Electrical connector with shield interferentially engaged thereto

Claim 2

An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing having an elongated body with a plurality of terminals assembled therein; a shield assembled to said housing and including a first portion assembled to the housing along a first direction, said first portion including a front tang extending to engage with said housing, and a second portion assembled to the housing along a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction, said second portion including a rear tang extending to engage with said housing, the first and second portions of the shield defining an elongated receiving space for receiving the elongated body of the housing; wherein a movement of the second portion opposite the first direction is limited by the first portion engaged to the housing and a movement of the first portion opposite the first direction is limited by the second portion when the second portion is assembled to the housing.

Claim 3

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having an elongate body, the elongate body having two opposite faces and two opposite end faces, each of the two opposite end faces defining at least a slot therein, and each of the two opposite side faces defining at least a channel therein; a plurality of terminals secured within the insulative housing; and a shield having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a first plate having at least a first tang and a engaging finger thereof respectively inserting into the channel and the slot thereby securing the first portion to a selected one of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing and preventing the first portion from disengaging form the insulative housing; and the second portion comprises a second plate forming a second tang thereof and a securing latch extending from an edge of the second plate toward the insulative housing, the second portion being secured to the other of the two opposite side faces and the second tang bearing against the other of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing, the first portion and the second portion cooperatively and generally enclosing the insulative housing; wherein each slot comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being wider than the lower portion, and wherein the engaging finger is formed on a lateral edge of the first plate and is connected with the lateral edge of the first plate by a side hook, and the second plate defines a recess to allow the side hook to extend therethrough.

Claim 4

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having an elongate body, the elongate body having two opposite faces and two opposite end faces, each of the two opposite end faces defining at least a slot therein, and each of the two opposite side faces defining at least a channel therein; a plurality of terminals secured within the insulative housing; and a shield having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion comprises a first plate having at least a first tang and a engaging finger thereof respectively inserting into the channel and the slot thereby securing the first portion to a selected one of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing and preventing the first portion from disengaging form the insulative housing; and the second portion comprises a second plate forming a second tang thereof and a securing latch extending from an edge of the second plate toward the insulative housing, the second portion being secured to the other of the two opposite side faces and the second tang bearing against the other of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing, the first portion and the second portion cooperatively and generally enclosing the insulative housing; wherein each slot comprises an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion being wider than the lower portion, and wherein the engaging finger is formed on a lateral edge of the first plate and is connected with the lateral edge of the first plate by a side hook, and the second plate defines a recess to allow the side hook to extend therethrough.

Claim 5

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first plate further comprises a holding plate for holding on a top face of the insulative housing, the holding plate downwardly forming a securing tab from a free end thereof for holding on the other of the two opposite side of the insulative housing.

Claim 6

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second plate forms a side plate perpendicularly extending from each of two opposite lateral edges thereof for holding on the end faces of the insulative housing, and the securing latch is formed on a front edge of each side plate for holding on the selected one of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing.

Claim 7

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the insulative housing respectively defines a channel in each of the two opposite side faces, the first tang of the first portion extending into the channel in the one of the two opposite side faces to prevent the first portion from moving upward.

Claim 8

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second tang of the second plate extends toward the insulative housing for extending into and securing in the channel defined in the other of the two opposite side faces of the insulative housing.

Claim 9

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining an elongated body, a pair of upright members positioned at two opposite ends thereof, and a plurality of terminals therein; each of said upright members defining a slot and a channel therein, both said slots and said channels extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said elongated body; and a shield assembled to the housing, said shield including an elongated plate with a pair of tangs and a pair of side hooks disposed around two opposite ends thereof; wherein each of said pair of tangs is latchably engaged within the corresponding channels and used to prevent upward movement of the shield relative to the housing alone the vertical direction, and the side hooks are retainably received within the corresponding slots and prevent lateral movement of the shield relative to the housing perpendicular to said vertical direction.

Claim 10

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining an elongated body, a pair of upright members positioned at two opposite ends thereof, and a plurality of terminals therein; each of said upright members defining a slot and a channel therein, both said slots and said channels extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said elongated body; and a shield assembled to the housing, said shield including an elongated plate with a pair of tangs and a pair of side hooks disposed around two opposite ends thereof; wherein each of said pair of tangs is latchably engaged within the corresponding channels and used to prevent upward movement of the shield relative to the housing alone the vertical direction, and the side hooks are retainably received within the corresponding slots and prevent lateral movement of the shield relative to the housing perpendicular to said vertical direction.