US 11,942,716 B2
High speed electrical connector
Bing Liu, Chengdu (CN); Yaohua Hou, Chengdu (CN); and Tao Zeng, Chengdu (CN)
Assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,391.
Claims priority of application No. 202022110410.5 (CN), filed on Sep. 22, 2020; and application No. 202120186566.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0094099 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/502 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a plurality of conductors each comprising a mating contact portion, a contact tail, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating contact portion and the contact tail;
a housing holding the plurality of conductors, the housing comprising a first segment, a second segment spaced apart from the first segment, and a mounting face that the contact tails of the plurality of conductors extend therethrough, the mounting face comprising a slot; and
a member disposed in the slot, wherein:
the plurality of conductors are arranged in two columns,
the slot is disposed between the two columns,
the slot comprises a main opening elongated between the two columns, a first plurality of branch openings extending from a first side of the main opening towards one of the two columns, and a second plurality of branch openings extending from a second side of the main opening towards the other one of the two columns,
the member comprises a first plurality of protrusions extending towards the one of the two columns and a second plurality of protrusions extending towards the other one of the two columns,
the first plurality of branch openings are more than the first plurality of protrusions of the member, and
the second plurality of branch openings are more than the second plurality of protrusions of the member.