US 11,894,635 B2
Electrical connector
Chun-Fu Lin, New Taipei (TW); Sheng-Nan Yu, New Taipei (TW); and Chih-Hsien Chiang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,759.
Claims priority of application No. 202121751453.X (CN), filed on Jul. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0029582 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/621 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62927 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6215 (2013.01); H01R 13/62916 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals fastened in the insulating body;
an elastic element mounted to a surface of the insulating body, the elastic element having a body portion, at least one elastic arm slantwise extended frontward and outward, and then extended frontward from one end of the body portion, at least one extension arm slantwise extended outward and rearward from at least one side of the body portion, and a tail portion slantwise extended upward and rearward from the other end of the body portion, a free end of the at least one elastic arm being bent downward to form a snap hook;
a camshaft arranged at a rear end of the insulating body, the camshaft having a rotating shaft and a cam portion, the cam portion being arranged corresponding to the tail portion of the elastic element; and
a shell surrounding the insulating body, the plurality of the terminals, the elastic element and the camshaft, the shell having a through hole vertically penetrating through the shell, the through hole being corresponding to the snap hook;
wherein when the rotating shaft rotates, the cam portion pushes the tail portion to twist the at least one extension arm, so the at least one elastic arm moves outward, and the snap hook passes through the through hole.