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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2011
Zhong-hua Yao, Kunshan, CN;
Qi-sheng Zheng, Kunshan, CN;
Hong-bin Gong, Kunshan, CN;
Jia-yong He, Kunshan, CN;
Zhong-Hua Yao, Kunshan, CN;
Qi-Sheng Zheng, Kunshan, CN;
Hong-Bin Gong, Kunshan, CN;
Jia-Yong He, Kunshan, CN;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A connector () includes an insulative housing (), a set of contacts () attached to the insulative housing, an insulator () retained in the insulative housing () and a metal shell () covering the insulative housing and the insulator. The insulative housing has a base portion () and a tongue potion () extending from the base portion (). The base portion has a retaining slot () and a pair of side walls (), each side wall has a protrusion () protruding outwardly from an outer face thereof. The insulator () is retained in the retaining slot and has a pair of side surfaces () facing inner faces of the side wall. At least one clearance is formed between the adjacent side surface and inner face and is corresponding to the protrusions () respectively in a transverse direction. The metal shell () includes a top plate (), a bottom plate (), and a pair of side plates () passing over the protrusions in a front-to-back direction when the metal shell () is assembled to the insulative housing ().