Compact, high speed electrical connector
AssigneeAmphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
InventorsYunxiang Liu, Lei Liao, Luyun Yi
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Abstract
An electrical connector including a front housing member, signal and ground terminals disposed in a row in the front housing member, a cover member mounted to a rear of the front housing member, and a lossy member disposed in the cover member and contacting the ground terminals. Such a configuration improves signal integrity of the electronical connector while simplifying the manufacture and assembly of the electrical connector and reducing the cost thereof.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a front housing member comprising a front member and a cover member mounted to a rear of the front member;
- a plurality of terminals arranged in the front housing member;
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- a bridging member comprising portions extending through the cover member and engaging a subset of the plurality of terminals.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a front housing member;
- a plurality of terminals disposed in a row in the front housing member, the plurality of terminals each comprising a contact portion, a tail portion, a body portion extending between the contact portion and the tail portion, and an accommodation space in parallel to the body portion, the plurality of terminals comprising ground terminals comprising protrusion portions protruding into respective accommodation spaces;
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- a lossy member comprising slots receiving the protrusion portions of the ground terminals.
The electrical connector of claim 12, wherein:
- the cover member comprises slots, and
- the slots of the lossy member are accessible via the slots of the cover member.
The electrical connector of claim 12, wherein the cover member comprises a recess for receiving the lossy member.
A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprising a plurality of terminals each comprising a contact portion, a tail portion, and a body portion extending between the contact portion and the tail portion, the method comprising:
- inserting the plurality of terminals into a front housing member through an opening in a rear of the front housing;
- inserting a cover member into the opening in the rear and securing the cover member to the front housing;
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- filling a cavity of the cover member with lossy material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.