ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED TERMINALS
First Claim
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal slots;
a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and arranged in a row, each terminal including a retaining portion received in the terminal slot, a contacting portion extending forwardly from a front portion of the retaining portion, a soldering portion extending outside of the insulative housing from the retaining portion and a resilient contacting arm extending forwardly from a rear portion of the retaining portion; and
a shield shell covering the insulative housing, the shell defining a notch at a rear portion thereof to receive the contacting arm therein and at least a contacting pad extending and disposed in the notch;
whereinthe plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of grounding terminals and signal terminals, and the at least one contacting pad contacts with the contacting arm of one of said grounding terminals.
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal slots. A plurality of conductive terminals are retained in the insulative housing and arranged in a row, each terminal includes a retaining portion received in the terminal slot, a contacting portion extending forwardly from a front portion of the retaining portion, a soldering portion extending outside of the insulative housing from the retaining portion and a resilient contacting arm extending forwardly from a rear portion of the retaining portion. A shield shell is covering the insulative housing and defines a notch at a rear portion thereof for receiving the contacting arm therein and at least a contacting pad disposed in the notch. The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of grounding terminals and signal terminals, and the at least one contacting pad contacts with contacting arm of a grounding terminal.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal slots; a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and arranged in a row, each terminal including a retaining portion received in the terminal slot, a contacting portion extending forwardly from a front portion of the retaining portion, a soldering portion extending outside of the insulative housing from the retaining portion and a resilient contacting arm extending forwardly from a rear portion of the retaining portion; and a shield shell covering the insulative housing, the shell defining a notch at a rear portion thereof to receive the contacting arm therein and at least a contacting pad extending and disposed in the notch;
whereinthe plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of grounding terminals and signal terminals, and the at least one contacting pad contacts with the contacting arm of one of said grounding terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electrical connector, comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a longitudinal mating cavity running through a front face thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the housing, and each defining a retaining portion received in the housing, a contacting portion forwardly extending from a front portion of the retaining portion and projecting into the mating cavity, and a soldering portion extending outside of the housing from a rear portion of the retaining portion; and a shield shell covering the insulative housing; wherein the plurality of conductive terminals includes a grounding contact, and the grounding contact defines a resilient contacting arm bending upwardly from an upper edge of the rear portion of the retaining portion and extending forwardly to contact with the shield shell.
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13. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a mating slot extending along a longitudinal direction and forwardly communicating with an exterior in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; one row of passageways arranged along said longitudinal direction and formed in the housing and communicating with the mating slot; a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts including a front mating section extending into the mating slot, a rear lower tail section for mounting a printed circuit board, and an upper resilient arm above the mating section, the resilient arms of all said contacts commonly defining an interaction area along said longitudinal direction; and a metallic shell assembled upon and covering the housing, said shell defining a planar body portion with a common notch in a rear edge dimensionally corresponding to the interaction area;
whereina plurality of contacting pads unitarily extending from a notch edge of the body portion into said notch so as to mechanically and electrically connect to the resilient arms of the selected contacts, respectively, for establishing and unifying grounding paths thereof. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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