TWI603540B - Receptacle connector - Google Patents

Description

Socket connector

The present invention is directed to a receptacle connector.

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20130095702A1 discloses a two-way plug connector having a plug connector having opposing upper and lower surfaces, the plurality of conductive terminals being disposed on the upper and lower surfaces. The conductive terminals exposed to the upper and lower surfaces are symmetrically spaced apart from each other, and the shape of the plug connector is substantially 180 degrees symmetric so that it can be inserted into the corresponding receptacle connector in the forward and reverse directions.

However, the socket connector or the inside of the electronic device needs to be provided with a switching circuit to detect whether the plug connector is inserted in the forward direction or reversely inserted, thereby starting the corresponding subsequent procedure. The more the terminals of the connector, the more complicated the switching circuit, and thus, the trend is not met. At the same time, the plug connector is an exposed plug, and there is still the possibility of plugging damage in actual use.

A new type of plug connector has emerged, which can be inserted into the socket connector in both forward and reverse directions, and the two connectors can transmit high frequency signals during the continuous development process because the connector combination has There are many terminals, grounding lugs and shielding plates, and there are many components, and the size is small, and assembly is extremely difficult.

Therefore, it is desirable to design a new solution to solve the above technical problems.

The object of the present invention is to provide a socket connector including an insulative housing, a terminal, a shielding plate, and a metal housing surrounding the insulative housing to form an abutting cavity; the insulative housing includes an integrally formed base and abutting tongue, The shielding plate is embedded in the mating tongue plate; the insulating body is provided with a terminal slot penetrating from the base portion from the mating tongue plate, the terminal comprises a main body portion, a contact portion and a pin at both ends of the main body portion, and the main body portion is provided with interference Barbed; the terminal is inserted into the terminal slot and its interference barb is fixed in the terminal slot, the contact portion is arranged on the abutting tongue, and the pin extends out of the base.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following effects: the socket connector of the present invention can effectively improve the assembly process by first molding the shielding plate to reassemble the terminal.

