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| 20080220651 | Electrical connectors with detect terminal - An electrical connector ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080299828 | Electrical connector with improved grounding structure - An electrical connector ( | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090017695 | Electrical connector assembly - An electrical connector assembly ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090023338 | Electrical connector and method of making the same - An electrical connector ( | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090042420 | Electrical connector with improved contacts and transition module - An electrical connector mounted on a mother PCB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high speed signals. The conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol. The electrical connector further includes a transition module with one end connected to the contacts and the other end to be soldered to the mother PCB. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042421 | Electrical connector with improved contacts - An electrical connector includes an housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion and a number of passageways, the tongue portion defining a front face, a first side face and a second side face; a metal shell enclosing the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween, and defines a top wall, bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a first receiving room being formed between the bottom wall and the first side face; a number of contacts received in the passageways respectively and including a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting portion, a first soldering portion and a first retaining portion, the second contacts each defining a second contacting portion, a second soldering portion and a second retaining portion. Both the second contacting portions and the first contacting portions are positioned on a same side of the second side face to be exposed to the first receiving room, the first contacting portions extend beyond the first side face. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042448 | Stacked electrical connector with improved signal transmission - A stacked electrical connector includes a first mating interface. The first mating interface comprises a first receiving space ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042450 | Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement - An electrical connector mounted on a mother PCB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high speed signals. The conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol. The contacts include a plurality of first and second tail portions to be arranged in a single row or at least two rows. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090042451 | Electrical connector with improved contacts arrangement - An electrical connector ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090123117 | Optical fiber connector with improved fastening member - An optical fiber connector ( | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090258514 | Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement - An electrical connector ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090258528 | Electrical connector with a tongue - An electrical connector ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090258539 | Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement - An electrical connector ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090269980 | Stacked electronical connector - A stacked electrical connector ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090275240 | Stacked electrical connector with improved contacts arrangement - A stacked electrical connector includes a front mating face, an insulative housing comprising and a plurality of contacts. The insulative housing has a first housing and a second housing arranged in an up-to-down direction. The first housing defines a plurality of inserting ports. The second housing defines a receiving space. The contacts include a plurality of first contacts and second contacts. The first contacts each has a first contact portion extending into the inserting port and a first soldering tail extending out of the insulative housing downwardly. The second contacts each has a second contact portion extending into the receiving space and a second soldering tail extending out of the insulative housing downwardly. All the first soldering tails are arranged closer to the mating face than the second soldering tails. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090286424 | STACKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SHELL FOR EMI PROTECTION - A stacked electrical connector includes an upper mating port, a lower mating port, an insulative separate portion separating the upper and the lower mating ports, and an additional metal shell covering the separate portion. The upper and lower mating ports include first and second metal shells, respectively. The additional metal shell includes a main body shielding a front surface of the separate portion and a pair of side walls extending backwardly from the main body to abut against the opposite walls. At least one side wall includes a lower bending portion attached to the second metal shell in order to form a much larger grounding area for EMI protection. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090305555 | STACKED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED INSULATORS - A stacked electrical connector includes a first insulator and a second insulator mounted together. The first insulator includes a first connector and a receiving opening under a bottom wall of the first connector. The second insulator includes a second connector and a top wall. The bottom wall of the first connector includes a first retention member and the top wall of the second insulator defines a second retention member for mating with the first retention member. The first retention member is a protrusion or a dovetail shaped recess, and the second retention member is a rest of the protrusion or the dovetail shaped recess. The protrusion has an upper narrow section and a lower wide section under a condition that when the protrusion is received in the dovetail shaped recess, a movement therebetween can be prevented. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090305561 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ELECTRICAL DEVICE INCORPORATED THEREIN - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of electrical contacts and an IC (Integral Circuit). The insulative housing has a first body and a contact insert received in the first body. The electrical contacts are secured to the contact insert and each has a mating end, a solder end projecting out of the insulative housing and a connecting end located therebetween. The IC is bonded to contact insert for electrical connecting with the connecting ends of the electrical contacts, respectively. