US 12,463,363 B2
Reliable electrical connector
Kui Yang, Chengdu (CN); and Xiaodong Hu, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,246.
Claims priority of application No. 202111476626.6 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2021; and application No. 202123036679.4 (CN), filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178916 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/737 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6275 (2013.01); H01R 13/11 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing comprising a slot comprising a first portion and a second portion, a pair of side portions each elongating in a longitudinal direction and at least partially separated by the first portion of the slot, and a tower portion extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and comprising the second portion of the slot;
a member disposed in the tower portion of the housing, the member comprising a beam curving into the second portion of the slot; and
a reinforcing member disposed in the tower portion of the housing and having a U-shaped cross-section perpendicular to the vertical direction so as to at least partially enclose the second portion of the slot, wherein the member is positioned between the second portion of the slot and the reinforcing member.