Electric connector with a space-saving LED lead-out wire and circuit board arrangement

Abstract

An electric connector includes an electrically insulative housing covered with a metal shield, and an electric circuit assembly unit installed in the electrically insulative housing, the electric circuit assembly unit including a terminal holder holding a set of terminals and mounted in the electrically insulative housing, and a circuit board supported on the terminal holder, the terminal holder having a base, a front extension board and a rear extension board horizontally extended from the base in reversed directions, and an upright support at the rear extension board, the circuit board having two light emitting diodes controlled to emit light toward a front receiving side of the electrically insulative housing, the terminal holder having ten terminal slots vertically extended through the rear extension board and arranged in two rows, the circuit board having ten terminals arranged in two rows and respectively inserted through respective terminal slots of the terminal holder, the terminals of the circuit board including four terminals respectively connected to lead-out wires of the light emitting diodes and six signal receiving and transmitting terminals respectively connected to the terminals of the terminal holder.

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