US 12,224,532 B2
Electrical receptacle connector
Shu-Fen Wang, New Taipei (TW); Yu-Chai Yeh, New Taipei (TW); Yu-Bin Li, New Taipei (TW); and Tao Wu, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/950,682.
Claims priority of application No. 202111195217.9 (CN), filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122513 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6585 (2011.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6585 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6471 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:
an insulated housing comprising a base portion and tongue portion, wherein one end of the tongue portion extends outwardly from one side of the base portion;
a plurality of terminals held at the insulated housing and arranged into two rows, wherein each of the terminals comprises a contact portion and a body portion; the body portions are held at the base portion, and the contact portions are exposed from two faces of the tongue portion; each of the terminals has a protrusion, each of the protrusions is at an end portion of a corresponding one of the contact portions and extends into the tongue portion; each of the contact portions has a first thickness, and each of the protrusions has a second thickness; and
a metallic plate, wherein the metallic plate is at the tongue portion and between the terminals which are arranged into two rows; the metallic plate has a main body and a plurality of extension portions, each of the extension portions extends outwardly from the main body and corresponds to the protrusion of a corresponding one of the terminals; each of the extension portions has a third thickness, the main body has a fourth thickness, and the third thickness is less than the fourth thickness; a distance between each of the protrusions and a corresponding one of the extension portions is less than a distance between each of the contact portions and the corresponding one of the extension portions, and a retaining spacing is between each of the protrusions and the corresponding one of the extension portions.