150, 650, 390, 480‧‧‧ circuit boards

200, 200a, 200b, 300, 410, 500, 600‧‧‧ socket connectors

210, 334, 418, 552, 56', 602‧‧‧ metal casing

211, 333, 604‧‧‧ docking chamber

212, 610‧‧‧ metal cover

2121‧‧‧ front edge

213, 606‧‧‧ elastic film

215‧‧‧ bumps

217, 636‧‧‧ rear wall

218, 246, 255, 255’‧‧‧ feet

219‧‧ Ears

220‧‧‧Insulated body

222‧‧‧ base

223‧‧‧ side

224, 332‧‧‧ 接接板

225‧‧‧ root

226‧‧‧Terminal slot

228‧‧‧Depression

230‧‧‧ platform

232‧‧‧ channel

240‧‧‧ terminals

242‧‧‧ Main body

244‧‧‧ barbed

2481‧‧‧ front end

248‧‧‧Contacts

250, 250', 316‧‧ ‧ shield

251‧‧‧ first shelter

252‧‧‧Lock side edges

253, 253' ‧ ‧ second shelter

254‧‧‧ lap arm

256‧‧‧ Grounding piece

258, 338‧‧‧through holes

256’‧‧‧ lap

259’‧‧‧Detention Department

260‧‧‧ end wall

260’‧‧‧holding holes

262, 266, 262a, 266a, 218a, 624, 626, 630‧‧‧ mounting feet

264, 620‧‧ ‧ tabs

268‧‧‧ trailing edge

270‧‧‧Flange

310‧‧‧Terminal module

312‧‧‧Upper module

314‧‧‧ Lower module

3161‧‧‧Inside

318‧‧‧Insulator

320‧‧‧Upper terminal

322, 326‧‧‧ insulator

324‧‧‧lower terminal

328‧‧‧Upper grounding piece

330‧‧‧Under the grounding piece

336‧‧‧Front flange

340, 412‧‧‧ metal cover

342, 414‧‧‧ under the metal cover

343, 415, 434, 634 ‧ ‧ the back wall

345, 347‧‧ ‧ elastic arm

346, 348‧‧‧ contact end

3461‧‧‧ Stamping slot

400‧‧‧ modules

440‧‧‧ chipsets

442‧‧‧Metal shielding shell

460‧‧‧Small circuit board

470‧‧‧ card edge connector

561’‧‧‧ docking edge

562‧‧‧ gap

564‧‧‧Extension

581‧‧‧Fixed terminals

582‧‧‧Flexible terminal

612‧‧‧Front cover

614‧‧‧Back cover

616‧‧‧ top wall

618‧‧‧ side wall

622‧‧‧Connecting Department

628‧‧‧ Fixed Department

632‧‧‧High Department

636‧‧‧Upper back wall

652‧‧‧ gap

1 is a perspective view of a socket connector of a first embodiment of the present invention mounted on a circuit board; the second diagram is a perspective view of the first socket connector separated from the circuit board; and the third diagram is a socket connector of the first figure. The third drawing is a perspective exploded view of the third drawing; the fifth drawing is a further exploded perspective view of the fourth drawing; the sixth drawing is a further exploded perspective view of the terminal module of the fifth figure; The positional relationship diagram of the terminal and the shielding plate; the eighth drawing is a sectional view of the first figure along the broken line VIII-VIII; the ninth drawing is the sectional view of the first figure along the broken line IX-IX; the tenth figure is the first figure along the broken line a sectional view of XX; an eleventh drawing is a modified structure of the first embodiment; a twelfth drawing is another modified structure of the first embodiment; and a thirteenth drawing is a modified structure of the shielding plate; Figure 13 is a perspective view showing the unfolded portion of the shielding plate; the fifteenth view is a perspective view of the socket connector of the second embodiment of the present invention mounted on the circuit board; and the sixteenth embodiment is the fifteenth socket connector and a perspective view of the circuit boards separated from each other; FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a socket connector mounted on a circuit board according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and a nineteenth view is a perspective view showing a socket connector and a circuit board separated from each other; Figure 20 is an exploded perspective view of the socket connector in the nineteenth figure; the twenty-first figure is an exploded view of the terminal module in the twentieth figure; the twenty-second figure is the eighteenth figure along the dotted line XX II -XX II is a sectional view; a twenty-third embodiment is a system diagram of a fourth embodiment of the present invention having a socket connector; and a twenty-fourth drawing is a perspective view of the socket connector mounted on the circuit board; The twenty-fifth figure is a three-dimensional exploded view of the socket connector in the twenty-fourth figure; the twenty-sixth drawing is a further exploded perspective exploded view of the twenty-fifth figure; the twenty-seventh figure is an improved structure of the metal casing The twenty-eighth is a modified structure of the terminal in the socket connector; and the twenty-ninth diagram is a perspective view of a vertical socket connector.

The first to the tenth drawings show a first embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is a socket connector 200 mounted on a circuit board 150, which includes an insulative housing 220, a terminal 240, and a metal case surrounding the insulative housing 220. Body 210 and metal cover 212, metal cover 212 are soldered to circuit board 150 by surface soldering techniques. The insulative housing 220 includes a base 222 and a butt tongue 224 that extends forwardly from the base 222 (ie, extending in the mating direction) and the opposing tongue 224 defines two opposing surfaces. The insulative housing 220 is provided with two rows of terminal slots 226 extending in the front-rear direction. The terminal slots 226 extend through the base portion 222 from the mating tongues 224. Each of the terminal slots 226 is formed with an inwardly recessed recess adjacent to the front end surface of the butting tongue 224. 228, the front end of the recessed portion 228 has a protective flange 270 above the recessed portion 228, and the terminal groove 226 is provided with a protruding platform 230 behind the recessed portion 228. A pair of opposed channels 232 are provided on both lateral sides of each of the terminal slots 226 (see Fig. 6). The plurality of terminals 240 are inserted into the corresponding terminal slots 226 from the rear to the front. Each of the terminals 240 includes a horizontal body portion 242, a surface soldering type pin 246 located behind the body portion 242, and a contact portion 248 located in front of the body portion 242. The two sides of the 242 have two pairs of barbs 244. The barbs 244 are interference-fitted with the terminal slots 226 of the insulative housing 220 to fix the terminal 240 in the terminal slot 226. The front end 2481 of the contact portion 248 is inclined inwardly and disposed in the recess. In section 228. The terminals 240 are disposed in two rows, and the pins 246 of the upper row of terminals 240 are laterally offset from the main body portion 242 to the two sides, thereby forming two groups, and the pins 246 of the lower row of terminals 240 remain unchanged with respect to the body portion 242 thereof. No offset. On the other hand, the pins 246 of the two rows of terminals 240 extend in opposite directions. It should be noted that, in the ninth figure, the front half of the contact portion 248 is supported by the platform 230, and the remaining portion of the contact portion 248 and the main body portion 242 are spaced apart from the insulating body 220 by a certain distance in the vertical direction, and are separated by a pair. The thorn 244 is received in the channel 232 for support and fixation.

