Electrical connector having a good high frequency transmission performance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9627817-B2
Application number	US-201615156704-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	May 26, 2015
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, multiple terminals received in the insulating body, and a metal member fixed to the insulating body. The terminals includes at least one ground terminal. The metal member has a first section and a second section. The second section is higher than the first section. The first section has at least one first elastic piece, the second section has at least one second elastic piece. The first elastic piece and the second elastic piece contact with a same terminal of the at least one ground terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals received in the insulating body and including at least one ground terminal; and
a metal member fixed to the insulating body and having a first section and a second section,
wherein the second section is higher than the first section, the first section is provided with at least one first elastic piece, the second section is provided with at least one second elastic piece, and the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece contact with a same terminal of the at least one ground terminal.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein an extending direction of the first elastic piece is perpendicular to an extending direction of the second elastic piece.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the first elastic piece has a first contact surface urging against the ground terminal, the second elastic piece has a second contact surface urging against the ground terminal, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are located in a same plane.

4. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the insulating body includes a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, the first section is horizontally disposed at a rear section of the tongue, the second section is horizontally disposed at the base, a vertical section is disposed between the first section and the second section, and the vertical section is located in a boundary location between the base and the tongue.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the tongue close to the base is provided with at least one first avoiding slot, a first guide connecting portion of the ground terminal is exposed at the first avoiding slot, the first elastic piece urges against the first guide connecting portion of the ground terminal via the first avoiding slot, the base is provided with at least one second avoiding slot corresponding to the second elastic piece, a second guide connecting portion of the ground terminal is exposed at the second avoiding slot, and the second elastic piece extends into the second avoiding slot to urge against the second guide connecting portion of the ground terminal.

6. The electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein the ground terminal comprises a contacting portion exposed out of a surface of the tongue, a connecting portion extending backward from the contact portion and from the tongue to the base, and a soldering arm bending and extending from backward of the connecting portion, and both the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece contact with the connecting portion.

7. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein
the metal member comprises a first metal member and a second metal member fixed with the first metal member;
the first metal member is located at an upper side of the insulating body and comprises the first section, the second section, the first elastic piece extending from the first section, and the second elastic piece extending from the second section;
the second metal member is located at a lower side of the insulating body and comprises a third section and a fourth elastic piece extending from the third section;
the at least one ground terminal comprises a plurality of ground terminals, the ground terminals are located between the first metal member and the second metal member, both the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece elastically urge against one ground terminal of the ground terminals, and the fourth elastic piece elastically urges against another one of the ground terminals.

8. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein one side of the first section is transversely provided with an opening, and the first elastic piece formed by transversely extending from one side of the opening elastically urges against a plate surface of the ground terminal.

9. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein one side of the second section is provided with a horizontally disposed fixing strip, the second elastic piece is formed by tearing from one side of the fixing strip, and the second elastic piece extends downwards obliquely to elastically urge against a plate surface of the ground terminal.

10. The electrical connector of claim 9 , wherein the insulating body comprises a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, a shielding casing is disposed outside the insulating body and encircles the tongue to form a plug interface, the second section is provided with at least one third elastic piece urging against the shielding casing, and the third elastic piece is parallel with the fixing strip.

11. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body;
a plurality of terminals received in the insulating body, divided into an upper row of terminals and a lower row of terminals at the insulating body, and including at least one ground terminal;
a shielding sheet, disposed in the insulating body and located between the upper row of terminals and the lower row of the terminals; and
a metal member fixed to one side of the insulating body and having two elastic pieces contacting with a same ground terminal of the at least one ground terminal.

12. The electrical connector of claim 11 , wherein the two elastic pieces include a first elastic piece and a second elastic piece, and an extending direction of the first elastic piece is perpendicular to an extending direction of the second elastic piece.

13. The electrical connector of claim 12 , wherein the first elastic piece has a first contact surface urging against the ground terminal, the second elastic piece has a second contact surface urging against the ground terminal, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are located in a same plane.

14. The electrical connector of claim 12 , wherein
the metal member comprises a first metal member and a second metal member fixed with the first metal member;
the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals are located between the first metal member and the second metal member, each row of the terminals has one ground terminal of the at least one ground terminal;
the first metal member is located at the upper side of the insulating body and has the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece elastically urging against the one ground terminal of the upper row of terminals; and
the second metal member is located at the lower side of the insulating body and has a fourth elastic piece elastically urging against the one ground terminal of the lower row of terminals.

15. The electrical connector of claim 12 , wherein the metal member comprises a first section and a second section, the second section is higher than the first section, the first section is provided with the first elastic piece, the second section is provided with the second elastic piece, and the first elastic piece and the second elastic piece contact with the same ground terminal.

16. The electrical connector of claim 15 , wherein the insulating body includes a base and a tongue extending forward from the base, the first section is horizontally disposed at a rear section of the tongue, the second section is horizontally disposed at the base, a vertical section is disposed between the first section and the second section, and the vertical section is located in a boundary location between the base and the tongue.

17. The electrical connector of claim 16 , wherein a portion of the tongue close to the base is provided with at least one first avoiding slot, a first guide connecting portion of the ground terminal is exposed at the first av

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chang Wen Chang

Classifications

• H01R13/6597

  the conductive member being a contact of the connector · CPC title

• H01R13/6581 Primary

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R24/64

  for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45 · CPC title

• H01R13/6594 Primary

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