US6682365B1 — Stacked connector with plastic part assembled the…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 115 words

An electrical connector, comprising: a main housing, the housing defining a plurality of passageways, and a pair of slots adjacent to the passageways; a pair of LEDs, each LED having a plurality of leads respectively received in corresponding passageways; a molded assembly, the molded assembly having a plastic part, a pair of connections insert molded in the plastic part, the plastic part having a pair of supporting posts, and a pair of positioning posts extending from corresponding supporting posts, the supporting posts and the plastic part being in a substantially L-shaped configuration; wherein the positioning post engaging with corresponding slots of the main housing, and the leads of the LEDs electrically connecting with corresponding connections.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 115 words

An electrical connector, comprising: a main housing, the housing defining a plurality of passageways, and a pair of slots adjacent to the passageways; a pair of LEDs, each LED having a plurality of leads respectively received in corresponding passageways; a molded assembly, the molded assembly having a plastic part, a pair of connections insert molded in the plastic part, the plastic part having a pair of supporting posts, and a pair of positioning posts extending from corresponding supporting posts, the supporting posts and the plastic part being in a substantially L-shaped configuration; wherein the positioning post engaging with corresponding slots of the main housing, and the leads of the LEDs electrically connecting with corresponding connections.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 37 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each supporting post of the plastic part defines a channel, one of the connections has a soldering section received in a corresponding channel of the supporting post.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 41 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrical connector has a subassembly, the subassembly having a magnetic assembly, the magnetic assembly having a first housing and a vertical printed circuit board (PCB) assembled to the first housing.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 33 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the vertical PCB defines a pair of cutouts on an upper portion thereof for the supporting posts of the plastic part projecting through.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 31 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plastic part has a pair of protrusions on a bottom portion thereof for attaching the plastic part to the subassembly.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 42 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plastic part has a plurality of openings, the connections respectively have retaining sections partially exposed from the openings of the plastic part for controlling the space between every two retaining sections.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 101 words

An electrical connector comprising: a main housing; an LED, the LED has a plurality of leads; a subassembly having a vertical printed circuit board (PCB) and a contact array assembly disposed perpendicularly to the vertical PCB; and a molded assembly, the molded assembly having a plastic part having a supporting post, a connection insert molded in the plastic part, the connection having a plurality of soldering sections bent to the supporting post; wherein each lead of the LED electrically connect with corresponding soldering section of the connection, and the leads are slightly higher than a top surface of the supporting post.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 101 words

An electrical connector comprising: a main housing; an LED, the LED has a plurality of leads; a subassembly having a vertical printed circuit board (PCB) and a contact array assembly disposed perpendicularly to the vertical PCB; and a molded assembly, the molded assembly having a plastic part having a supporting post, a connection insert molded in the plastic part, the connection having a plurality of soldering sections bent to the supporting post; wherein each lead of the LED electrically connect with corresponding soldering section of the connection, and the leads are slightly higher than a top surface of the supporting post.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 37 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plastic part having a positioning post extending from the supporting post thereof, the main housing defines a slot receiving the positioning post of the plastic part.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 35 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the supporting post has a channel defined therein, one of the soldering sections of the connection is received in the channel of the supporting post.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 36 words

The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the plastic part of the molded assembly has a pair of protrusions extending from a bottom portion thereof for attaching the plastic part to the housing.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 110 words

The electrical connector assembly, comprising: a housing including a built-in electronic component with a plurality of leads extending therefrom in a horizontal direction; and a molded assembly assembled to a rear portion of said housing, said molded assembly including an L-shaped plastic part with a plurality of L-shaped conductive contacts embedded therein, said plastic part including a first horizontal section forwardly retainably inserted into the housing from a rear face of the housing under a condition that a horizontal portion of each of said leads abuts against a horizontal portion of a corresponding one of said conductive contacts which is supported by a second horizontal section of said plastic part.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 110 words

The electrical connector assembly, comprising: a housing including a built-in electronic component with a plurality of leads extending therefrom in a horizontal direction; and a molded assembly assembled to a rear portion of said housing, said molded assembly including an L-shaped plastic part with a plurality of L-shaped conductive contacts embedded therein, said plastic part including a first horizontal section forwardly retainably inserted into the housing from a rear face of the housing under a condition that a horizontal portion of each of said leads abuts against a horizontal portion of a corresponding one of said conductive contacts which is supported by a second horizontal section of said plastic part.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 36 words

The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said horizontal portion of the lead is sandwiched between the horizontal portion of the corresponding conductive contact and the corresponding second horizontal section of the plastic part.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 27 words

The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said second horizontal section defines two levels for supporting tails of the leads at said two different levels.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 15 words

The assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said electronic component is an LED.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2007-01-26	2007-07-28	2008-01-27	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2011-01-26	2011-07-28	2012-01-27	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2015-01-26	2015-07-28	2016-01-27	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Stacked connector with plastic part assembled thereto

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