The metal shielding plate 250 is formed in the insulative housing 220 by the injection molding technique before the terminal 240 is inserted into the insulative housing 220. The insulative housing 220 includes the integrally formed base portion 222 and the abutting tongue plate 224. The shielding plate 250 is embedded in the shielding plate 250. The butt tongue 224 is inside. After the terminal 240 is inserted, the shadow is blocked The board 250 is located between the two rows of terminals 240. The shielding plate 250 includes a first shielding portion 251 between the contact portions 248 of the two rows of terminals 240, and a second shielding portion 253 between the pins 246 of the two rows of terminals 240. The first shielding portion 251 is self-aligning the tongue 224. The main body portion 242 of the two rows of terminals 240 is also located on both sides of the first shielding portion 251. The shielding plate 250 is provided with a pair of locking side edges 252 for engaging with the internal locking members of the mating plug connector, a pair of overlapping arms 254 on the lateral sides of the shielding plate 250, and a pair of self-shielding plates 250 laterally A grounding piece 256 is formed by bending the two sides. The overlapping arm 254 extends from the first shielding portion 251 laterally from the side 223 of the base portion 222 of the insulative housing 220 to contact the metal housing 210 (refer to FIG. 8). The two grounding strips 256 and the shielding plate 250 are parallel to each other and respectively located on opposite sides of the two opposite surfaces of the shielding plate 250. The abutting tongue 224 of the insulative housing 220 has a root portion 225 adjacent to the base portion 222. They are respectively attached to the root portion 225 for contacting the elastic plate of the mated plug connector to form a ground path, and the grounding piece 256 has a shielding effect. Please note that the shielding plate 250 is further provided with a plurality of through holes 258. After the insulating body 220 is injection molded, part of the material of the insulating body 220 fills the through holes 258, so that the shielding plate 250 can be better. It is buried in the insulative housing 220, that is, the entire terminal block has good strength.

The metal housing 210 forms a mating cavity 211. The mating tongue 224 extends forwardly into the mating cavity 211. The metal housing 210 is further provided with a plurality of elastic pieces 213 extending inwardly and backwardward and a plurality of inwardly protruding bumps 215. , used to secure the plug connector inserted. The metal housing 210 integrally extends out of the rear wall 217. The rear wall 217 covers the rear end surface of the insulative housing 220. The rear wall 217 is bent with two ears 219 and a surface soldering type pin 218. The ear portion 219 is fixed to the metal housing 210. The trailing edge can not only form a relatively stable metal shell structure, but also fully shield the socket connector. The metal housing 210 is generally a bladder-like structure having two opposing side walls and two curved end walls 260 that are connected to each other. The ears 219 are fastened to the rear end of the curved end wall 260, and the end wall 260 A horizontal sheet-like mounting foot 262 is also bent for surface mounting on the circuit board 150. The metal housing 210 includes a bent trailing edge 268 that abuts against the base 222 of the insulative housing 220. The metal cover 212 is fixed to the metal housing 210 (refer to FIG. 10) by the tab 264, and is soldered to the circuit board 150 through the surface of the mounting leg 266.

The socket connector 200 of the present embodiment is completely mounted above the circuit board 150, and the terminal 240 is a terminal slot 226 that is assembled into the insulative housing 220. On the other hand, the rear wall 217 can effectively prevent electromagnetic interference in the front-rear direction. The front end 2481 of the terminal contact portion 248 is inclined inwardly to be received within the recess 228 and partially covered by the protective flange 270 above the recess 228, which may further prevent the risk of the front end 2482 of the terminal contact portion 248 being ejected. It can be understood that the insulative housing 220 passes through the rear wall of the metal housing 210. The 217 is blocked at its rear end surface to prevent the rearward movement of the insulative housing 220, and the rear edge 268 abuts against the front vertical surface of the base portion 222 of the insulative housing 220 to prevent the insulative housing 220 from moving forward.

11 is a modified socket connector 200a of the first embodiment, and the structure of the socket connector 200a is substantially the same as that of the socket connector 200 of the first embodiment, the main difference being that the socket connector 200a of the present embodiment The metal housing 210 and the metal cover 210 have through-hole mounting legs 262a, 218a, 266a, that is, the mounting legs 262a, 218a, 266a extend vertically downwards, and are inserted into corresponding through holes of the circuit board to form an electrical connection, that is, The industry's so-called through-hole type circuit board mounting feet. The pins 246 of the upper and lower rows of terminals are also surface-welded pins, and the pins extend in opposite directions. The shielding plate 250 is provided with two through-hole type pins 255 which are bent and extended from the second shielding portion 253.

