US 12,394,943 B2
Electrical receptacle connector with inner and outer metallic shells
Shu-Fen Wang, New Taipei (TW); and Yu-Chai Yeh, 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. 17/950,730.
Claims priority of application No. 110211292 (TW), filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099327 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6583 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6583 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:
a metallic shell comprising a receiving cavity;
an insertion opening in communication with the receiving cavity;
a plurality of protruding blocks;
a plurality of stopping blocks; and
a plurality of fixing holes,
wherein one of two sides of the metallic shell has a plurality of recessed holes, each of the stopping blocks is at an inner surface of the metallic shell and protrudes toward the receiving cavity, the plurality of fixing holes are on the two sides of the metallic shell, and the stopping blocks is positioning between the protruding blocks and the recessed holes;
an outer shell covering the metallic shell, wherein the outer shell has a plurality of elastic pieces, a plurality of limiting holes, and a plurality of engaging blocks, wherein each of the elastic pieces corresponds to a corresponding one of the recessed holes, and each of the elastic pieces extends to the receiving cavity along a direction from the outer shell toward the corresponding one of the recessed holes, each of the protruding blocks is engaged with a corresponding one of the limiting holes, the plurality of engaging blocks are at two side walls of the outer shell, and each of the engaging blocks is engaged with a corresponding one of the fixing holes;
an insulated housing comprising a base portion, a tongue portion, and a plurality of assembling portions, wherein the base portion is received in the receiving cavity, and one end of the tongue portion extends outwardly from one side of the base portion and is exposed out of the insertion opening, each of the assembling portions is on the base portion, each of the stopping blocks is on a corresponding one of the assembling portions, and a side surface of each of the stopping blocks protrudes from a side surface of the base portion;
a plurality of receptacle terminals held at the base portion and the tongue portion, wherein one ends of the receptacle terminals are on an upper face and a lower face of the tongue portion.