Port connector with capability of dual mating orientation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9537261-B2
Application number	US-201514919740-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2015
Priority date	Nov 6, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

A port connector includes a port shell disposed inside the port shell, a housing base and a port contact set. The housing base includes a main base and a tongue structure. The tongue structure extends from the main base and has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The port contact set is mounted with the housing base. At least one port contact of the port contact set includes a main body installed inside the main base, a foot portion, a first end portion and a second end portion. The foot portion extends from the main body and stretches out of the main base. The first end portion protrudes from the main body and is exposed from the first face. The second end portion corresponding to the first end portion protrudes from the main body and is exposed from the second face.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A port connector with capability of dual mating orientation, comprising:
a port shell;
a housing base disposed inside the port shell, the housing base comprising a main base and a tongue structure, the tongue structure extending from the main base and having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face; and
a port contact set mounted with the housing base, at least one port contact of the port contact set comprising:
a main body installed inside the main base;
a foot portion extending from the main body and stretching out of the main base;
a first end portion protruding from the main body and being exposed on the first face; and
a second end portion corresponding to the first end portion, protruding from the main body and being exposed on the second face, a front end of the first end portion being separate from a front end of the second end portion.

2. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein an assembling slot is formed on the main base and for installing the main body, a first notch is formed on the first face of the tongue structure and for accommodating the first end portion, a second notch is formed on the second face of the tongue structure and for accommodating the second end portion, and the assembling slot communicates with the first notch and the second notch.

3. The port connector of claim 2 , wherein a bottom face of the first notch, a bottom face of the second notch, and a lateral wall of the assembling slot cooperatively define a partition structure, a holding slot is defined between the first end portion and the second end portion, when the main body is installed inside the assembling slot, the first end portion enters into and is accommodated inside the first notch via the assembling slot, the second end portion enters into and is accommodated inside the second notch via the assembling slot, and the holding slot holds the partition structure.

4. The port connector of claim 2 , wherein the main body comprises at least one embedding structure, and the at least one embedding structure embeds a lateral wall of the assembling slot when the main body is installed inside the assembling slot.

5. The port connector of claim 4 , wherein the at least one embedding structure is selectively disposed on a side of the main body or on two opposite sides of the main body.

6. The port connector of claim 4 , wherein the at least one embedding structure is a substantially trapezoidal structure.

7. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein a chamfering structure is formed on a corner of the first end portion and away from the main body and the second end portion, and a guiding structure is formed on a corner of the second end portion and away from the main body and the first end portion.

8. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein the foot portion is a dual in-line packaged structure or a surfaced mounted structure.

9. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein the port contact set comprises a first port contact and a second port contact, and a length of a foot portion of the first port contact is longer than a length of a foot portion of the second port contact.

10. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein the port shell comprises a main housing and at least one fixing lug, and the at least one fixing lug protrudes from and is integrally formed with the main housing.

11. The port connector of claim 1 , wherein the at least one port contact is a grounding contact or a power contact.

Assignees

• Advanced Connectek Inc

Inventors

• Chen Ching-Tien
• Duan Shu-Lin
• Wan Wei
• Xu fu-yi

Classifications

• H01R13/10 Primary

  Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades · CPC title

• H01R13/642 Primary

  by position or shape of contact members · CPC title

• H01R12/722

  coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits · CPC title