Grounding spring, grounding terminal assembly and connector
AssigneesSIBAS Electronics (Xiamen) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsHart (Hua) He, Yong (Chris) Wang, Yingchun (David) Wang, Hui (Blaze) Peng
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Abstract
A grounding spring includes a C-shaped clamping portion and an elastic contact portion. The C-shaped clamping portion clamps a grounding terminal of a connector to make electrical contact with the grounding terminal. The elastic contact portion abuts against an inner side of an outer shielding shell of the connector to make electrical contact with the outer shielding shell. The grounding spring electrically connects the grounding terminal to the outer shielding shell.
Claims19
A grounding spring, comprising:
- a C-shaped clamping portion clamping a grounding terminal of a connector to make electrical contact with the grounding terminal;
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- an elastic contact portion abutting against an inner side of an outer shielding shell of the connector to make electrical contact with the outer shielding shell, the grounding spring electrically connects the grounding terminal to the outer shielding shell.
A grounding terminal assembly, comprising:
- a grounding terminal;
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- a grounding spring including a C-shaped clamping portion and an elastic contact portion, the C-shaped clamping portion is clamped to the grounding terminal to make electrical contact with the grounding terminal, the elastic contact portion abuts against an inner side of an outer shielding shell of a connector to electrically connect the grounding terminal to the outer shielding shell.
A connector, comprising:
- a terminal retainer having a plurality of terminal mounting slots formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof;
- a grounding terminal assembly including a grounding terminal and a grounding spring, the grounding spring includes a C-shaped clamping portion and an elastic contact portion, the C-shaped clamping portion is clamped to the grounding terminal to make electrical contact with the grounding terminal, the grounding terminal is mounted in one terminal mounting slot;
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- an outer shielding shell, the terminal retainer and the grounding terminal assembly are inserted into the outer shielding shell, the elastic contact portion abuts against an inner side of the outer shielding shell to electrically connect the grounding terminal to the outer shielding shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.