USB plug connector and method for manufacturing the same

摘要

A USB plug 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, a PCB (4) soldered with the contacts, an insulative cover (5) partly molded over a part of the metal shield, and a cable (6) connecting to the PCB and electrically connected with the contacts. The metal shield includes a top wall (31), a bottom wall (32), a front wall (33) connecting with the top wall and the bottom wall, and a pair of sidewalls (34) extending from two lateral edges of the front wall and retained between the top wall and the bottom wall. Each sidewall has a pair of protrusions (35) respectively on an upper edge and a lower edge thereof. Each of the top wall and the bottom wall has a number of cutouts (312) correspondingly receiving the protrusions.

主权项

1. A USB (Universal Serial Bus) plug connector comprising:
an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a metal shield covering the insulative housing, the metal shield comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a front wall connecting with the top wall and the bottom wall, and a pair of sidewalls extending sidewardly from two lateral edges of the front wall and retained between the top wall and the bottom wall, each sidewall having a pair of protrusions respectively on an upper edge and a lower edge thereof, each of the top wall and the bottom wall having a number of cutouts correspondingly receiving the protrusions for retaining the sidewalls between the top wall and the bottom wall; and the metal shield is folded from a substantially cross shaped unfolded state, and the top wall, the front wall, the bottom wall, and the sidewalls of the metal shield in its folded state cooperatively define a receiving space; a printed circuit board soldered with the contacts; an insulative cover molded over a part of the metal shield; and a cable connecting to the printed circuit board for electrically connecting with the contacts; and wherein the insulative housing has a plurality of raised portions protruding from both an upper face and a lower face thereof, a slit is defined between every two adjacent raised portions on each of the upper face and the lower face, and each of the top wall and the bottom wall has a plurality of ribs correspondingly received in the slits.