Patent ID: 6485315
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plug-type electrical connector for matingly plugging into a receptacle connector, comprising:a housing; a plurality of contacts mounted in the housing for electrically engaging with corresponding terminals in the receptacle connector; an insert mountable to the housing; a conductive grounding clip mountable to the insert for electrically engaging with a grounding surface of the receptacle connector; and a spring latch mountable to the insert and made of a resilient material and having a lock engagable with an aperture of the receptacle connector to lock the plug-type electrical connector to the receptacle connector; wherein the grounding clip is formed in the shape of an elongate ring with a forward side of the ring bent downward in a hook to clamp onto a front of the insert and a rearward side of the ring bent up in an arch to contact the grounding surface of the receptacle connector; wherein the spring latch is elongate and has a hook-shaped forward end for clamping to a front of the insert; wherein the spring latch is made of a plastic material.