Waterproof electric connector assembly

• US 9,761,988 B1
• Filed: 01/18/2017
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASSEM Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ASSEM Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lin, I-Hsiu
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thanh Tam
• Application Number:
  US15/408,681
• Time in Patent Office: 237 Days
• Field of Search: 439 79, 439271, 439587, 439589, 43960705, 43960727, 43960735-60737, 43960755, 439660
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5219 Sealing means between coupling parts, e.g. interfacial seal
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

A waterproof electric connector assembly includes an electrically insulative housing including an accommodation chamber, a front opening, a recessed bottom chamber and two locating devices at two opposite lateral sides thereof, a metal shielding cover covered on the top side of the rear opening and having plug rods respectively fastened to the locating devices of the electrically insulative housing, an electric connector including an electrically insulative terminal block mounted in the accommodation chamber, a tongue plate extended from the electrically insulative terminal block and a conducting terminal set mounted in the electrically insulative terminal block with conducting terminal contact portions thereof respectively arranged on opposing top and bottom walls of the tongue plate and conducting terminal bonding portions thereof extended out of the recessed bottom chamber of the electrically insulative housing, and a waterproof adhesive sealed up the recessed bottom chamber.

Claims

1. A waterproof electric connector assembly, comprising:

an electrically insulative housing comprising an accommodation chamber, a front opening located in a front side thereof and disposed in communication with said accommodation chamber, a recessed bottom chamber located in a rear bottom side thereof, and two locating devices respectively at two opposite lateral sides thereof;

a metal shielding cover surrounding said electrically insulative housing, said metal shielding cover comprising two positioning means respectively extended from two opposite lateral sides of said flat metal cover body and respectively fastened to said locating devices of said electrically insulative housing; and

an electric connector mounted in said accommodation chamber of said electrically insulative housing, said electric connector comprising an electrically insulative terminal block, a tongue plate forwardly extended from a front side of said electrically insulative terminal block and inserted through said front opening of said electrically insulative housing, a metal shielding shell surrounding said electrically insulative terminal block and said tongue plate, and a conducting terminal set embedded in said electrically insulative terminal block, said conducting terminal set comprising a plurality of conducting terminal contact portions located at a front side thereof and respectively positioned in opposing top and bottom walls of said tongue plate and a plurality of conducting terminal bonding portions located at an opposing rear side thereof and extended out of said recessed bottom chamber of said electrically insulative terminal block; and

a waterproof adhesive sealed up said recessed bottom chamber of said electrically insulative housing.

2. The waterproof electric connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically insulative housing further comprises a plurality of through holes cut through a back wall thereof and disposed in communication with said recessed bottom chamber, and a back cover sheet detachably attached to the said back wall to cover said through holes before filling of said waterproof adhesive in said recessed bottom chamber, said back cover sheet being selected from the group of Mylar film, plastic film and silicone film.

3. The waterproof electric connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said locating device of said electrically insulative housing comprises a locating block formed integral with an outside wall of said electrically insulative housing and a plug hole defined in said locating block;

said metal shielding cover further comprises two L-shaped mounting flanges respectively extended from the said two opposite lateral sides of said flat metal cover body;

each said positioning means comprises a plug rod extended from said flat metal cover body and plugged into the said plug hole in the respective said locating block of the respective said locating device.

4. The waterproof electric connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said locating device of said electrically insulative housing comprises two stop blocks, and a position-limiting insertion hole defined between said two stop blocks;

each said positioning means of said metal shielding cover comprises an angled plug rod extended from respective one side of said metal cover body and positioned in the respective said position-limiting insertion hole between the respective said two stop blocks of the respective said locating device to secure said metal shielding cover to said electrically insulative housing.

5. The waterproof electric connector assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein said metal shielding shell defines therein an insertion chamber that accommodates said tongue plate;

said insertion chamber of said metal shielding shell, said tongue plate and said conducting terminal contact portions of said conducting terminal set constitute a plug-in unit conforming to the Universal Serial Bus (USB Type-C) specification.

6. The waterproof electric connector assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electrically insulative housing is molded on said electric connector using insert molding technology, allowing said metal shielding shell, said tongue plate and said conducting terminal contact portions of said conducting terminal set to be partially extended out of said front opening of said electrically insulative housing.