Flippable electrical connector

US9843148B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · KY

Inventors

• Terrance F. Little · Fullerton, US
• Chih-Pi Cheng · New Taipei, TW
• Wei-Hao Su · New Taipei, TW
• Cheng-Chi Yeh · New Taipei, TW
• Yuan Zhang · Wuxi, CN
• Stephen Sedio · Valley Center, US
• Hendrikus P. G. Van der Steen · Den Dungen, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 24, 2015
• Grant date: Dec 12, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K2201/10189
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A receptacle connector includes a housing defining a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom, a first row of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections and surface mount type tail sections for mounting on a PCB, a second row of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections and through hole type tail sections for mounting in the PCB; a metallic shield including a capsular segment surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity and a rear wall covering a rear face of the base to surrounding the surface mount type tail sections and a lower bracket attached to the metallic shielding. The lower bracket is located upon a bottom side of the shield and includes a bottom wall, two sidewalls and a rear wall commonly surrounding the through hole type tail sections.