US 12,300,937 B2
High speed electrical connector
Wenfeng Yin, Chengdu (CN); Teng Cao, Chengdu (CN); Xiaodong Hu, Chengdu (CN); Lei Liao, Shenzhen (CN); Xiang Wang, Shenzhen (CN); Yan-Bin Tan, Shenzhen (CN); Wei Luo, Shenzhen (CN); and Jing-Tang Zhou, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed by Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Chengdu (CN)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/874,814.
Claims priority of application No. 202121892308.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 13, 2021; application No. 202210805418.4 (CN), filed on Jul. 8, 2022; and application No. 202221760539.3 (CN), filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050934 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6471 (2013.01) [H01R 12/57 (2013.01); H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H05K 1/111 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing;
a plurality of signal conductors coupled to the housing and disposed in a plurality of groups of signal conductors, each of the signal conductors comprising a mating end, a mounting end and an intermediate portion joining the mating end and the mounting end, wherein the mating ends of the plurality of signal conductors are disposed in a row; and
a plurality of ground conductors associated with respective groups of the plurality of groups of signal conductors, each of the plurality of ground conductors comprising a shell and a contact member, wherein,
for each of the plurality of ground conductors:
the shell comprises a first opening and a second opening,
the contact member comprises a mating end,
the intermediate portions of the signal conductors of the respective group of signal conductors are disposed within the shell such that the mating ends are exposed through the first opening and the mounting ends are exposed through the second opening, and
the mating end of the contact member is disposed within the row of mating ends of the plurality of signal conductors.