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US 12,609,478 B2Granted
Connector and a connector assembly comprising the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsJiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Hongqiang (Sean) Han
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Abstract
A connector includes a housing, two power supply terminals, and an insert inserted into the housing. The insert includes a base to which the two power supply terminals are mounted, and two support arms extending from the base. Free ends of the two support arms are positioned to support a respective power supply terminal.
Claims20
A connector, comprising:
- a housing defining two guide arms, each of the guide arms having both a first groove and a second groove on opposite sides thereof;
- two power supply terminals;
- and
- an insert inserted into the housing, including:
- a base to which the two power supply terminals are mounted;
- and
- two support arms extending from the base, free ends of the two support arms positioned to support respective ones of the power supply terminals.
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A connector assembly adapted to connect to a circuit board comprising,
- a connector including:
- a housing having two guide arms, each of the guide arms having both a first groove and a second groove on opposite sides thereof;
- two power supply terminals;
- two ground terminals;
- an insert configured to insert into the housing and comprising a base, to which the two power supply terminals and the two ground terminals are respectively mounted;
- and
- two support arms extending from the base respectively so that free ends of the two support arms are capable of supporting curved connecting ends of respective ones of the power supply terminals respectively, the two power supply terminals being located between the two support arms and the two support arms being located between the two ground terminals;
- and
- a matching connector including a matching housing receiving the connector, the matching housing defining two side arms and an intermediate arm located between the two side arms, wherein:
- each of the side arms includes a matching ground terminal on a side thereof facing the intermediate arm, and the intermediate arm includes matching power supply terminals located respectively on opposed sides thereof facing the two side arms;
- and
- with the connector inserted into the matching connector, the intermediate arm is inserted between the two support arms, and each of the support arms is inserted between the intermediate arm and a respective one of the side arms, and each of the matching power supply terminals is pressed against a respective one of the power supply terminals and each of the matching ground terminals is pressed against a respective one of the ground terminals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.