US 11,791,580 B2
Plug connector and connector assembly
Yang-Tsun Hsu, New Taipei (TW); Jun Chen, Kunshan (CN); Fan-Bo Meng, Kunshan (CN); and Cai-Yuan Wang, Kunshan (CN)
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 Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,432.
Claims priority of application No. 202010838356.8 (CN), filed on Aug. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0059958 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/727 (2013.01) [H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H01R 13/4226 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a plug connector including:
an insulating body; and
a locking elastic piece on the insulating body; and
a receptacle connector for mating with the plug connector, the receptacle connector having a groove at an upper surface thereof, wherein the insulating body includes a main body and a mating portion extending forward from the main body, a bottom of the mating portion protrudes downward to form a sinking portion, and the sinking portion is located entirely above the groove;
the plug connector includes a circuit board housed in the insulating body, and the circuit board includes an insertion portion extending forward from the main body; and
the plug connector includes an inner mold assembled in the insulating body and a cable electrically connected to the circuit board, and the inner mold covers the connection between the circuit board and the cable.