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 the 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 the receiving cavity;
a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing;
an insulating outer cover enclosing an outer peripheral of the plug connector; and
a locking screw received in the insulating cover and extending in the front-to-back direction;
wherein the locking screw is located in a center vertical line instead of at lateral side of the metallic shell.
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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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Citations
20 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 the 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 the receiving cavity; a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing; an insulating outer cover enclosing an outer peripheral of the plug connector; and a locking screw received in the insulating cover and extending in the front-to-back direction; wherein the locking screw is located in a center vertical line instead of at lateral side of the metallic shell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. 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 the receiving cavity; a metallic shell enclosing said housing; an insulating outer cover enclosing an outer periphery of the plug connector; and a pair of locking screws received in the insulating outer cover and extending in the front-to-back direction; wherein the pair of locking screws is located at lateral side of the metallic shell and in a transverse central line of the metallic shell. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
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a plug connector comprising; an insulative first housing defining a receiving cavity communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction; two rows of first contacts arranged along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction and disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections of the first contacts exposed in said first receiving cavity in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the 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 the receiving cavity; a metallic shell enclosing the insulative first housing; an insulating outer cover enclosing said shell and said first housing while the front section of the shell extending beyond a front edge of the insulative outer cover for mating; and at least one locking screw received in the insulating cover, located beside the receiving cavity and moveable along the front-to-back direction; a receptacle connector including; an insulative second housing equipped with a metallic shield to define a mating cavity with a mating tongue extending along said front-to-back direction so as to receive the plug connector wherein the mating tongue is received within the receiving cavity during mating; two rows of second contacts disposed in the second housing with contacting portions exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; at least one screw hole formed by a screw nut and disposed beside the mating tongue;
whereina front end face of the screw hole and a front end face of the mating cavity is generally flush with each other so that during mating, the front section of the shell of the plug connector is received within the mating cavity of the receptacle connector, and the locking screw is inserted into the screw hole. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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Specification