# US 9,882,298 B2 · Plug-in connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,298 B2 - Document ID: US9882298B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/296,067 - Filed: 2016-10-18 - Published: 2017-12-14 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-08 - Assignees: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Amphenol Commercial Products (ChengDu) Co., LTD. - Inventors: Tao Zeng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882298B2 ## CPC - H01R 12/721: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits} - H01R 12/7088: {Arrangements for power supply} - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract The present invention discloses a plug-in connector, including housing, fixing terminals that are connected to the first terminal part and the second terminal part detachably inserting into the clamping grooves provided inside the first terminal part and the second terminal part; at least two power supply terminals; a signal terminal mounting part, provided with two separated rows of terminal grooves therein, wherein the terminal groove includes a plurality of terminal inserting grooves and a plurality of spacing walls that are positioned between the terminal inserting grooves to separate the terminal inserting grooves from each other, and wherein a bottom of the signal terminal mounting part between two terminal groups is provided with a strip-type groove in which conductive plastic is mounted; a pair of terminal groups, having a plurality of signal terminals and ground terminals, and wherein all of the ground terminals are electrically connected through the conductive plastic. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A plug-in connector comprising: a housing having, from an end on one side to an end on other side, a first end part, a power supply terminal mounting part, a connecting part, a signal terminal mounting part, and a second end part that are connected as a whole, wherein a fixed terminal connected to the first end part and the second end part is detachably inserted into a clamping groove provided on the first terminal part and the second terminal part; at least two power supply terminals, wherein the power supply terminals clamped on a power supply terminal mounting part are detachably inserted inside a mounting groove provided on the power supply terminal mount; a signal terminal mounting part, provided with two separated rows of terminal grooves therein, wherein the terminal groove includes a plurality of terminal inserting grooves and a plurality of spacing walls that are positioned between the terminal inserting grooves to separate the terminal inserting grooves from each other, and wherein a bottom of the signal terminal mounting part between two terminal groups is provided with a strip-type groove in which conductive plastic is mounted; and a pair of terminal groups, having a plurality of signal terminals and ground terminals, wherein each of the signal terminals and each of the ground terminals are detachably plugged into a terminal inserting groove, and wherein all of the ground terminals are electrically connected through the conductive plastic. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein the signal terminals and the ground terminals are arranged in such a stagger manner that one ground terminal is located between every two signal terminals, and wherein both sides of the conductive plastic have a plurality of projection parts, each projection part being electrically connected to the ground terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein upper ends of both sides of the signal terminal mounting part are provided with several hole grooves, each hole groove extending through a spacing wall corresponding thereto. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein the two rows of terminal grooves are provided on the signal terminal mounting part in a staggered manner, and wherein the stagger displacement of the two terminal grooves equals to half of the interval between two adjacent terminal inserting grooves. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The plug-in connector according to claim 4, wherein the connecting part and the second end part are respectively provided with first projecting parts and second projecting parts that stagger the two rows of terminal grooves, and wherein extending surfaces of the adjacent side walls of the first projecting part and the second projecting part have no overlapped portion therebetween. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein the power supply terminal has a power supply transmission part and a supporting part for supporting the power supply transmission part, and wherein the power supply transmission part is made of pure copper, and wherein the supporting part is made of stainless steel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The plug-in connector according to claim 3, wherein the power supply terminal has a power supply transmission part and a supporting part for supporting the power supply transmission part, and wherein the power supply transmission part is made of pure copper, and wherein the supporting part is made of stainless steel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The plug-in connector according to claim 4, wherein the power supply terminal has a power supply transmission part and a supporting part for supporting the power supply transmission part, and wherein the power supply transmission part is made of pure copper, and wherein the supporting part is made of stainless steel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The plug-in connector according to claim 6, wherein the power supply transmission part has a first panel part, a plurality of first extending part disposed on one side of the first panel part, and a plug-in part provided on other side of the first panel part corresponding to a spacing groove located between two adjacent first extending parts; and wherein the supporting part has a second panel part and a second extending part that are consistent in shape with the first panel part and the first extending part respectively, and wherein the second panel part is provided with at least one clamping structure for clamping the power supply transmission part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The plug-in connector according to claim 7, wherein the power supply transmission part has a first panel part, a plurality of first extending part disposed on one side of the first panel part, and a plug-in part provided on other side of the first panel part corresponding to a spacing groove located between two adjacent first extending parts; and wherein the supporting part has a second panel part and a second extending part that are consistent in shape with the first panel part and the first extending part respectively, and wherein the second panel part is provided with at least one clamping structure for clamping the power supply transmission part. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The plug-in connector according to claim 8, wherein the power supply transmission part has a first panel part, a plurality of first extending part disposed on one side of the first panel part, and a plug-in part provided on other side of the first panel part corresponding to a spacing groove located between two adjacent first extending parts; and wherein the supporting part has a second panel part and a second extending part that are consistent in shape with the first panel part and the first extending part respectively, and wherein the second panel part is provided with at least one clamping structure for clamping the power supply transmission part. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The plug-in connector according to claim 9, wherein the clamping structure consists of an upward hook part and a downward clamping part which is used in pair with the hook part, wherein when the supporting part supports the power supply transmission part, the hook part is clamped inside a gap groove formed between two adjacent plug-in parts, and wherein the clamping part is clamped inside the spacing groove adjacent to the gap groove. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The plug-in connector according to claim 10, wherein the clamping structure consists of an upward hook part and a downward clamping part which is used in pair with the hook part, wherein when the supporting part supports the power supply transmission part, the hook part is clamped inside a gap groove formed between two adjacent plug-in parts, and wherein the clamping part is clamped inside the spacing groove adjacent to the gap groove. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The plug-in connector according to claim 11, wherein the clamping structure consists of an upward hook part and a downward clamping part which is used in pair with the hook part, wherein when the supporting part supports the power supply transmission part, the hook part is clamped inside a gap groove formed between two adjacent plug-in parts, and wherein the clamping part is clamped inside the spacing groove adjacent to the gap groove. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment A, a flat segment A, a plug-in segment A, and a clamping segment A, which are connected as a whole, and wherein a backside of the plug-in segment A has a plurality of projection pieces and recessing grooves are provided on the front side of the plug-in segment A at positions corresponding to each projection piece. ### Claim 16 (depends on 3) The plug-in connector according to claim 3, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment A, a flat segment A, a plug-in segment A, and a clamping segment A, which are connected as a whole, and wherein a backside of the plug-in segment A has a plurality of projection pieces and recessing grooves are provided on the front side of the plug-in segment A at positions corresponding to each projection piece. ### Claim 17 (depends on 4) The plug-in connector according to claim 4, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment A, a flat segment A, a plug-in segment A, and a clamping segment A, which are connected as a whole, and wherein a backside of the plug-in segment A has a plurality of projection pieces and recessing grooves are provided on the front side of the plug-in segment A at positions corresponding to each projection piece. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The plug-in connector according to claim 1, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment B, a flat segment B, a plug-in segment B, and a clamping segment B, which are connected as a whole, and wherein both sides of the plug-in segment B are provided with an arc groove. ### Claim 19 (depends on 3) The plug-in connector according to claim 3, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment B, a flat segment B, a plug-in segment B, and a clamping segment B, which are connected as a whole, and wherein both sides of the plug-in segment B are provided with an arc groove. ### Claim 20 (depends on 4) The plug-in connector according to claim 4, wherein the signal terminal and the ground terminal have the same structure, wherein the signal terminal includes a bending segment B, a flat segment B, a plug-in segment B, and a clamping segment B, which are connected as a whole, and wherein both sides of the plug-in segment B are provided with an arc groove.