Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a tray (5) movable between an original position and a final position and having a notch (51) and a stepping part (52), a shielding shell (4) having an elastic part (43), and an ejecting mechanism (6). The elastic part has a holding part (432) for latching with the stepping part at a final position. The ejecting mechanism has a lever (62) including a buckling portion (624) and a spring (61) cooperated with the lever. The lever is movable forwardly against with the spring to disengage the holding part from the stepping part and to plunge the buckling portion into the notch, thereby permitting the tray together with the lever to return to the original position under a restoring force provided by the spring.

Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving space (10), a front-and-rear direction, and a left-and-right direction perpendicular to the front-and-rear direction. Each contact includes a soldering portion (23), two retaining portions (24), and a curved portion (25) connecting between the two retaining portions. The curved portion includes a contacting portion (251) arching upwardly to protrude into the receiving space and two flexible portions (252) integrally formed at two opposite ends of the contacting portion. The two flexible portions are centrosymmetry with respect to the contacting portion.

Abstract: A USB plug connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a main portion (11) and a tongue portion (12), a number of contacts (2), and a metal shell (3). The tongue portion has an upper surface (16), a lower surface (17), a pair of lateral surfaces (18), and a frontal vertical surface (121). A pair of recesses (122) is defined on both sides of the upper surface and the lower surface. An interspace (181) is defined between each lateral surface of the tongue portion and the main portion. The metal shell includes a front wall (31), a pair of horizontal walls (32), and a pair of vertical walls (34). Each vertical wall includes a rigid beam (342) inserted in the interspace and a pair of wing portions (343) received in the recesses. A method for manufacturing the USB plug connector is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a movable component movable between an original position and a locking position, a shielding shell (4) attached to the insulative housing and having a top wall (41) and a first elastic portion (43) located at the top wall, and an ejecting mechanism (5). The ejecting mechanism has a lever (51) having a resisting part (5111) and a sliding bulge (54) movable together with the movable component. The first elastic portion has a locking part (431) resisting against the sliding bulge along an up-to-down direction at the locking position and a guiding part (432). The lever is movable forwardly and the resisting part is guided by the guiding part to lift the first elastic portion to thereby disengage the locking part from the sliding bulge.

Abstract: A card connector (100) used for receiving at least two cards includes an insulative housing (1) having a bottom wall (11), a number of first contacts (21) and a number of second contacts (22) retained in the bottom wall along a front-and-rear direction, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a tray receiving space, and a tray (3) is moveably received in the tray receiving space. The tray includes a first front card receiving cavity (311), a second rear card receiving cavity (312), and a first supporting portion (3112) and a second supporting portion (3121) respectively located below the front card receiving cavity and the rear card receiving cavity. The front card receiving cavity is isolated from the rear card receiving cavity along the front-and-rear direction.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (4) having an elastic piece (4), and an ejecting mechanism (5) located on a side of the insulative housing. The ejecting mechanism includes a slider (51) and a resilient mechanism. The slider is urged by the elastic piece to assume a final position when an electronic card is fully inserted. A part of the resilient mechanism is moveable forwardly to engage the slider and then is backwardly moveable together with the engaged slider to eject the inserted electronic card.

Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving space (10), a front-and-rear direction, and a left-and-right direction perpendicular to the front-and-rear direction. Each contact includes a soldering portion (23), two retaining portions (24), and a curved portion (25) connecting between the two retaining portions. The curved portion includes a contacting portion (251) arching upwardly to protrude into the receiving space and two flexible portions (252) integrally formed at two opposite ends of the contacting portion. The two flexible portions are centrosymmetry with respect to the contacting portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing (1), and a stiffener (3) affixed to the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) includes a base portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion (11). The tongue portion (12) defines a plurality of terminal-receiving slots (1221) and includes an upper surface (121), a bottom surface (122), a pair of side surfaces (123) and a fore-end surface (124). The stiffener (3) has a top plate (31) covering the upper surface (121) of the tongue portion (12) and an insulative layer (30) plating therein. The stiffener (3) defines an insulative region (313) against which a plurality of molds resisted in insert-molding the stiffener (3) with the insulative housing (1), said insulative region (313) coated with an insulative layer (30).

Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (3) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space (10), an ejector comprising an operating member (4), and an actuating member (5) actuated by the operating member. The actuating member includes a post (51) located in the insulative housing, a pivoting plate (52) pivotedly assembled on the post, and a torsion spring (50). The torsion spring has a helical portion (501) installed around the post, a first flexible beam (5021) retaining with the pivoting plate, and a second flexible beam (5022) secured with the operating member.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a movable component movable between an original position and a locking position, a shielding shell (4) attached to the insulative housing and having a top wall (41) and a first elastic portion (43) located at the top wall, and an ejecting mechanism (5). The ejecting mechanism has a lever (51) having a resisting part (5111) and a sliding bulge (54) movable together with the movable component. The first elastic portion has a locking part (431) resisting against the sliding bulge along an up-to-down direction at the locking position and a guiding part (432). The lever is movable forwardly and the resisting part is guided by the guiding part to lift the first elastic portion to thereby disengage the locking part from the sliding bulge.