Figure 12 is another modified socket connector 200b of the first embodiment which is substantially identical to the socket connector 200a shown in Figure 11 except that the front edge 2121 of the metal housing 210 is embossed by a plurality of horns The edge is formed to facilitate insertion of the corresponding plug connector.

FIGS. 13 to 14 show a shielded plate 250' of a modified structure, the end of the overlapping portion 256' of the shielding plate 250' is formed with a fastening portion 259', and the fastening portion 259' is bent The main body portion (ie, the first shielding portion) of the shielding plate 250' is fixed to prevent the overlapping portion 256' from tilting relative to the shielding plate 250' due to high pressure during the injection molding process. The latching portion 259' is a pair of elastic hooks, and the shielding plate 250' is provided with a latching hole 260', and the elastic hook is inserted into the latching hole 260' to be held in the latching hole 260'. The shield plate 250' has two legs 255' that continue to extend from the second shield portion 253'.

The fifteenth through seventeenth views show the receptacle connector 600 of the second embodiment, which is mounted within the notch 652 of the circuit board 650. The socket connector 600 includes a terminal module (also referred to as an insulative housing, not shown, having the same structure as the third embodiment), a metal housing 602 surrounding the insulative housing, and a metal cover 610. The metal housing 602 forms a bladder-like docking chamber 604, or a pair of interfaces, and the metal housing 602 is provided with a plurality of resilient tabs 606 that extend into the docking chamber 604 for securing to the docked plug connector. The metal housing 602 of the embodiment includes only the capsule abutting portion and the lower rear wall 634 attached to the rear end surface of the insulating body. Thus, the metal housing 602 has a relatively simple structure and is convenient to manufacture. The metal cover 610 includes a front cover portion 612 over the metal casing 602 and a rear cover portion 614 covering the base of the insulating body. The top wall 616 and the side wall 618 of the front cover portion 612 of the metal cover 610 are welded to the metal shell. The body 602 has a rear cover portion 614 formed with a tab 620 fixed in the groove of the top surface of the insulative housing. When viewed from the side, the connection portion 622 of the metal cover 610 connecting the front and rear cover portions 612, 614 is S-shaped, and when the metal case 602 is mounted on the circuit board 650, there is a slight adjustment in the vertical direction. The connecting portion 622 can correct the misalignment caused by the above slight adjustment. In the socket After the connector 600 is installed in the electronic device, since the docking cavity 604 needs to be aligned with the opening of the electronic device casing, the position of the docking cavity 604 relative to the circuit board 650 can be slightly adjusted to accommodate the outer casing of the electronic device due to the presence of the connecting portion 622. Pass. In order to effectively mount the receptacle connector 600 on and in the gap 652 of the circuit board 650, the front cover portion 612 of the metal cover 610 includes a pair of vertically bent mounting legs 624 that include a pair of vertically bent mountings Feet 626. The rear cover portion 614 further includes a pair of fixing portions 628 disposed adjacent to the connecting portion 622, and a pair of mounting legs 630 disposed adjacent to the upper rear wall 636. The fixing portion 628 is welded to the rear edge of the metal housing 602, so that the socket can be reinforced The overall structural strength of the connector, particularly adjacent to the strength at the connection portion 622. The mounting foot 630 is adjacent the position of the tab 620. A pair of raised portions 632 are formed on both sides of the connecting portion 622 for shielding electromagnetic interference in the front-rear direction. It should be noted that the metal housing 602 integrally extends with a lower rear wall 634, and the metal cover 610 extends with an upper rear wall 636 attached to the rear end surface of the insulating body, mainly the rear end surface of the insulating body above the circuit board 650 and The rear end faces located in and below the circuit board 650 are shielded to prevent electromagnetic interference in the front-rear direction. Of course, in addition to the method of fixing the metal shell 602 and the metal cover 610 by welding, it may be fixed together by other means, such as a buckle.