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100055987 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ADDITIONAL MATING PORT - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a top face, a pair of side walls, a rear face and a first receiving cavity extending upwardly and through the top face; a contact module including a first tongue portion extending into the first receiving cavity, and a number of first contacts insert molded with the first tongue portion, the first contacts being disposed on a mounting surface of the first tongue portion and exposed to the first receiving cavity, the contact module being attached to the insulative housing; a second receiving cavity into which a second tongue portion extends, the first receiving cavity being essentially narrower than the second receiving cavity communicating with the first receiving cavity, the first and the second tongue portions being parallel to each other; a number of second contacts disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the second tongue portion, the second contacts being elastic and protruding into the second receiving cavity. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100093222 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100105226 | POWER SOCKET WITH ANTI-MISMATING MEANS - A power socket ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100119196 | Optical connector with improved retaining element - An optical connector ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100124829 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTED THEREON - An electrical connector to be mounted on an outer printed circuit board, includes a receiving cavity to accommodate a mating plug and an insulative housing having a lower cover which is provided with a rear base portion. An inner printed circuit board is mounted onto the base portion and extending into the receiving cavity, and including a number of first contacting pads on a front side thereof to be exposed to the receiving cavity and a number of second contacting pads electrically connected to the first contacting pads respectively, the second contacting pads is to be electrically connected to the outer printed circuit board. A number of contacts are mounted to the second contacting pads respectively and to be mounted the outer printed circuit board. A metal shell is mounted onto the housing to enclose the insulative housing and the inner printed circuit board to form the receiving cavity, the metal shell is spaced apart from the inner printed circuit board. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100173529 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion being thinner than the base portion; a metal shell attached to the base portion to enclose the tongue portion to define a receiving room therebetween; a plurality of contacts including a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts, the first contacts each defining a first contacting arm and a first soldering leg, the second contacts each defining a second contacting arm and a second soldering leg; and wherein the first soldering legs and the second soldering legs are arranged in one row, the contacts at least include a first pair of differential contacts adjacent to each other, a second pair of differential contacts adjacent to each other, a pair of ground contacts adjacent to each other and positioned between the first pair of differential contacts and the second pair of differential contacts. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100227509 | Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of first and second contacts retained therein. The insulative housing defines a first receiving cavity with a first tongue extending thereinto and a second receiving cavity with a second tongue extending thereinto. The second receiving cavity communicates with the first receiving cavity in an up to down direction. The first contacts are disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the first tongue. Each first contact has a first contact portion protruding into the first receiving cavity and a first tail portion. The second contacts are disposed on a mounting surface of the second tongue. Each second contact has a flat second contact portion exposed to the second receiving cavity and a second tail portion. All first tail portions and second tail portions extend out of the insulative housing and are arranged in a row. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100240255 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED MOUNTING PORTION - An electrical connector ( | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100248552 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENT - An electrical connector defining a receiving cavity for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing and a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing. The contacts include a number of first contacts which are arranged in a row along a transverse direction of the insulative housing. The first contacts include two pairs of differential signal contacts and a grounding contact between said two pairs of differential signal contacts. Each first contact has a contact portion extending into the receiving cavity, a tail portion extending out of the insulative housing and a connecting portion between the contact portion and the tail portion. The connecting portion of the grounding contact is wider than that of the differential signal contacts in the transverse direction. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100254661 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector defining a receiving opening for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and an optical module attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a tongue extending into the receiving opening and a cavity behind the receiving opening. Each contact has a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contact portion extending to the tongue, a tail portion and a connecting portion connecting the retaining portion and the tail portion. The optical module is forwardly assembled into the cavity from a rear side of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving opening. The connecting portions are offset relative to the contact portions of the corresponding contacts in a transverse direction so as to leave said cavity open rearward and allow said optical module to be assembled into the cavity from the rear side of the insulative housing. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100254662 | CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - A connector ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100254667 | DUSTPROOF OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, a rotary door retained at a rear side of the receiving space and a slider engaging with the door. The optical module has a light receiving element forwardly exposed to the receiving space and shielded by the door. The slide can drive the door moving along an inserting direction, and rotating along an anticlockwise direction at the same time to make the light receiving element of the optical module be exposed to the receiving space when the plug is inserted into the receiving space and pushes the slider backwardly. