US 11,811,170 B2
Male connector, female connector and connector assembly
Yingchun (David) Wang, Shanghai (CN); Yusuke Okada, Kanagawa (JP); Yong (Chris) Wang, Shanghai (CN); Liqiang (Gino) Yao, Shanghai (CN); Daokuan (Jeremy) Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Hua He, Shanghai (CN); and Haibo (Robert) Gan, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/517,811.
Claims priority of application No. 202022519230.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0140539 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6581 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01); H01R 13/582 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A male connector, comprising: a shielding shell including: two identical shielding half shells each comprising a bottom wall and a pair of side walls; a protrusion formed on one of the pair of side walls; at least one slotted opening formed through at least one of the side walls of each pair of side walls, the slotted opening having an open end at an edge of the at least one side wall; and a latch formed on the other of the pair of side walls, the latch of one of the two shielding half shells engages with the protrusion of the other of the two shielding half shells for locking the two shielding half shells together; and a terminal module installed in the shielding shell, the terminal module and shielding shell adapted to be received within and electrically connected to a female mating connector; and further comprising a positioning protrusion formed on each lateral side surface of the terminal module, wherein the at least one slotted opening includes a slotted opening formed on each side wall of each shielding shell half for receiving the positioning protrusions and locating the terminal module within the shielding shell in an axial direction of the connector, with the two shielding shell halves locked together, respective pairs of slotted openings of each shielding shell align to form a single, closed slotted opening receiving a respective one of the positioning protrusions therethrough.