Flippable electrical connector
First Claim
1. A plug connector for mating with a receptacle connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction;
two rows of contacts arranged along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction and disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections of the contacts exposed in said receiving cavity in a vertical direction perpendicular to both front-to-back direction and the transverse direction;
a metallic latch including a pair of locking heads located beside the receiving cavity in the transverse direction and extending into receiving cavity;
a metallic shell enclosing said housing; and
a pair of locking screws located by two sides of the shell and aligned with the pair of locking heads in the transverse direction.
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Abstract
A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell, defining a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue, and equipped with a plurality of contacts on opposite sides in the vertical direction. A latch forms a pair of locking heads extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving cavity to lock with a shielding plate embedded within a mating tongue of the complementary receptacle connector during mating. The plug connector is equipped with a pair of locking screws symmetrically located by two sides of the metallic shell and aligned with the pair of locking heads in the transverse direction, and the receptacle connector is equipped with a pair of screw holes to receive the pair of locking screws in a locked manner.
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15 Claims
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1. A plug connector for mating with a receptacle connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction; two rows of contacts arranged along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction and disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections of the contacts exposed in said receiving cavity in a vertical direction perpendicular to both front-to-back direction and the transverse direction; a metallic latch including a pair of locking heads located beside the receiving cavity in the transverse direction and extending into receiving cavity; a metallic shell enclosing said housing; and a pair of locking screws located by two sides of the shell and aligned with the pair of locking heads in the transverse direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A receptacle connector assembly for use with a plug, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining base with a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a metallic shield enclosing the housing to define a mating cavity in which said mating tongue is disposed; a metallic shielding plate embedded within said mating tongue and further defining a pair of lateral locking edge sections in a transverse direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said vertical direction for being locked with a latch of the plug; and a structure including a pair of screw holes respectively located by two sides of the shielding;
whereinsaid screw holes are aligned with the corresponding pair of locking edge sections in the transverse direction. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of mating a plug connector with a receptacle connector, comprising steps of:
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providing a plug connector with an insulative housing enclosing contacts and enclosed within a metallic shell, said housing and shell commonly forming a capsular mating section; further providing the plug with an insulative cover behind the capsular mating section; applying a boot upon the cover wherein said boot is moveable relative to the cover along a front-to-back direction between opposite front and rear positions; providing a pair of locking screws within the boot wherein the locking screws are moveable relative to the boot in the front-to-back direction between opposite front and rear locations;
whereinwhen the boot is located at the rear position relative to the cover, the locking screws is located behind a front end of the cover not to extend forwardly by two sides of the capsular mating section transversely disregarding whether the locking screw is located at the front location or the rear location relative to the boot. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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