Patent ID: 7040907
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric plug comprising: an insulative plug housing having a frame part and a header part formed integrally with the frame part, the header part protruding from the frame part and for being inserted into a mating receptacle; male contacts of flexible leaf springs, each male contact having a flexible top part; and a shutter covering the male contacts when the header part is removed from the mating receptacle and is housed in the frame part by being pushed by the mating receptacle wherein the header part has a mounting board protruding outside of the frame part, wherein the male contacts are arrayed in parallel on both surfaces of the mounting board, wherein a pair of the flexible top parts of the male contacts opposed to each other with the mounting board disposed therebetween are raised towards opposite directions to each other and wherein the shutter has a first shutter wall and a second shutter wall which are opposed to each other and are parallel to the mounting board so as to cover the male contacts when the header part is removed from the mating receptacle and to expose the male contacts when the header part is inserted into the mating receptacle.