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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1999
Wayne Wang, Alhambra, CA (US);
Wei-Chung Yang, Taipei, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector for electrically coupling with an external plug, includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, and a pair of spring latching means disposed in opposite slots of the housing. Each latching means consists of a planar portion, a protrusion extruded out of the planar portion, a first support section and a second supporting section respectively bent from the planar portion along different directions, and a tab formed on a tip of the planar portion. Meanwhile, the first supporting section of each latching means is engagingly inserted within an alleyway formed on a rear wall of the corresponding slot, and the planar portion is spread with regard to the inserted first supporting section and the tab is restricted within a concave formed on a front wall of the slot to have the planar portion preloaded. And, the second supporting section abuts against a lateral wall of the slot. By way of the intensified resiliency exercised by both the first and second supporting sections, the protrusion of the latching means is capable of rapidly and sufficiently snap-fitting with a corresponding notch formed on the plug and creating a resounding audio effect easy to inspect the locking status between the mated connector and plug.