1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrical connector and an electrical device with the same, and more particularly to a clamshell electrical connector.
2. Description of the Related Art
U.S. Pat. No. 5,679,013 issued to Ma et al. on Oct. 21, 1997, discloses an open/close type electrical connector including: a base member having an upper face defining an aperture; a cover member for opening and closing said aperture of said base member; means defining a receiving face, disposed in said base member, for receiving a counter electrical connector having a rectangular parallelepiped shape; at last one terminal member, disposed in said based member, and being elastically in contact with a terminal of the counter electrical connector, said cover member being pivotally supported in end portion of said base member for rotation between an opened position and a closed position, said cover member defining thereby an axis of rotation, said cover member and said receiving face of said base member forming an accommodating space for the counter electrical connector when said cover member is in its opened position, and said cover member and said receiving face sandwiching the counter electrical connector; an engagement mechanism engageable with an engagement portion of the counter electrical connector, thereby preventing the counter electrical connector from slipping out of said base member; and an open position restricting mechanism for restricting an open angel of said cover member with respect to said base member, said cover member defining a back face and said receiving face defining a supporting face which is substantially parallel to said back face of said cover member when said cover member is in its opened position. In the flip-type electrical connector disclosed in the aforementioned U.S. Patent, only one side of said cover member is pivotally connected to said base member by a pivot, and the pivot is used as an axis to open said cover member at an inclined angle in rotary manner for the counter electrical connector inclined inserted in the electrical connector when said cover member is in its opened position. However, it is not convenient to manually close said cover member on said base member when said cover member of the flip-type electrical connector needs to rotated to its closed position.
Therefore, an improved electrical connector is desired to overcome the disadvantages of the related arts.
An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector easy to use and an electrical device using the same.
In order to achieve above-mentioned object, an electrical device including an upper shell facing a user, a lower shell engaged with the upper shell to commonly define a mounting space, a mother board mounted in the mounting space, a receptacle portion and a rotating cover rotating about the receptacle portion. The upper shell defines a first opening for an insertion of a mating plug. The mother board defines a notch, wherein the receptacle portion is holding conductive terminals therein, the receptacle portion is assembled in the notch of the mother board and between the mother board and the upper shell. Wherein the lower shell defines a second opening, the rotating cover is received in the second opening and a front portion of the rotating cover is actuated in to the first opening of the receptacle portion Therefore with this arranged, the rotating cover is able to be closed automatically when the electrical connector is unconnected so that it is easy to use.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Reference will now be made to the drawing figures to describe a preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail. Referring to
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The connecting member 5 includes the connecting body 51, the resilient member 52 and a shaft 53. The connecting body 51 defines the convex portion 511 for engaging with the rotating cover 4 and a T-shaped engaging portion 512 blow the convex portion 511. The engaging portion 512 is accommodated and interfered with the retained slot 130. The convex portion 511 has a through-hole 5110 through two opposite ends thereof along a longitudinal direction thereof. The connecting body 51 further defines a pair of slits 513 at both sides of the through-hole 5110. The resilient member 52 is a pair of torsion springs in this embodiment and comprises a cylindrical main portion 521, the first end 522 and the second end 523 extending from both sides of the main portion 521. The shaft 53 includes a rod portion 531, a base end 532 molded integrally with one end of the rod portion 531 and a screw nut 533. The rod portion 531 defines an external thread at the other end opposite to the base end 532 and the screw nut 533 is assembled to the rod portion 531. As best shown in
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A step of the electrical connector R assembled to the electrical device D is show as follow. Firstly, the receptacle portion 100 is mounted to the upper side of the mother board 6 located in the mounting space, while the soldering portion 22 of the terminal 2 is welded on the mother board 6 and electrically connected with the mother board 6. Secondly, the connecting body 51 with the resilient member 52 is interposed in the retained slot 130 of the receptacle portion 100, the rotating cover 4 is placed to the receptacle portion 100 and the shaft 53 is assembled the rotating cover 4 and the receptacle portion 100 together. Lastly, the screw nut 533 and base end 532 of the shaft 53 are placed on the mounting portion D11 of the lower shell D1 thereby establishing an engagement of the lower shell D1 and the upper shell D2 of the electrical device D. The rotating cover 4 is located in the second opening D10, the rotating cover 4 and the receptacle portion 100 are located on both sides of the mother board 6 and the rotating cover 4 is actuated by the resilient member 52 into the receptacle portion 100 at a front end of the rotating cover 4, especially the inserting entrance 42 of the rotating cover 4 is located in the mating cavity of the receptacle portion 100.
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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 board general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
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