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100261385 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector for being mounted on a PCB, has a receiving space ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100272404 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PROTECTING MECHANISM FOR PROTECTING AN OPTICAL MODULE THEREOF - An optical connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing, an optical module mounted to the insulative housing, and a protecting mechanism assembled into the receiving space. The insulative housing has a front surface at a rear side of the receiving space. The optical module has a light receiving element located behind the front surface and forwardly exposed to the receiving space. The protecting mechanism has a door lying in a vertical plane in front of the front surface to shield the light receiving element along an insertion direction when the plug is not inserted into the receiving space, and moving downwardly out of the receiving space to unveil said light receiving element in said insertion direction when the plug is inserted into the receiving space. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100273338 | CONNECTOR WITH A SHUTTER MECHANISM PIVOTALLY RETAINED THEREON - A connector includes: an insulative housing having a mating port formed between a pair of front wall and rear wall, and a pair of side walls thereof, the mating port defining a first direction for mating/un-mating a corresponding plug, and a second direction extending transversely and perpendicular to said first direction, and a third direction extending vertically and perpendicular to both said first and second directions; a shutter mechanism pivotally mounted to the insulative housing and having a pair of axles extending from two sides thereof in the second direction; wherein the side wall defines a first slot at an inner side thereof and a second slot at an outer side thereof, the second slot extending in the first direction, the first slot extending in a direction different from the second slot and overlapping with the second slot in the second direction to form an opening to receive the axles. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100278490 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100290743 | PLUG CONNECTOR HAVING AN IMPROVED SHELL - A plug connector ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290745 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100291805 | Stacked electrical connector with improved shell for EMI protection - A stacked electrical connector includes an upper mating port, a lower mating port, an insulative separate portion separating the upper and the lower mating ports, and an additional metal shell covering the separate portion. The upper and lower mating ports include first and second metal shells, respectively. The additional metal shell includes a main body shielding a front surface of the separate portion and a pair of side walls extending backwardly from the main body to abut against the opposite walls. At least one side wall includes a lower bending portion attached to the second metal shell in order to form a much larger grounding area for EMI protection. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100303421 | CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED FASTENING STRUCTURES FOR FASTENING TWO TONGUES THEREOF TOGETHER - A connector defining a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug, comprises a first housing, a second housing retained to the first housing along a back to front direction, and a plurality of contacts retained in the first housing and the second housing. The first housing has a first base and a first tongue forwardly extending into the receiving space. The second housing has a second tongue jointing with the first tongue along the back to front direction to form an integral tongue plate. The integral tongue plate has a volume which is same to that of the first tongue. A front end surface of the first tongue is located at front of a front end surface of the second tongue along a front to back direction. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100304611 | PLUG CONNECTOR HAVING AN IMPROVED SHELL - A plug connector ( | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100322566 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN IMPROVED INSULATIVE HOUSING - A connector ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100322570 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN OPTICAL MODULE FOR TRANSMITTING OPTICAL MODULE - A connector having a chamber ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100330849 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH CONTACT MODULES - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a base portion and mating tongue plate protruding forwardly from the base portion; two contact modules being retained with each other and each including an insulative block, and a row of contacts being insert molded in the insulative housing, and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contact modules. A receiving space is formed between the shell and the tongue plate. The insulative blocks each defines a front portion inserted in the cavity of the insulative housing for the contact modules being retained with the insulative housing reliably. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110076895 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector has a receiving space ( | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110085766 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED POSITION MECHANISM FOR HOLDING AN OPTICAL MODULE THEREOF - An optical connector includes an insultive housing, and an optical module disposed on the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a top surface, a bottom surface, a cavity and a number of slim slots recessed from the bottom surface. The slim slots extend along a front to back direction and located behind the cavity. The optical module has a base received in the cavity and a number of fibers retained on the base and extending along a front to back direction. Each fiber has a coupling portion retained in the base, a positioning portion behind the coupling portion, and a connecting portion backwardly extending out of the insulative housing. The positioning portions are respectively positioned in the slim slots for holding the base to prevent the base from overly moving along a transverse direction. