Electrical plug connector and electrical receptacle connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9502837-B2
Application number	US-201514713463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2014
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An electrical plug connector includes an insulation housing, a metal shell and plural buckling members. The insulation housing includes an insertion cavity, plural lateral sides and plural assembling spaces. The insertion cavity is disposed at a front portion of the insulation housing. The lateral sides are disposed at two sides of the insulation housing. The assembling spaces are disposed at the lateral sides and communicate with the insertion cavity. The metal shell encloses the insulation housing. The buckling members are respectively disposed in the assembling spaces and each includes a arm portion, a hook portion and a soldering portion. The arm portion is disposed in the assembling portion, the hook portion is extended from a front portion of the arm portion toward the insertion cavity, and the soldering portion is extended from a rear portion of the arm portion and exposed out of the assembling space.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical plug connector, comprising:
a first metal shell, comprising an accommodating cavity;
a first insulation housing, disposed in the accommodating cavity, wherein the first insulation housing comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and two lateral sides, an insertion cavity is defined between the upper portion and the lower portion, the lateral sides are disposed at two sides of the first insulation housing, and two assembling spaces are respectively formed on the lateral sides of the first insulation housing;
a plurality of 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, wherein each of the upper-row elastic terminals is disposed at the first insulation housing and located at a lower surface of the upper portion;
a plurality of 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, wherein each of the lower-row elastic terminals is disposed at the first insulation housing and located at an upper surface of the lower portion; and
two buckling members, disposed at the first insulation housing, wherein each of the buckling members comprises:
an arm portion, disposed in the lateral side of the first insulation housing, wherein the arm portion is received in the assembling space, and an outer lateral sides of the arm portion is exposed out of the first insulation housing laterally to contact an inner wall of the metal shell;
a hook portion, extended from a front portion of the arm portion toward the insertion cavity; and
a first soldering portion, extended from a rear portion of the arm portion to be exposed out of the first insulation housing and to be connected to a first circuit board, wherein the first circuit board is disposed at a rear portion of the first insulation housing.

2. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first soldering portion is extended from the arm portion and exposed out of the assembling space.

3. The electrical plug connector according to claim 2 , wherein each of the buckling members comprises a buckling block disposed at the arm portion, the first insulation housing comprises a plurality of buckling slots respectively disposed at the assembling spaces, the buckling blocks are respectively secured in the buckling slots.

4. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the contact regions are disposed at the outer lateral sides of the arm portions to be electrically or mechanically contacted the inner wall of the metal shell.

5. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the buckling members comprises a bending portion connected between the arm portion and the first soldering portion.

6. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the arm portions are made by stamping or blanking process.

7. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the upper-row elastic terminals comprises an upper-row contact section, an upper-row connecting section and an upper-row soldering section, the upper-row connecting section is disposed on the upper portion, the upper-row contact section is extended from one of two ends of the upper-row connecting section and located at the lower surface of the upper portion, and the upper-row soldering section is extended from the other end of the upper-row connecting section and extended out of the first insulation housing.

8. 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 soldering section, the lower-row connecting section is disposed on the lower portion, the lower-row contact section is extended from one of two ends of the lower-row connecting section and located at the upper surface of the lower portion, and the lower-row soldering section is extended from the other end of the lower-row connecting section and extended out of the first insulation housing.

9. The electrical plug connector according to claim 1 , wherein the upper-row elastic signal terminals are located at the upper surface for transmitting first signals, and the lower-row elastic signal terminals are located at the lower surface for transmitting second signals, the specification for transmitting the first signals conforms to the specification for transmitting the second signals, the upper-row elastic terminals and the lower-row elastic terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the accommodating cavity as the symmetrical center.

10. The electrical plug connector according to claim 9 , wherein the position of the upper-row elastic terminals correspond to the position of the lower-row elastic terminals.

11. An electrical plug connector comprising:
a first metal shell, comprising an accommodating cavity;
a first insulation housing, disposed in the accommodating cavity, wherein the first insulation housing comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and two lateral sides, an insertion cavity is defined between the upper portion- and the lower portion, and the lateral sides are disposed at two sides of the first insulation housing;
a plurality of 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, wherein each of the upper-row elastic terminals is disposed at the first insulation housing and located at a lower surface of the upper portion;
a plurality of 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, wherein each of the lower-row elastic terminals is disposed at the first insulation housing and located at an upper surface of the lower portion;
a plurality of buckling member, disposed at the first insulation housing, each of the buckling members comprising:
an arm portion, disposed in the lateral side of the first insulation housing;
a hook portion, extended from a front portion of the arm portion toward the insertion cavity; and
a first soldering portion, extended from a rear portion of the arm portion to be exposed out of the first insulation housing; and
a first circuit board disposed at a rear portion of the first insulation housing, wherein the first circuit board comprises a plurality of first grounding contacts, the first soldering portions are extended to connect to the first grounding contacts, and the first circuit board is arranged parallel or perpendicular to the first insulation housing.

12. The electrical plug connector according to claim 11 , wherein the first circuit board comprises a plurality of through holes, the first grounding contacts are respectively disposed at the through holes.

13. The electrical plug connector according to claim 11 , wherein the first metal shell comprises a plurality of soldering plates respectively connected to the first grounding contacts.

14. An electrical receptacle connector, provided for being inserting by the electrical plug connector, the electrical receptacle connector comprising:
a second metal shell, comprising a receiving cavity;
a second insulation housing, disposed in the receiving cavity, the second insulation housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion extended from one side of the base portio

Assignees

• Advanced Connectek Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/6596

  the conductive member being a metal grounding panel · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6597

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R24/60 Primary

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