Electrical connector with edge protective structure and tongue board module thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018205182-A1
Application number	US-201715811756-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 14, 2017
Priority date	Jan 18, 2017
Publication date	Jul 19, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrical connector with an edge protective structure is provided, which includes a shielding housing and a tongue board module. The shielding housing has a receiving space for receiving the tongue board module therein. The tongue board module has an insulated retaining member, a protection board and a plurality of terminals. The insulated retaining member has a front edge and two side edges. The insulated retaining member has a slit, which passes through the front edge and extends toward the two side edges. The protection board is disposed in the slit. The terminals include at least two elongated terminals and at least two shortened terminals. The elongated terminals are used to transmit power or to ground. The protection board has a protrusive edge, which is protruded outside the front edge of the insulated retaining member and is exposed to an outside of the two side edges.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrical connector with edge protective structure, comprsing:
a shielding housing, having a receiving space; and a tongue board module, disposed in the receiving space, the tongue board module including: an insulated retaining member, having a front edge and two side edges respectively formed at two sides of the front edge, the insulated retaining member having a slit, the slit passing through the front edge and extending toward the two side edges; a protection board, being a metallic board and disposed in the slit of the insulated retaining member; and a plurality of terminals, disposed on the insulated retaining member, wherein the terminals include at least two elongated terminals and at least two shortened terminals, the at least two shortened terminals disposed between the at least two elongated terminals; wherein the protection board has a protrusive edge, and the protrusive edge is protruded outside the front edge of the insulated retaining member and exposed outside the two side edges; wherein the protection board is formed with a plurality of intermediate slots, and positions of the intermediate slots correspond to positions of the elongated terminals.

2 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the protection board has at least one leg extending therefrom.

3 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the protection board has two sides from which a buckling part is protruded, and the buckling parts are protruded from the two side edges of the insulated retaining member, respectively.

4 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insulated retaining member includes a first retaining element, a second retaining element, and a middle retaining element; wherein the middle retaining element is disposed between the first retaining element and the second retaining element, the slit being formed in the middle retaining element.

5 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first retaining element retains a first group of the terminals, and the second retaining element retains a second group of the terminals; wherein the middle retaining element has a first surface formed with a plurality of first terminal slots to receive the first group of the terminals, and the middle retaining element has a second surface formed with a plurality of second terminal slot to receive the second group of the terminals.

6 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the protection board is a metallic board, and a length of the protection board is longer than a length of a horizontal section of the second group of the terminals.

7 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the middle retaining element includes a middle insulated body, the middle insulated body includes a pair of engaging holes facing the first retaining element, and a pair of wedging legs facing the second retaining element; wherein the first retaining element has a pair of buckling bumps facing the middle retaining element; wherein the second retaining element has a pair of wedging holes facing the middle retaining element; a pair of the buckling bumps being wedged in the pair of the engaging holes, a pair of the wedging legs being wedged in the pair of the wedging holes.

8 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein positions of the wedging legs correspond to positions of the engaging holes; the wedging leg having a lateral groove, the lateral groove communicating with the engaging hole, the second retaining element having an inner bump formed in the wedging hole, the inner bump being wedged in the lateral groove.

9 . The electrical connector with edge protective structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the elongated terminal is used to transmit power or to ground.

10 . A tongue board module of electrical connector, comprising:
an insulated retaining member, having a front edge and two side edges at two sides of the front edge, the insulated retaining member having a slit, the slit passing through the front edge and extending to the two side edges; a protection board, being a metallic board an disposed in the slit of the insulated retaining member; and a plurality of terminals, assembled on the insulated retaining member; wherein the protection board has a protrusive edge, the protrusive edge being protruded from the front edge of the insulated retaining member, and exposed from the two side edges; wherein the terminals include at least two elongated terminals and at least two shortened terminals, the at least two shortened terminals disposed between the at least two elongated terminals; wherein the protection board is formed with a plurality of intermediate slots, and positions of the intermediate slots correspond to positions of the elongated terminals.

Assignees

• Bellwether Electronic Corp

Inventors

• Lee Hsing-Yu

Classifications

• H01R13/6585 Primary

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title

• H01R13/405

  Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting · CPC title

• H01R24/60

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title

• H01R13/506

  assembled by snap action of the parts · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title