Patent ID: 8864522
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A universal serial bus connector, comprising: an insulating housing including a first base body, and a second base body protruding upward from one side of a top surface of the first base body, the first base body defining a first inserting groove penetrating through a front surface thereof, and the second base body defining a second inserting groove penetrating through a top surface and a front surface thereof; a plurality of first terminals disposed to the first base body of the insulating housing, each of the first terminals having a first fastening portion, a first contact portion extending forward from a front of the first fastening portion to be exposed in the first inserting groove, a first bending portion bent upward from a rear of the first fastening portion, and a first soldering portion extending rearward from a top of the first bending portion with a rear end thereof projecting behind the insulating housing; a plurality of second terminals disposed to the first base body of the insulating housing, each of the second terminals having a second fastening portion, a second contact portion extending forward from a front of the second fastening portion to be exposed in the first inserting groove, a second bending portion bent downward from a rear of the second fastening portion, and a second soldering portion extending rearward from a bottom of the second bending portion with a rear end thereof projecting behind the insulating housing; a plurality of third terminals disposed to the second base body of the insulating housing, each of the third terminals having a third fastening portion, a third contact portion extending forward from a front of the third fastening portion and then arched upward to stretch in the second inserting groove, and a third soldering portion extending rearward from a rear of the third fastening portion with a rear end thereof projecting behind the insulating housing; an insulating cover disposed to a rear end of the insulating housing, having a main board blocking behind the insulating housing, a first supporting portion protruding rearward from a bottom of a rear surface of the main board, and a second supporting portion protruding rearward from a top of the rear surface of the main board, the insulating cover defining one row of first insertion slots penetrating through the main board and further opened in a top surface of the first supporting portion, and one row of second insertion slots penetrating through the main board and further opened in a top surface of the second supporting portion, the rear ends of the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions being respectively inserted in the first insertion slots and propped against bottom inner sidewalls of the first insertion slots, the rear ends of the third soldering portions being inserted in the second insertion slots and propped against bottom inner sidewalls of the second insertion slots, the rear ends of the first soldering portions of the first terminals and the rear ends of the second soldering portions of the second terminals being levelly in alignment with one another and the rear ends of the third soldering portions being levelly in alignment with one another, the rear ends of the first soldering portions, the rear ends of the second soldering portions and the rear ends of the third soldering portions being abreast arranged in two rows; and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing and the insulating cover; wherein the insulating housing defines an accommodating space penetrating through a rear surface thereof, the insulating cover has a locating block protruding forward from a front surface of the main board, the locating block is received in the accommodating space.