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USB plug connector and method for manufacturing the same

US9153926B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 2014
Grant dateOct 6, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49208
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A USB plug connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (3) covering the insulative housing, a PCB (4) soldered with the contacts, an insulative cover (5) partly molded over a part of the metal shield, and a cable (6) connecting to the PCB and electrically connected with the contacts. The metal shield includes a top wall (31), a bottom wall (32), a front wall (33) connecting with the top wall and the bottom wall, and a pair of sidewalls (34) extending from two lateral edges of the front wall and retained between the top wall and the bottom wall. Each sidewall has a pair of protrusions (35) respectively on an upper edge and a lower edge thereof. Each of the top wall and the bottom wall has a number of cutouts (312) correspondingly receiving the protrusions.

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