Electrical connector having an outer shielding shell integral with an intermediate metal plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9997869-B2
Application number	US-201715408779-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2017
Priority date	Jan 18, 2016
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing including a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts secured in the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; and a metal plate situated between the upper row of contacts and the lower rows of contacts; wherein the shielding shell is integrally formed with the metal plate. A related method of making such an electrical connector includes the steps of: inserting a first and second terminal modules into a first and second receiving spaces of a shielding shell, respectively, from a rear of the shielding shell; and insert molding the first and second terminal modules with a planar portion of a metal plate integral with the shielding shell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing including a base and a tongue;
an upper and lower rows of contacts secured in the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue;
a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; and
a metal plate situated between the upper row of contacts and the lower rows of contacts; wherein
the shielding shell is integrally formed with the metal plate as a uni-body;
the shielding shell includes a rear extension extending from the base; and
the insulative housing includes a sealing member separated from the base, the sealing member surrounding the rear extension of the shielding shell and the base of the insulative housing.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding shell includes a base, an outer sleeve, and an inner sleeve, and the metal shell is connected to the inner sleeve.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal plate includes a planar portion and a pair of corner protrusions.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the base of the insulative housing is received in the inner sleeve of the shielding shell.

5. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing including a base and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base in a front-to-back direction, the tongue portion defining opposite first and second surfaces in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction;
a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon at least one of said first and second surfaces;
a metallic shielding shell assembled upon and enclosing the housing to define a mating cavity;
a metallic shielding plate including a planar portion embedded within the tongue portion between said first and second surfaces in the vertical direction; and
a waterproof sealing member applied upon an exterior surface and an interior surface of the shielding shell, rear portions of the two terminal modules, and a rear face of the base of the shielding shell; wherein
said shielding plate is unitarily formed with the shielding shell;
said shielding shell includes a base extending in the vertical direction behind the mating cavity, and an opening is formed in the base through which at least one terminal module including corresponding contacts is inserted into a corresponding receiving space formed in the shielding plate;
there are two terminal modules unitarily formed with corresponding contacts and respectively positioned upon two opposite surfaces of the planar portion of the shielding plate in the vertical direction; and
said two terminal modules are separated from each other in the vertical direction by an insulative final molding part which is insert-molded upon the terminal modules and the planar portion of the shielding plate.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said shielding plate further includes an inner sleeve surrounding the planar portion, and the receiving space is formed between the inner sleeve and the planar portion in the vertical direction.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , further including an insulative final molding part insert-molded upon the terminal module and the planar portion of the shielding plate to secure therebetween and finalize a whole configuration of the tongue portion.

8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein rear portions of said two terminal modules are directly stacked with each other in the vertical direction.

9. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of said terminal modules has a region without corresponding insulative body to fully transversely expose the corresponding contacts, and said region is successively filled with the final molding part.

10. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said shielding shell and said shielding plate are unitarily formed by a die-casting process to have different thicknesses.

Assignees

• Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang jian-li

Classifications

• H01R24/60

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

• H01R13/6585 Primary

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

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/5202

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• H01R13/405

  Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting · CPC title