Electrical connector with an improved grounding member
AssigneesFuding Precision Components (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsShih-Wei Hsiao, Tsu-Yang Wu, Ching-Hsiang Chang
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: a longitudinal housing defining a longitudinal direction and a front-rear direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; a row of terminals including signal terminals and grounding terminals; and a grounding member retained in the housing and having plural first fingers and plural second fingers, wherein each of the first fingers extends in the longitudinal direction, each of the second fingers extends in the front-rear direction, and each grounding terminal is mechanically and electrically connected with a corresponding first finger and a corresponding second finger.
Claims14
An electrical connector comprising:
- a longitudinal housing defining a longitudinal direction and a front-rear direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
- a plurality of first terminals disposed in the housing and arranged in a row, the first terminals comprising a plurality of signal terminals and grounding terminals;
- and
- a first grounding member retained in the housing and comprising a plurality of first fingers and a plurality of second fingers;
- wherein
- the first fingers extend in the longitudinal direction, the second fingers extend in the front-rear direction, and each grounding terminal is mechanically and electrically connected with a corresponding first finger and a corresponding second finger;
- and
- the grounding member comprises a front bar, a rear bar, and a plurality of bridges united with the front bar and the rear bar in the front-rear direction, and the first fingers extend from corresponding bridges in the longitudinal direction.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a longitudinal housing;
- and
- a plurality of first terminals disposed in the housing and arranged in a longitudinal direction, the plurality of first terminals comprising two first grounding terminals and a pair of first signal terminals between the two first grounding terminals, each of the first terminals comprising a contacting portion, a leg portion, and a middle portion joining the contacting portion and the leg portion;
- wherein
- the middle portion of the first terminal comprises a horizontal portion, an L-shaped portion, and a neck portion joining the horizontal portion and the L-shaped portion;
- of the first grounding terminals, the horizontal portions and the L-shaped portion are wider than the contacting portions, and the neck portions are narrower than the horizontal portions and the L-shaped portion in the longitudinal direction;
- and
- of the first signal terminals, the horizontal portions are narrower than the contacting portions, and the horizontal portions shift toward each other in the longitudinal direction.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of first terminals disposed in the housing and comprising a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of first grounding terminals arranged in a first direction;
- a first grounding member retained in the insulative housing and having a first finger and an associated second finger in touch with a corresponding first grounding terminal;
- a plurality of second terminals disposed in the insulative housing and comprising a plurality of second signal terminals and a plurality of second grounding terminals;
- and
- a second grounding member retained in the insulative housing;
- wherein the first finger extends in the first direction and the second finger extends in a mating direction of the electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.