Electrical connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10103491-B2
Application number	US-201715709851-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2017
Priority date	Oct 5, 2016
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, multiple terminals disposed at the insulating body, a shielding shell, disposed on a periphery of the insulating body, and a circuit board located at the rear end of the insulating body. The terminals have at least one grounding terminal. The grounding terminal has a first grounding pin extending backward out of the insulating body. The circuit board has a first solder pad and a second solder pad. The first solder pad is connected to the second solder pad. The first grounding pin is conductively connected to the first solder pad, and the shielding shell is electrically connected to the second solder pad.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals disposed at the insulating body, wherein the terminals includes at least one grounding terminal, and the at least one grounding terminal has a first grounding pin extending backward out of the insulating body;
a shielding shell disposed on a periphery of the insulating body; and
a circuit board located at a rear end of the insulating body,
wherein the circuit board comprises a first solder pad and a second solder pad, the first solder pad and the second solder pad are arranged in two rows in a front-rear direction, the first solder pad is connected to the second solder pad, the first grounding pin is conductively connected to the first solder pad, and the shielding shell is electrically connected to the second solder pad.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board comprises a notch, the first solder pad is located at one side of the notch in a left-right direction, and the second solder pad is located at a rear of the notch in the front-rear direction.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein:
the insulating body comprises at least one extension block extending backward, wherein the extension block has a guiding slot, and the second solder pad is located at a rear of the extension block; and
the circuit board has a retaining portion located between the second solder pad and the notch, the retaining portion being retained in the guiding slot.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding shell and the second solder pad are electrically connected by soldering via a solder.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a middle grounding member, wherein the terminals are arranged in two rows, the middle grounding member is located between the two rows of the terminals, the middle grounding member has at least one second grounding pin extending out of the insulating body, the circuit board has at least one third solder pad, and the second grounding pin is conductively connected to the third solder pad.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the third solder pad is connected to the first solder pad.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the third solder pad is connected to the second solder pad.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein a mating slot is formed by recessing inward from a front end of the insulating body, the terminals are arranged in one row respectively at upper and lower opposite sides of the mating slot, each of the terminals has a contacting portion protruding into the mating slot, the middle grounding member is located between the two rows of the terminals, the middle grounding member has two latch arms located at left and right opposite sides of the mating slot, and each of the latch arms has a latch portion protruding into the mating slot.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the terminals are arranged in two rows and each row of the terminals are provided with two grounding terminals located at outer sides and disposed symmetrically, and the two first solder pads and the two second solder pads are provided respectively on upper and lower surfaces of the circuit board disposed opposite to each other.

10. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals disposed at the insulating body and having at least one grounding terminal;
a shielding shell disposed on a periphery of the insulating body;
a middle grounding member provided in the insulating body, wherein the middle grounding member has at least one grounding pin extending out of the insulating body; and
a circuit board located at a rear end of the insulating body, wherein the circuit board comprises a first solder pad, a second solder pad and at least one third solder pad, the first solder pad is electrically connected to the second solder pad, the at least one grounding terminal is conductively connected to the first solder pad, the shielding shell is electrically connected to the second solder pad, and the at least one grounding pin is conductively connected to the third solder pad,
wherein the terminals are connected to the circuit board, and the shielding shell and the at least one grounding terminal are electrically connected on the circuit board.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the first solder pad and the second solder pad are arranged in two rows in a front-rear direction.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the shielding shell and the second solder pad are electrically connected by soldering via a solder.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , further comprising a solder, wherein the solder is soldered to the second solder pad, and the solder has an arc-shaped contacting surface contacting the shielding shell.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the circuit board comprises a notch, the first solder pad is located at one side of the notch in a left-right direction, and the second solder pad is located at a rear of the notch in a front-rear direction.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 14 , wherein:
the insulating body comprises at least one extension block extending backward, wherein the extension block has a guiding slot, the second solder pad is located at a rear of the extension block; and
the circuit board has a retaining portion located between the second solder pad and the notch, and the retaining portion being retained in the guiding slot.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the third solder pad is connected to the first solder pad.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the third solder pad is connected to the second solder pad.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein a mating slot formed by recessing inward from a front end of the insulating body, the terminals are arranged in one row respectively at upper and lower opposite sides of the mating slot, each of the terminals has a contacting portion protruding into the mating slot, the middle grounding member is located between two rows of the terminals, the middle grounding member has two latch arms located at left and right opposite sides of the mating slot, and each of the latch arms has a latch portion protruding into the mating slot.

19. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the first solder pad is connected to the second solder pad on a surface of the circuit board.

20. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals disposed at the insulating body, wherein the terminals includes at least one grounding terminal, and the at least one grounding terminal has a first grounding pin extending backward out of the insulating body;
a shielding shell disposed on a periphery of the insulating body; and
a circuit board located at a rear end of the insulating body,
wherein the circuit board comprises a first solder pad and a second solder pad, the first solder pad and the second solder pad are electrically connected on the circuit board, the first grounding pin is conductively connected to the first solder pad, and the shielding shell is electrically connected to the second solder pad;
wherein the circuit board further comprises a notch, the first solder pad is located at one side of the notch in a left-right direction, and the second s

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted

Classifications

• H01R9/03

  Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable {, e.g. tapping connections} · CPC title

• H01R13/04

  Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets · CPC title

• H01R43/0256

  for soldering or welding connectors to a printed circuit board · CPC title

• H01R13/6597

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title