US 12,438,309 B2
Electrical connector with improved inserting member
Xun Wu, Kunshan (CN); Ming-Yi Gong, Kunshan (CN); Tian Yang, Kunshan (CN); Hung-Chi Yu, New Taipei (TW); Wen-Lung Hsu, New Taipei (TW); Min-Hsuan Tsai, New Taipei (TW); and Guo-Xiang Niu, Huaian (CN)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/134,825.
Claims priority of application No. 202210462659.3 (CN), filed on Apr. 28, 2022; and application No. 202210624516.8 (CN), filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352880 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01); H01R 13/6477 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6471 (2013.01) [H01R 13/03 (2013.01); H01R 13/6477 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulating housing having a mating face, a card slot recessed from the mating face with a floor face facing the mating face, and two side walls located at opposite sides of the card slot, each of the side walls defining a plurality of signal passageways and a plurality of grounding passageways;
two rows of terminals located on the side walls and each row of terminal comprising a plurality of signal terminals in the signal passageways and a plurality of grounding terminals in the grounding passageways, each of the two rows of terminals comprising a retaining portion retained in the passageway and an elastic arm with a contacting portion extending into the card slot; and
a one-piece inserting member assembled in the insulating housing;
wherein the inserting member defines a plurality of first inserting portions inserted in the signal passageways and a plurality of second inserting portions inserted in the grounding passageways, and the second inserting portions contact corresponding grounding terminals, respectively, to establish a grounding path.