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US 7,682,172 B2Granted
Electrical connector assembly with ESD protection
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYao-Pang Lu
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided. The electrical connector assembly comprises an insulative housing in which a plurality of contacts retained. The contacts include a plurality of signal contacts and at least one grounding contact. Furthermore, the electrical connector assembly includes an electrostatic discharge device which electrically interconnected with the contact.
Claims13
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending from the base portion forwardly;
- a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact comprising a contacting end received in the tongue portion, a connecting portion secured in the base portion, and a tail portion extending rearwards from the connecting portion;
- a shell enclosing the insulative housing and defining a rear plate;
- and
- an electrostatic discharge device electrically and mechanically connecting with the contacts;
- wherein said tail portion defines a distal end confronting the rear plate of the shell and the electrostatic discharge device is housed between the rear plate and corresponding distal ends.
3 more elements
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a housing having a mating portion and a vertical rear wall annexed to the mating portion;
- a plurality of contacts assembled into the housing and including a plurality of signal contact and at least one grounding contact;
- each of the signal contacts and the grounding contact including a horizontally contact engaging portion disposed on the mating portion of the housing, and a horizontally tail portion extending outwardly from a bottom face of the rear wall of the housing and vertical to the rear wall of the housing;
- and
- an electrostatic discharge device arranged between the rear wall of the housing and the tail portion of the contacts and interconnected with the contacts, the electrostatic discharge having a bottom surface, said bottom surface defining a plurality of electrical pads interconnecting with the tail portions of the contacts and a plurality of posts protruding beyond the tail portions of the contacts and adjacent to the electrical pads.
2 more elements
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a rear face;
- a metallic shell enclosing said housing;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing, each of said contacts defining a solder section extending out of the rear face with thereon opposite upper and bottom surfaces engaged with an IC member and a printed circuit board, respectively;
- and
- said IC member seated upon the upper surface and exposed to an exterior behind the rear face;
- wherein
- said IC member defines a plurality of conductive pads respectively engaged with the upper surfaces of the solder sections of the corresponding contacts, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.