Reference will now be made to the drawing figures to describe the present invention in detail. Referring to
The insulative housing 1 includes a main portion 11 and a bending portion 12 extending laterally from an upper edge of the main portion 11. The main portion 11 is provided with a locking hole 111 for locking with the lower shield 3 and a retention hole 112 for engaging with the upper shield 4.
The terminals 2 are configured in a āZā-shape. Each terminal 2 comprises a vertical intermediate portion 21 molded with in said insulative housing 1, a contacting portion 22 extending upwardly from a bottom end of the intermediate portion 21 for contacting with electrical pads formed on a bottom face of the electrical element, and a horizontal soldering portion 23 extending laterally and outwardly from an upper end of the intermediate portion 21 and located beneath the bending portion 12 of the insulative housing 1.
The lower shield 3 includes a bottom wall 33, a pair of first side walls 32, a pair of opposite second side walls 31 and a receiving space 34 defined therebetween for receiving the electrical element. Each first side wall 32 has a pair of upper base portions 361 and a lower base portion 326 and defines a recess 325 between the upper base portion 361 and the lower base portion 326. Each upper base portion 361 has a projecting portion 363 extending outwardly from a lower edge of the upper base portion 361 through the recess 325 for engaging with a protrusion 46 disposed on the upper shield 4. The lower base portion 326 includes a pair of indentations 321 and a pair of locking bards 322 extending inwardly from the indentations 321 for engaging with the locking hole 111. The first side walls 32 are formed with a plurality of soldering tabs 323 protruding outwardly laterally for connecting with the printed circuit board. The second side wall 31 includes a plurality of resilient tabs 315 extending inwardly for fastening the electrical element. One of second side walls 31 further comprises a cutout 314 and the other second side wall 31 defines a recess 313 extending downwardly from an upper edge thereof for engaging with a guiding protrusion (not shown) formed on the electrical element. When the electrical element is inserted into the receiving space 34 in a wrong direction, a lower edge of the cutout 314 could prevent further insertion of said electrical element. The bottom wall 33 has a plurality of resilient fingers 35 disposed on an inner surface thereof for resisting against the electrical element.
The upper shield 4 is attached to the insulative housing 1 and comprises a body portion 47 extending outwardly though the recess 325 and a lateral portion 48 bending laterally downwardly from the body portion 47. The body portion 47 has a plurality of flexible plates 41 extending into the receiving space 34 for abutting against the electrical element and a pair of locking tabs 43 extending outwardly for locking with the retention holes 112 of the insulative housing 1. A plurality of grounding tabs 42 are formed on an outer edge of the body portion 47 for electrical connecting with a plurality of pads disposed on the printed circuit board.
The electrical connector 100 further comprises an insulative plate 5 made from insulative material. The insulative plate 5 is positioned on the bottom wall 33 of the lower shield 3 for insulating the terminals 2 from the bottom wall 33 of the lower shield 3. A hole 51 is defined on a central portion of the insulative plate 5 for extension of the resilient fingers 35.
In assembling the electrical connector 100, the insulative housings 1 are attached to the first side wall 32 via engagement between the locking tabs 322 of first side walls 31 and the locking holes 111 of the insulative housings 1. The main portions 11 of the insulative housings 1 and the contacting portions 22 of the terminals 2 are received in the receiving space 34 of the lower shield 3. The horizontal soldering portions 23 of the terminals 2 extend outside of the lower shield 3 through the recess 325.
Secondly, the upper shields 4 are mounted to the insulative housing 1. The bending portion 12 protrudes trough the recess 325 of the first side wall 32 and is located on the soldering tabs 323. At the same time, the projecting portion 363 of the upper base portion 36 engages with the protrusion 46 of the insulative housing 1 for firmly fastening the upper shield 4 to the first side wall 32. The locking tabs 43 of upper shields 4 are locked with the retention holes 112 of the insulative housings 1, for fastening the upper shields 4 to the insulative housings 1. In this way, bottom surfaces of the grounding tabs 42 of the upper shield 4 are coplanar with bottom surface of the horizontal soldering portions 23 of the terminals 2 and the soldering tabs 323 of the first side wall 31, for surface mounting to the pads of the printed circuit board.
When the electrical element is inserted into the receiving space 34 of the lower shield 3, the guiding protrusion of the electrical element is guided into the recess 314 of the lower shield 3. The flexible plates 41 of the lower shield 3 and the resilient tabs 315 of the lower shield 3 commonly abut against the electrical element.
It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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200620076138.0 | Aug 2006 | CN | national |