Flippable electrical connector
First Claim
1. An electrical connector adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising:
- an insulating housing comprising a rear base and a front mating tongue;
a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting sections arranged on the mating tongue and mounting tails out of the insulating housing;
a shielding retained on the insulating housing and comprising a front mating port section thereby defining a mating cavity between the front mating port section and the mating tongue; and
a metallic bracket attached on the shielding;
wherein the bracket defines a pair of first supporting legs adjacent to the front mating port section which has no supporting leg split therefrom;
wherein the shielding defines a rear cover section extending rearwards from the front mating port section, the rear covering section covers on a top of the base of the insulating housing;
wherein the rear cover section defines a pair of sidewalls bending downwards and a second supporting legs extending downwards from each sidewall;
wherein the metallic bracket includes a lower wall, two sidewalls bending upwards and two extending sections rearwards extending from the sidewalls, the lower wall and sidewalls cover the front mating port section, the extending sections cover the sidewalls of the rear cover section.
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Abstract
An electrical connector adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board, includes an insulating housing including a rear base and a front mating tongue, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and including contacting sections arranged on the mating tongue and mounting tails out of the insulating housing a shielding retained on the insulating housing and including a front mating port section thereby defining a mating cavity between the mating port section and the mating tongue and a metallic bracket attached on the shielding. The bracket defines a pair first supporting legs adjacent to the mating port sections which has no supporting leg split therefrom.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising:
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an insulating housing comprising a rear base and a front mating tongue; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and comprising contacting sections arranged on the mating tongue and mounting tails out of the insulating housing; a shielding retained on the insulating housing and comprising a front mating port section thereby defining a mating cavity between the front mating port section and the mating tongue; and a metallic bracket attached on the shielding; wherein the bracket defines a pair of first supporting legs adjacent to the front mating port section which has no supporting leg split therefrom; wherein the shielding defines a rear cover section extending rearwards from the front mating port section, the rear covering section covers on a top of the base of the insulating housing; wherein the rear cover section defines a pair of sidewalls bending downwards and a second supporting legs extending downwards from each sidewall; wherein the metallic bracket includes a lower wall, two sidewalls bending upwards and two extending sections rearwards extending from the sidewalls, the lower wall and sidewalls cover the front mating port section, the extending sections cover the sidewalls of the rear cover section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An electrical connector for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:
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a terminal module including an insulative housing with opposite upper and lower rows of contacts associated therewith, said housing defining a mating tongue and a rear base, each of said contacts defining a front mating section located upon a mating surface of the mating tongue, and a rear connecting section for mounting to the printed circuit board, and a metallic shielding assembly including a capsular front mating port section enclosing and directly facing the mating tongue, and a rear covering section to cover the rear base of the housing;
said metallic shielding assembly further including a metallic bracket directly secured to the capsular front mating port section in a vertical direction of the electrical connector;wherein said metallic bracket forms a pair of mounting legs for mounting to the printed circuit board while said capsular front mating port section forms no mounting legs split therefrom for mounting to the printed circuit board and no spring fingers split therefrom for engagement with a corresponding plug connector, thus keeping integrity of the capsular front mating port section under EMI shielding consideration; wherein the metallic bracket is soldered to the capsular front mating port section. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrical connector for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:
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an insulative housing comprising a rear base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the rear base; opposite upper and lower rows of contacts associated with the insulative housing, each of the contacts defining a mating section located upon a mating surface of the mating tongue and a connecting section for mounting to the printed circuit board; a metallic shielding retained with the rear base and comprising a mating port section surrounding the mating tongue thereby defining a mating cavity between the mating port section and the mating tongue, the mating cavity and the contacts being arranged in a diagonally symmetrical arrangement; a shielding plate forms a pair of immovable locking notch structures exposed upon two opposite lateral sides of the mating tongue; wherein the mating port section of the metallic shielding forms no mounting leg and no spring fingers splitting to extend therewith for keeping integrity therewith under EMI consideration; wherein the mating port section is equipped with a mounting leg for mounting to the printed circuit board, and the mounting leg is not split from the mating port section but extending from one of opposite front and rear edges of the mating port section in a folded manner. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification