Electrical connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10411413-B2
Application number	US-201816210213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2018
Priority date	Dec 6, 2017
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connector includes: an insulating body, including a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, a shielding sheet; and at least one row of terminals accommodated in the insulating body and located at one side of the shielding sheet. A side of the tongue is provided with at least one groove. The shielding sheet is provided with a plate body and at least one extending portion located on a side of the plate body. The extending portion is provided at the side of the tongue, and includes a locking groove exposed from the groove and a bending portion exposed from the tongue. The bending portion is located in front of the plate body and is spaced from the plate body. Each terminals include a head portion embedded in the tongue. In a front-rear direction, each head portion is located between the bending portion and the plate body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body, comprising a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, wherein a side of the tongue is provided with at least one groove;
a shielding sheet, provided in the insulating body, wherein the shielding sheet is provided with a plate body and at least one extending portion located at a side of the plate body, the plate body is provided in the insulating body, the extending portion is provided on the side of the tongue, the extending portion comprises a locking groove exposed from the groove and a bending portion exposed from the tongue, and the bending portion is located in front of the plate body and is spaced from the plate body in a front-rear direction; and
at least one row of terminals, accommodated in the insulating body and located at one side of the shielding sheet, wherein each of the terminals comprises a head portion embedded in the tongue, and in the front-rear direction, each of the head portions of the terminals is located between the bending portion and the plate body.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion is perpendicular to the plate body.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion has an upper edge and a lower edge provided vertically opposite to each other, the upper edge is higher than an upper surface of the plate body, and the lower edge is lower than a lower surface of the plate body.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion is at least partially exposed from a front surface and a side surface of the tongue.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a first connecting portion extends from one side of the plate body and is connected to the plate body and the extending portion.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein the extending portion comprises a second connecting portion extending forward from the first connecting portion and the bending portion, the bending portion is sequentially provided with a first guiding portion extending outward from the second connecting portion, a second guiding portion extending forward from the first guiding portion, a lateral bending portion laterally extending from the second guiding portion, and a backward bending portion bending backward from the lateral bending portion, the locking groove is provided on the first guiding portion and the second connecting portion, the lateral bending portion is exposed from a front surface of the tongue, and the backward bending portion is embedded in the tongue.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , wherein both a height of the lateral bending portion and a height of the backward bending portion are less than a height of the second guiding portion.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , wherein the terminals comprise at least one ground terminal located at an outermost side, at least one first grounding portion extends from the ground terminal toward a side thereof, the extending portion is concavely provided with a joint portion, and the first grounding portion and the joint portion are in lap joint contact.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , wherein:
the row of terminals comprises a ground terminal and a differential signal terminal adjacent to the ground terminal;
the second guiding portion, the lateral bending portion and the backward bending portion jointly define a reserved space; and
viewing from the front-rear direction, the head portion of the ground terminal is located in the reserved space, the second guiding portion and the backward bending portion are respectively located at both sides of the head portion of the ground terminal, the lateral bending portion is located right in front of the ground terminal, and the backward bending portion is at least partially located right in front of the differential signal terminal.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein each of the terminals comprises a contact portion extending backward from the head portion and exposed from a surface of the tongue, and in the front-rear direction, the contact portion of the ground terminal passes beyond the first guiding portion and extends to the reserved space, and the contact portion of the differential signal terminal does not pass beyond the first guiding portion.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the row of terminals comprises at least two differential signal terminals, at least one front protruding portion extends forward from the plate body, the differential signal terminals are located right above or right below the front protruding portion, and in the front-rear direction, the front protruding portion is located behind the head portions.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the row of terminals comprises at least two differential signal terminals, at least one rear protruding portion extends backward from the plate body, and the differential signal terminals are located right above or right below the rear protruding portion.

13. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body, comprising a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, wherein a side of the tongue is provided with at least one groove;
a shielding sheet, provided in the insulating body, wherein the shielding sheet is provided with a plate body and at least one extending portion located at a side of the plate body, the plate body is provided in the insulating body, the extending portion is provided on the side of the tongue, the extending portion comprises a locking groove exposed from the groove and a bending portion exposed from the tongue, and the bending portion is located in front of the plate body and is spaced from the plate body in a front-rear direction; and
at least one row of terminals, accommodated in the insulating body and located at one side of the shielding sheet, wherein each of the terminals comprises a head portion embedded in the tongue, and in the front-rear direction, at least one of the head portions of the terminals is located between the bending portion and the plate body.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 13 , wherein the row of terminals comprises at least one ground terminal and at least one power terminal, and the head portion of the ground terminal or the head portion of the power terminal is located between the bending portion and the plate body.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 13 , wherein the extending portion is perpendicular to the plate body.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 13 , wherein the extending portion is at least partially exposed from a front surface and a side surface of the tongue.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 13 , wherein a first connecting portion extends from one side of the plate body and is connected to the extending portion, the extending portion further comprises a second connecting portion extending forward from the first connecting portion and the bending portion, the bending portion is sequentially provided with a first guiding portion extending outward from the second connecting portion, a second guiding portion extending forward from the first guiding portion, a lateral bending portion laterally extending from the second guiding portion, and a backward bending portion bending backward from the lateral bending portion, the locking groove is provided on the first guiding portion and the second connecting portion, the lateral bending portion is exposed from a fr

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng Wu

Classifications

• H01R24/60

  Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement · CPC title

• H01R13/639

  Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} · CPC title

• H01R13/6591

  Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R13/6585 Primary

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title