1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulating housing having a base portion and a mating tongue extending forwardly from a front face of the base portion;
a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating housing, the conductive terminals having contacting portions exposed on the mating tongue; and
a metallic shell shielding around the insulating housing, the metallic shell surrounding the mating tongue to form a mating cavity;
wherein the metallic shell has an anti-mismating portion extending forwardly from an area adjacent to the base portion into the mating cavity and located on a lateral side of the mating tongue.
2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base portion has an accommodating room, the anti-mismating portion is received in the accommodating room and further extends into the mating cavity.
3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein the anti-mismating portion hangs in the accommodating room so as to make itself be movable in the accommodating room.
4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein the anti-mismating portion comprises a connecting portion and a protruding portion, the connecting portion is located in the accommodating room, and the protruding portion extends into the mating cavity from the connecting portion.
5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein the protruding portion has a first resisting portion and a second resisting portion abutting against each other tightly.
6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first and second resisting portions are formed by one metal plate, the second resisting portion bends rearwardly from an end of the first resisting portion.
7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the anti-mismating portion is formed by stamping from the metallic shell and bent downwardly, thereby an opening is formed on the metallic shell.
8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metallic shell has a shielding body shielding around the insulating housing and a metallic member fixed on the shielding body, the metallic member has a fixing section fixed on the shielding body, and said anti-mismating portion extends into the mating cavity from an end of the fixing section.
9. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein the metallic member has a positioning portion extending downwardly from the other end of the fixing section, the positioning portion and the anti-mismating portion are opposite with each other and located at one side of the fixing section.
10. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metallic shell has a shielding body shielding around the insulating housing and a retaining member fixed on the shielding body, the retaining member has a main body, and a pair of first retaining legs extending downwardly out of the insulating housing from the main body, and said anti-mismating portion extends into the mating cavity from the main body, the pair of the first retaining legs are located at two sides of the metallic shell.
11. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulating housing having a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion;
a metallic shell shielding around the insulating housing, the metallic shell surrounding the mating portion to form a mating cavity;
a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating housing, the conductive terminals each having a contacting section exposed to the mating cavity; and
an anti-mismating member extending into the mating cavity;
wherein the base portion has an accommodating room, and the anti-mismating member is movably received in the accommodating room.
12. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein the accommodating room runs upwardly through an upper surface of the base portion and forwardly through a front face of the base portion, the anti-mismating member hangs in the accommodating room and is not in touch with the insulating housing.
13. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein the anti-mismating member and the metallic shell are stamped from a same metal plate and connect with each other.
14. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a metallic member fixed on the metallic shell, and the anti-mismating member extends into the mating cavity from the metallic member.
15. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a retaining member fixed to the shell for fixing the electrical connector on a printed circuit board, and the anti-mismating member extends into the mating cavity from the retaining member.
16. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion forwardly extending from the base portion in a front-to-back direction;
a metallic shell enclosing the housing and defining a mating cavity in which the tongue portion extends;
a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon the tongue portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction; and
a resilient anti-mismating device extending forwardly from a rear side of the mating cavity while being free from said base portion without restraint; wherein
viewed in said front-to-back direction, said anti-mismating device is essentially spaced from a circumferential boundary of said mating cavity and located beside said tongue portion in a transverse direction perpendicular to both said front-to-back direction and said vertical direction.
17. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 16, wherein said base portion forms an accommodating room to receive a rear portion of said anti-mismating device therein without touching.
18. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein said anti-mismating device is directly stamped from the shell into the housing.
19. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 17, wherein said anti-mismating device is formed on a metallic bracket which is secured upon the shell.
20. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 19, wherein said bracket includes at least one retaining leg extending downwardly below the mating cavity for mounting to a printed circuit board.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A traction plate assembly for rigid mounting to an equestrian stirrup, said stirrup including a yoke and a foot plate connected to said yoke, said traction plate assembly comprising:
a top plate, said top plate having a top traction surface and a bottom mounting surface, said top plate received above said foot plate;
a mounting plate, said mounting plate received below said foot plate; and
fasteners, said fasteners extending through said mounting plate and said foot plate into the bottom surface of said top plate, said fasteners holding said mounting plate and said top plate in rigid assembled relation with said foot plate, wherein said traction plate cannot be displaced relative to said foot plate.
2. The traction plate assembly of claim 1, wherein said top plate and said mounting plate are aluminum.
3. The traction plate assembly of claim 2, wherein said traction surface is knurled.
4. The traction plate assembly of claim 2, wherein said traction surface is milled to include raised traction enhancing structures.
5. The traction plate assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a friction enhancing pad received between said bottom surface of said top plate and said foot plate.
6. The traction plate assembly of claim 1, wherein said fasteners are screws.
7. The traction plate assembly of claim 6, further comprising:
mounting lugs formed on said bottom surface of said top plate, said mounting lugs having openings therein to receive said screws, said foot plate having a thickness, said mounting lugs extending from said bottom surface of said top plate a distance less than the thickness of said foot plate.
8. The traction plate assembly of claim 1, wherein said top plate has a first end and a second end, said top plate including at least one notch in one end thereof, said notch corresponding to said yoke at the point where said yoke contacts said foot plate.
9. The traction plate assembly of claim 8, wherein said top plate includes one notch at each end thereof.
10. A stirrup assembly comprising:
an equestrian stirrup, said stirrup including a yoke, said yolk having two rigid arms and a foot plate rigidly connected to said arms, wherein said foot plate is not displaceable relative to said yoke; and
a traction plate assembly including:
a top plate, said top plate having a top traction surface and a bottom mounting surface, said top plate received above said foot plate,
a mounting plate, said mounting plate received below said foot plate, and
fasteners, said fasteners extending through said mounting plate and said foot plate into the bottom surface of said top plate, said fasteners holding said mounting plate and said top plate in rigid assembled relation with said foot plate, wherein said traction plate cannot be displaced relative to said foot plate.
11. The stirrup assembly of claim 10, wherein said top plate and said mounting plate are aluminum.
12. The stirrup assembly of claim 11, wherein said traction surface is knurled.
13. The stirrup assembly of claim 11, wherein said traction surface is milled to include raised traction enhancing structures.
14. The stirrup assembly of claim 10, further comprising:
a friction enhancing pad received between said bottom surface of said top plate and said foot plate.
15. The stirrup assembly of claim 10, wherein said fasteners are screws.
16. The stirrup assembly of claim 15, further comprising:
mounting lugs formed on said bottom surface of said top plate, said mounting lugs having openings therein to receive said screws, said foot plate having a thickness, said mounting lugs extending from said bottom surface of said top plate a distance less than the thickness of said foot plate.
17. The stirrup assembly of claim 10, wherein said top plate has a first end and a second end, said top plate including at least one notch in one end thereof, said notch corresponding to one of said arms of said yoke at the point where said arm contacts said foot plate.
18. The stirrup assembly of claim 17, wherein said top plate includes one notch at each end thereof.