Electrical connector having a metallic reinforcing member
An electrical connector assembly includes: an insulative housing defining a receiving room; an arrangement module assembled on a rear end of the insulative housing and defining a riveting slot on a rear end thereof; a number of contacts retained in the receiving room and exposing to a rear end of the arrangement; a metal case enclosing the insulative housing and the arrangement module and having a riveting arm riveted into the riveting slot to fix the metal case on the insulative housing; and a reinforcing member assembled in the arrangement module and disposed near the riveting slot.
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
an insulative housing, defining a receiving room;
an arrangement module assembled on a rear end of the insulative housing, the arrangement module defining a riveting slot on a rear end thereof;
a plurality of contacts retained in the receiving room and exposing to the rear end of the arrangement module;
a metal case enclosing the insulative housing and the arrangement module, the metal case having a riveting arm riveted into the riveting slot to fix the metal case on the insulative housing; and
a reinforcing member assembled in the arrangement module and disposed close to the riveting slot.
2. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member is insert-molded in the arrangement module.
3. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 2 , wherein the reinforcing member extends along a horizontal direction from left to right in the arrangement module.
4. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 3 , wherein the reinforcing member is made of metallic material.
5. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 4 , wherein a portion of the reinforcing member is exposed to the riveting slot to electrically contact with the riveting aim.
6. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 5 , further comprising a latch including a pair of latch arms received in the receiving room, and wherein the reinforcing member extends between the latch arms.
7. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 6 , wherein a rear sidewall of the reinforcing member is exposed to the riveting slot.
8. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 7 , wherein the latch defines a grounding arm rearwardly extending to expose to the rear end of the arrangement module.
9. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 5 , wherein the arrangement module includes a spacer and a covering member covering the spacer, and the reinforcing member is assembled in the spacer.
10. The electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 9 , wherein the metal case has a fixing arm, and the insulative housing has a fixing groove receiving the fixing arm.
11. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing defining a receiving room forwardly communicating with an exterior along a front-to-back direction for receiving a complementary plug connector;
a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed in the receiving room;
a metallic reinforcing member located behind the receiving room and located in a fixed position with regard to the housing in a front-to-back direction;
a metallic shell enclosing the housing with a fixed relation therebetween;
wherein
said shell forms a riveting arm extending in a plane perpendicular to a vertical plane which is perpendicular to said front-to-back direction, and said riveting arm forwardly abuts against the said reinforcing member in said front-to-back direction.
12. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said reinforcing member is bound in an insulative spacer attached to a rear side of the housing.
13. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said spacer forms a riveting slot in which said riveting arm is received and to which said reinforcing member is intimately exposed rearwardly.
14. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said reinforcing member includes a grounding leg, and said terminals include corresponding tails, and both said grounding leg and said tails are exposed behind the spacer.
15. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a front portion of the spacer is received within a rear portion of the receiving room around said rear side of the housing, and a rear portion of the spacer is rearwardly exposed outside of the housing in said front-to-back direction.
16. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11 , where said reinforcing member further includes a pair of latching arms extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving room.