US 12,334,688 B2
Electrical connector and connector assembly with improved structural reliability
Tiesheng Li, Dongguan (CN); Rongzhe Guo, Dongguan (CN); Hongji Chen, Dongguan (CN); Zhaolong Zeng, Dongguan (CN); and Sihai Yi, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Dongguan (CN)
Filed by DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Dongguan (CN)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/979,442.
Claims priority of application No. 202210371607.5 (CN), filed on Apr. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0327379 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/659 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6582 (2013.01) [H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/659 (2013.01); H01R 12/73 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a metal cage;
an insulating body comprising an insertion surface and an insertion slot extending through the insertion surface, the metal cage at least partially shielding the insulating body; and
a plurality of conductive terminals secured to the insulating body, each conductive terminal comprising an elastic mating portion which extends into the insertion slot;
wherein the metal cage comprises a first insertion space, the insertion slot communicates with the first insertion space, the metal cage comprises a first metal shell and a second metal shell assembled and fixed with the first metal shell, the first metal shell comprises at least one wall portion, the second metal shell comprises a retaining portion;
wherein the retaining portion comprises a first locking hole, a first buckle tab protruding into the first locking hole along a assembling direction, and a first abutting surface opposite to the first buckle tab; the at least one wall portion comprises a first locking protrusion held in the first locking hole, the first locking protrusion comprises a first retaining groove mating with the first buckle tab, and a first limiting surface exposed in the first retaining groove, the first abutting surface cooperates with the first locking protrusion to restrict the second metal shell from being separated from the first metal shell in a direction opposite to the assembling direction; and the first limiting surface cooperates with the first buckle tab to restrict an excessive displacement of the second metal shell relative to the first metal shell along the assembling direction.