Electrical connector
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsShih-Wei Hsiao, Tsu-Yang Wu, Na Yang
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending from the base in a front-to-back direction, and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing. The contacts include a plurality of differential-pair contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in the transverse direction. A metallic grounding plate is forwardly inserted into the horizontal center slot of the mating tongue with at least two sets of spring tangswelded to spaced positions of the corresponding grounding contacts, respectively so as to have each grounding contacts mechanically and electrically connected with the grounding plate at at least two spaced positioned in the front-to-back direction.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base in a front-to-back direction, the mating tongue defining opposite upper and lower faces in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of passageways formed in the housing;
- a first set of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways at a lower side of the mating tongue and including a plurality of differential-pair contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction, each of first set of contacts including a contacting section exposed upon the lower face of the mating tongue, a tail exposed outside of the housing and a retaining section therebetween;
- a metallic grounding plate forwardly inserted into the mating tongue at a center level and including opposite front and rear transverse bars spaced from each other in the front-to-back direction and each transverse bar extending in the transverse direction;
- and
- a plurality of first spring tangs forwardly extending downwardly from the front transverse bar, a plurality of second spring tangs rearwardly extending downwardly from the front transverse bar, and a plurality of third spring tangs forwardly extending downwardly from the rear transverse bar;
- wherein
- each grounding contact mechanically and electrically connects to one of said first spring tangs, one of said second spring tangs and one of said third spring tangs at different positions in the front-to-back direction.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending from the base in a front-to-back direction, the mating tongue defining opposite upper face and lower face in a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of passageways formed in the housing;
- a first set of contacts received within the corresponding passageways, respectively, each contact including a contacting section exposed upon one of the upper face and the lower face of the mating tongue, a tail extending outside the housing, and a retaining section therebetween embedded within the base, a narrowed section formed at a front end of the contacting section, the first set of contacts including a plurality of differential-pair contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction;
- a metallic grounding plate including a plurality of first spring tangs, a plurality of second spring tangs, and a plurality of third spring tangs extending therefrom;
- wherein
- each grounding contact contacts one of the first spring tangs at the narrowed section, one of the second spring tangs at the contacting section, and one of the third spring tangs at the retaining section.
A metallic grounding plate for use within an electrical connector having a mating tongue, said grounding plate comprising:
- opposite front and rear transverse bars spaced from each other in a front-to-back direction;
- a plurality of bridges linked between the pair of transverse bars and extending in the front-to-back direction so as to form a plurality of rectangular frame structures thereof;
- a plurality of first spring tangs extending forwardly from the front transverse bar;
- a plurality of second spring tangs extending rearwardly from the front transverse bar;
- and
- a plurality of third spring tangs extending forwardly from the rear transverse bar;
- wherein
- each first spring tang is aligned with one of the second spring tangs and one of the third spring tangs in the front-to-back direction, and each frame structure receives at least one of the second spring tangs and one of the third spring tangs.
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