Abstract: A USB plug connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a main portion (11) and a tongue portion (12), a number of contacts (2), and a metal shell (3). The tongue portion has an upper surface (16), a lower surface (17), a pair of lateral surfaces (18), and a frontal vertical surface (121). A pair of recesses (122) is defined on both sides of the upper surface and the lower surface. An interspace (181) is defined between each lateral surface of the tongue portion and the main portion. The metal shell includes a front wall (31), a pair of horizontal walls (32), and a pair of vertical walls (34). Each vertical wall includes a rigid beam (342) inserted in the interspace and a pair of wing portions (343) received in the recesses. A method for manufacturing the USB plug connector is also disclosed.

Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a first contact (21) and a second contact (22) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving channel (14). The first contact includes a first retaining portion (211), a first soldering portion (212) bent from the first retaining portion, and a first contacting portion (213) extending from the first retaining portion. The second contact includes a second contacting portion (221) extending into the receiving channel, an upper beam (222) and a lower beam (223) forkedly extending from the contacting portion, a hook portion (224) formed at the distal end of the upper beam and secured with the insulative housing, and a second soldering portion (225) bent from the lower beam. An interspace (226) is defined between the upper beam and the lower beam. The first contacting portion protrudes into the receiving channel via the interspace.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space, an insulative cover (5) insert-molded outside of the metal shield, and a metal frame (6) retained in the insulative cover. The metal frame includes a transverse arm (61) and a pair of vertical arms (62) extending downwardly from two distal ends of the transverse arm for reinforcing the metal shield from three sides of the metal shield.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a tray (5) movable between an original position and a final position and having a notch (51) and a stepping part (52), a shielding shell (4) having an elastic part (43), and an ejecting mechanism (6). The elastic part has a holding part (432) for latching with the stepping part at a final position. The ejecting mechanism has a lever (62) including a buckling portion (624) and a spring (61) cooperated with the lever. The lever is movable forwardly against with the spring to disengage the holding part from the stepping part and to plunge the buckling portion into the notch, thereby permitting the tray together with the lever to return to the original position under a restoring force provided by the spring.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (4) having an elastic piece (4), and an ejecting mechanism (5) located on a side of the insulative housing. The ejecting mechanism includes a slider (51) and a resilient mechanism. The slider is urged by the elastic piece to assume a final position when an electronic card is fully inserted. A part of the resilient mechanism is moveable forwardly to engage the slider and then is backwardly moveable together with the engaged slider to eject the inserted electronic card.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing (1), and a stiffener (3) affixed to the insulative housing (1). The insulative housing (1) includes a base portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion (11). The tongue portion (12) defines a plurality of terminal-receiving slots (1221) and includes an upper surface (121), a bottom surface (122), a pair of side surfaces (123) and a fore-end surface (124). The stiffener (3) has a top plate (31) covering the upper surface (121) of the tongue portion (12) and an insulative layer (30) plating therein. The stiffener (3) defines an insulative region (313) against which a plurality of molds resisted in insert-molding the stiffener (3) with the insulative housing (1), said insulative region (313) coated with an insulative layer (30).

Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a receiving space (20), a number of signal contacts (31, 32) retained in the insulative housing, and a pair of griping contacts (33) retained in the insulative housing too. The signal contacts have a number of first contacting portions (311, 321) extending into the receiving space from a left-and-right direction perpendicular to a mating direction along which an audio plug connector is inserted into the receiving space. The gripping contacts have at least three second contacting portions (332, 333/3331) extending into the receiving space from a vertical direction perpendicular to both the left-and-right direction and the mating direction.

Abstract: A card connector (100) used for receiving at least two cards includes an insulative housing (1) having a bottom wall (11), a number of first contacts (21) and a number of second contacts (22) retained in the bottom wall along a front-and-rear direction, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a tray receiving space, and a tray (3) is moveably received in the tray receiving space. The tray includes a first front card receiving cavity (311), a second rear card receiving cavity (312), and a first supporting portion (3112) and a second supporting portion (3121) respectively located below the front card receiving cavity and the rear card receiving cavity. The front card receiving cavity is isolated from the rear card receiving cavity along the front-and-rear direction.

Abstract: A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (3) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space (10), an ejector comprising an operating member (4), and an actuating member (5) actuated by the operating member. The actuating member includes a post (51) located in the insulative housing, a pivoting plate (52) pivotedly assembled on the post, and a torsion spring (50). The torsion spring has a helical portion (501) installed around the post, a first flexible beam (5021) retaining with the pivoting plate, and a second flexible beam (5022) secured with the operating member.

Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving channel (14) and a number of terminal passageways (121). The contacts include a grounding contact (25, 25?) having a retaining portion (256; 256?) retained in the corresponding terminal passageway, a contacting portion (257; 257?) extending from the retaining portion into the receiving channel, a soldering portion (258; 258?) coplanar with a mounting face of the insulative housing, and a connecting portion (259; 259?) vertically connected between the retaining portion and the soldering portion. The connecting portion forms an auxiliary portion (2591; 2591?). Both the auxiliary portion and the retaining portion engage with the insulative housing.