Reinforcing structure of electrical receptacle connector

• US 9,537,272 B2
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hsieh, Tsung-Hsun, Chien, Min-Lung, Chang, Ming-Yung
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Tulsidas C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Leigh, Peter G
• Application Number:
  US14/602,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20150207281A1
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 439/676, 439/357, 439/17, 439/19, 439/348, 439/66
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/502 composed of different pieces H01R13/514 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/62 Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices

Abstract

A reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector includes an insulation housing, a terminal group, and a reinforcing sheet. The insulation housing includes a substrate and a tongue portion extending to one side of the substrate. The tongue portion includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a front side surface between the top surface and the bottom surface. The terminal group is provided on the bottom surface, and includes a power supply terminal and a grounding terminal. A contact wall is formed between the power supply terminal and the front side surface, and the reinforcing sheet is provided on the top surface. The reinforcing sheet includes a front baffle and a recessed portion, the front baffle is fixed on the front side surface, and the recessed portion inwardly curves to be formed on the front baffle and corresponds to the contact wall.

Claims

1. A reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector, comprising:

an insulation housing, comprising;

a substrate; and

a tongue portion extending to one side of the substrate, wherein the tongue portion comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, two side surfaces, and a front side surface, wherein the front side surface and the two side surfaces are located between the top surface and the bottom surface;

a terminal group disposed on the bottom surface, wherein the terminal group comprises a power supply terminal and a grounding terminal;

a reinforcing sheet disposed on the top surface and comprising;

a front baffle covering the front side surface of the tongue portion and having a recessed portion inwardly curved thereon, wherein an inner surface of the recessed portion of the reinforcing sheet is lower than an edge of the front baffle at a horizontal height;

two side baffles covering the two side surfaces of the tongue portion respectively; and

two corner baffles, each corner baffle located and connected between the front baffle and the corresponding side baffle and covering a corresponding corner formed by the meeting of the front side surface and the side surface of the tongue portion; and

a wherein a bump projects from the top surface of the tongue portion near the front side surface of the tongue portion corresponding to the power supply terminal and is fitted with the recessed portion.

2. The reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein a contact wall is formed within a region among a partial bottom surface in front of the power supply terminal, a partial front side surface and the bump and comprises a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface connected with each other, and wherein the first abutting surface is disposed on the bottom surface, and the second abutting surface is disposed on the front side surface.

3. The reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1, wherein the bump is utilized to increase the thickness between the top surface and the bottom surface near the front side surface to reduce the short circuit risk caused by the reinforcing sheet and the power supply terminal.

4. A reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector, comprising:

an insulation housing, comprising;

a substrate; and

a tongue portion extending to one side of the substrate, wherein the tongue portion comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, two side surfaces, and a front side surface, wherein the front side surface and two side surfaces are located between the top surface and the bottom surface;

a terminal group disposed on the bottom surface, wherein the terminal group comprises a power supply terminal and a grounding terminal;

a reinforcing sheet disposed on the top surface and comprising;

a front baffle on covering the front side surface of the tongue portion and having a recessed portion inwardly curved thereon, wherein an inner surface of the recessed portion of the reinforcing sheet is lower than an edge of the front baffle at a horizontal height;

two side baffles covering the two sides surfaces of the tongue portion respectively; and

two corner baffles, each corner baffle located and connected between the front baffle and the corresponding side baffle and covering a corresponding corner formed by the meeting of the front side surface and the side surface of the tongue portion; and

wherein a bump projects from the top surface of the tongue portion near the front side surface of the tongue portion corresponding to the grounding terminal and is fitted with the recessed portion.

5. The reinforcing structure of an electrical receptacle connector according to claim 4, wherein a contact wall is formed within a region among a partial bottom surface in front of the grounding terminal, a partial front side surface and the bump and comprises a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface that are connected, and wherein the first abutting surface is disposed on the bottom surface, and the second abutting surface is disposed on the front side surface.