Electrical plug connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9450337-B2
Application number	US-201514837020-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

An electrical plug connector includes an insulating housing, two terminal sets, and a metallic component. The insulating housing includes a front portion and a rear portion, and a receiving cavity is formed inside the front portion. The two terminal sets separately include a plurality of terminals and are arranged in an upper-row terminal set and a lower-row terminal set. Each terminal includes a contact portion disposed in the receiving cavity, a retaining portion retained in the insulating housing, and a soldering portion disposed in the rear of the insulating housing. The metallic component includes a plate body and two latches. The plate body is disposed in the rear portion and clamped between the upper-row and lower-row terminal sets. The two latches are separately disposed at two sides of the plate body and symmetrical to each other. The plate body and the two latches are formed in one piece.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical plug connector comprising:
an insulating housing comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion extends forwardly from the rear portion, wherein a receiving cavity is formed inside the front portion, wherein the front portion comprises an upper inner side, a left inner side, a lower inner side, and a right inner side, which surround and form the receiving cavity;
two terminal sets separately comprising a plurality of terminals, wherein the two terminal sets are arranged in an upper-row terminal set and a lower-row terminal set, wherein each terminal comprises a contact portion, a retaining portion, and a soldering portion, wherein the retaining portions are retained in the insulating housing, the soldering portions are disposed in the rear of the insulating housing, and the contact portions are disposed in the receiving cavity, wherein the contact portions of the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set are disposed on the upper inner side and the lower inner side respectively; and
a metallic component comprising a plate body and two latches, wherein the plate body is disposed in the rear portion and retained between the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set, wherein the two latches are separately disposed at two sides of the plate body, wherein each latch comprises an engaging portion and a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portions of the two latches are connected to the plate body, wherein the engaging portions of the two latches project into the receiving cavity and are separately disposed corresponding to the left inner side and the right inner side, wherein the plate body and the two latches are coplanar.

2. The electrical plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the contact portions are in a spring arm type.

3. The electrical plug connector of claim 1 further comprising a cable which comprises a plurality of wires soldered to the soldering portions and the two grounding portions.

4. The electrical plug connector of claim 1 , further comprising two metallic plates separately disposed on upper and lower outer sides of the front portion.

5. The electrical plug connector of claim 4 , further comprising a film disposed on a surface of each metallic plate and facing away from the front portion.

6. The electrical plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set are symmetrical to each other about a center line of the receiving cavity as the symmetrical center.

7. The electrical plug connector of claim 6 , wherein the two latches are symmetrical to each other.

8. The electrical plug connector of claim 7 , wherein each latch further comprises a grounding portion, and wherein the grounding portions of the two latches are disposed in the rear of the insulating housing.

9. The electrical plug connector of claim 8 further comprising a circuit board, a metallic shell, an auxiliary metallic shell, and an overcoat, wherein the circuit board is placed between the soldering portions of the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set, wherein the grounding portions of the two latches are disposed on a surface of the circuit board, wherein the metallic shell covers the insulating housing, wherein a rear of the metallic shell and the rear portion are engaged with each other, wherein a front of a cable is adapted to be soldered on the circuit board, wherein the auxiliary metallic shell comprises a cable clamping portion which is disposed in a rear of the auxiliary metallic shell, wherein the auxiliary metallic shell surrounds the soldering portions of the plurality of terminals, the grounding portions of the two latches, and the circuit board, wherein the cable clamping portion is adapted to clamp the cable, wherein a front of the auxiliary metallic shell is engaged with the rear of the metallic shell, wherein the overcoat comprises a pipe portion which is disposed in a rear of the overcoat, wherein the overcoat encloses the auxiliary metallic shell, and wherein the cable is adapted to be disposed through the pipe portion.

10. The electrical plug connector of claim 8 , wherein the plate body and the two latches are formed in one piece and are formed as a blanking-type component.

11. The electrical plug connector of claim 1 , wherein the rear portion comprises an upper rear portion and a lower rear portion, which are assembled to each other, wherein the retaining portions of the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set are retained in the upper rear portion and the lower rear portion respectively, and wherein the plate body is clamped between the upper rear portion and the lower rear portion.

12. The electrical plug connector of claim 10 , wherein the front portion comprises two through-slots which are separately disposed on the left inner side and the right inner side, wherein the two engaging portions are separately disposed in the two through-slots, and wherein each engaging portion comprises an engaging end which projects into the receiving cavity.

13. An electrical plug connector comprising:
an insulating housing comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion extends forwardly from the rear portion, wherein a receiving cavity is formed inside the front portion, wherein the front portion comprises an upper inner side, a left inner side, a lower inner side, and a right inner side, which surround and form the receiving cavity;
two terminal sets separately comprising a plurality of terminals, wherein the two terminal sets are arranged in an upper-row terminal set and a lower-row terminal set, wherein each terminal comprises a contact portion, a retaining portion, and a soldering portion, wherein the retaining portions are retained in the insulating housing, the soldering portions are disposed in the rear of the insulating housing, and the contact portions are disposed in the receiving cavity, wherein the contact portions of the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set are disposed on the upper inner side and the lower inner side respectively; and
a metallic component comprising a plate body and two latches, wherein the plate body is disposed in the rear portion and retained between the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set, wherein the two latches are separately disposed at two sides of the plate body, wherein each latch comprises an engaging portion and a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portions of the two latches are connected to the plate body, wherein the engaging portions of the two latches project into the receiving cavity and are separately disposed corresponding to the left inner side and the right inner side, wherein the rear portion comprises an upper rear portion and a lower rear portion, which are assembled to each other, wherein the retaining portions of the upper-row terminal set and the lower-row terminal set are retained in the upper rear portion and the lower rear portion respectively, wherein the plate body is clamped between the upper rear portion and the lower rear portion, wherein the upper rear portion comprises an upper positioning post and the lower rear portion comprises a lower positioning post, wherein the plate body comprises two positioning holes, and wherein the upper positioning post and the lower positioning post are separately inserted through the two positioning holes.

14. An electrical plug connector comprising:
an insulating housing comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion extends forwardly from the rear portion, wherein a receiving cavity is formed inside the front portion,

Assignees

• Advanced Connectek Inc

Inventors

• Kao Ya-Fen
• Tsai Yu-Lun
• Hou Pin-Yuan
• Liao Chung-Fu
• Tsai Wen-Hsien

Classifications

• H01R13/6461 Primary

  Means for preventing cross-talk · CPC title

• H01R13/6585

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

• H01R24/60

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

• H01R13/6275

  Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence) · CPC title