US 11,784,446 B2
Connector with improved shell
Rongzhe Guo, Dongguan (CN); and Bin Huang, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Dongguan (CN)
Filed by DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD, Dongguan (CN)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,013.
Claims priority of application No. 202121827702.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043233 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 24/60 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 24/60 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a first shell, the first shell comprising a first protruding piece extending along a first direction;
a second shell, the second shell comprising a second protruding piece extending along the first direction;
a tongue plate, the tongue plate being located between the first protruding piece and the second protruding piece in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the tongue plate comprising a mating surface; and
a plurality of conductive pads, the plurality of conductive pads being arranged on the tongue plate and exposed to the mating surface;
wherein the first protruding piece has a first width along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; the second protruding piece has a second width along the third direction; and the first width is the same as the second width; and
wherein the plurality of conductive pads comprise at least one pair of differential signal conductive pads, the first protruding piece defines at least one through hole extending through the first protruding piece along the second direction, and the at least one pair of differential signal conductive pads are exposed in the at least one through hole along the second direction.