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Electrical connector and method of making the same

US9214767B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 9, 2014
Grant dateDec 15, 2015
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Expiry dateDec 9, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R2107/00
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector having an insulative housing, a middle grounding member and a pair of contact modules. The insulative housing has a mating portion, a body portion and an upper cavity and a lower cavity at upper and lower sides of the body portion. The mating portion has a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a receiving space therebetween. The middle grounding member is retained in the body portion. Each contact module has an insulator received in the upper or lower cavity, contacts and a locking spring in the insulator. The locking spring is at a lateral side of the contacts and has a fixing portion fixed in the insulator, a locking arm forwardly extending to the receiving space and an extension tab backwardly extending from a rear side of the fixing portion. Each contact has a contact arm extending to the receiving space.

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