Patent ID: 7867017
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector insertion sensing structure, comprising: an electrically insulative housing, said electrically insulative housing comprising a front wall, a bottom wall, at least one insertion hole cut through said front wall for the insertion of an external modular plug individually, each said insertion hole having mounted therein a set of metal contacts for the contact of respective metal contacts of an external modular plug inserted therein, a vertical front mounting groove located on said front wall at one lateral side relative to said at least one insertion hole and vertically extending through said bottom wall, a horizontal locating groove perpendicularly extended from said vertical front mounting groove toward the inside of said electrically insulative housing and a plurality of retaining notches bilaterally located on the front wall thereof; said metal shield comprises a plurality of hook portions respectively hooked in said retaining notches of said electrically insulative housing; said metal sensing terminal further comprises a sloping portion extended from the bottom end of said elongated base and sloping obliquely downwardly in a transverse direction toward the inside of one said insertion hole of said electrically insulative housing and connected to said bonding tip to hold said bottom bonding tip away from one said hook portion of said metal shield; a metal sensing terminal, said metal sensing terminal comprising an elongated base mounted in said vertical front mounting groove of said electrically insulative housing, said elongated base having a top end and a bottom end opposite to said top end, a contact portion connected to the top end of said elongated base and extending through said horizontal locating groove into the corresponding insertion hole of said electrically insulative housing and a bottom bonding tip connected to the bottom end of said elongated base and extending out of the bottom wall of said electrically insulative housing for bonding to an external circuit board; and a metal shield surrounding said electrically insulative housing, said metal shield comprising a front panel covered on the front wall of said electrically insulative housing, at least one opening cut through said front panel corresponding to said at least one insertion hole of said electrically insulative housing and a metal actuation terminal backwardly extended from said front panel at one lateral side of one said opening adjacent to said vertical front mounting groove of said electrically insulative housing for pressing said metal sensing terminal to produce an electrical signal upon insertion of an external modular plug into the respective opening of said metal shield and the corresponding insertion hole of said electrically insulative housing, said metal actuation terminal comprising a connection portion extended from said front panel, a pressure tip movable by an inserted external modular plug to press on said contact portion of said metal terminal and an oblique suspension portion connected between said connection portion and said pressure tip.