Electrical connector having improved shielding members

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9178322-B2
Application number	US-201414307754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2014
Priority date	Jun 19, 2013
Publication date	Nov 3, 2015
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015

Abstract

An electrical connector ( 100 ) comprises an insulating housing ( 1 ) with a plurality of signal contacts ( 31 ) and a plurality of grounding contacts ( 30 ) received therein, a shielding member ( 2 ) and a connecting member ( 4 ) set in the insulating housing ( 1 ), the shielding member ( 2 ) locates around the signal contacts ( 31 ), each of the grounding contacts ( 30 ) includes a body portion ( 300 ), a spring arm ( 301 ) extending upwardly from the body portion ( 300 ) and a tail portion ( 302 ) extending downwardly from the body portion ( 300 ), the spring arm ( 301 ) includes a contact portion ( 3010 ) at the end thereof, the connecting member ( 4 ) connects the contact portion ( 3010 ) and the tail portion ( 302 ) with the shielding member ( 2 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing; a plurality of signal contacts received in the insulating housing; a plurality of grounding contacts received in the insulating housing, the grounding contact including a body portion, a spring arm extending upwardly from the body portion and a tail portion extending downwardly from the body portion, the spring arm including a contact portion at the end thereof; a shielding member set in the insulating housing and located around the signal contacts; and a connecting member set in the insulating housing for connecting the contact portion and the tail portion with the shielding member, wherein the connecting member includes an upper connecting member for connecting the contact portion and the shielding member and a lower connecting member for connecting the tail portion and the shielding member, wherein the insulating housing includes a hole for receiving the upper connecting member and a receiving slot for receiving the lower connecting member, wherein the insulating housing includes a plurality of protruding members located around the signal contacts, the hole is set in the protruding member, wherein the electrical connector further includes a plurality of soldering members assembled in the insulating housing and connecting with the grounding contacts.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insulating housing includes a plurality of recesses for receiving the soldering members, the recesses connect with the receiving slots.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the soldering member locates between the lower connecting member and the tail portion of the grounding contact.

4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein shielding member is plurality of metal members assembled together and located around the signal contacts.

5. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing; a plurality of signal contacts received in the insulating housing; a plurality of grounding contacts received in the insulating housing, the grounding contact including a body portion, a contact portion extending upwardly from the body portion and a tail portion extending downwardly from the body portion; a shielding member set in the insulating housing and located around the signal contacts; and a connecting member set in the insulating housing for connecting the contact portion and the tail portion with the shielding member, wherein the connecting member includes an upper connecting member for connecting the contact portion and the shielding member and a lower connecting member for connecting the tail portion and the shielding member, wherein the insulating housing includes a hole for receiving the upper connecting member and a receiving slot for receiving the lower connecting member, wherein the insulating housing includes a plurality of protruding members located around the signal contacts, the hole is set in the protruding member, wherein the electrical connector further includes a plurality of soldering members assembled in the insulating housing and connecting with the grounding contacts.

6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the insulating housing includes a plurality of recesses for receiving the soldering members, the recesses connect with the receiving slots.

7. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the soldering member locates between the lower connecting member and the tail portion of the grounding contact.

8. An electrical connector comprising: a plurality of shielding plates intersecting with one another along a row direction and a column direction which are perpendicular to each other; an insulative housing unitarily formed with said shielding plates via an insert molding process, said housing forming opposite upper and bottom surfaces in a vertical direction and a plurality of receiving cavities therebetween with a grid structure along said row direction and said column direction; and a plurality of signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts disposed in the corresponding receiving cavities, respectively; wherein each of said grounding contacts mechanically and electrically connects to the corresponding shielding plate via at least one conductive element around at least one of the upper and bottom surfaces of the housing, wherein each of said grounding contacts mechanically and electrically connect to the corresponding shielding plate around both said upper and bottom surfaces of the housing, wherein the receiving cavities are arranged in an offset manner between every adjacent row direction or column direction, wherein each of the grounding contacts includes a resilient arm to connect to said conductive element, wherein each of said grounding contacts is equipped with a solder ball around the bottom surface of the housing.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Yen-Chih
• Hwang Tzu-Yao
• Chen Ke-Hao

Classifications

• H01R13/6585

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

• H01R12/716

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/6594 Primary

  the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R12/7082

  Coupling device supported only by cooperation with PCB · CPC title