Electrical connector having terminals with increased volumes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10490944-B2
Application number	US-201816221750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 19, 2017
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connector mounted on a circuit board and used to be electrically connected to an electrical module includes an insulating body, and multiple terminals provided on the insulating body. At least one of the terminals has: a connecting portion; an elastic arm, bending and extending upward from the connecting portion for being electrically connected to the electrical module; two extending arms, extending from the connecting portion, each of the two extending arms having a free tail end; and an electrical connecting portion, located at one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms for electrically connecting the two extending arms, and for increasing the volume and surface area of the terminal, so as to reduce impedance and improve high frequency thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, mounted on a circuit board, and configured to be electrically connected to an electrical module, the electrical connector comprising:
an insulating body; and
a plurality of terminals, provided on the insulating body, wherein at least one of the terminals has:
a conductive portion, configured to electrically connect the terminal to the circuit board;
a connecting portion;
an elastic arm, bending and extending upward from the connecting portion, the elastic arm configured to be electrically connected to the electrical module;
two extending arms, extending from the connecting portion, each of the two extending arms having a free tail end; and
an electrical connecting portion, located at one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms, and configured to electrically connect the two extending arms,
wherein the two extending arms and the connecting portion form a tubular structure, and the electrical connecting portion connects the two extending arms, such that the tubular structure forms a closed loop.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the electrical connecting portion is a metal sheet fixed to the one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms, and configured to connect the two free tail ends of the two extending arms.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the two extending arms are provided to be bending, and the two free tail ends of the two extending arms face each other.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein each of the two free tail ends of the two extending arms has an end portion, the end portion is a cutting surface of the corresponding extending arm, and the two end portions of the two free tail ends are parallel and opposite to each other and abut each other to form electrical conduction.

5. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the two free tail ends of the two extending arms and the connecting portion are opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the connecting portion.

6. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the insulating body has a plurality of terminal grooves configured to accommodate the terminals, each of the terminal grooves has a plurality of walls surrounding the terminal groove, a fastening block protrudes from one of the walls, and one of the free tail ends is torn to form a fastening sheet configured to limit and fit with the fastening block.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further having a solder provided on the conductive portion, wherein the solder is a solder column, an upper end of the solder column is flush with an upper end of each of the extending arms, and a lower end of the solder column extends downward beyond the conductive portion.

8. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the elastic arm has a base end connected to the connecting portion and a contact portion formed by bending from the base end, the contact portion is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical module, and the two extending arms are located below the base end.

9. The electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein at least one protruding portion laterally protrudes from the base end, and is configured to be interference fixed with the insulating body in an interference manner.

10. The electrical connector of claim 8 , wherein the contact portion has a through slot, such that the contact portion forms two contact points located on two sides of the through slot, and a hollow portion of the tubular structure is exposed through the through slot viewing downward from top thereof.

11. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further having a solder provided on the conductive portion, and the solder does not extend upward beyond the extending arms.

12. The electrical connector of claim 11 , wherein the conductive portion extends downward from the connecting portion, the conductive portion bends to form a conductive surface, the solder is provided on the conductive surface, and the conductive surface overlaps with projections of the extending arms, the elastic arm and the solder in a vertical direction.

13. The electrical connector of claim 11 , wherein lower ends of the two extending arms and a lower end of the connecting portion jointly form the conductive portion.

14. The electrical connector of claim 13 , wherein the elastic arm has a through slot, and the solder is exposed through the through slot viewing downward from top thereof.

15. An electrical connector, mounted on a circuit board, and configured to be electrically connected to an electrical module, the electrical connector comprising:
an insulating body; and
a plurality of terminals, provided on the insulating body, wherein at least one of the terminals has:
a conductive portion, configured to electrically connect the terminal to the circuit board;
a connecting portion;
an elastic arm, bending and extending upward from the connecting portion, the elastic arm configured to be electrically connected to the electrical module;
two extending arms, extending from the connecting portion, each of the two extending arms having a free tail end; and
an electrical connecting portion, located at one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms, and configured to electrically connect the two extending arms,
wherein a solder is provided on the conductive portion, the solder does not extend upward beyond the extending arms, the conductive portion extends downward from the connecting portion, the conductive portion bends to form a conductive surface, the solder is provided on the conductive surface, and the conductive surface overlaps with projections of the extending arms, the elastic arm and the solder in a vertical direction.

16. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms has an end portion, and the end portion is the electrical connecting portion, configured to directly connect the other one of the free tail ends of the two extending arms.

17. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein the two extending arms and the connecting portion form a tubular structure, and the electrical connecting portion connects the two extending arms, such that the tubular structure forms a closed loop.

18. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein the two free tail ends of the two extending arms and the connecting portion are opposite to each other in a direction perpendicular to the connecting portion.

19. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein the two extending arms are provided to be bending, and the two free tail ends of the two extending arms face each other.

20. The electrical connector of claim 19 , wherein each of the two free tail ends has an end portion, the end portion is a cutting surface of the corresponding extending arm, and the two end portions of the two free tail ends are parallel and opposite to each other.

21. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein the elastic arm has a base end connected to the connecting portion and a contact portion formed by bending from the base end, the contact portion is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical module, and the two extending arms are located below the base end and above the conductive portion.

22. The electrical connector of claim 21 , wherein each of two sides of the base end has one protruding portion respectively, and the two protruding portions at the two sides of the base end are provided to be vertically staggered.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ju Ted
• Ho Chien Chih

Classifications

• H05K7/1069

  with spring contact pieces · CPC title

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R13/6474

  by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations · CPC title

• H01R13/2442 Primary

  with a single cantilevered beam · CPC title

• H01R13/41

  by frictional grip in grommet, panel or base · CPC title