Electrical connector upper and lower contacts made from a single contact carrier and including two outermost contacts with integral latching portions
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a front tongue with two opposite surfaces; and
a plurality of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue;
whereinthe plurality of contacts are formed from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a first contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a second contacting portion of another contact thereof and to have two outermost contacts each with a respective integral latching portion outwardly and laterally exposed to an exterior for connecting to a corresponding latch of an inserted complementary plug connector;
respective front ends of the plurality of contacts are embedded in the tongue; and
said one contact has a first securing portion connected to the first contacting portion in a coplanar manner while said another contact has a second securing portion connected to the second contact portion with a bend therebetween.
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Abstract
A method of making a contact module of an electrical connector which includes a tongue and plural contacts exposed to two opposite surfaces of the tongue is characterized by the steps of: forming the contacts from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a first contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a second contacting portion of another contact thereof and to have two outermost contacts each with a respective integral latching portion; insert-molding the contacts with a first insulator while exposing front ends thereof and the latching portions; severing a carrier strip from the front ends of the plurality of contacts; and over-molding a second insulator to the first insulator and embedding the front ends of the plurality of contacts.
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13 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing having a front tongue with two opposite surfaces; and a plurality of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue;
whereinthe plurality of contacts are formed from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a first contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a second contacting portion of another contact thereof and to have two outermost contacts each with a respective integral latching portion outwardly and laterally exposed to an exterior for connecting to a corresponding latch of an inserted complementary plug connector; respective front ends of the plurality of contacts are embedded in the tongue; and said one contact has a first securing portion connected to the first contacting portion in a coplanar manner while said another contact has a second securing portion connected to the second contact portion with a bend therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing including a rear base and a front tongue forwardly extending from the base in a front-to-back direction, said tongue defining opposite first and second surfaces in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts stamped from and unitarily formed between opposite first carrier strip and second carrier strip of a same sheet metal, each of said contacts including a contacting portion exposed upon the front tongue, a securing portion retained in the base, and a soldering portion exposed outside of the housing; the contacting portion of all contacts except at least one contact being exposed upon the first surface while that of said at least one contact being exposed upon the second surface;
whereinthe soldering portions of all the contacts are located at a same horizontal plane; and there are twelve positions in each surface of the tongue for the contacts, and all the contacts except said at least one contact are located at positions one, four, five, nine, and twelve on the first surface, and said at least one contact is located at position five on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing having a front tongue with two opposite surfaces; and a plurality of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue;
whereinthe plurality of contacts are formed from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a first contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a second contacting portion of another contact thereof and to have two outermost contacts each with a respective integral latching portion outwardly and laterally exposed to an exterior for connecting to a corresponding latch of an inserted complementary plug connector; and respective front ends of the plurality of contacts are embedded in the tongue and at a mid-level of the front tongue.
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Specification