Electrical connector with short length along mating direction
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1. An electrical cable connector comprising:
- an insulative housing forming a mating cavity forwardly communicating with an exterior along a front-to-back direction;
a metallic shell enclosing the housing;
a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and extending along the front-to-back direction;
a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said terminals including a front resilient contacting section extending into the mating cavity, a rear connecting section and an extension section therebetween in the front-to-back direction; and
a plurality of wires located behind the housing, each of said wires including an inner conductor, an inner insulator, a braiding and an outer insulator concentrically arranged with one another in sequence;
whereinthe connecting section defines a soldering region with a pair of barbs at two lateral sides thereof, and the inner conductor is soldered upon the soldering region and the barbs retain the terminal in the corresponding passageway so as to omit barbs on the extension section and shorten a length of the terminal.
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An electrical cable connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing, a mating cavity formed in the housing and forwardly communicating with an exterior. The terminal includes a front contacting section and a rear connecting section with an extension section therebewteen in a front-to-back direction. The front contacting section is exposed in the mating cavity, and the rear connecting section includes a soldering region and a pair of securing structure formed on two sides of the soldering region and secured to the housing for retaining the terminal in position with regard to the housing.
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1. An electrical cable connector comprising:
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an insulative housing forming a mating cavity forwardly communicating with an exterior along a front-to-back direction; a metallic shell enclosing the housing; a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and extending along the front-to-back direction; a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said terminals including a front resilient contacting section extending into the mating cavity, a rear connecting section and an extension section therebetween in the front-to-back direction; and a plurality of wires located behind the housing, each of said wires including an inner conductor, an inner insulator, a braiding and an outer insulator concentrically arranged with one another in sequence;
whereinthe connecting section defines a soldering region with a pair of barbs at two lateral sides thereof, and the inner conductor is soldered upon the soldering region and the barbs retain the terminal in the corresponding passageway so as to omit barbs on the extension section and shorten a length of the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electrical cable connector comprising:
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an insulative housing forming a mating cavity forwardly communicating with an exterior along a front-to-back direction; a metallic shell enclosing the housing; a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and extending along the front-to-back direction; a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said terminals including a front resilient contacting section extending into the mating cavity, a rear connecting section with a soldering region thereon and an extension section therebetween in the front-to-back direction; and a plurality of wires located behind the housing, each of said wires including an inner conductor, an inner insulator, a braiding and an outer insulator concentrically arranged with one another in sequence;
whereinthe terminals are categorized with differential pairs and grounding terminals alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction;
whereinan inner grounding bar is associated with the wires, and said inner grounding bar includes an elongated base with a plurality of spring arms mechanically and electrically connected to the soldering regions of the grounding terminals, respectively wherein the braiding is soldered upon the base. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electrical cable connector comprising:
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an insulative housing forming a mating cavity forwardly communicating with an exterior along a front-to-back direction; a metallic shell enclosing the housing; a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and extending along the front-to-back direction; a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said terminals including a front resilient contacting section extending into the mating cavity, a rear connecting section with a soldering region thereon and an extension section therebetween in the front-to-back direction; and a plurality of wires located behind the housing, each of said wires including an inner conductor, an inner insulator, a braiding and an outer insulator concentrically arranged with one another in sequence;
wherein the terminals are categorized with differential pairs and grounding terminals alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction;
whereinan outer grounding bar is attached upon an exterior surface of the housing and intimately enclosed in the metallic shell, and said outer grounding bar includes a plurality of contacting arms extending into the mating cavity and located in front of the corresponding grounding terminals, respectively;
whereina metallic shielding plate is forwardly inserted into the housing from a rear side of the housing and separating said terminals into two groups, and mechanically and electrically connected to the metallic shell. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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