Connector having metal separating plate being fastened by tongue plate in integral formation

• US 9,281,643 B1
• Filed: 02/18/2015
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Simula Technology Inc.
• Original Assignee: Simula Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Tseng, Te-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Application Number:
  US14/624,922
• Time in Patent Office: 384 Days
• Field of Search: 43960708-60711, 439/607.35, 439/607.4
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/518 for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a connector having a metal separating plate being fastened by a tongue plate in integral formation, which is compatible to USB Type-C standard and includes a tongue plate made of plastic integrally and provided with a metal separating plate fixedly disposed therein; a plurality of first connection terminals respectively inserted into first connection slots formed in the tongue plate near a top surface of the metal separating plate; a plurality of second connection terminals respectively inserted into second connection slots formed in the tongue plate near a bottom surface of the metal separating plate; grounding boards having structures respectively matched with the tongue plate, so as to enclose an outer edge of the tongue plate; and a metal casing having a structure matching with the tongue plate, so as to allow the tongue plate and grounding boards to be assembled into the metal casing.

Claims

1. A connector having a metal separating plate fastened by a tongue plate in integral formation, the connector comprising:

the tongue plate, made of plastic integrally and provided with the metal separating plate fixedly disposed therein, the tongue plate provided with a plurality of first insertion holes and a plurality of second insertion holes respectively formed therein near a top surface and a bottom surface of the metal separating plate, and provided with a plurality of first connection slots and a plurality of second connection slots concavely disposed on a top surface and a bottom surface thereof near an end thereof, and the plurality of first connection slots respectively communicated with ends of the plurality of first insertion holes corresponding thereto, other ends of the plurality of first insertion holes exposed out of other end of the tongue plate, the plurality of second connection slots respectively communicated with ends of the second insertion holes corresponding thereto, other ends of the plurality of second insertion holes exposed out of the other end of the tongue plate, and the tongue plate provided with a first assembly slot and a second assembly slot concavely disposed at the top surface and the bottom surface thereof near the other end thereof;

a plurality of first connection terminals, inserted into the other end of the tongue plate and respectively positioned inside the first insertion holes, to enable portions of the plurality of first connection terminals near the ends of the plurality of first connection terminals to be exposed out of the top surface of the tongue plate via the plurality of first connection slots;

a plurality of second connection terminals, inserted into the other end of the tongue plate and respectively positioned inside the second insertion holes, to enable portions of the second connection terminals near the ends of the second connection terminals to be exposed out of the bottom surface of the tongue plate via the plurality of second connection slots;

two grounding boards, having structures respectively matching with structures of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot, whereby the two grounding boards can be positioned in the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot and enclose an outer edge of the tongue plate near other end of the tongue plate; and

a metal casing, having a structure matching with a structure of the tongue plate, whereby the tongue plate and the two grounding boards can be assembled into the metal casing.

2. The connector as defined in claim 1, wherein the connector further comprises a first terminal block and a second terminal block, the first terminal block and the second terminal block are made of plastic and formed integrally at portions of the plurality of first connection terminals and the plurality of second connection terminals near other ends of the plurality of first connection terminals and the plurality of second connection terminals, the tongue plate is provided with a first clamping slot and a second clamping slot at the other end thereof corresponding to the plurality of first insertion holes and the plurality of second insertion holes, the first clamping slot and the second clamping slot have structures matching with structures of the first terminal block and the second terminal block to accommodate and position the first terminal block and the second terminal block.

3. The connector as defined in claim 2, wherein the metal separating plate is provided with at least one grounding part downwardly extended from a rear end thereof, and the second terminal block is provided with a recessed portion concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the at least one grounding part, and the grounding part is passed through the recessed portion.

4. The connector as defined in claim 1, wherein the metal separating plate is provided with at least one grounding part downwardly extended from a rear end thereof.

5. The connector as defined in claim 3, wherein the grounding part is located at two opposite side edges of the metal separating plate.

6. The connector as defined in claim 4, wherein the grounding part is located at two opposite side edges of the metal separating plate.

7. The connector as defined in claim 3, wherein each of the first terminal block and the second terminal block is respectively provided with guiding blocks at two opposite side surface thereof, and the guiding blocks respectively correspond to the first clamping slot and the second clamping slot, structures of the guiding blocks respectively match with structures of the plurality of clamping slots, so that each of the first terminal block and the second terminal block can be respectively assembled and positioned in the first clamping slot and the second clamping slot, to enable the first terminal block and the second terminal block to be combined with the tongue plate integratedly.

8. The connector as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the grounding boards is provided with a fastening part downwardly extended from the rear end thereof, and each of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot is provided with a notch concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the fastening part, and a structure of each of the fastening parts matches with each of the notches, to enable each of the fastening parts to be respectively assembled and positioned into each of the notches.

9. The connector as defined in claim 2, wherein each of the grounding boards is provided with a fastening part downwardly extended from the rear end thereof, and each of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot is provided with a notch concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the fastening part, and a structure of each of the fastening parts matches with each of the notches, to enable each of the fastening parts to be respectively assembled and positioned into each of the notches.

10. The connector as defined in claim 3, wherein each of the grounding boards is provided with a fastening part downwardly extended from the rear end thereof, and each of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot is provided with a notch concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the fastening part, and a structure of each of the fastening parts matches with each of the notches, to enable each of the fastening parts to be respectively assembled and positioned into each of the notches.

11. The connector as defined in claim 4, wherein each of the grounding boards is provided with a fastening part downwardly extended from the rear end thereof, and each of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot is provided with a notch concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the fastening part, and a structure of each of the fastening parts matches with each of the notches, to enable each of the fastening parts to be respectively assembled and positioned into each of the notches.

12. The connector as defined in claim 6, wherein each of the grounding boards is provided with a fastening part downwardly extended from the rear end thereof, and each of the first assembly slot and the second assembly slot is provided with a notch concavely disposed at a portion thereof corresponding to the fastening part, and a structure of each of the fastening parts matches with each of the notches, to enable each of the fastening parts to be respectively assembled and positioned into each of the notches.