Patent ID: 6932640
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A Hi-definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) connector comprising: an electrically insulative casing, said casing comprising two protruding blocks respectively vertically extended from a rear sidewall thereof on the middle in reversed directions; a set of terminals, said terminals including a plurality of first terminals horizontally arranged in said casing at an upper side and a plurality of second terminals horizontally arranged in said casing at a lower side below said first terminals, said first terminals being axially alternatively extended out of the rear sidewall of said casing at two different distances, said second terminals being axially alternatively extended out of the rear sidewall of said casing at two different distances, said first terminals each having an upwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpiece suspending outside the casing, said second terminals each having a downwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpiece suspending outside said casing; an electrically insulative locating board fastened to said casing and set between said first terminals and said second terminals, said locating board comprising a plurality of first locating pins and second locating pins respectively perpendicularly extended from top and bottom sides thereof on the middle, and a plurality of locating holes in four corners thereof; a top cover board and a bottom cover board respectively fastened to the top and bottom sides of said locating board, said top cover board and said bottom cover board each having a plurality of mounting holes respectively coupled to the first locating pins and second locating pins of said locating board, and a plurality of retainers respectively fastened to the locating holes of said locating board, said top cover board having a plurality of parallel terminal grooves formed in a bottom side thereof for accommodating the upwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpieces of said first terminals, said bottom cover board having a plurality of parallel terminal grooves formed in a top side thereof for accommodating the downwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpieces of said second terminals; a cable, said cable having a plurality of lead wires arranged into two groups respectively inserted into the terminal grooves of said top cover board and the terminal grooves of said bottom cover board and respectively held down in the upwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpieces of said first terminals and the downwardly extended, forked, sharp-edged endpieces of said second terminals by said top cover board and said bottom cover board and respectively kept in electric contact with said first terminals and said second terminals; a protective cap mounted on said cable and closely attached to said top cover board and said bottom cover board and said locating board at a rear side to protect the lead wires of said cable and to keep the lead wires of said cable from sight; a metal shield covered on said top cover board and said bottom cover board and said protective cap for EMI (Electromagnetic interference) protection, said metal shield having a part covered on the periphery of said casing and forming with said casing a connection interface; and a plastic housing molded on said metal shield said cable and to a portion of said connection interface.