Universal serial bus connector

Claim 2

An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a front side, a rear side and a plurality of channels defined therein; a plurality of conductive contacts received in the channels, each contact including a mating portion for electrically engaging with a mating connector, a retaining portion fixed in the housing, and a tail portion protruding from the rear side of the housing; a metal shell shielding the housing, the shell including two arms extending from a top of the shell over outer faces of opposite sidewalls of the shell respectively, each arm forming a bent portion at a lower end thereof for soldering to a circuit board, each bent portion being located higher than a bottom of the metal shell, the metal shell further comprising a pair of fixing portions adapted for engaging in the circuit board, the fixing portions being disposed at a rear of the arms and higher than a bottom of the metal shell, each of the two side walls forming at least a resilient tab adapted for electrically engaging with a metal shell of a mating connector; wherein the fixing portions are disposed near the rear side of the housing; wherein the housing further has a main body and a tongue board extending forwardly from the main body, and wherein the channels are defined in a main face of the tongue board and integrally through the main body; wherein the metal shell includes a first shield encasing the main body and a second shield encasing the tongue board.

Claim 3

The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the arms integrally depend from two complementary half-portions of a top of the second shield respectively, the half-portions being fittingly held together at a seam defined therebetween.

Claim 4

The electrical connector of claim 2 , wherein the half-portions are generally coplanar, and are irregularly but complementarily shaped.

Claim 5

An electrical connector comprising: a insulative housing having a main body and a tongue board extending forwardly from a front of the main body, a plurality of channels being defined in a main face of the tongue board and respectively integrally through the main body; a plurality of electrical contacts arranged in the channels, each contact having a mating portion disposed in a corresponding channel in the tongue board, a retaining portion fixed in the main body, and a tail portion protruding outside a rear end of the main body; a metal shell shielding the housing, the metal shell having a frame encasing the tongue board, a fork-shaped foot extending therefrom and adjacent to the main body of the housing for insertion into a circuit board, a resilient tab being provided on each of opposite sidewalls of said frame adapted for electrical connection with a metal shell of a matins connector, and two arms extending from a top of the frame over outer faces of the opposite sidewalls of the frame respectively, each arm having a soldering portion at a lower end thereof adapted for soldering to a circuit board, the foot and the soldering portions being disposed above bottom portions of the insulative housing and the metal shell; wherein the channels are defined generally horizontally, and are arranged parallel to each other; wherein the metal shell includes a shield surrounding the main body, and the foot is integrally formed with the shield.

Claim 6

An electrical connector comprising: a insulative housing having a main body and a tongue board extending forwardly from a front of the main body, a plurality of channels being defined in a main face of the tongue board and respectively integrally through the main body; a plurality of electrical contacts arranged in the channels, each contact having a mating portion disposed in a corresponding channel in the tongue board, a retaining portion fixed in the main body, and a tail portion protruding outside a rear end of the main body; a metal shell shielding the housing, the metal shell having a frame encasing the tongue board, a fork-shaped foot extending therefrom and adjacent to the main body of the housing for insertion into a circuit board, a resilient tab being provided on each of opposite sidewalls of said frame adapted for electrical connection with a metal shell of a matins connector, and two arms extending from a top of the frame over outer faces of the opposite sidewalls of the frame respectively, each arm having a soldering portion at a lower end thereof adapted for soldering to a circuit board, the foot and the soldering portions being disposed above bottom portions of the insulative housing and the metal shell; wherein the channels are defined generally horizontally, and are arranged parallel to each other; wherein the metal shell includes a shield surrounding the main body, and the foot is integrally formed with the shield.

Claim 7

The electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein each of the arms is integrally formed with a horizontal portion of a top wall of the frame, and each of the soldering portions is generally horizontal.

Claim 8

An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board, the circuit board defining a cutout therein, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a main body and a tongue board extending from a front face of the main body, the tongue board defining a plurality of parallel channels in a main face thereof, the channels respectively integrally extending through the main body; a plurality of conductive contacts received in corresponding channels, each contact having a mating portion disposed in the tongue board and adapted for electrically engaging with a mating connector, and a tail portion protruding from a rear face of the main body of the housing and adapted to be soldered to the circuit board; a metal shell surrounding the housing, the shell having a first shield encasing the main body and a second shield encasing the tongue board, the first shield forming at least one depending fork-shape foot extending through the circuit board to engage therewith, the second shield forming a soldering portion surface mounted to a top face of the circuit board, the soldering portion being located adjacent a sidewall of the second shield, a plurality of resilient tabs being formed on the second shield and being adapted for electrically engaging with a metal shell of the mating connector; and bottom portions of the insulative housing and the metal shell which are located below the cutout and a bottom face of the circuit board; wherein the soldering portion is directly formed from the side wall of the second shield of the metal shell at a position between the resilient tabs.

Claim 9

An electrical connector mounted on a printed circuit board, the circuit board defining a cutout therein, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a main body and a tongue board extending from a front face of the main body, the tongue board defining a plurality of parallel channels in a main face thereof, the channels respectively integrally extending through the main body; a plurality of conductive contacts received in corresponding channels, each contact having a mating portion disposed in the tongue board and adapted for electrically engaging with a mating connector, and a tail portion protruding from a rear face of the main body of the housing and adapted to be soldered to the circuit board; a metal shell surrounding the housing, the shell having a first shield encasing the main body and a second shield encasing the tongue board, the first shield forming at least one depending fork-shape foot extending through the circuit board to engage therewith, the second shield forming a soldering portion surface mounted to a top face of the circuit board, the soldering portion being located adjacent a sidewall of the second shield, a plurality of resilient tabs being formed on the second shield and being adapted for electrically engaging with a metal shell of the mating connector; and bottom portions of the insulative housing and the metal shell which are located below the cutout and a bottom face of the circuit board; wherein the soldering portion is directly formed from the side wall of the second shield of the metal shell at a position between the resilient tabs.