US 11,735,848 B2
Electrical connector having a metallic cover and a coupling piece grounding the metallic cover to an internal printed circuit board
Cai-Yuan Wang, Kunshan (CN); Zhi-Yong Zhou, Kunshan (CN); Ying-Xing Ma, Kunshan (CN); and Chien-Hsun Huang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,870.
Claims priority of application No. 202011144908.1 (CN), filed on Oct. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131293 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/652 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/724 (2013.01) [H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 13/652 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a recess at an outer surface thereof; a plurality of contacts secured to the insulative housing and each including a securing portion, a front contacting portion, and a rear tail; an internal printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of conductive pads connected to the rear tails of the plurality of contacts and an auxiliary ground pad, the auxiliary ground pad being connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of conductive pads; a metallic cover enclosing the insulative housing; and a coupling piece received in the recess of the insulative housing and connecting the metallic cover to the auxiliary ground pad of the PCB; wherein the coupling piece includes a planar portion having a rounded guide face at a front thereof and a tail portion bent from the planar portion, the tail portion having a foot extending forwardly.