Flippable electrical connector

• US 9,660,400 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2016
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Cheng, Chih-Pi, Yang, Chun-Chieh, Hwang, Tzu-Yao, Zeng, Feng, He, Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUONG CHI THI
• Application Number:
  US15/292,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20170033520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 222 Days
• Field of Search: 439660, 439626, 439374, 439377, 439 79, 439733
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/405 Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6275 Latching arms not integral with the housing H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6474 by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6583 with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/30 with additional earth or shield contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/023 between cables or wires and terminals

Abstract

A plug connector includes a connector body defining a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second surfaces, a plurality of terminals and a cable. The terminal includes a pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a grounding and power soldering legs exposed to the first surface of the supporting platform and a detecting soldering leg, an additional power and grounding soldering legs exposed to the second surface. Wires of the cable consist of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a power wire, a grounding wire welded with corresponding soldering legs on the first surface. The second surface of the supporting platform is further located with a SMT type resistor with a first leg and a second leg, the first leg is connected with the detecting soldering leg, the second leg is connected with the additional power soldering leg or the additional grounding soldering leg.

Claims

1. A plug connector, comprising:

a connector body defining a front mating port and a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second surfaces;

a plurality of terminals comprising a pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a grounding soldering leg and a power soldering leg exposed to the first surface of the supporting platform, and a detecting soldering leg, an additional power soldering leg and an additional grounding soldering leg exposed to the second surface of the supporting platform;

a cable with a plurality of wires consisting of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a power wire, a grounding wire welded with corresponding the pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, power soldering leg and grounding soldering leg on the first surface of the supporting platform, respectively;

wherein the second surface of the supporting platform is further located with a SMT type resistor with a first leg and a second leg, the first leg is connected with the detecting soldering leg, the second leg is connected with the additional power soldering leg or the additional grounding soldering leg on the second surface of the platform;

wherein said additional power soldering leg is diagonally located with regard to and electrically connected to the power soldering leg, and said additional grounding leg is diagonally located with regard to and electrically connected to the grounding soldering leg;

wherein no wires are soldered upon said additional power soldering leg and said additional soldering leg;

wherein the power and grounding soldering legs are widen than the USB 2.0 signal soldering legs in a transverse direction;

wherein the first surface of the platform defines four recesses accommodating with corresponding soldering legs;

the second surface of the platform defines three recesses accommodating with corresponding soldering leg.

2. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the corresponding soldering legs run rearwards through a rear edge of the platform;

one recess receiving the detecting soldering leg runs rearwards through the rear edge of the platform, two recesses receiving the additional power and grounding soldering leg respectively do not run through the rear edge of the platform.

3. The plug connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the SMT type resistor does not protrude beyond the connector body in a vertical direction.

4. A plug connector comprising:

an insulative housing defining a front mating cavity and a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second supporting surfaces;

a plurality of first terminals and second terminals comprising contacting sections located at opposite sides of the mating cavity and soldering legs exposed to the supporting platform;

wherein the first supporting surface defines four recesses through a rear edge of the supporting platform and the recesses respectively accommodating with two USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a power soldering leg and a grounding soldering leg;

the second supporting surface defines a recess through the rear edge of the supporting platform and accommodating with a detecting soldering leg and two closed recesses accommodating with an additional power soldering leg and an additional second grounding soldering leg;

wherein the power and grounding soldering legs are widen than the USB 2.0 signal soldering legs in a transverse direction;

further including a cable, wherein the cable consists of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a grounding wire and a power wire welded with corresponding pair of USB 2.0 soldering legs, grounding soldering leg and power soldering legs on the first surface of the platform, and a detecting wire welded with the detecting soldering leg on the second surface of the platform, the additional power and grounding soldering legs are unused.

5. A plug connector comprising;

a housing defining a front mating cavity and a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second supporting surfaces;

a row of first terminals and a row of second terminals, comprising contacting sections located at opposite sides of the mating cavity and soldering legs exposed to the supporting platform, each row at leastly comprising two power terminals and two grounding terminals;

wherein the row of first terminals comprises a pair of USB 2.0 signal terminals, two grounding terminals, and two power terminals and a detecting terminal, each of first terminals comprises a contacting section and a leg section extending from the contacting section;

wherein the row of second terminals comprises two grounding terminals and two power terminals, each of the second terminals comprising a contacting section and a leg section extending from the contacting section;

wherein two grounding terminals of the second terminals are transversely connected by a U shape first bridge section, the first bridge section extends rearwards and then folded forwards, and two power terminal of the second terminals are transversely connected by a linear second bridge section;

wherein the two grounding terminals of the first terminal are electrical connecting with the two grounding terminals of the second terminals, the two power terminals of the first terminal are stacked with the two second grounding terminals of the second terminals in a vertical direction.

6. The plug connector as claimed in claim 5, comprising an H-shaped metallic latch, wherein the latch comprises a pair of latching arms with a hook protruding into the front mating cavity and leg connecting with the grounding soldering leg.

7. The plug connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and second supporting surfaces defines tine slits beside power terminals and the grounding terminal.