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110091160 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH LESS CROSSTALK BETWEEN THERMINALS THEREOF - An optical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a mating port, at least one grounding contact disposed on the housing, and exposed into the mating port; an optical module movably retained in the housing along a front-to-rear direction and adapted for transmitting optical signal; and a metallic resilient member located behind the optical module to constantly urge the optical module forwardly. The resilient member is electrically connected with the grounding contact and thus grounded through the grounding contact. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110091161 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RESILIENT MEMBER PRESSING ONTO AN OPTICAL MODULE THEREOF - An optical connector comprises an insulative housing defining a mounting cavity; an optical module accommodated in the mounting cavity and capable of moving therein along a front-to-rear direction, the optical module defining a horizontal central line along a middle portion thereof in the front-to-rear direction; at least one fiber coupled to the optical module; and a resilient member located behind the optical module, and having a first abuting portion engaged with the insulative housing, and two second abuting portions extending forwardly from the first abutting portion and pressing onto the optical module. The two second abuting portions are spaced away from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110091162 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110097043 | CONNECTOR HAVING AN FLOATABLE OPTICAL MODULE - A connector ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110188818 | CONNECTOR WITH A DUSTPROOF COVER - A connector includes a connector body, a cover movably attached to the connector body, and a limiting mechanism retaining the cover to the connector body. The connector has a mating port for receiving a mating connector, a tongue with a number of contacts exposed to the mating port, and an optical module forwardly exposed to a rear side of the mating port. The cover has a base to cover a front end of the mating port, and an insertion portion extending into the mating port to cover the contacts along an up to down direction and the optical module along a front to back direction. The limiting mechanism can prevent the cover from detaching from the connector body when the cover is pulled out of the mating port. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110268396 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH OPTICAL MODULE - An electrical connector defines a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug and comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts disposed in the insulative housing, an optical module for engaging with an optical plug, and a shell covering the insulative housing to define the receiving space. The insulative housing has a body portion and a tongue extending forwardly from the body portion into the receiving space and a mounting slot behind to the receiving space. Each contact has a contact portion exposed in the tongue, and a tail portion extending beyond the insulative housing. The optical module is forwardly assembled into the mounting slot from a rear side of the insulative housing. The insulative housing provides a step portion protruding into a rear part of the receiving space to limit a movement of the optical plug inserted into the receiving space in a top-to-bottom direction. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269322 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED INSULATIVE HOUSING - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion has a mounting surface for being mounted to a printed circuit board upwardly, and a lower surface opposite to the mounting surface. The tongue portion has an upper side face, and a lower side face opposite to the upper side face. The mounting surface and the upper side face essentially are lied in a planar surface. A plurality of contacts are received the insulative housing and have contact portions exposed upon the upper side face of the tongue portion. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269341 | CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED CONTACTS ARRANGEMENT - A connector ( | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120009811 | CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED INSULATIVE HOUSING - A connector ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009818 | CONNECTOR HAVING METAL SHELL SHIELDING INSULATIVE HOUSING - A connector ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120149244 | SINKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED MOUNTING MEMBER - A sinking electrical connector defines a receiving space for receiving a corresponding plug and includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained on the housing, and a metal shell covering the housing. The shell includes a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to the top wall, a pair of side walls, and at least one mounting member. The mounting member has a first extending plate extending laterally from the side wall, a second extending plate extending backwardly from the first extending plate, a third extending plate extending inwardly toward the side wall from the second plate, and a mounting tail extending downwardly from the second extending plate to be mounted onto a printed circuit board. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130143447 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNAL TRANSMISSION ENVIRONMENT - An electrical connector defining a receiving cavity for receiving a corresponding plug includes an insulative housing and a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing. The contacts include a number of first contacts which are arranged in a row along a transverse direction of the insulative housing. The first contacts include two pairs of differential signal contacts and a grounding contact between said two pairs of differential signal contacts. Each first contact has a contact portion extending into the receiving cavity, a tail portion extending out of the insulative housing and a connecting portion between the contact portion and the tail portion. The connecting portion of the grounding contact is wider than that of the differential signal contacts in the transverse direction. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20140051274 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly form the base portion. A plurality of contacts being retained in the insulative housing, and a shell surround the tongue portion to form a mating port for receiving a plug connector. A detecting contact is fixed in the insulative housing, the detecting contact has a first detecting terminal at one side of the insulative housing, the first detecting terminal has a first extending portion, a first engaging portion protruding into the mating port, a connecting part connecting with the first extending portion and the first engaging portion, the connecting part is located at the most front of the detecting contact along a front-to-back direction. