US 7,467,975 B2
Electrical connector
Wen-Qiang Ma, ShenZhen (China)
Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/11,061.
Claims priority of application No. 2007 2 0034033 U (CN), filed on Jan. 23, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0176459 A1, Jul. 24, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 13/648 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—607 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector for receiving an electronic component such as camera module, comprising:
an insulating housing defining a receiving room;
a plurality of contacts mounted in the housing; and
a top shell mounted on the top of the housing and consists of a pair of U-shaped metal frames, each frame comprising a first wall connecting to a pair of opposite second walls;
wherein a first bending portion extends from the top of the first wall and bends toward the receiving room; several first resilient arms extend from a free end of the first bending portion to the receiving room for engaging with the electronic component firmly; and
a second bending portion extends from the top of the second wall and bends toward the receiving room, the second bending portion comprising a first assembling portion and a second assembling portion extends from the free end of the second bending portion downwardly, a pair of tabs protrudes from the two sides of the first and second assembling portions for engaging with first and second assembling grooves of the housing for fixing the top shell onto the housing; a second resilient arm extends from the first assembling portion to the receiving room for engaging with the electronic component; several first soldering portions perpendicularly bend from the bottom of the second walls and the bottom of the first wall;
a bottom shell attached to a bottom of the housing and jointly with the top shell to surround the housing.