Electrical connector with improved terminals array

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016294130-A1
Application number	US-201615088159-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 1, 2016
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion, a number of terminals having a number of first contacts and second contacts, and a shielding shell attached to the housing. The tongue portion defines a first surface and a second surface. Each first contact has a first contacting portion exposed from the first surface, a first soldering portion, and a first connecting portion. Each second contact has a second contacting portion exposed from the second surface, a second soldering portion, and a second connecting portion. The first contacts have a first outermost contact, and the first contacting portion of the first outermost contact offsets outwardly beyond the second contacting portion along a transverse direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion defining a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulative housing and having a plurality of first contacts carried by the first surface and a plurality of second contacts carried by the second surface, each first contact having a first contacting portion exposed from the first surface, a first soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a first connecting portion connected with the first contacting portion and the first soldering portion, each second contact having a second contacting portion exposed from the second surface, a second soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a second connecting portion connected with the second contacting portion and the second soldering portion; and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing, wherein the first contacts include a first outermost contact, and the first contacting portion of the first outermost contact is offset outwardly beyond the second contacting portions along a transverse direction.

2 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first contacts comprise a first lateral contact located beside the first outermost contact, and the first lateral contact and the first outermost contact are staggered in a same direction so that the contacting portion of the first lateral contact is not disposed in an area of the second surface of the tongue portion corresponding to that between the contacting portion of the first outermost contact and the contacting portion of the first lateral contact.

3 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a distance between the first contacting portion of the first outermost contact and the contacting portion of the first lateral contact is larger than that of adjacent first contacting portions of other first contacts except for the first outermost contact and the first lateral contact.

4 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein neighboring second contacting portions of the second contacts are connected with each other at free ends thereof in a molding process and then separated from each other by cutting.

5 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first contacting portions and the second contacting portions offset to different directions along the transverse direction.

6 . An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing having two rows of terminal-receiving slots; a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulative housing and having a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts positioned to have 180 degree symmetry, each first contact having a first contacting portion exposed from the first surface, a first soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a first connecting portion connected with the first contacting portion and the first soldering portion, each second contact having a second contacting portion exposed from the second surface, a second soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a second connecting portion connected with the second contacting portion and the second soldering portion; and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing, wherein the first contacts and the second contacts respectively define a vacant space therebetween and extend through the terminal-receiving slots in the transverse direction, wherein at least one first connecting portion of two neighboring first contacts is bent along a first direction away from other first contacts in the vacant space to increase a distance between the two neighboring first soldering portions of said two neighboring first contacts to form a first receiving space to receive the second soldering portions, wherein at least one second connecting portion of two neighboring second contacts is bent along a second direction opposite to the first direction and away from other second contacts in the vacant space to increase a distance between the two neighboring second soldering portions of said two neighboring second contacts to form a second receiving space to receive the first soldering portions, and wherein the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions are staggered in sequence as a plurality of groups along the transverse direction.

7 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions are arranged in sequence as three second soldering portions, three first soldering portions, two second soldering portions, and two first soldering portions.

8 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first soldering portions of the first contacts are to transmit positive and negative signals and are configured adjacently between the second soldering portions of the second contacts that transmit positive and negative signals.

9 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first contacts are configured in an order starting from one edge of the electrical connector of a ground voltage, a supply voltage, a positive low-frequency signal, a negative low-frequency signal, and a testing signal, and the second contacts are configured in a reverse order starting from the same edge of the electrical connector compared to the first contacts.

10 . An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion defining a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulative housing and having a plurality of first contacts carried by the first surface and a plurality of second contacts carried by the second surface, each first contact having a first contacting portion exposed from the first surface, a first soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a first resisting portion, each second contact having a second contacting portion exposed from the second surface, a second soldering portion extending from the base portion, and a second resisting portion, the first resisting portions and the second resisting portions offset in an up-and-down direction; and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing.

11 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each first contact has a first connecting portion between the first contacting portion and the first soldering portion, each second contact has a second connecting portion between the second contacting portion and the second soldering portion, the first resisting portions are located at the first connecting portions, the second resisting portions are located at the second connecting portions, and each first resisting portion and each second resisting portion protrude laterally to form a first middle portion and a second middle portion extending in the mating direction and staggered in the up-and-down direction.

12 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each first resisting portion is formed in a first Free end portion located at a front end of the first contacting portion, each second resisting portion is formed in a second Free end portion located at a front end of the second contacting portion, and the first Free end portions and the second Free end portions are offset in the up-and-down direction.

13 . The electrical connector as claimed in claim 12 , wherein each of the first Free end portions extends downwardly from the first contacting portion, each of the second Free end portions extends f

Assignees

• Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Guo jing-jie

Classifications

• H01R13/6467

  by cross-over of signal conductors · CPC title

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R24/60 Primary

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

• H01R13/516

  Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing {, hoods} · CPC title