Electrical connector with central shield

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10439332-B2
Application number	US-201715648745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Priority date	Feb 21, 2014
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulation body, at least one first terminal and at least one second terminal, and a middle grounding plate. The insulation body has a base and a tongue located in a front end of the base. The first terminal and the second terminal are arranged in the base in an upper row and a lower row, and exposed to an upper surface and a lower surface of the tongue. The middle grounding plate has a body portion fixed to the tongue, and located between the first terminal and the second terminal, the first terminal has a first front edge, the second terminal has a second front edge, and the first front edge, the second front edge and an edge in a front end of the body portion are located in a same vertical plane.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulation body, having a base and a tongue located in a front end of the base;
at least one first terminal and at least one second terminal arranged in the base in an upper row and a lower row, and exposed to an upper surface and a lower surface of the tongue; and
a middle grounding plate, having a body portion fixed to the tongue, and located between the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the first terminal has a first front edge, the second terminal has a second front edge, and the first front edge, the second front edge and an edge in a front end of the body portion are located in a same vertical plane;
wherein each of two sides of the body portion is provided with a side edge, a notch is concavely provided on each of the two side edges, a first protruding portion is convexly disposed on each of the two side edges of the body portion, and the first protruding portions are in front of the notches;
wherein the body portion is provided at least one first through hole disposed between the two notches, two second through holes in front the first through hole, and two third through holes disposed between the two first protruding portions, and the second through holes are disposed between the third through holes and the first through hole.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, the first terminals include two grounding terminals, the second terminals include two grounding terminals, the tongue has two side surfaces, each of the two side surfaces is connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, the two grounding terminals of the first terminals are located on the upper surface at a location closest to the side surfaces, and the two grounding terminals of the second terminals are located on the lower surface at a location closest to the side surfaces.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , further comprising two third terminals located in a same row with the first terminal and two fourth terminals located in a same row with the second terminal, the third terminals have a third front edge located behind the first front edge, and the fourth terminals have a fourth front edge located behind the first front edge.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, the first terminals are adjacent to two sides of each of the third terminals, and the second terminals are adjacent to two sides of each of the fourth terminals.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 3 , further comprising a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals, the first terminals and the second terminals are symmetrically disposed in a vertical direction, and the third terminals and the fourth terminals are symmetrically disposed in the vertical direction.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first terminal has an upper board and a first inclined plane, the first inclined plane is disposed at a location on the upper board close to the upper surface, the first inclined plane is connected to the first front edge, and a junction between the first inclined plane and the first front edge is lower than the upper surface; and
wherein the second terminal has a lower board and a second inclined plane, the second inclined plane is disposed at a location on the lower board close to the lower surface, the second inclined plane is connected to the second front edge, and a junction between the second inclined plane and the second front edge is higher than the lower surface.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the first through hole along a front-rear direction is respectively larger than a length of each of the second through holes along the front-rear direction and a length of each of the third through holes along the front-rear direction.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation body is provided with multiple insulation blocks located in the notches, the first through holes, the second through holes and the third through holes respectively.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue has two side surfaces, each of the two side surfaces is connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, and a snap-fit slot depressed inward is formed on each of the side surfaces, and the side edges are exposed to the snap-fit slots.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a second protruding portion is convexly disposed on each of the two side edges of the body portion, the second protruding portions are behind the notches, and the second protruding portions are located in the base.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein two fourth through holes are disposed between the two second protruding portions, the fourth through holes are behind the first through hole, and the insulation body is provided with insulation blocks located in the fourth through holes.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the notch and the second protruding portion on one side of the body portion are continuously disposed in a front-rear direction.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a step portion is disposed on the tongue at a location close to the base, a thickness of the step portion is greater than a thickness of the tongue and less than a thickness of the base, the side edges are correspondingly exposed to the tongue, and the notches are correspondingly located in the step portion.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a width between the two notches is a minimum width of the body portion.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the tongue has a front surface connected to the upper surface and the lower surface respectively, and the first front edge is behind the front surface.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 15 , wherein an outer metal shell is sleeved outside the base and the tongue, and forms an insertion space with the tongue, the outer metal shell has a fifth front edge, the first terminal and the second terminal are both exposed to the insertion space, and the fifth front edge is forward beyond the front surface.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 16 , wherein a first horizontal distance exists between the first front edge and the front surface, a second horizontal distance exists between the front surface and the fifth front edge, and the first horizontal distance is equal to the second horizontal distance.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first through hole, the second through holes and the third through holes are staggered in a front-rear direction.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted
• Feng Wu
• Zeng Ya Jun
• He nan fang
• Fan Jun
• Hu jin ke
• Zhou Guo Sheng
• Lin Chin Chi

Classifications

• H01R13/6591

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

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R12/724

  containing contact members forming a right angle · CPC title

• H01R13/6583

  with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members · CPC title