Electrical connector for transferring high frequency signal

• US 9,231,356 B1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lotes Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Lotes Company Limited
• Inventors: Ju, Ted, Lin, Wen Wei, Lin, Chin Chi, Zhang, Li Ming
• Primary Examiner(s): Ta, Tho D
• Application Number:
  US14/604,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20160020568A1
• Time in Patent Office: 347 Days
• Field of Search: 439/660, 439/924.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/00 Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor B29C73/00 takes precedence; by blowing B29C49/00; by thermoforming B29C51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/707 Soldering or welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/712 co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit H01R12/72 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6477 by variation of dielectric properties
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2107/00 Four or more poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/00 Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure contact members H01R13/02; securing contact members in or to a base or case or insulating of contact members H01R13/40; bases or cases H01R13/46; means for supporting coupling part when not engaged H01R13/60; means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement H01R13/62; means for preventing, inhibiting or avoiding incorrect coupling H01R13/64
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/60 Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/78 with additional earth or shield contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/18 for manufacturing bases or cases for contact members

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a body having a tongue, a row of first terminals insert-molded in the body, a depressed slot, and a positioning slot. The tongue includes a first surface having multiple receiving slots. Each first terminal has a contact portion accommodated in the receiving slot and exposed from the first surface. The first terminals include a pair of differential signal terminals and multiple non-high-speed terminals. The depressed slot is depressed from the first surface, located between contact portions of two differential signal terminals, and in communication with two adjacent receiving slots. The positioning slot is depressed from the first surface, located between contact portions of two adjacent non-high-speed terminals, or of adjacent non-high-speed terminal and differential signal terminal, and in communication with two adjacent receiving slots. The length of the positioning slot is less than the length of the depressed slot.

Claims

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

a body having a tongue extending along a direction from front to rear, wherein the tongue comprises a first surface, and a plurality of receiving slots are depressed from the first surface;

a row of first terminals insert-molded in the body, wherein each of the first terminals has a contact portion respectively accommodated in one of the receiving slots and exposed from the first surface, and the row of first terminals comprises a pair of differential signal terminals for transmitting a high-speed signal and a plurality of non-high-speed terminals;

a depressed slot, depressed from the first surface, and located between the contact portions of the two differential signal terminals, wherein the depressed slot is in communication with two adjacent receiving slots of the receiving slots; and

at least one positioning slot depressed from the first surface, wherein the positioning slot is located between the contact portions of two adjacent non-high-speed terminals, or located between contact portions of one of the non-high-speed terminals and one of the pair of differential signal terminal adjacent to each other, and the positioning slot is in communication with two adjacent receiving slots,

wherein a length of the positioning slot along the direction from front to rear is less than a length of the depressed slot along the direction from front to rear.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein side surfaces directly facing each other of contact portions of two differential signal terminals are exposed to the depressed slot.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1,

wherein the plurality of non-high-speed terminals are respectively located at two sides of the pair of differential signal terminals;

wherein one of the at least one positioning slot is disposed between the contact portions of two adjacent non-high-speed terminals, and another one of the at least one positioning slot is disposed between contact portions of one of the non-high-speed terminals and one of the pair of differential signal terminals adjacent to each other; and

wherein the length of all of the positioning slots along the direction from front to rear is less than the length of the depressed slot along the direction from front to rear.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the depressed slot runs forward through a front end of the tongue.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the length of the depressed slot along the direction from front to rear is greater than a length of the contact portion of the differential signal terminal along the direction from front to rear.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a front end of the depressed slot goes forward beyond front ends of the contact portions of the differential signal terminals, and a rear end of the depressed slot goes backward beyond rear ends of the contact portions of the differential signal terminals.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the tongue has a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface is provided with a row of second terminals, and arrangement of the second terminals on the second surface and arrangement of the first terminals on the first surface are centrosymmetrical.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 7, further comprising a middle shielding sheet disposed in the tongue and located between the first terminals and the second terminals.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 8, wherein the depressed slot extends to a surface of the middle shielding sheet.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the tongue has a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a groove is further depressed toward the second surface from each of the receiving slots at which the two differential signal terminals are located, and the groove is in communication with the receiving slot.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 10, wherein the second surface is provided with a row of second terminals, arrangement of the second terminals on the second surface and arrangement of the first terminals on the first surface are centrosymmetrical, and the groove runs through to the second surface.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 11, further comprising a middle shielding sheet disposed in the middle of the tongue and located between the first terminals and the second terminals, wherein a location on the middle shielding sheet corresponding to the groove is provided with a hollow portion.

13. An electrical connector, comprising:

a body having a tongue extending along a direction from front to rear and a plurality of receiving slots disposed in the tongue;

a row of terminals fixedly disposed at the body, wherein each of the terminals has a contact portion accommodated in one of the receiving slots respectively, and the row of terminals comprises a pair of differential signal terminals; and

a depressed slot, disposed at the tongue, and located between the contact portions of the two differential signal terminals, wherein the depressed slot is in communication with two adjacent receiving slots of the receiving slots,

wherein the tongue has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other, the upper surface and the lower surface are each provided with the row of terminals, and the upper and lower rows of terminals are centrosymmetrically arranged.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the depressed slot is depressed from at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface of the tongue.

15. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein a depth of the depressed slot in a vertical direction is greater than a thickness of the contact portion in the vertical direction.

16. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the depressed slot runs forward through a front end of the tongue.

17. The electrical connector according to claim 13, wherein the tongue comprises a through slot running through the upper surface and the lower surface, the through slot is located between differential signal terminals of the upper and lower rows of terminals, and the through slot is in communication with the receiving slot.

18. The electrical connector according to claim 17, further comprising a middle shielding sheet disposed in the tongue and located between two rows of terminals, wherein a location on the middle shielding sheet corresponding to the through slot is provided with a hollow portion.

19. An electrical connector, comprising:

a body having a tongue extending along a direction from front to rear and a plurality of receiving slots disposed in the tongue;

a row of terminals fixedly disposed at the body, wherein each of the terminals has a contact portion accommodated in one of the receiving slots respectively, and the row of terminals comprises a pair of differential signal terminals; and

a depressed slot, disposed at the tongue, and located between the contact portions of the two differential signal terminals, wherein the depressed slot is in communication with two adjacent receiving slots of the receiving slots,

wherein the row of terminals further comprises non-high-speed terminals located at two sides of the pair of differential signal terminals;

wherein a positioning slot is disposed between each of the contact portions of two adjacent non-high-speed terminals, and between the contact portion of one of the non-high-speed terminals and one of the differential signal terminals adjacent to each other, each positioning slot is in communication with two adjacent receiving slots; and

wherein a length of the positioning slots along the direction from front to rear is less than a length of the depressed slots along the direction from front to rear.