Mating connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9281626-B2
Application number	US-201414502829-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	Jun 13, 2014
Publication date	Mar 8, 2016
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016

Abstract

A mating connector includes a plastic body, a first terminal group and a second terminal group received in the plastic body, a retaining elastic sheet retained at the plastic body and located at a side of the first terminal group and the second terminal group, a middle shielding sheet located between the first terminal group and the second terminal group, and a shielding case contacting the middle shielding sheet. An urging portion is extended from the middle shielding sheet and abuts the retaining elastic sheet. The middle shielding sheet shields an interference signal between plate surfaces of the first and second terminal groups. The retaining elastic sheet shields an interference signal between side surfaces of the first and second terminal groups.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mating connector, comprising:
a plastic body;
a first terminal group and a second terminal group disposed in an upper row and a lower row respectively in the plastic body;
at least one retaining elastic sheet retained at the plastic body, and located at a side of the first terminal group and the second terminal group;
a middle shielding sheet retained at the plastic body and located between the first terminal group and the second terminal group, wherein at least one urging portion is extended from the middle shielding sheet, and abuts the retaining elastic sheet; and
a shielding case covering the plastic body and contacting the middle shielding sheet, wherein the shielding case and the retaining elastic sheet are formed independently.

2. The mating connector according to claim 1 , wherein one side of the plastic body is concavely provided with a receiving space, the middle shielding sheet is convexly provided with at least one protruding portion located in the receiving space, and at least one pressing portion is extended from the shielding case to enter the receiving space and contact the protruding portion.

3. The mating connector according to claim 2 , wherein the middle shielding sheet has a body portion located in the plastic body, one end of the body portion extends to form the protruding portion, the other end of the body portion bends and extends towards the protruding portion to form the urging portion, and an extending direction of the urging portion is perpendicular to an extending direction of the protruding portion.

4. The mating connector according to claim 3 , wherein a bolstering portion is extended from the end of the body portion having the urging portion, an extending direction of the bolstering portion is opposite to that of the urging portion, and the bolstering portion contacts the retaining elastic sheet.

5. The mating connector according to claim 2 , wherein a trench is opened in the retaining elastic sheet, two sides of the trench are respectively provided with a fixing portion, the fixing portions are fixed with the plastic body, and the protruding portion passes through the trench, protrudes from the trench, and is located in the receiving space.

6. The mating connector according to claim 5 , wherein the protruding portion contacts a side wall surface of the trench.

7. The mating connector according to claim 5 , wherein a plate portion is extended from the fixing portion of the retaining elastic sheet, the plate portion abuts the urging portion, an elastic portion is extended forwards from the plate portion, and the elastic portion is located at a front end of the plastic body and is used to press an electrical connector.

8. The mating connector according to claim 1 , wherein the retaining elastic sheet is perpendicular to the middle shielding sheet.

9. The mating connector according to claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the plastic body is concavely provided with a hollowed portion, one end of the retaining elastic sheet is retained at the plastic body, the other end of the retaining elastic sheet is a free end that is located in the hollowed portion.

10. The mating connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plastic body comprises a frame body, an upper module, and a lower module, the upper module and the first terminal group are integrally formed through insertion molding, the lower module and the second terminal group are integrally formed through insertion molding, the middle shielding sheet is sandwiched between the upper module and the lower module, the upper module and the lower module are fixed in the frame body, a front end of the frame body is provided with multiple terminal slots, and both the first terminal group having multiple first connection guiding portions and the second terminal group having multiple second connection guiding portions are located in the terminal slots.

11. The mating connector according to claim 10 , wherein the upper module has a fastening block in a convex manner, the lower module has a fastening groove in a concave manner, the middle shielding sheet has a mounting hole corresponding to the fastening block, and the fastening block penetrates the mounting hole to be fastened to the fastening groove.

12. The mating connector according to claim 10 , further comprising an upper shielding sheet and a lower shielding sheet separately retained at the frame body, wherein the upper shielding sheet is located above the first terminal group, the lower shielding sheet is located below the second terminal group, and each of the upper shielding sheet and the lower shielding sheet has at least one grounding portion to contact the shielding case and at least one mating portion to contact an electrical connector.

13. The mating connector according to claim 12 , wherein the upper shielding sheet and the lower shielding sheet each comprise a through-hole area, and the multiple first connection guiding portions and the multiple second connection guiding portions are located in the through-hole area.

14. The mating connector according to claim 12 , used to mate with the electrical connector, wherein the electrical connector comprises a metal case, and both the upper shielding sheet and the lower shielding sheet abut the metal case.

15. The mating connector according to claim 12 , used to mate with the electrical connector, wherein the electrical connector comprises an upper grounding sheet, a lower grounding sheet, and a metal case, the upper grounding sheet contacts the metal case, the lower grounding sheet contacts the upper grounding sheet, at least one contact arm is extended from the lower grounding sheet, and the contact arm contacts the retaining elastic sheet.

16. The mating connector according to claim 15 , wherein the upper grounding sheet has at least one concave portion contacting the mating portion of the upper shielding sheet, and the lower grounding sheet has at least one concave portion contacting the mating portion of the lower shielding sheet.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Wen Wei
• Zeng Chen Hui

Classifications

• H01R13/6581 Primary

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/6471 Primary

  by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal] · CPC title

• H01R13/6585

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