US 12,218,471 B2
Electrical connector and cable grounding structure thereof
Ching-Hung Liu, New Taipei (TW); and Ming-Yang Yuan, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed by JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD., New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,958.
Claims priority of application No. 202221520284.3 (CN), filed on Jun. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0411872 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 4/28 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 9/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 4/28 (2013.01) [H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 9/24 (2013.01); H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/65912 (2020.08); H01R 13/65914 (2020.08); H01R 13/65917 (2020.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a connection body, comprising a terminal block, and a plurality of terminals installed on the terminal block and extended from a front edge of the terminal block, and each terminal comprising a soldering portion disposed on a rear edge of the terminal block;
a cable rack, installed to the rear edge of the terminal block;
a plurality of cables, disposed on the cable rack, and comprising a cable core segment exposed toward the connection body, and a covering layer covering the cable core segment; and
at least one grounding structure, bridging the connection body and the cables, and comprising a bridging portion, at least one clamping portion disposed on the bridging portion, at least one docking portion extended from the bridging portion toward the connection body, and an elastic portion disposed opposite to the clamping portion;
wherein, the clamping portion of the grounding structure clamps the covering layer of each cable, the elastic portion is pressed at the covering layer in a direction opposite to the clamping portion, and the docking portion of the grounding structure and the cable core segment of each cable are electrically coupled to the soldering portion of each terminal.