US 11,894,636 B2
Electrical connector with structure to secure a shield to an insulating body
Lai-Hang Lv, Kunshan (CN); and De-Jin Chen, Kunshan (CN)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,741.
Claims priority of application No. 202120082826.2 (CN), filed on Jan. 13, 2021; and application No. 202120084204.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224058 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 13/658 (2011.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/6594 (2011.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6581 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/727 (2013.01); H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/648 (2013.01); H01R 13/658 (2013.01); H01R 13/6594 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing comprising a first wall and a second wall spaced from and parallel with each other and two side walls connecting with opposite ends of the first wall and the second wall and defining a mating slot between the first wall and the second wall and opening forwards;
a plurality of contacts arranged on the insulative housing and comprising contacting sections extending into the mating slot; and
an outer metallic shield enclosing the insulative housing and comprising a main plate located on an outer side of the first wall while separated from the first wall by a distance and a pair of side plates fittingly attached to outer sides of the side walls, respectively;
wherein the insulative housing has a groove extending forwardly at each end of the second wall proximal to a corresponding side wall, and each of the side plates comprises a first hook portion bending inward and fittingly retained in the corresponding groove on the second wall;
wherein the first hook portion comprises a bent portion bending inward from a bottom edge of the side plate and a vertical portion bending from the bent portion towards the first wall, the bent portion straddles the second wall, and the vertical portion is fixed in the groove;
wherein a part of the second wall between the groove and the outer side of a corresponding side wall is cut off partially to accommodate the bent portion; and
wherein each of the side plates comprises a second hook portion behind the first hook portion, and the second hook portions are fittingly retained in the groove and backwardly abut against the insulative housing.