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Receptacle connector connected to a printed circuit board

  • US 9,431,734 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2014
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A receptacle connector, comprising:

  • an insulative housing;

    a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing;

    a metal shield covering the insulative housing;

    a metal plate assembled to the metal shield along a vertical direction perpendicular to the mating direction, the metal plate comprising a main portion and a pair of board-locking portions extending laterally and rearwardly from the main portion for being soldered with a printed circuit board, the metal plate defining a pair of closed slits behind a rear face of the insulative housing; and

    an insulative cover fully molded over the metal shield and partly molded over the metal plate, terminating at the closed slits in a mating direction along which a mating plug connector is inserted.

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