ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

• US 20190326693A1
• Filed: 04/17/2019
• Published: 10/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Incorporated (ACON Holding, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tsai, Yu-Lun, Hou, Pin-Yuan, Wang, Hsu-Fen, Li, Kang Qin, Wang, Xi
• Granted Patent: US 10,971,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/55 characterised by the terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/727 Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/405 Securing in non-demountable manner, e.g. moulding, riveting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/642 by position or shape of contact members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/652 with earth pin, blade or socket
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement

Abstract

An electrical connector including an insulating body and a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body is provided. At least one of the terminals has a first section and a pair of second sections. The second sections structurally extend and branch out from the first section. On a plane where the terminals are located, orthogonal projections of the second sections are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.

Claims

1. An electrical connector comprising:

an insulating body; and

a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, wherein at least one of the terminals has a first section and a pair of second sections, the pair of second sections structurally extends and branches out from the first section, and on a plane where the terminals are located, orthogonal projections of the pair of second sections on the plane are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the at least one terminal is a power terminal, the at least one terminal is a ground terminal, or the at least one terminal comprises a power terminal and a ground terminal.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the first section is located on the plane, the pair of second sections is located on opposite upper and lower sides of the plane and are parallel to the plane, and the pair of second sections is misaligned with each other in an arrangement direction of the terminals.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the first section is located in the insulating body, and the pair of second sections is respectively exposed from the insulating body.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the at least one terminal further has a third section, each of the second sections is connected between the first section and the third section, and the third section is located on the plane.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one grounding member disposed on the insulating body and located on at least one side of the terminals.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein the electrical connector is an electrical receptacle connector and further comprises a circuit board comprising a plurality of bonding pads, and the adjacent at least one terminal and the grounding member are soldered to the same bonding pad.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein the grounding member has a fourth section and a fifth section, the fifth section is located on the plane and is exposed from a side surface of the insulating body, and the fourth section is located above the first section.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 8, wherein an orthogonal projection of the fifth section on the plane overlaps with one of the orthogonal projections of the pair of second sections on the plane.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein the adjacent grounding member and the at least one terminal form an integral structure, and orthogonal projections of the pair of second sections and the grounding member on the plane are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the electrical connector is an electrical receptacle connector configured to be mated with an electrical plug connector, the electrical plug connector comprises a plurality of terminal pairs, and when the electrical plug connector is mated with the electrical receptacle connector, the terminal pair that is mated with the at least one terminal is structurally abutted against a portion of the second sections in an arrangement direction of the terminals.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 11, wherein an orthogonal projection of the terminal pair on the plane has a symmetry center at a boundary of the orthogonal projections of the pair of second sections on the plane.

13. An electrical connector comprising:

an insulating body comprising a tongue part; and

a pair of grounding members disposed on the inside of opposite lateral sides of the tongue part and partially exposed on the corresponding opposite sides of the tongue part;

a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, wherein at least one of the terminals has a first section and a pair of second sections, the pair of second sections structurally extends and branches out from the first section, and on a plane where the terminals are located, the pair of second sections are exposed from the upper and lower surfaces of the tongue part of the insulating body; and

a metallic shell enclosed the insulating body, the pair of grounding members and the plurality of terminals.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein orthogonal projections of the pair of second sections on the plane are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the at least one terminal is a power terminal, the at least one terminal is a ground terminal, or the at least one terminal comprises a power terminal and a ground terminal.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the first section is located on the plane, the pair of second sections is located on opposite upper and lower sides of the plane and are parallel to the plane, and the pair of second sections is misaligned with each other in an arrangement direction of the terminals.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the first section is located in the insulating body, and the pair of second sections is respectively exposed from the insulating body.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the pair of grounding members are protruded slightly beyond the corresponding lateral sides of the tongue part.