US 7,591,671 B2
Connector for display device
Sung Hwan Kim, Ulsan-si (Korea, Republic of); Kyu Han Bae, Ulsan-si (Korea, Republic of); and Kyu Seob Han, Ulsan-si (Korea, Republic of)
Assigned to Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/602,363.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2005-0112572 (KR), filed on Nov. 23, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0117432 A1, May 24, 2007
Int. Cl. H01R 12/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—495 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector of a display device, comprising:
a body;
a plurality of connector pins on the body along a horizontal direction, the horizontal direction being parallel to a lengthwise direction of the body;
at least one dummy pin on the body along the horizontal direction; and
a protective layer covering a portion of each connector pin and a portion of each of the at least one dummy pin,
wherein a contour of the protective layer at a boundary region defines that lengths of uncovered portions of at least two connector pins along the horizontal direction are different.