US 12,088,032 B2
Electrical connector with features to prevent warping of the soldering portion of the terminals
Yun-Fang Yang, Shanghai (CN); Zhong-Shan Han, Shanghai (CN); and Hao Yin, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/467,650.
Claims priority of application No. 202010960836.1 (CN), filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0085539 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 12/50 (2011.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/504 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/533 (2006.01); H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/6595 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/405 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 12/50 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/504 (2013.01); H01R 13/521 (2013.01); H01R 13/5216 (2013.01); H01R 13/533 (2013.01); H01R 13/6582 (2013.01); H01R 13/6595 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing which comprises a base portion, a mating tongue protruding forwardly from the base portion and a terminal fixing portion positioned behind the base portion;
a glue receiving groove between the base portion and the terminal fixing portion and configured to allow a glue to fill therein;
a fencing portion formed in the insulative housing and provided at a side of the glue receiving groove, the fencing portion being formed by a front partitioning wall and a side partitioning wall which forms a hollow recessed groove therein which is in direct fluid communication with the glue receiving groove such that the hollow recessed groove is configured to receive a flow of glue from the glue receiving groove;
a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal including a mating portion exposed on the mating tongue, a soldering portion extending out of the terminal fixing portion and a connecting portion connected between the mating portion and the soldering portion, and wherein a part of the connecting portion is exposed to the glue receiving groove; and
a first shell sheathing an outer circumference of the insulative housing and forms a mating cavity which surrounds the mating tongue therein.