Electrical receptacle connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9564716-B2
Application number	US-201514944190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	Nov 21, 2014
Publication date	Feb 7, 2017
Grant date	Feb 7, 2017

Abstract

A receptacle connector includes an insulation housing bracket, a first flat grounding contact and a shielding member. The housing base has a first outer surface, and the first flat grounding contact is combined with the insulation housing bracket. The shielding member includes a shielding body and a first connecting portion. The shielding body is installed inside the insulation housing bracket, and the first flat grounding contact is located between the first outer surface and the shielding member. The first connecting portion protrudes from the shielding body and is securely fixed on the first grounding contact in a laser welding manner, such that the shielding body is electrically connected to the first grounding contact.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A receptacle electrical connector, comprising:
a shell;
an insulation housing bracket disposed in the shell and having a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite to the first outer surface;
at least one first flat grounding contact disposed in the insulation housing bracket, a portion of the at least one first flat grounding contact being exposed on the first outer surface;
at least one second flat grounding contact disposed in the insulation housing bracket and exposed on the second outer surface; and
a shielding member located between the first outer surface and the second outer surface, the shielding member comprising:
a shielding body disposed in the insulation housing bracket, the at least one first flat grounding contact being located between the first outer surface and the shielding body;
a first connecting portion protruding from the shielding body, the first connecting portion being fixed onto the first flat grounding contact in a laser welding manner, such that the shielding body is electrically connected to the first flat grounding contact; and

wherein the insulation housing bracket further comprises:
a first insulator for fixing the first flat grounding contact, wherein the first outer surface is on the first insulator, a channel is formed on the first insulator and located corresponding to the first connecting portion, the channel comprises a first channel portion and a second channel portion, the first channel portion is open on the first outer surface, the first flat grounding contact has a first welding surface and a second welding surface opposite to the first welding surface, the first welding surface is exposed on the first outer surface via the first channel portion, and the second welding surface is exposed via the second channel portion, and the first connecting portion is welded onto the first flat grounding contact via the first channel portion and the second channel portion; and
a second insulator for fixing the second flat grounding contact, wherein the second outer surface is on the second insulator, the first insulator is detachably installed on the second insulator, and the first insulator and the second insulator cooperatively clamp the shielding member.

2. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the shielding member comprises a second connecting portion protruding from a side of the shielding body and opposite to the first connecting portion, and the second connecting portion is fixed onto the second flat grounding contact in a laser welding manner, such that the shielding body is electrically connected to the second flat grounding contact.

3. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting portion is a stamping protrusion integrally formed with the shielding body and connected to the second welding surface of the first flat grounding contact via the second channel portion.

4. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein a passage is formed on the second insulator and located corresponding to the second connecting portion, and the second connecting portion is welded onto the second flat grounding contact via the passage.

5. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein an end of the passage is open on the second outer surface, the second flat grounding contact has a first melting surface and a second melting surface opposite to the first melting surface, and the first melting surface is exposed on the second outer surface via the passage.

6. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein the second connecting portion is a stamping protrusion integrally formed with the shielding body and connected to the second melting surface of the second flat grounding contact via the passage.

7. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , further comprising:
an upper grounding member installed on the first outer surface of the first insulator; and
a lower grounding member installed on the second outer surface of the second insulator.

8. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises:
a first shell fixed on a circuit board; and
a second shell fixed on the first shell, an accommodating space being enclosed by the second shell and for containing the insulation housing bracket.

9. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein the first shell comprises:
a housing portion fixed onto the second shell in a riveting manner; and
a welding foot portion protruding from the housing portion and embedding into the circuit board.

10. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 9 , wherein the first shell further comprises an engaging protrusion formed on the housing portion, an engaging slot is formed on the second shell, and the engaging protrusion engages with the engaging slot.

11. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein the shielding member further comprises:
a latching structure extending from the shielding body and being for latching a plug electrical connector;
a grounding portion extending from the shielding body and being located on a side opposite to the latching structure; and
a fixing portion protruding from the shielding body and being located between the latching structure and the grounding portion, the fixing portion being fixed onto the circuit board.

12. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the insulation housing bracket has a second outer surface opposite to the first outer surface, and the receptacle electrical connector further comprises:
a first flat signal contact set arranged alongside the at least one first flat grounding contact, the at least one first flat grounding contact being disposed on two opposite lateral sides of the first flat signal contact set; and
a second flat signal contact set arranged alongside the at least one second flat grounding contact, the at least one second flat grounding contact being disposed on two opposite lateral sides of the second flat signal contact set.

13. The receptacle electrical connector of claim 12 , wherein each of the first flat signal contact set and the second flat signal contact set comprises at least two pairs of differential signal contacts, the differential signal contacts of the first flat signal contact is symmetric to the differential signal contacts of the second flat signal contact set by rotation of 180 degrees along a front-back direction of the electrical receptacle connector.

Assignees

• Advanced Connectek Inc

Inventors

• Kao Ya-Fen
• Tsai Yu-Lun
• Hou Pin-Yuan
• Liao Chung-Fu
• Chen Mao-Sheng

Classifications

• H01R13/6586 Primary

  for separating multiple connector modules · CPC title

• H01R13/6597

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

• H01R13/6594

  the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title