US 12,438,303 B2
Plug connector with blocking bar
Kuan-Wu Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Hsing-Yu Lee, Taoyuan (TW); and Yen-Jang Liao, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/992,749.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/309,861, filed on Feb. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 111208679 (TW), filed on Aug. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261419 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/633 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 13/5213 (2013.01); H01R 13/6335 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug connector comprising:
an insulating body including a mating portion and a receiving slot disposed on a top surface of the mating portion;
an elastic latch including a fixed portion and a pushing portion connected to the fixed portion, the fixed portion being fixed in the receiving slot of the mating portion, the pushing portion being located above the fixed portion, wherein the pushing portion includes a pushing end hung in the air and at least one hook provided between the fixed portion and the pushing end;
a blocking bar connected to the insulating body and spanning the pushing portion of the elastic latch, the blocking bar being provided between the pushing end of the elastic latch and the at least one hook and
a pull tab with one end connected to the blocking bar, the pull tab being provided above the pushing end of the elastic latch, wherein the insulating body has a passageway that is lower than the pushing end of the elastic latch, the pull tab passing through the passageway.