Patent ID: 6347960
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A module connector, comprising:an insulating unit, said insulating unit comprises a plurality of terminal accommodating grooves and a plurality of charging terminal units, a plurality of terminals received in said terminal accommodating grooves, one end of each of said terminals being welded to a circuit board, and a second end of each of said terminals receiving corresponding terminals of a matching telecommunications plug when said telecommunications plug is inserted into said module connector, a charging terminal comprising at least a first charging terminal and a second charging terminal, said first and second charging terminals being separated under normal conditions, a metallic enveloping unit, said enveloping unit comprising a frame that surrounds said terminal accommodating grooves and said charging terminal units; wherein a first charging terminal unit having a first rectangular cross section for accommodating said first charging terminal, a second charging terminal unit having a second rectangular cross section for accommodating said second charging terminal, such that when a corresponding charging plug with a rectangular cross section is inserted onto said first charging terminal unit to connect said first and second charging terminals, said charging plug can be inserted onto said first charging terminal unit in only one orientation due to said rectangular cross sections of said first charging terminal unit and said charging plug, wherein opposing sides of said first and second charging terminal units are openings which serve to expose contact ends of said first and second charging terminals.