US 12,170,422 B2
Plug connector with protective structure
Yen-Jang Liao, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,098.
Claims priority of application No. 111201010 (TW), filed on Jan. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0238739 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 13/631 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug connector comprising:
an insulative body;
at least one plug board, protruding forward from the insulative body and having a plurality of conductive pads spaced next to each other;
an elastic fastener, disposed on the insulative body and including a pressing piece having a free end spaced a distance from the insulative body; and
a protective shield, joined to the insulative body, located at a frond side of the pressing piece of the elastic fastener, and spanning over at least one portion of the pressing piece so as to be overlapped with the at least one portion of the pressing piece in a vertical direction and be spaced from the insulative body by a first receptacle that accommodates the at least one portion of the pressing piece.