US 12,394,927 B2
Electrical connector with improved signal transmission quality and manufacturing method thereof
Kunlin Yao, Dongguan (CN); and Rongzhe Guo, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,145.
Claims priority of application No. 202211710170.X (CN), filed on Dec. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0222892 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/75 (2013.01) [H01R 12/515 (2013.01); H01R 12/7064 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a first terminal group comprising a plurality of first conductive terminals, the plurality of first conductive terminals comprising a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of first ground terminals, each first conductive terminal comprising a flat first mating portion;
a first ground piece comprising a plurality of first abutting portions and a plurality of first protruding portions connected to the first abutting portions; wherein the first signal terminal is not in contact with a corresponding first protruding portion; the first abutting portions are in contact with corresponding first ground terminals to connect all the first ground terminals in series;
a second terminal group comprising a plurality of second conductive terminals, the plurality of second conductive terminals comprising a plurality of second signal terminals and a plurality of second ground terminals, each second conductive terminal comprising a flat second mating portion;
a second ground piece comprising a plurality of second abutting portions and a plurality of second protruding portions connected to the second abutting portions; wherein the second signal terminal is not in contact with a corresponding second protruding portion; the second abutting portions are in contact with corresponding second ground terminals to connect all the second ground terminals in series; and
an insulating body comprising a tongue plate, the tongue plate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first mating portions of the first conductive terminals being exposed on the first surface, the second mating portions of the second conductive terminals being exposed on the second surface;
wherein the first ground piece and the second ground piece are located between the first mating portions and the second mating portions along a thickness direction of the tongue plate; and
wherein the plurality of first signal terminals are divided into a plurality of first signal terminal groups, each first signal terminal group comprises two adjacent first signal terminals, each side of each first signal terminal group is associated with one first ground terminal, and the first abutting portions are fixed to the corresponding first ground terminals by welding or soldering.