being apart located therein; and

a rear shell curved from a metal plate, the rear shell being covered to the base body of the insulating housing and over the touching arms of the conductive terminals,

wherein the electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms of the conductive terminals being elastically against and further pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board,

wherein the front shell has a top plate of which a rear is die-cut downward to form an elastic arm, a locking fillister and a guiding fillister are opened in a top face of the base body of the insulating housing, the guiding fillister is located in front of the locking fillister and penetrates through the front of the base body, a rear inner sidewall of the guiding fillister is designed as a slope for guiding the elastic arm through the guiding fillister to be locked in the locking fillister while the front shell is assembled rearward to the insulating housing.