US 11,990,710 B2
Shell-less electrical connector and method of making same
Le Chang, Kirkland, WA (US); David Michael Lane, Sammamish, WA (US); Scott Gerard Loomis, Everett, WA (US); and Tung Yuen Lau, Hong Kong (CN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/289,631
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 28, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/117905
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/107257, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0399500 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6593 (2011.01); H01R 13/6596 (2011.01); H01R 13/74 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 43/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6593 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6596 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 43/20 (2013.01); H01R 13/748 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a shell-less receptacle connector that excludes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding outer metal shell, the shell-less receptacle connector including:
a tongue member having a body with a first tongue surface extending between a first tongue end and a second tongue end and having a shoulder extending from the first tongue surface adjacent to the second tongue end, wherein the shoulder has a cross-sectional area within a size limit of a receptacle opening defined by one or more internal walls through a side wall of a device enclosure;
a first set of electrical contacts each extending through the shoulder of the tongue member between a first contact end and a second contact end that are on opposite sides of the shoulder, wherein the first set of electrical contacts at the first contact end are attached to the first tongue surface at the first tongue end, wherein the first set of electrical contacts at the second contact end extend beyond the second tongue end; and
a first EMI shielding bracket covering at least a first portion of the first set of electrical contacts between the first contact end and the shoulder of the tongue member.