US6793531B1
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Shielded electrical connector
Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 2003-04-04
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Granted: 2004-09-21
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Expires: 2023-04-04
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( 1 ), a number of terminals ( 5 ) received in the housing, an inner shield ( 2 ), an outer shield ( 3 ), a spacer ( 4 ) and a rear shield ( 6 ). The insulative housing includes a base portion ( 13 ), a pair of parallel tongues ( 111,112 ) extending forwardly from the base portion, and a number of passageways ( 12 ) defined in respective tongues for receiving, the terminals. The inner shield substantially encloses the tongues and includes a pair of fingers formed at rear ends thereof. The outer shield encloses both the inner shield and the insulative housing. The rear shield is assembled to the outer shield and electrical contacts with the fingers of the inner shield to thereby establish an electrical connection between the inner and outer shield.
Inventors
- 👤 Guozeng Zhang
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 21:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/502; H01R13/506; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6591; H01R13/6594; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/7005; H01R12/7011; H01R12/7064
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
363 words
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion, a pair of tongues extending forwardly from the base portion and a plurality of passageways defined in the tongues; a plurality of terminals received in the passageways; an inner metal shield enclosing the tongues of the insulative housing; an outer metal shield substantially enclosing the insulative housing and being separated from thee inner metal shield by the insulative housing; and a third metal shied electrically connecting the inner metal shield and the outer metal shield; wherein the third shield comprises a planar main body, a pair of retention arms extending from opposite ends of the main body and a lock portion on each retention arm, and wherein the outer shield defines a pair of lock holes receiving the lock portions of the third shield; wherein the inner shield comprises a pair of arms extending rearwardly therefrom, each arm having a slantwise finger contacting the planar main body of the third shield; wherein the inner shield comprises a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of retaining plates extending rearwardly from the side walls, the top wall and the bottom wall, respectively, the retaining plates being retained onto the base portion of the housing; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of arms extending from the base portion and defines a space between the pair of arms; further comprising a spacer received in the space of the insulative housing, the spacer comprising a plurality of projections downwardly extending and arranging the terminals; wherein the pair of arms of the insulative housing each define a vertical slot and a trivial slot, and wherein the base of the spacer comprises a pair of lock blocks on opposite sides thereof engaged within the vertical slots of the insulative housing; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of slits on the arms thereof and the fingers of the inner shield extend into the corresponding slits; wherein the outer shield comprises at least one grounding plate extending therefrom; wherein each terminal comprises a contacting portion, a retention portion extending from the contacting portion and an engaging portion connecting to the retention portion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
363 words
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base portion, a pair of tongues extending forwardly from the base portion and a plurality of passageways defined in the tongues; a plurality of terminals received in the passageways; an inner metal shield enclosing the tongues of the insulative housing; an outer metal shield substantially enclosing the insulative housing and being separated from thee inner metal shield by the insulative housing; and a third metal shied electrically connecting the inner metal shield and the outer metal shield; wherein the third shield comprises a planar main body, a pair of retention arms extending from opposite ends of the main body and a lock portion on each retention arm, and wherein the outer shield defines a pair of lock holes receiving the lock portions of the third shield; wherein the inner shield comprises a pair of arms extending rearwardly therefrom, each arm having a slantwise finger contacting the planar main body of the third shield; wherein the inner shield comprises a pair of side walls, a top wall, a bottom wall and a plurality of retaining plates extending rearwardly from the side walls, the top wall and the bottom wall, respectively, the retaining plates being retained onto the base portion of the housing; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of arms extending from the base portion and defines a space between the pair of arms; further comprising a spacer received in the space of the insulative housing, the spacer comprising a plurality of projections downwardly extending and arranging the terminals; wherein the pair of arms of the insulative housing each define a vertical slot and a trivial slot, and wherein the base of the spacer comprises a pair of lock blocks on opposite sides thereof engaged within the vertical slots of the insulative housing; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of slits on the arms thereof and the fingers of the inner shield extend into the corresponding slits; wherein the outer shield comprises at least one grounding plate extending therefrom; wherein each terminal comprises a contacting portion, a retention portion extending from the contacting portion and an engaging portion connecting to the retention portion.
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