Electrical connector having a receptacle with a shielding plate and a mating plug with metallic side arms
First Claim
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a plug connector connected to a cable, including;
an insulative plug housing with mating slot therein,a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the insulative plug housing by two sides of the mating slot in a vertical direction, anda pair of metallic side arms located by two opposite ends of the mating slot in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction; and
a receptacle connector adapted to be mated with the plug connector, the receptacle connector including;
an insulative receptacle housing defining a mating tongue;
a plurality of receptacle contacts disposed in said receptacle housing with contacting sections exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; and
a monolithic metallic shielding plate disposed and extending substantially fully within the mating tongue;
whereinthe shielding plate of the receptacle connector defines side latching edge sections exposed upon corresponding side edges of the mating tongue and a notch structure on each of the side latching edge sections, each of the pair of side arms of the plug connector defines a hook structure for engagement with the notch structure of the receptacle connector during mating.
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Abstract
A plug connector includes an insulative housing with mating slot, contacts disposed in the housing by two sides of the mating slot, and a pair of side arms located by two opposite ends of the mating slot in a horizontal transverse direction. a receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a horizontal mating tongue; contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; and a monolithic horizontal metallic shielding plate disposed and extending substantially fully the mating tongue. The shielding plate defines side protruding edge sections exposed outside of corresponding side edges of the mating tongue and a notch structure on each side protruding edge section, the pair of side arms each defines a hook structure to engagement with the notch structure.
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16 Claims
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
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a plug connector connected to a cable, including; an insulative plug housing with mating slot therein, a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the insulative plug housing by two sides of the mating slot in a vertical direction, and a pair of metallic side arms located by two opposite ends of the mating slot in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction; and a receptacle connector adapted to be mated with the plug connector, the receptacle connector including; an insulative receptacle housing defining a mating tongue; a plurality of receptacle contacts disposed in said receptacle housing with contacting sections exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; and a monolithic metallic shielding plate disposed and extending substantially fully within the mating tongue;
whereinthe shielding plate of the receptacle connector defines side latching edge sections exposed upon corresponding side edges of the mating tongue and a notch structure on each of the side latching edge sections, each of the pair of side arms of the plug connector defines a hook structure for engagement with the notch structure of the receptacle connector during mating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
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a receptacle connector adapted to be mounted to a printed circuit board for mating with a plug connector, and including; an insulative housing defining a mating tongue; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; a monolithic horizontal metallic shielding plate disposed and extending substantially fully within the mating tongue; and a metallic shield enclosing said housing to define a mating cavity with the mating tongue extending therein, said shield including opposite top and bottom walls and two opposite side walls, and further including a rear wall having two ears latched to the corresponding opposite side walls, respectively;
whereinthe shielding plate of the receptacle connector defines side latching edge sections exposed upon corresponding side edges of the mating tongue and a notch structure formed on each of said side latching edge sections for latching to a corresponding metallic side arm of the plug connector during mating. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
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a plug connector connected to a cable, including; an insulative plug housing defining a mating slot; a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the insulative housing by two opposite sides of the mating slot in a vertical direction; and a pair of side arms located by two opposite ends of the mating slot and between the contacts in a transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction; wherein each of the pair of side arms defines a front hook structure extending forwards and face inwardly toward the mating slot in the transverse direction, and is formed via stamping from a sheet metal;
whereinthe insulative plug housing is enclosed within a front metal shell, and the side arms define side edges to mechanically and electrically contact an interior surface of the front metallic shell for constant self-grounding in the plug connector. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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