US 12,431,669 B2
Electrical connector with improved shielding performance and optimized terminal arrangement
Yu Huang, Shenzhen (CN); and Chenhui Zeng, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Luxshare Precision Industry Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,733.
Claims priority of application No. 202211345113.6 (CN), filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0145999 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6582 (2013.01) [H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 13/405 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulating body comprising a mating surface, a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a mating slot extending through the mating surface, and an installation space extending through the mounting surface and communicating with the mating slot;
a first terminal module, the first terminal module comprising a first insulating block and a plurality of first conductive terminals, each first conductive terminal comprising a first fixing portion fixed to the first insulating block, a first tail portion extending from one end of the first fixing portion, and a first elastic arm extending from another end of the first fixing portion; the first elastic arm being provided with a first contact portion extending into the mating slot;
a second terminal module, the second terminal module comprising a second insulating block and a plurality of second conductive terminals, each second conductive terminal comprising a second fixing portion fixed to the second insulating block, a second tail portion extending from one end of the second fixing portion, and a second elastic arm extending from another end of the second fixing portion; the second elastic arm being provided with a second contact portion extending into the mating slot; the first contact portions of the plurality of first conductive terminals and the second contact portions of the second conductive terminals being located on opposite sides of the mating slot, respectively; and
a shielding sheet, the shielding sheet comprising a main body and a plurality of grounding elastic arms extending from the main body, each grounding elastic arm comprising an abutting portion extending into the mating slot, the main body being at least partially clamped between the first insulating block and the second insulating block;
wherein the plurality of first conductive terminals comprise a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal; the first elastic arm of the first terminal, the first elastic arm of the second terminal and the first elastic arm of the third terminal are disposed in sequence along a first direction; and the first fixing portion of the third terminal comprises a deflection portion straddling the first fixing portion of the first terminal and the first fixing portion of the second terminal, so that the first tail portion of the third terminal, the first tail portion of the first terminal and the first tail portion of the second terminal are disposed in sequence along the first direction.