US6733332B1
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Electrical connector with improved shell
Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 2003-02-25
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Granted: 2004-05-11
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Expires: 2023-02-25
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector ( 1 ) has a metal shell ( 2 ), a main housing ( 6 ), a pair of LEDs ( 5 ) received in the main housing, a subassembly ( 7 ) assembled to the main housing, a stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) 4 , and a plastic part ( 8 ) assembled to the subassembly. The shell has a pair of side walls ( 21 ), a top wall ( 22 ), a front wall ( 23 ) and a shielding plate ( 231 ) extending rearwardly from the front wall. The main housing has a partitioner ( 64 ) dividing an interior space thereof into a first and second receiving cavities ( 61, 62 ). The partitioner defines a channel ( 641 ) receiving the shielding plate of the shell.
Inventors
- 👤 Leonard K. Espenshade
- 👤 Yakov Belopolsky
- 👤 Kevin E. Walker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 12:16
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/659; H01R13/66; H01R13/665; H01R13/6658; H01R13/717; H01R13/7175; H01R13/6608; H01R13/6641; H01R24/00; H01R24/60; H01R24/62
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
An electrical connector comprising: a main housing having a partition dividing an interior space thereof into a first and second cavities, the partition defining a channel extending there through; a plurality of terminals received in at least one of the cavities of the main housing; and an integral shield attached to the main housing, the shield having a shielding plate received in the channel of the main housing for suppressing electromagnetic interference (EM 1 ) and cross-talk between the two cavities; wherein the shield has a front wall, the front wall has a beam section and the shielding plate extends rearward from a bottom edge of the beam section, and a distal end of said shielding plate is closer to a rear portion of the connector than a front portion of the connector; wherein the electrical connector has a subassembly, the subassembly has an internal printed circuit board (PCB), the terminals electrically connect with the internal PCB; wherein the partition of the main housing defines a receiving passage receiving the internal PCB of the subassembly; wherein the partition of the main housing further defines a plurality of recesses on a top wall thereof receiving corresponding terminals of the subassembly.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
An electrical connector comprising: a main housing having a partition dividing an interior space thereof into a first and second cavities, the partition defining a channel extending there through; a plurality of terminals received in at least one of the cavities of the main housing; and an integral shield attached to the main housing, the shield having a shielding plate received in the channel of the main housing for suppressing electromagnetic interference (EM 1 ) and cross-talk between the two cavities; wherein the shield has a front wall, the front wall has a beam section and the shielding plate extends rearward from a bottom edge of the beam section, and a distal end of said shielding plate is closer to a rear portion of the connector than a front portion of the connector; wherein the electrical connector has a subassembly, the subassembly has an internal printed circuit board (PCB), the terminals electrically connect with the internal PCB; wherein the partition of the main housing defines a receiving passage receiving the internal PCB of the subassembly; wherein the partition of the main housing further defines a plurality of recesses on a top wall thereof receiving corresponding terminals of the subassembly.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
168 words
An electrical connector comprising: a main insulative housing defining a front face with a partition extending rearwardly from a middle portion of the front face to divide an interior space into first and second cavities; a plurality of terminals located in at least one of said first and second cavities; a unitary metallic shield attached to the housing, and defining at least a front wall circumferentially covering said front face while with at least two large openings therein to expose said first and second cavities, respectively; said shield defining a beam section between said two large openings; a grounding plate integrally extending rearwardly from an edge of said beam section with a significant distance and in a parallel relationship with the partition, wherein said grounding plate is dimensioned, along a lengthwise direction thereof, to be similar to one of sid opening said edge confronts, and a distal end of said grounding plate is closer to a rear portion of the connector than a front portion of the connector.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
168 words
An electrical connector comprising: a main insulative housing defining a front face with a partition extending rearwardly from a middle portion of the front face to divide an interior space into first and second cavities; a plurality of terminals located in at least one of said first and second cavities; a unitary metallic shield attached to the housing, and defining at least a front wall circumferentially covering said front face while with at least two large openings therein to expose said first and second cavities, respectively; said shield defining a beam section between said two large openings; a grounding plate integrally extending rearwardly from an edge of said beam section with a significant distance and in a parallel relationship with the partition, wherein said grounding plate is dimensioned, along a lengthwise direction thereof, to be similar to one of sid opening said edge confronts, and a distal end of said grounding plate is closer to a rear portion of the connector than a front portion of the connector.
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