Patent ID: 9287671
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A plug connector, comprising a plug housing, a retaining seat, a row of plug power contacts and a row of plug signal contacts; wherein the plug housing having a mating portion located on the front of the plug housing and a mounting portion located on the rear thereof, a front surface of the mating portion being perpendicular to a bottom surface of the mounting portion, the front surface of the mating portion forming a row of vertical and parallel plug power ports having identical structures and one plug signal port located under the row of the plug power ports to form a stacked structure, a bottom of the plug signal port being open, the plug signal port having a top wall and two opposite sidewalls, the mounting portion forming a row of plug power contact-receiving passages passing through a rear surface and the bottom surface of the mounting portion to receive the plug power contacts, each of the plug power contact-receiving passages being communicated with the corresponding plug power port, the mounting portion further forming a row of plug signal contact-receiving passages that are located on the bottom surface thereof and communicated with the plug signal port to receive the corresponding plug signal contacts; the retaining seat being drawer-shaped and having a bottom board, two opposite side boards and a rear board, the retaining seat being mounted on the mating portion of the plug housing to close the open bottom of the plug signal port and fixing the plug signal contacts; each of the plug power contacts being a vertical plate and including a mating end that is vertical blade-shaped and horizontally extending forward, a tail end being perpendicular to the mating end and extending downward, and a connecting part that is an L type vertical blade and connects the mating end and the tail end; wherein the mating end passes through the corresponding plug power contact-receiving passage to enter into the corresponding plug power port, the connecting part is fixed in the corresponding plug power contact-receiving passage, and the tail end extends out of the bottom surface of the mounting portion; and each of the plug signal contacts including a head horizontally extending forward, a tail being perpendicular to the head and vertically extending downward, and an L type retaining part connecting the head and the tail; wherein the head is inserted into the plug signal port, one portion of the L type retaining part is fixed in the plug signal contact-receiving passage, the other portion thereof is fixed in the retaining seat, and the tail extends out of the bottom surface of the mounting portion.