The eighteenth through twenty-secondth views show a socket connector 300 of a third embodiment of the present invention which is mounted in the notch of the circuit board 390. The socket connector 300 includes a terminal module 310, a metal housing 334, and upper and lower metal covers 340, 342. The terminal module 310 is formed by sandwiching a shielding plate 316 between the upper module 312 and the lower module 314 and then molding the intermediate insulator 318. The upper module 312 includes an upper row of terminals 320 and an insulator 322 that is injection molded on the upper row of terminals 320. The lower module 314 includes a lower row of terminals 324 and an insulator 326 that is injection molded on the lower row of terminals 324. The upper and lower modules 312 are disposed. 314 is sandwiched between the shielding plates 316 and then integrally molded with a medium insulator 318. It should be noted that the anti-electromagnetic interference upper grounding piece 328 and the lower grounding piece 330 are buried in the upper and lower modules 312, 314 after the second injection molding. Wherein, the shielding plate 316 is slightly retracted at the corresponding grounding strips 328, 330 (referred to as the inner constricting edge 3161), and can be placed for the grounding piece. As described above, the terminal module 310 is completed by a two-step injection molding technique, and the specific content can be referred to the socket connector of the application number 104113612 filed by the company on April 29, 2015. The terminal module 310 includes a docking tongue 332 that is located at the front for docking with the docked plug connector.

The metal housing 334 is only an abutting portion, which is fixed to the front portion of the terminal module 310 and surrounds the abutting tongue 332 to form a docking cavity 333. The metal housing 334 has a continuously extending front flange 336 and a through hole. 338, the front flange 336 can not only cover the front edges of the upper and lower metal covers 340, 342, but also provide a more complete shielding effect (relative to the broken front flange). Upper metal cover 340 fixed At the top wall of the metal housing 334, a lower metal cover 342 is secured to the bottom wall of the metal housing 334. The upper metal cover 340 includes an upper rear wall 341 for shielding the rear portion of the terminal module 310, and the lower metal cover 342 includes a lower rear wall 343 for shielding the lower rear portion of the terminal module 310. The upper metal cover 340 is provided with a pair of elastic arms 345 formed by punching out from the upper metal cover 340, respectively extending inwardly from the adjacent side edges of the upper metal cover 340, and having free ends thereof. Passing through the through hole 338 of the metal housing 334 into the contact end 346 of the mating cavity 333 (see FIG. 22), the contact end 346 has a circular convex portion protruding toward the mating cavity 333, forming the elastic arm 345 The stamping groove 3461 is larger than the size of the resilient arm 345, allowing the resilient arm 345 to be offset within it, thus facilitating the contact end 346 to enter the through hole 338. The lower metal cover 342 is also provided with a plurality of resilient arms 347 having a contact end 348 that passes through the through hole 338 and into the mating cavity 333, the specific structure being the same as the resilient arm 345 of the metal cover 340. The contact ends are used to snap-fit with corresponding plug connectors.

It should be noted that the terminals of the socket connector have a small pitch, but the circuit on the conventional circuit board or the motherboard may not meet such requirements, so a so-called small-hole type circuit board is provided for such a small pitch. The socket connector is used. However, at the same size, the size of the small-hole circuit board is twice that of a normal circuit board. The twenty-third figure provides a solution for satisfying the above-mentioned suitable small-pitch socket connector, which is moderately priced. In the twenty-third figure, a system includes a module 400, a card edge connector 470 and a conventional circuit board 480. The module 400 includes a socket connector 410, a small circuit board 460, and a chip set 440. The small circuit board 460 is a small hole type circuit board and is relatively low in cost. The chip set 440 and the socket connector 410 are both mounted on the small circuit board 460. Wafer set 440 can be covered by metal shield shell 442. The card edge connector 470 is mounted on the circuit board 480 for receiving one end of the small circuit board 460 to form an electrical connection. It can be understood that the card edge connector 470 can be replaced by other types of connectors, such as a cable connector combination for connecting the small circuit board 460 and the circuit board 480; or two socket connectors can be mounted with a chip set. Small boards, or other combinations. The twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth drawings show the specific structure of the above-mentioned socket connector 410. The socket connector 410 includes a terminal module, a metal casing 418 surrounding the terminal module, and upper and lower metal covers 412 and 414. The metal housing 418 and the upper and lower metal covers 412, 414 can collectively shield the entire socket connector 410 in three directions, and the metal housing 418 and the lower metal cover 414 are both provided with a lower rear wall 415. 434, of course, the upper metal cover 412 is provided with an upper rear wall. Likewise, the card edge connector 470 can be mounted within the notch of the circuit board 480 to reduce the overall connector assembly or system height on the circuit board.

