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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2008
Guo-jian Shen, Kunshan, CN;
Ren-chih LI, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Guo-Jian Shen, Kunshan, CN;
Ren-Chih Li, Tu-Cheng, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulating housing () mounting a plurality of terminals (), a metallic shell () surrounding the housing and a pair of retaining devices (). The shell () comprises a pair of opposite sidewalls () and a pair of endwalls () interconnecting with the side walls, thereby defining a receiving space surrounding the housing. Each endwall () defines a pair of locking portions () respectively on opposite sides and a holding portion () on a rear portion. Each retaining device () comprises a main body () with a nut () therein and an extending board () extending rearwards from the main body. The locking portions () are retained in corresponding channels () defined on the retaining devices () and the holding portion () presses against a rear portion of the extending board ().