Electrical connector including contacts and housing recesses and air pockets for improved impedance
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorFeng Pan
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes a housing having a securing structure and a number of contacts (30). The securing structure defines a number of passageways (40) each extending therethrough along a thickness direction thereof, a number of securing recesses (42) each across and in communication with a corresponding passageway along a width direction thereof, and a number of air pockets (41) each across and in alignment with a corresponding passageway along a length direction thereof. Each contact has a body portion (32) inserted through the passageway, and a widen portion (31) secured in the securing recess and facing a corresponding air pocket.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a securing structure, the securing structure defining a plurality of passageways each extending therethrough along a thickness direction thereof, a plurality of securing recesses each across and in communication with a corresponding passageway along a width direction thereof, and a plurality of air pockets each across and in alignment with a corresponding passageway along a length direction thereof;
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- a plurality of contacts each having a body portion and a widen portion formed in the body portion, said body portion being inserted through the passageway, said widen portion being secured in the securing recess and facing a corresponding air pocket.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing sub-assembly;
- a plurality of passageways formed in and extending through said housing sub-assembly in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a pin type configuration with a rectangular cross-section defining a long side along a first transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction, and a short side along a second transverse direction perpendicular to both said vertical direction and the first transverse direction;
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- a pair of air pockets formed in the housing sub-assembly and communicatively located by two sides of each of the contacts in the second transverse direction;
- wherein
- said pair of pockets are isolated from an exterior.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing sub-assembly including an insulative spacer stacked upon an insulative housing unit;
- a plurality of passageways formed in and extending, in a vertical direction, through said housing sub-assembly including both the spacer and the housing unit;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a pin type configuration with a rectangular cross-section defining a long side along a first transverse direction perpendicular to said vertical direction, and a short side along a second transverse direction perpendicular to both said vertical direction and the first transverse direction;
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- at least one air pocket formed in at least one of the housing unit and the spacer and communicatively located by two sides of each of the contacts in the second transverse direction, and further communicating, in the vertical direction, with an interface between the spacer and the housing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.