US 11,735,868 B2
Connector assembly
John C. Laurx, Aurora, IL (US); and Yueh-Ting Chiang, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/79,018.
Application 18/079,018 is a continuation of application No. 17/075,713, filed on Oct. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,532,915.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/925,243, filed on Oct. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0108875 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6587 (2013.01) [H01R 12/7005 (2013.01); H01R 13/40 (2013.01); H01R 13/627 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising:
a plug connector mountable to a planar substrate, the plug connector comprising a plug insulator housing and plug terminal array having a plurality of terminals each with a mating end, a mounting end opposite the mating end, and a mid-body portion connecting the mating end to the mounting end, wherein the plurality of terminals comprise a first plurality of mounting ends aligned in a first inline terminal row and a second plurality of mounting ends aligned in a second inline terminal row, the first and second inline terminal rows are parallel and spaced apart with each other; and
a receptacle connector mateable to the plug connector, the receptacle connector comprising a receptacle insulator housing and a receptacle terminal array having a plurality of terminals each with a mating end, a termination end opposite the mating end, and a mid-body portion connecting the mating end and the termination end;
wherein the plurality of terminals of each of the plug connector and the receptacle connector form a plurality of terminal groups spaced apart from one another, and
the mid-body portions of the plurality of terminals of at least one of the plug terminal array and the receptacle terminal array are offset mid-body portions, and the plurality of terminals comprise a first plurality of terminal ends extending in a first direction and a second plurality of terminal ends extending in a second direction opposite that of the first direction.