US 12,407,129 B2
Electrical receptacle connector
Yu-Bin Li, New Taipei (TW); Guan Liao, 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 Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,583.
Claims priority of application No. 202222007441.7 (CN), filed on Aug. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039205 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/6585 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/5202 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6585 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical receptacle connector, comprising:
an insulated housing comprising a base portion, a tongue portion, and a hollow portion, wherein the tongue portion is at a front end of the insulated housing, the base portion is at a rear end of the insulated housing, and the hollow portion is between the base portion and the tongue portion;
a plurality of receptacle terminals held at the base portion and the tongue portion, wherein each of the receptacle terminals comprises a contact portion, a body portion, and a tail portion; each of the contact portions extends from one of two ends of a corresponding one of the body portions and the contact portions are on two faces of the tongue portion, each of the tail portions extends from the other end of the corresponding one of the body portions and protrudes out of the base portion, and the body portions penetrate through the base portion and the tongue portion and are partially exposed from the hollow portion; and
a metallic shell having a receiving cavity and an insertion opening in communication with the receiving cavity, wherein the insulated housing is in the receiving cavity, the metallic shell covers the hollow portion to form a potting space at the hollow portion, and the metallic shell has a potting opening corresponding to the potting space.