Figure 27 shows an improved metal housing structure with a metal housing 56' having an arc The abutting edge 561', viewed from the side, the abutting edge 561' is an arcuate structure protruding forwardly, the arcuate structure being disposed on the end wall of the metal casing 56', the curved structure being higher than the upper and lower walls Protruding. The twenty-eighthth embodiment shows an improved structure of the receptacle connector terminal having a fixed terminal 581 and a resilient terminal 582 which is located in front of the resilient terminal 582.

The twenty-ninth figure shows a vertical type receptacle connector 500 (in which the insulative housing is not shown), and the receptacle connector 500 is directly mounted vertically on the circuit board, that is, the mating direction is perpendicular to the circuit board. The socket connector 500 includes a metal housing 552 surrounding the insulative housing. The bottom of the metal housing 552 is torn with a mounting portion that is outwardly offset. A gap 562 is formed between the mounting portion and the insulative housing. 564, used to shield the gap 562, the extension 564 also facilitates mounting the receptacle connector 500 on the circuit board. On the other hand, the two end walls of the metal casing 552 are provided with a grounding leg (not shown), which can effectively improve the effect of preventing electromagnetic interference.

In summary, the present invention has indeed met the requirements of the invention patent, and has filed a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in the spirit of the present invention are still included in the scope of the appended claims.

210‧‧‧Metal housing

212‧‧‧metal cover

215‧‧‧ bumps

217‧‧‧ Back wall

218‧‧‧ feet

220‧‧‧Insulated body

246‧‧‧ feet

248‧‧‧Contacts

250‧‧‧shading board

254‧‧‧ lap arm

260‧‧‧ end wall

262, 266‧‧‧ mounting feet

264‧‧‧ 片片

268‧‧‧ trailing edge

Claims (10)

A socket connector includes an insulative housing, a terminal, a shielding plate, and a metal housing surrounding the insulative housing to form an abutting cavity; wherein the insulative housing includes an integrally formed base and a butt tongue, and the shielding plate is embedded in the docking The insulative housing is provided with a terminal slot extending from the mating tongue plate through the base portion, the terminal includes a main body portion, a contact portion at the two ends of the main body portion, and a pin, the main body portion is provided with an interference barb The terminal is inserted into the terminal slot and its interference barb is fixed in the terminal slot, the contact portion is arranged on the butt tongue, the pin extends out of the base, and the shielding plate is provided for A pair of latch side edges that are held by a pair of plug connectors. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal slot is recessed inwardly adjacent to a front end surface of the mating tongue to form a recessed portion, and a protective flange is left over the recessed portion, a terminal groove is disposed behind the recessed portion, a free end of the contact portion is disposed in the recessed portion and located under the protective flange, and a front portion of the contact portion is supported by the platform and the contact portion is The other portion and the main body portion are suspended in the terminal slot, and the interference barb is interference-fitted with the inner wall of the terminal slot. The socket connector of claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal groove is provided with a channel on both lateral sides thereof, and the interference barb is fixed in the channel. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the metal housing is provided with horizontally bent mounting legs on both sides thereof, the metal housing is provided with a rear wall, and the rear wall is provided with a pair Mounting feet that are bent horizontally in the direction of the cavity. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein both sides of the metal casing are bent with vertically extending mounting legs, the metal casing is provided with a rear wall, and the rear wall is provided with a vertical Straight extension mounting feet. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the two opposite wall faces of the metal housing are provided with bumps protruding toward the mating cavity. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector comprises an upper metal cover, and the upper metal cover comprises a front cover portion covering the metal casing and a back cover covering the base of the insulating body The rear cover portion extends from a pair of fixing portions respectively fixed to the rear edge of the metal casing. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector comprises an upper metal cover, and the upper metal cover comprises a front cover portion covering the metal casing and a rear cover portion covering the base; A connecting portion is connected between the front cover portion and the rear cover portion, and the connecting portion has an S-shape when viewed from the side. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector comprises an upper metal cover, and the upper metal cover comprises a front cover portion covering the metal casing and a rear cover portion covering the base; The rear cover portion has an upper rear wall extending therefrom, and the metal casing extends a lower rear wall, and the upper rear wall and the lower rear wall collectively cover the rear end surface of the insulating body base. The socket connector of claim 1, wherein the socket connector comprises an upper metal cover, and the upper metal cover comprises a front cover portion covering the metal casing and a rear cover portion covering the base; The front cover portion of the metal cover is provided with a resilient arm. The elastic arm extends from the two side edges of the front cover portion and then extends rearward. The free end of the elastic arm is provided with a contact end; the metal housing is provided with a through hole. The contact end of the resilient arm passes through the through hole and enters the docking cavity.