US 12,347,964 B2
Electrical connector with embedded integral shell structure
Pin-Yuan Hou, New Taipei (TW); Yubin Li, New Taipei (TW); and Shu-Fen Wang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Advanced Connectek Inc., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Advanced Connectek Inc., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,337.
Claims priority of application No. 202111167310.9 (CN), filed on Oct. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104592 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/5202 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals, disposed in the insulating body;
a shell, assembled to the insulating body, the shell having an insulative exterior shell, surrounding the insulating body and the plurality of terminals, and portions of the insulating body and the plurality of terminals protruding from a front side of the insulative exterior shell being configured to be connected to another electrical connector; and
a sealing adhesive, filled between the shell and the insulating body and located at a rear side of the insulative exterior shell,
wherein the shell further has an interior member, the interior member has a retaining wall, the retaining wall protrudes from an inner wall of the insulative exterior shell, and a front side surface of the insulating body presses against the retaining wall,
wherein the interior member further has a plurality of retaining portions, protruding from the insulative exterior shell and bendingly pressing against a rear side surface of the insulating body, so as to fix the insulating body and the shell together,
wherein the interior member further has a plurality of protrusions interlaced adjacent to the retaining portions and inserted into a wall structure of the insulative exterior shell, the protrusions and the retaining portions are consistent with each other and bending relative to the retaining wall.