Electrical connector with a mating connector detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9806476-B2
Application number	US-201715449077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2017
Priority date	Mar 25, 2016
Publication date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Oct 31, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector for connecting a mating connector includes a main body having a terminal slot, a tongue extending from the main body, and first and second terminals. The terminal slot extends to a mating surface of the tongue. The first terminal has a first extending portion received in the terminal slot and a first contacting portion extending from the first extending portion. The second terminal has a second extending portion received in the terminal slot and a second contacting portion extending toward the mating surface and bending backward. The second extending portion is away from the mating surface relative to the first extending portion. The first and second contacting portions expose out of the mating surface and are arranged front and back. When the electrical connector connects the mating connector, the first and second terminals contact the mating connector to form an electrical circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector for connecting a mating connector, comprising:
a main body provided with a first terminal slot;
a tongue extending forward from the main body, the first terminal slot extending to a mating surface of the tongue;
a first terminal, having a first extending portion received in the first terminal slot, and a first contacting portion extending from the first extending portion and exposed from the mating surface of the tongue; and
a second terminal, having a second extending portion received in the first terminal slot, and a second contacting portion extending toward the mating surface of the tongue and bending backward from the second extending portion, wherein the second extending portion is away from the mating surface of the tongue relative to the first extending portion, the second contacting portion exposes out of the mating surface of the tongue, and the second contacting portion and the first contacting portion are arranged in a front and back direction,
wherein when the electrical connector connects with the mating connector, the first terminal and the second terminal simultaneously contact with the mating connector, so as to form an electrical circuit.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the mating connector has at least one mating terminal, and both the first terminal and the second terminal contact with the mating terminal.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein the tongue has a matching surface opposite to the mating surface, the main body has a first surface located on a same side with the mating surface and a second surface located on a same side with the matching surface, and the first terminal slot comprises a first groove recessed from the first surface toward an inside of the main body, a second groove recessed from the second surface to the inside of the main body, and a through slot running through the mating surface and the matching surface.

4. The electrical connector of claim 3 , wherein the first terminal slot is internally provided with a separating plate extending from the main body to the through slot, the first groove and the second groove are located on two opposite sides of the separating plate, the first extending portion extends backward to form a first fixing portion, the first fixing portion is retained in the first groove, the second extending portion extends backward to form a second fixing portion, the second fixing portion is retained in the second groove and the through slot, and the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion are exposed outside the through slot.

5. The electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein left and right sides of the separating plates are respectively provided with a third groove recessed from the matching surface toward the mating surface, two side edges of the second fixing portion respectively bend and extend to the mating surface to form a first buckling portion, and the first buckling portions are buckled and fixed in the third groove.

6. The electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein each of the first buckling portions is provided with a through hole, and two sides of the second fixing portion expose from the through holes.

7. The electrical connector of claim 5 , wherein two side edges of the second fixing portion bend and extend toward a direction away from the matching surface to form second buckling portions, and the second buckling portions urge against left and right sides of the second groove.

8. The electrical connector of claim 4 , wherein the main body is provided with a side wall, the first fixing portion extends toward the side wall to form a first connecting portion, the first connecting portion extends backward to form a first soldering portion, the second fixing portion extends backward to form a second soldering portion, and the first soldering portion and the second soldering portion are arranged side by side.

9. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of third terminals provided on the main body, wherein each of the third terminals has a third contacting portion exposed on the mating surface, and in a front and back direction, the second contacting portion is located between the third contacting portions and the first contacting portion.

10. The electrical connector of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of fourth terminals provided on the main body, wherein each of the fourth terminals has a fourth contacting portion exposed out of the mating surface, the tongue is provided with a plurality of second terminal slots arranged in one row with the first terminal slot, the fourth contacting portions are arranged at the second terminal slots, and the fourth contacting portions and the second contacting portion are located on the same straight line.

Assignees

• Lotes Co Ltd
• Lotes Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Quan

Classifications

• H01R24/60 Primary

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

• H01R2107/00

  Four or more poles · CPC title

• H01R13/6581

  Shield structure · CPC title

• H01R13/641

  by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement · CPC title