Electrical connector and assembly thereof with hybrid connection for conductive terminals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12456840-B2
Application number	US-202218078327-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2022
Priority date	Dec 14, 2021
Publication date	Oct 28, 2025
Grant date	Oct 28, 2025

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals, an adapter circuit board and a number of cables. The insulating body includes a mating surface and a receiving slot. Each conductive terminal includes a mating portion protruding into the receiving slot and a tail portion. The conductive terminals includes a number of first signal terminals and a number of second signal terminals. Each tail portion of the first signal terminals includes a connection portion. The adapter circuit board includes a first insertion portion and a second insertion portion. The first insertion portion includes a number of first mating conductive pads in contact with the tail portions of the second signal terminals. The second insertion portion includes a number of second mating conductive pads for mating with a mating electrical connector. A connector assembly having the electrical connector is also disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body comprising a mating surface and a receiving slot extending through the mating surface;
a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal comprising a mating portion protruding into the receiving slot and a tail portion opposite to the mating portion, the plurality of conductive terminals comprising a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of second signal terminals, each tail portion of the first signal terminals comprising a connection portion;
an adapter circuit board comprising a first insertion portion and a second insertion portion, the first insertion portion comprising a plurality of first mating conductive pads, the plurality of first mating conductive pads being in contact with the tail portions of the plurality of second signal terminals, the second insertion portion comprising a plurality of second mating conductive pads, the plurality of second mating conductive pads being configured to mate with a mating electrical connector; and
a plurality of cables which are in contact with the connection portions of the first signal terminals;
wherein the plurality of conductive terminals comprise a plurality of first conductive terminals and a plurality of second conductive terminals, the plurality of first conductive terminals comprise a plurality of first high-speed signal terminals and a plurality of first non-high-speed signal terminals;
wherein the plurality of second conductive terminals comprise a plurality of second high-speed signal terminals and a plurality of second non-high-speed signal terminals;
wherein the plurality of first signal terminals comprise the plurality of first high-speed signal terminals and the plurality of second high-speed signal terminals, the plurality of second signal terminals comprise the plurality of first non-high-speed signal terminals and the plurality of second non-high-speed signal terminals; and
wherein the plurality of cables comprise a plurality of first cables electrically connected to the first high-speed signal terminals, and a plurality of second cables electrically connected to the second high-speed signal terminals.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first conductive terminals comprises a first mating portion protruding into the receiving slot and a first tail portion opposite to the first mating portion, the first tail portion of the first high-speed signal terminal comprises a first connecting portion;
wherein each of the second conductive terminals comprises a second mating portion protruding into the receiving slot and a second tail portion opposite to the second mating portion, the second tail portion of the second high-speed signal terminal comprises a second connecting portion;
wherein the mating portion comprises the first mating portion and the second mating portion, the tail portion comprises the first tail portion and the second tail portion, the connection portion comprises the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion; and
wherein the plurality of first cables are electrically connected to the first connecting portions of the first high-speed signal terminals, and the plurality of second cables are electrically connected to the second connecting portions of the second high-speed signal terminals.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the first mating portions of the first conductive terminals and the second mating portions of the second conductive terminals are located on opposite sides of the receiving slot, respectively;
wherein each first tail portion of the first non-high-speed signal terminals comprises a first elastic mounting arm, each second tail portion of the second non-high-speed signal terminals comprises a second elastic mounting arm; and
wherein the adapter circuit board comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the plurality of first mating conductive pads comprise a plurality of first conductive pads exposed to the first surface and a plurality of second conductive pads exposed to the second surface, the adapter circuit board is clamped between the first elastic mounting arms and the second elastic mounting arms, the first elastic mounting arms are in contact with the first conductive pads, and the second elastic mounting arms are in contact with the second conductive pads.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 3 , wherein the first connecting portion is in a shape of a flat plate, the first elastic mounting arm extends beyond the first connecting portion in a direction away from the first mating portion, the first connecting portion is soldered to the first cable, the first elastic mounting arm comprises a first arc-shaped contact portion abutting against the first conductive pad; and
wherein the second connecting portion is in a shape of a flat plate, the second elastic mounting arm extends beyond the second connecting portion in a direction away from the second mating portion, the second connecting portion is soldered to the second cable, the second elastic mounting arm comprises a second arc-shaped contact portion abutting against the second conductive pad.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of first conductive terminals comprise a plurality of first signal terminal pairs and a plurality of first ground terminals, the first ground terminals are located on left and right sides of each first signal terminal pair, respectively; the electrical connector further comprises a first ground connection piece which connects the plurality of the first ground terminals in series, the first ground connection piece comprises a plurality of first relief recesses, and each first relief recess corresponds to a corresponding first signal terminal pair; and
wherein the plurality of second conductive terminals comprise a plurality of second signal terminal pairs and a plurality of second ground terminals, the second ground terminals are located on left and right sides of each second signal terminal pair, respectively; the electrical connector further comprises a second ground connection piece which connects the plurality of the second ground terminals in series, the second ground connection piece comprises a plurality of second relief recesses, and each second relief recess corresponds to a corresponding second signal terminal pair.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , further comprising a first terminal module and a second terminal module, the first terminal module comprising a first insulating block, the plurality of first conductive terminals being fixed to the first insulating block, the first insulating block defines a first mounting groove to mount the first ground connection piece;
wherein the second terminal module comprises a second insulating block, the plurality of second conductive terminals are fixed to the second insulating block, and the second insulating block defines a second mounting groove to mount the second ground connection piece.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , further comprising a spacer located at least partially between the first insulating block and the second insulating block, the spacer comprising a first support plate and a second support plate opposite to the first support plate, the first connecting portions are supported on the first support plate, and the second connecting portions are supported on the second support plate.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 7 , wherein the spacer is of a U-shaped configuration, the spacer further comprises a connection plate connecting the first support plate and the second support plate; and wherein the first support plat

Assignees

• Dongguan Luxshare Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Yanbo
• Yao Kunlin
• Guo Rongzhe
• Song Tao
• Zhu Shangfeng

Classifications

• H01R31/06

  Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter (with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/94) · CPC title

• H01R13/66

  Structural association with built-in electrical component (coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R13/648

  Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices {, e.g. anti-static shielding}   (coaxially arranged shields H01R24/38) · CPC title

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/11

  Resilient sockets (carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15) · CPC title