Electrical connector with improved contacts and transition module
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsQi-Sheng Zheng, Jia-Yong He
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Abstract
An electrical connector mounted on a mother PCB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high speed signals. The conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol. The electrical connector further includes a transition module with one end connected to the contacts and the other end to be soldered to the mother PCB.
Claims14
An electrical connector for being mounted on a mother PCB, comprising:
- an insulative housing including a base portion and a tongue portion protruding beyond the base portion, the tongue portion extending along a front-to-rear direction and including a mating end opposite to the base portion;
- a plurality of contacts held in the tongue portion, the contacts comprising a plurality of conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts for transferring high-speed signals, each conductive contact comprising an elastic first contact portion and a first tail portion opposite to the first contact portion, and each differential contact comprising a stiff second contact portion and a second tail portion, all the first and the second contact portions being located at a same side of the tongue portion, and all the first and the second contact portions being arranged in two parallel rows along the front-to-rear direction in condition that the second contact portions being positioned nearer to the mating end than that of the first contact portions;
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- a transition module mechanically and electrically connected with the first and the second tail portions, and the transition module for being electrically connected to the mother PCB;
- wherein the each differential contact comprises a connecting portion connecting the second contact portion and the second tail portion, the second contact portion and the connecting portion being parallel to each other while being located on different horizontal levels.
An electrical connector for being mounted on a mother PCB, comprising:
- an insulative housing including a tongue portion extending along a front-to-rear direction, the tongue portion comprising a mating end and a mounting wall, the mounting wall defining a plurality of passageways and a plurality of depressions nearer to the mating end than that of the passageways;
- a plurality of contacts comprising a plurality of conductive contacts and at least one pair of differential contacts, the conductive contacts comprising elastic first contact portions received in the passageways while extending beyond the mounting wall, and first tail portions opposite to the first contact portions, said differential contacts comprising nonelastic second contact portions attached to the depressions and second tail portions opposite to the second contact portions;
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- a transition module acting as a bridge to electrically connect the first and the second tail portions to the mother PCB;
- wherein each differential contact comprises a connecting portion connecting the second contact portion and the second tail portion, the second contact portion and the connecting portion being parallel to each other while being located on different horizontal levels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.