Structure of electrical connector casing
An electrical connector casing enclosing an electrical connector comprises a case part having a connector inlet, and a lid part having a lid opening, where the openings of the connector inlet and the lid opening have a substantially the same shape and are angled differently from each other as viewed from a front-back direction. An electric connector is inserted from the back of the lid part through the lid opening, and is rotated to be inserted into the connector inlet from the back of the case part. When the lid part attaches to the case part, due to the rotationally different angles between the lid opening and the connector inlet, the electric connector is securely held inside the casing.
1. An electrical connector casing for mounting an electrical connector inside thereof, comprising:
a case part having a connector inlet that penetrates from a front to a back, the connector inlet being adopted to receive and hold an electrical connector and expose an end port of the electrical connector to the front of the connector inlet, and
a lid part having a lid opening with a shape that matches with a frontal shape of the electrical connector to allow the electrical connector to pass therethrough,
wherein the lid part is adopted to directly attach to the case part by snap fitting, and
wherein the connector inlet and the lid opening as viewed from a front-back direction are placed with different rotational angle from one another.
2. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the lid part further comprises a back stopper that inwardly projects from a back wall of the lid part around the lid opening, and a part of the back stopper contacts with an outer body of the electrical connector to stably support the electrical connector.
3. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the lid part has a plurality of sidewalls each having an aperture to fit with an interlocking protrusion formed on the case part thereby snap fitting the lid part and the case part when attached together.
4. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the shape of the lid opening is an elongated rectangle.
5. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 4 , wherein the lid opening having the elongated rectangle shape is placed to be longer in a horizontal direction.
6. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 4 , wherein the lid opening having the elongated rectangle shape is placed to be longer in a vertical direction.
7. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the difference of the rotational angle between the connector inlet and the lid opening is about 90 degrees.
8. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the difference of the rotational angle between connector inlet and the lid opening is greater than 45 degrees.
9. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 2 , wherein the back stopper is inclined to fit with a back slope of the outer body of the electrical connector.
10. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein the connector inlet is formed in a rectangular tube shape.
11. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 10 , wherein the connector inlet is placed to be longer in the horizontal direction.
12. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 10 , wherein the connector inlet is placed to be longer in the vertical direction when the lid opening is place to be longer in the horizontal direction.
13. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a stopper at the front end of the connector inlet that stops the electrical connector inserted to the connector inlet.
14. The electrical connector casing as defined in claim 1 , wherein a center of the connector inlet and a center of the lid opening are aligned in a straight line from the front to the back so that a cable having the electrical connector at one end can come straight out of the lid opening without being bent or twist.