Flippable electrical connector
First Claim
1. A receptacle connector adapted for mating with a plug connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a thickened step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base;
two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts;
a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue;
wherein the shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, and each lateral edge section protrudes beyond a corresponding side portion of the mating tongue in a transverse direction and is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of the plug connector in the transverse direction.
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Abstract
A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a widen and thicken step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base, two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts, and a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue and occupying most portions of said mating tongue. The shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, each lateral edge section is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of a plug connector in a transverse direction.
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20 Claims
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1. A receptacle connector adapted for mating with a plug connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a thickened step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base; two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue; wherein the shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, and each lateral edge section protrudes beyond a corresponding side portion of the mating tongue in a transverse direction and is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of the plug connector in the transverse direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A receptacle connector for inserted with a plug connector in a flappable form, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a thickened step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base; two rows of contacts disposed in the insulative housing with plate contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a metallic latching structure embedded in the mating tongue and disposed between the plate contacting sections; wherein the metallic latching structure defines a pair of side edge sections which are immoveable and un-deflectable and protrude beyond corresponding side notches defined the mating tongue in a transverse direction to be locked with two deflectable latching arms in said transverse direction and located in front of the step structure. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A receptacle connector comprising:
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a printed circuit board defining a mating tongue with a plurality of circuit pads thereon at a front edge region thereof; a housing composed of a straddle mounting upper housing and a straddle mounting lower housing commonly sandwiching the printed circuit board so as to define a mating port, the mating tongue extending into the mating port. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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