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Connector with improved positioning structure

Assignee: Wieson Electronic Co Ltd
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Filing: 2001-08-24
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Granted: 2003-03-18
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Expires: 2021-08-24
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Abstract

Abstract A connector with improved positioning structure, comprising a casing, a connector unit and a rear unit, the casing using a transverse separating plate to separate a front cover insert hole, allowing the accommodation of two joined universal serial bus USB connector unit in an upper insert hole and a lower insert hole respectively; then a longitudinal separating plate at the center of the transverse separating plate is bent inwardly and pushed closely to a depressed groove on the connector unit, to fasten the casing with the connector unit; since the casing has only insert holes exposed from the connector unit, without using screw holes in conventional models, the entire unit is capable of avoiding such problem of incorrect alignment of screw holes with connector's insert holes as can be found frequently in conventional machining process.

Inventors

  • 👤 Fred Lee
  • 👤 Mark Chen
  • 👤 Nelson Tasi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 21:22
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/73; H01R13/74; H01R13/741; H01R13/745; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6582; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/939

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 118 words
A connector with improved positioning structure, comprising: a connector unit having at least one depressed groove formed thereon; a casing including a peripheral portion having a set of joining grooves coupled to a front cover, the front cover defining a front cover insert hole and having at least one transverse separating plate and a longitudinal separating plate extending therefrom; wherein the longitudinal separating plate is fastened to the depressed groove of the connector unit after the connector unit is installed to the front cover insert hole; and a rear unit joined to a rear side of the connector unit, the rear unit having formed thereon a set of joining plates bendably engaging the joining grooves of the casing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 118 words
A connector with improved positioning structure, comprising: a connector unit having at least one depressed groove formed thereon; a casing including a peripheral portion having a set of joining grooves coupled to a front cover, the front cover defining a front cover insert hole and having at least one transverse separating plate and a longitudinal separating plate extending therefrom; wherein the longitudinal separating plate is fastened to the depressed groove of the connector unit after the connector unit is installed to the front cover insert hole; and a rear unit joined to a rear side of the connector unit, the rear unit having formed thereon a set of joining plates bendably engaging the joining grooves of the casing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
The connector with improved positioning structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transverse separating plate crosses a left side and a right side of the front cover and is connected with margins of the casing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
The connector with improved positioning structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal separating plate is located at a center of the transverse separating plate, extending a specified distance.

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