Method of making an electrical connector by holding carrier strips against each other for over-molding

    公开(公告)号:US11349246B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16667933

    申请日:2019-10-30

    Inventor: Jun Zhao

    Abstract: A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue and a first and second rows of contacts with respective contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue and respective soldering portions is characterized by the steps of: forming the first row of contacts from a first contact carrier to have the soldering portions thereof connected to a first carrier strip; forming the second row of contacts from a second contact carrier to have the soldering portions thereof connected to a second carrier strip; insert-molding the first row of contacts with a first insulator to form a first contact module unit; insert-molding the second row of contacts with a second insulator to form a second contact module unit; holding the first carrier strip and the second carrier strip against each other for further over-molding to form the complete contact module.

    Electrical connector having a rear retainer

    公开(公告)号:US10411389B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US16111189

    申请日:2018-08-23

    Inventor: Jun Zhao

    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a first insulator and a row of first contacts retained to the first insulator, each first contact having a rear tail; a second insulator and a row of second contacts retained to the second insulator, each second contact having a rear tail, the rear tails of the second contacts being arranged in front of the rear tails of the first contacts; a shielding plate assembled between the first insulator and the second insulator; a third insulator molded to an assembly of the first insulator, the second insulator, and the shielding plate; and a retainer extending through the first insulator, the second insulator, and the shielding plate, wherein the retainer is disposed between the third insulator and the rear tails of the first contacts.

    Electrical connector having shared ground contact tail portion

    公开(公告)号:US10355421B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15860644

    申请日:2018-01-02

    Inventor: Jun Zhao

    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the insulative housing and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, each row of contacts including an outermost ground contact, the ground contact in the lower row having a contacting portion, a tail portion, and an intermediate portion between the contacting portion and the tail portion; a metallic element arranged between the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the ground contact in the upper row and the ground contact in the lower row are in contact with the metallic element; and the ground contact in the upper row and the ground contact in the lower row share same tail portion of the ground contact in the lower row.

    Electrical connector having front and rear sealing members

    公开(公告)号:US10355396B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15825126

    申请日:2017-11-29

    Inventor: Jun Zhao

    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end; an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion, an annular slot being defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover; a rear sealer sealing an interfacing gap between the shielding shell and the outer cover; and a front sealer disposed in the annular slot; wherein at least one of the shielding shell, the outer cover, and the front sealer has a groove in fluid communication with the interfacing gap.

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