Electrical connector for high-speed data transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8979592-B2
Application number	US-201313841092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Mar 17, 2015
Grant date	Mar 17, 2015

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an electrically conductive front and rear shell. The front shell includes a cantilever structure extending from a rear face in an axial direction, the cantilever structure having a catch on a free end thereof. The catch mates with a retention slot located on the rear shell to latch together the front and rear shells of the electrical connector. A contact-receiving cavity formed within the front and rear shells houses an insulating sheath carrying electrical contacts. The electrical connector may further include tangs formed as an integral part of the front shell for bearing against a mating end of a mating connector. The electrical connector may include a retention latch for seating the electrical connector within a separate connector housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a rear shell having a first cavity extending in an axial direction, the rear shell further including a retention slot;
a front shell having a rear face and an opposite mating end, the front shell including a second cavity extending in the axial direction;
a cantilever structure extending from the rear face of the front shell in the axial direction, the cantilever structure having a catch on a free end thereof, w…

Assignees

• Carlisle Interconnect Tech Inc

Inventors

• Dang Phong

Classifications

• H01R13/6593

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/6271 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/6582 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic