Electrical connector assembly having a metal urging member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9806467-B2
Application number	US-201615077160-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2016
Priority date	May 25, 2015
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector assembly includes an insulating body provided with an accommodating cavity, a metal member retained to the outside of the insulating body, and a first connector disposed in the accommodating cavity. The accommodating cavity has two opposite side walls. The metal member has two side plates and two urging portions respectively connected to the two side plates. The urging portions are disposed in the accommodating cavity. Each of the side walls is disposed between the corresponding urging portion and the corresponding side plate. The first connector has a first metal casing. Each of the urging portions urges the first metal casing, and each of the urging portions is located between the first metal casing and the corresponding side wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
an insulating body provided with an accommodating cavity, the accommodating cavity having two opposite side walls, wherein each of the side walls is provided with a notch;
a metal member retained to an outside of the insulating body, and having two urging portions, wherein each of the urging portions extends around corresponding one of the side walls and bypasses corresponding one of the notches, and is bent and extends into the accommodating cavity; and
a first connector disposed in the accommodating cavity, wherein the first connector has a first metal casing, the two urging portions urge two opposite sides of the first metal casing correspondingly, and each of the urging portions is located between the first metal casing and the side wall.

2. An electrical connection assembly comprising:
an insulating body provided with an accommodating cavity, the accommodating cavity having two opposite side walls;
a metal member retained to an outside of the insulating body, and having two urging portions, wherein each of the urging portions extends around corresponding one of the side walls and is bent and extends into the accommodating cavity; and
a first connector disposed in the accommodating cavity, wherein the first connector has a first metal casing, the two urging portions urge two opposite sides of the first metal casing correspondingly, and each of the urging portions is located between the first metal casing and the side wall;
wherein the metal member further comprises a front plate and two side plates respectively connected to two sides of the front plate, and each of the urging portions extends from corresponding one of the side plates and bypasses corresponding one of the side walls to enter the accommodating cavity.

3. The electrical connection assembly of claim 2 , wherein each of the urging portions extends downward from corresponding one of the side plates and is reversely bent into the accommodating cavity.

4. The electrical connection assembly of claim 2 , wherein a grounding pin extends downward from each of the side plates, and a gap exists between each of the grounding pin and corresponding one of the urging portions.

5. The electrical connection assembly of claim 4 , wherein a first buckling portion and a second buckling portion are disposed on each of the side plates, and the insulating body is provided with a first snap-fit slot and a second snap-fit slot that respectively correspond to each of the first buckling portions and each of the second buckling portions.

6. The electrical connection assembly of claim 5 , wherein each of the first buckling portions is connected to corresponding one of the grounding pins, and each of the first buckling portions and corresponding one of the urging portions are located at a same height.

7. The electrical connection assembly of claim 2 , wherein each side surface of the insulating body is provided with a groove, and each of the side plates is located in corresponding one of the grooves.

8. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
an insulating body provided with a first accommodating cavity and a second accommodating cavity, and the first accommodating cavity and the second accommodating cavity respectively accommodating a first metal casing and a second metal casing; and
a metal member disposed at an outer side of the insulating body and connected to the first metal casing and the second metal casing,
wherein the metal member has a front plate and two side plates connected to two sides of the front plate, an urging portion extends from each of the side plates and is bent and extends from the outer side of the insulating body into the first accommodating cavity, each of the urging portions urges a side of the first metal casing, and each of the urging portions is located between the first metal casing and the insulating body.

9. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first accommodating cavity has two opposite side walls, each of the side walls is provided with a notch, and each of the urging portions extends downward from corresponding one of the side plates, bypasses corresponding one of the notches, and is reversely bent into the first accommodating cavity.

10. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein the first accommodating cavity has two opposite side walls, each of the urging portions extends downward from corresponding one of the side plates, passes through corresponding one of the side walls and is reversely bent into the first accommodating cavity.

11. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein a contact portion extends from an upper side edge of the front plate into the second accommodating cavity, and the contact portion is in contact with the second metal casing.

12. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein a grounding pin extends downward from each of the side plates, and a gap exists between each of the grounding pins and corresponding one of the urging portions.

13. The electrical connection assembly of claim 12 , wherein a first buckling portion and a second buckling portion are disposed on each of the side plates, and the insulating body is provided with first locking slots and second locking slots that correspond to the first buckling portions and the second buckling portions.

14. The electrical connection assembly of claim 13 , wherein each of the first buckling portions is connected to corresponding one of the grounding pins, and each of the first buckling portions and corresponding one of the urging portions are located at a same height.

15. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein the front plate is located between the first metal casing and the second metal casing, and both the first metal casing and the second metal casing protrude forward from the front plate.

16. The electrical connection assembly of claim 8 , wherein each of side surfaces of two opposite sides of the insulating body is provided with a groove, and each of the side plates is located in corresponding one of the grooves.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Quan

Classifications

• H01R13/6594

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

• H01R13/6586

  for separating multiple connector modules · CPC title

• H01R13/659 Primary

  with plural ports for distinct connectors · CPC title

• H01R24/60

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

• H01R23/7073

  Electricity · mapped topic