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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited, Grand Cayman, KY (US);
Terrance F. Little, Fullerton, CA (US);
Stephen Sedio, Valley Center, CA (US);
Chih-Pi Cheng, New Taipei, TW;
Yuan Zhang, Rowland-Heights, CA (US);
De-Cheng Zou, Monterey Park, CA (US);
An-Jen Yang, Irvine, CA (US);
FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
A receptacle connector mounted to the printed circuit board, includes an insulative housing defining a mating tongue and a metallic shell enclosing the housing to form a mating cavity in which said mating tongue forwardly extends. A complementary plug connector includes a shell with a bull-nose tip. A metallic piece is mounted around a root of the mating tongue and equipped with a plurality of spring tangs to contact the relatively rigid bull-nose tip of the shell of the complementary connector for EMI/RFI protection.