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140051302 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH DETECT CONTACT - An electrical connector ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140051303 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing with a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly form the base portion, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a shell surrounding the tongue portion to form a mating port. The shell has two side walls located at two sides of the mating port, and at least one side walls forming a detecting pad. A detecting contact is retained in the insulative housing and aligned with the detecting pad, and the detecting contact has a detecting arm extending forwardly. The side wall further has a bridge behind the detecting pad, the bridge and the detecting pad both protrude beyond the side wall to form a room therebetween, the room is beside the mating port and communicates with the mating port, and the detecting arm is received in the room and partly protrudes into the mating port. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140295712 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector has an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a shell assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a mating face and a mating chamber depressing from the mating face and extending through the insulative housing along a front to back direction for receiving a mating plug. The contacts comprise a first contact with a first engaging point located in a left side of the mating chamber, and a second contact with a second engaging point located in a bottom side of the mating chamber and a third contact with a third engaging point located in a right side of the mating chamber and opposite to the first contacting portion, the third engaging point is located between the first engaging point and the second connecting portion along the front to back direction. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140315405 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH DTECT PINS - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a metallic shell surround the insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and two detect modules retained to the metallic shell. The insulative housing is formed with a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. The shell and the insulative housing define a receiving cavity therebetween. The detect module have a detect pin, respectively, the detect pins extend into the receiving cavity through the shell and electrically connecting with each other via a shell of a mating plug. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140357122 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH METAL PLATE - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts, a shield shell covering the insulative housing and a shield plate. The insulative housing has a body portion and a spacer. The contacts are received in the body portion. The shield shell includes a out shell and an inner shell, the inner shell is separated the insulative housing covering by the out shell to two parts each are upper inserting space and bottom inserting space. The shield plate received in the spacer and abutting against the inner shell electrically. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140364007 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH METAL PLATE - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion with a rear room depressed thereof, a top and a lower tongue portions extending forwardly, a plurality of contacts retained to the insulative housing, a spacer received in the rear room, and a metal shell having two side walls covering two sides of the insulative housing. The spacer has a base, a front portion and a rear portion extending upwardly from the base, and a groove depressed between the front and the rear portion. A metal plate received in the groove. The metal plate has a pair of cantilever arms extending downwardly from two side edges of the main portion. The pair cantilever arms are mirror and coplanar to each other, each of the cantilever arm having a protruding portion protruding beyond a side of the insulative housing to abut against the side wall of the metal shell. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150044899 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR SHELL - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, an inner shell covering the insulative housing and an exterior shell stacked over the inner shell. The insulative housing has a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly. The tongue portion has a mating face with a plurality of receiving slots recessed therein. The contacts have a plurality of contact portions received in the receiving slots. The inner shell has a mating chamber surrounding the tongue portion and a top wall with a through hole; The exterior shell has a main plate overlapping on the top wall of the inner shell. The main plate has an opening extending through thereof and a beam connecting with at least one edge of the opening. The beam has a resilient portion protruding into the mating chamber through the through hole. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150056855 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SHELL - An electrical connector, including an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing and a metallic shell covering the insulative housing, the shell has a top wall, a bottom wall, a left and a right sidewalls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, and a rear wall. The rear wall has a first part bent from a rear edge of the left sidewall and extending toward the right sidewall and a second part bent from a rear edge of the right sidewall and extending toward the left sidewall. Both the first and the second parts have a mounting leg extending downwardly, and the right and the left sidewalls have retaining legs. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150087172 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a metal shell covering the insulative housing, electrical terminals and auxiliary terminals received in the insulative housing. The electrical terminals includes a number of first contacts. The first contacts include a grounding contact in the middle and some signal contacts on both sides of the grounding contact. The auxiliary terminals includes the retaining portion received in insulative housing and the connecting portion downwardly bent from an end of the retaining portion. The retaining portion has a first spring tab and the connecting has a second spring tab. The first spring tab contacts with the metal shell and the second spring tab contacts with the grounding contact. Such arrangment can improve the anti EMI effect of the electrical connector and reduce the signal interference between the signal terminals. | 03-26-2015 |
