The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2023
Amphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong), Tsimshatsui, HK;
Lo-Wen Lu, Taoyuan City, TW;
Amphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong), Tsimshatsui, HK;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, metal terminals, and a shell. The metal terminals are being disposed in the housing such that contact portions of the terminals are exposed in openings of the housing and arranged to contact conductive portions of a mating connector when the electrical connector and the mating connector are mated. The shell surrounds external surfaces of the housing and includes first and second portions having first and second widths, respectively, and a third portion positioned between the first and second portions and having a third width less that each of the first and second widths. The shell also includes multiple protrusions extending outward from an external surface of the shell. The protrusions limit an insertion distance of the mating connector relative to the electrical connector when the mating connector is misaligned with the electrical connector during a mating operation.