# US 12,763,524 B2 · Electrical connector with an improved grounding member > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,524 B2 - Document ID: US12763524B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/612,078 - Filed: 2024-03-21 - Published: 2024-09-26 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2023-03-24 - Assignees: Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited - Applicants: Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd.; Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited - Inventors: Jia-Hau Liu; Qin-Xin Cao; Tsu-Yang Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763524B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/6585: Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts - H01R 13/6461: Means for preventing cross-talk - H01R 13/6471: by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal] - H01R 13/6581: Shield structure - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract An electrical connector includes: a housing defining a longitudinal direction; a row of first terminals being retained in the housing and having plural pairs of signal terminals and plural grounding terminals; a row of second terminals retained in the housing opposite to the row of the first terminals; and a first grounding member retained in the housing, wherein the first grounding member has a longitudinal ridge, plural shielding portions, and plural grounding tails extending from the longitudinal ridge, the shielding portions face and shield corresponding pairs of signal terminals of the row of first terminals, respectively, spanning from a rear end to a front end of corresponding signal terminals, and the grounding tails contact corresponding grounding terminals of the row of first terminals, respectively. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical connector comprising: a longitudinal housing defining a longitudinal direction; a row of first terminals being retained in the housing and comprising plural pairs of signal terminals and plural grounding terminals; a row of second terminals retained in the housing opposite to the row of the first terminals; and a first grounding member retained in the housing; wherein the first grounding member comprises a longitudinal ridge extending in the longitudinal direction, a plurality of shielding portions, and a plurality of grounding tails extending from the longitudinal ridge, the shielding portions face and shield corresponding pairs of signal terminals of the row of first terminals, respectively, spanning from a rear end to a front end of corresponding signal terminals, and the grounding tails contact corresponding grounding terminals of the row of first terminals, respectively; a second grounding member and a third grounding member, wherein the second grounding member has two grounding tails which contact two corresponding grounding terminals of the row of second terminals respectively, and the third grounding member has three grounding tails which contact three corresponding grounding terminals of the row of second terminals respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a fourth grounding member, wherein the first grounding member is located between the row of first terminals and the row of second terminals, and the fourth grounding member is located at another side of the row of first terminals. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first grounding member further has a front assistant ridge and a rear assistant ridge parallel to the longitudinal ridge, each of the front and rear assistant ridges has plural grounding tails extending therefrom, and the grounding tails of the longitudinal ridge, the front assistant ridge, and the rear assistant ridge contact different points of a corresponding grounding terminal of the row of first terminals. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 3, wherein all the grounding tails of the longitudinal ridge, the front assistant ridge, and the rear assistant ridge extend in a lengthwise direction of the grounding terminal of the row of first terminals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a base portion and a tongue portion extending forward from the base portion, each of the first terminal and the second terminal comprises a flat portion and a tail portion, and the flat portions of the first terminals and the second terminals are exposed on opposite faces of the tongue portion respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tail portion has a connecting portion extending downward from the flat portion and a soldering portion extending horizontally from the connecting portion, the shielding portions of the first grounding member shield the connecting portions from front ends of the flat portion of the signal terminals of the row of first terminals. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rear assistant ridge faces the connecting portions of the first terminals. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the housing defines a mating slot, the row of first terminals and the row of second terminals are located at opposite sides of the mating slot, and the first grounding member is located between the row of first terminals and the row of second terminals.