Receptacle connector flexibly connected to a mother board

摘要

A receptacle connector (100) includes an insluative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing; a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a space for receiving a plug connector along an insertion direction, and a cable (3) having a first end soldered to a mother board of an electronic appliance and a second end directly soldered with the soldering portions of the contacts in a first embodiment and indirectly connected with the contacts via a printed circuit board in a second embodiment.

主权项

1. A receptacle connector comprising:
an insulative housing defining a front horizontal mating plate and a rear horizontal connecting plate in a front-to-back direction; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts including a horizontal front contacting section extending along said front-to-back direction and exposed upon the front mating plate, a horizontal middle angled section respectively connected to the front contacting section and a horizontal rear connecting section which lies upon the rear horizontal connecting plate and extends in a first transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; and a cable including a plurality of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding rear connecting sections, respectively, and extending in a second transverse direction opposite to the first transverse direction.