Patent ID: 6224422
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:an insulative housing including a front section defining a plurality of passageways thereon and a rear section having a plurality of latches formed on opposite sides thereof;a plurality of terminals received in the passageways of the insulative housing, each terminal including a signal contact, a soldering tail and a retaining portion between the signal contact and the soldering tail;a one-piece front shell including a bottom wall, a top wall and a pair of side walls enclosing a receiving opening for receiving the front section of the insulative housing therein and a pair of inserting plates respectively extending rearward from-the side walls, each inserting plate forming a plurality of latching fingers at a rear edge thereof; anda one-piece formed rear shell including a top wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall and receiving the rear section of the insulative housing, a pair of latching tongues extending downward from the side walls for mounting to a printed circuit board, each side wall engaging with a corresponding inserting plate of the front shell and defining a plurality of latching holes for engaging with the latches of the insulative housing, the rear wall defining a plurality of apertures for receiving the latching fingers of the front shell;wherein the front shell has a guiding portion, the guiding portion having four parts respectively extending outward from edges of the side walls, the top wall and the bottom wall of the front shell for guiding a mating electrical connector into the receiving opening;wherein a plurality of strips is formed by stamping in the side walls of the front shell, each strip having a curved end for pressing against a mating electrical connector;wherein a plurality of tabs extends from a rear edge of the top wall of the front shell, a flange depends downwardly from the top wall of the rear shell with a plurality of first recesses corresponding to the tabs of the front shell defined therein, and a step is formed between the front section and the rear section of the insulative housing for mating with the flange of the rear shell;wherein a plurality of second recesses is defined at an edge of the step of the insulative housing and cooperates with the first recesses of the rear shell for receiving the tabs of the front shell;wherein the retaining portion of each terminal is substantially planar and each soldering tail extends from an end of the retaining portions;wherein the retaining portion of each terminal comprises a body and two legs depending from top and bottom edges of the body perpendicular to the body, each soldering tail extending from an end of one leg of the retaining portion.