# US 10,320,126 B2 · Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,320,126 B2 - Document ID: US10320126B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/678,540 - Filed: 2017-08-16 - Published: 2018-01-18 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-21 - Assignees: Lotes Co., Ltd - Applicants: Lotes Co., Ltd - Inventors: Ted Ju; Wu Feng; Ya Jun Zeng; Nan Fang He; Jun Fan; Jin Ke Hu; Guo Sheng Zhou; Chin Chi Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320126B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/6585: Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts - H01R 12/724: {containing contact members forming a right angle} - H01R 13/6581: Shield structure - H01R 13/6583: with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members - H01R 13/6591: Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members - H01R 13/6594: the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members - H01R 24/60: Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement - H01R 2107/00: Four or more poles - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electrical connector includes an insulation body. Multiple terminals are fixed on the insulation body in an upper row and a lower row. Each terminal has a soldering portion. The soldering portions are arranged in two rows in a front-rear direction. A middle shielding sheet is fixed on the insulation body, and has a planar plate portion. A baffle extends downward from a rear end of the plate portion and is located between the soldering portions in the two rows. The plate portion extends horizontally in a lateral direction to form a connecting portion, which is in front of the rear end of the plate portion. A rear edge of the connecting portion bends downward to form a leg. In the front-rear direction, a distance between the rear end of the plate portion and the rear edge of the connecting portion is greater than a width of the connecting portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical connector, comprising: an insulation body; a plurality of terminals, fixedly disposed on the insulation body in an upper row and a lower row, wherein each of the terminals has a soldering portion, and the soldering portions are arranged in two rows in a front-rear direction; and a middle shielding sheet, fixedly disposed on the insulation body, wherein the middle shielding sheet has a planar plate portion located between the terminals in the upper row and the lower row, a baffle extends downward from a rear end of the plate portion and is located between the soldering portions in the two rows, the plate portion extends horizontally in a lateral direction to form a connecting portion, the connecting portion is in front of the rear end of the plate portion, and a leg extends and bends downward from a rear edge of the connecting portion; wherein a distance between the rear end of the plate portion and the rear edge of the connecting portion in the front-rear direction is greater than a width of the connecting portion in the front-rear direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a side edge of the leg is flush with a side edge of the connecting portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the baffle and the soldering portions in a back row is smaller than a distance between the baffle and the soldering portions in a front row. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the leg is located in front of the baffle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a gap between the leg and the plate portion is smaller than the width of the connecting portion in the front-rear direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the leg has: a first section accommodated in the insulation body and parallel to the baffle, wherein the first section is in front of the baffle, and the first section and the baffle are arranged in a staggered way in the front-rear direction; and a second section connected to the first section and exposed to the insulation body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein a length of the first section is greater than a width of the baffle in a vertical direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a side edge of the baffle is flush with a side edge of the plate portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein: two connecting portions are symmetrically arranged and formed by extending from two opposite side edges of the plate portion, respectively; at least two first through holes arranged in a row and a second through hole located in front of the first through holes are formed by passing through an upper surface and a lower surface of the plate portion; the connecting portions are located closer to the first through holes than a front end of the plate portion in the front-rear direction; and the plate portion has a center line in the front-rear direction, and the center line passes through the second through hole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electrical connector according to claim 9, wherein two slots are respectively provided at the two opposite side edges of the plate portion in front of the connecting portions, and the two slots and the first through holes are arranged in a row. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electrical connector according to claim 10, wherein a front edge of each of the slots is located behind a front edge of the second through hole. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The electrical connector according to claim 10, wherein a width of each of the slots in the front-rear direction is greater than the distance between the rear end of the plate portion and the rear edge of the connecting portion in the front-rear direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The electrical connector according to claim 10, wherein an upper shielding sheet covers an upper surface of the insulation body, a lower shielding sheet covers a lower surface of the insulation body, each of the upper shielding sheet and the lower shielding sheet is provided with a side plate accommodated in each of the slots. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The electrical connector according to claim 9, wherein the plate portion is provided with two third through holes penetrating therethrough in front of the second through hole, the two third through holes are located on two sides of the center line and are symmetrical to the center line, and a distance between the first through holes and the second through hole is different from a distance between the second through hole and the third through holes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electrical connector according to claim 14, wherein a recess is concavely formed backward on a front end of the plate portion, the recess is located right in front of the third through holes, and a distance between the recess and the third through holes is smaller than a distance between the third through holes and the connecting portions in a row. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electrical connector according to claim 15, wherein the first through holes, the second through hole and the third through holes are all located between backward extending lines of a left edge and a right edge of the recess. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The electrical connector according to claim 15, wherein the plate portion is provided with two round holes symmetrically formed at two opposite sides of the recess, respectively, and an extending line of a side edge of the plate portion connecting the baffle passes through one of the two round holes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electrical connector according to claim 17, wherein two slots are respectively at the two opposite side edges of the plate portion in front of the connecting portions, and a forward extending line of a side edge of each of the slots passes through a corresponding one of the round holes. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The electrical connector according to claim 17, wherein the two opposite side edges of the plate portion respectively extend to form two protruding portions exposed from the insulation body, the two protruding portions and the two round holes are arranged in a same row, and a backward extending line of an outer side edge of each of the two protruding portions passes through a corresponding one of the connecting portions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electrical connector according to claim 19, wherein a connecting line of rear ends of the two protruding portions passes through the third through holes.