Electrical receptacle connector and electrical plug connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9318856-B2
Application number	US-201514624348-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	Apr 21, 2014
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

An electrical receptacle connector provided to connect with an electrical plug connector. The electrical receptacle connector includes a metal shell, an insulation body and a the conductive contact members. The conductive contact members are disposed at the insulation body to connect with the metal shell. The electrical plug connector includes a metal shell and a tubular portion disposed at a front portion of the metal shell. When the electrical plug connector is plugged into the electrical receptacle connector, the surface of the tubular portion of the electrical plug connector is in contact with the conductive contact members.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:
a metal shell defining a receptacle cavity;
an insulation housing received in the receptacle cavity, wherein the insulation housing comprises a base portion, a tongue portion extending from the base portion, and two recessed portions disposed at a top side and a bottom side of the base portion, respectively, the tongue portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface;
a plurality of upper-row plate terminals, comprising a plurality of upper-row plate signal terminals, at least one upper-row plate power-supply terminal and at least one upper-row plate ground terminal, each of the upper-row plate terminals held in the base portion and the tongue portion and located at the upper surface;
a plurality of lower-row plate terminals, comprising a plurality of lower-row plate signal terminals, at least one lower-row plate power-supply terminal and at least one lower-row plate ground terminal, each of the lower-row plate terminals held in the base portion and the tongue portion and located at the lower surface;
two conductive contact members received correspondingly in the two recessed portions and connected to an inner wall of the metal shell, wherein each conductive contact member comprises:
a body portion;
at least one strip-shaped plate, extending and bending from the body portion to contact to the inner wall of the metal shell; and
a plurality of elastic contact portions each extending from and protruding out of the body portion to correspond to the strip-shaped plate, and each contact portions suspended above and below the tongue portion.

2. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive contact members further comprise a plurality of mounting legs, bilaterally downwardly or upwardly extending from two opposite lateral sides of the strip-shaped plate, the base portion comprises a plurality of catching grooves arranged at two sides of the two recessed portions, thereby allowing the strip-shaped plate directly contacting with the inner wall of the metal shell.

3. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein each conductive contact member comprises a plurality of shaft portions arranged at two lateral sides of each body portion and the base portion comprises a plurality of bearing portions, which pivot with the corresponding shaft portions, formed at two lateral sides of the recessed portions, so that the strip-shaped plate contacts with the inner surface of the metal shell by the rotation of the shaft portions.

4. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein the metal shell comprises a plurality of taps extending downwardly and slantwise from a middle portion thereof for cooperating with the contact portions.

5. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of cutout areas of each conductive contact member formed at the elastic contact portions.

6. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper-row plate terminals comprises an upper-row contact section, an upper-row connecting section and an upper-row welding section, the upper-row connecting section is disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion, the upper-row contact section is extending from one of two sides of the upper-row connecting section and disposed at the upper surface, the upper-row welding section is extending from the other side of the upper-row connecting section and extends out of the base portion.

7. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lower-row plate terminals comprises a lower-row contact section, a lower-row connecting section and a lower-row welding section, the lower-row connecting section is disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion, the lower-row contact section is extending from one of two sides of the lower-row connecting section and disposed at the lower surface, the lower-row welding section is extending from the other side of the lower-row connecting section and extends out of the base portion.

8. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 1 , wherein the upper-row plate signal terminals are disposed at the upper surface for transmitting first signals, the lower-row plate signal terminals are disposed at the lower surface for transmitting second signals, the transmission specifications of the first signals conform to those of the second signals, the upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center.

9. The electrical receptacle connector according to claim 8 , wherein positions of the upper-row plate terminals correspond to those of the lower-row plate terminals.

10. An electrical plug connector, comprising:
a metal shell, comprising a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, a plug cavity defined by the first tubular portion and a connecting portion extending from the first tubular portion where the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion form different surfaces;
an insulation housing received in the plug cavity, wherein the insulation housing comprises an upper portion, a lower portion and a terminal groove defined between the upper portion and the lower portion;
a plurality of upper-row elastic terminals, the upper-row elastic terminals comprising a plurality of upper-row elastic signal terminals, at least one upper-row elastic power-supply terminal and at least one upper-row elastic ground terminal, and each of the upper-row elastic terminals disposed at the insulation housing and located at a lower surface of the upper portion; and
a plurality of lower-row elastic terminals, the lower-row elastic terminals comprising a plurality of lower-row elastic signal terminals, at least one lower-row elastic power-supply terminal and at least one lower-row elastic ground terminal, and each of the lower-row elastic terminals disposed at the insulation housing and located at an upper surface of the lower portion.

11. The electrical plug connector according to claim 10 , wherein the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion are formed by applying deep-drawing techniques to the metal shell.

12. The electrical plug connector according to claim 10 , wherein each of the upper-row elastic terminals comprises an upper-row contact section, an upper-row connecting section and an upper-row welding section, the upper-row connecting section is disposed at the upper portion, the upper-row contact section is extending from one of two sides of the upper-row connecting section and disposed at the lower surface of the upper portion, the upper-row welding section is extending from the other side of the upper-row connecting section and extends out of the insulation housing.

13. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the lower-row elastic terminals comprises a lower-row contact section, a lower-row connecting section and a lower-row welding section, the lower-row connecting section is disposed at the lower portion, the lower-row contact section is extending from one of two sides of the lower-row connecting section and disposed at the upper surface of the lower portion, the lower-row welding section is extending from the other side of the lower-row connecting section and extends out of the insulation housing.

14. The electrical plug connector according to claim 10 , wherein the upper-row elastic signal terminals are disposed at the lower surface of the upper portion for transmitting first signals, the lower-row elastic signal ter

Assignees

• Advanced Connectek Inc

Inventors

• Macdougall Alan
• WANG Wen-yu
• Kao Ya-Fen

Classifications

• H01R24/60 Primary

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

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title