US 12,451,655 B2
Electrical connector and cable connector with improved grounding
Min Fan, Shenzhen (CN); Yingbin Pu, Shenzhen (CN); and Cunting Huang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Luxshare Precision Industry Company Limited, Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/110,137.
Claims priority of application No. 202211272077.5 (CN), filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128691 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01R 13/115 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6592 (2013.01) [H01R 13/115 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a terminal module comprising a conductive module and a grounding sheet, wherein one end of the conductive module is configured to connect to a docking conductive terminal of a docking connector, and another end of the conductive module is configured to connect to a core wire of a cable; and
a shielding housing comprising a first housing and a grounding connection member integrally formed with the first housing, wherein the first housing is disposed on an outer side of the terminal module, one end of the grounding sheet abuts against an inner wall of the first housing, another end of the grounding sheet is configured to connect to a docking grounding terminal of the docking connector, and the grounding connection member is configured to connect to a shielding layer of the cable,
wherein the grounding connection member comprises a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein one end of the first connection portion is connected to the first housing, another end of the first connection portion extends towards an inside of the first housing and is connected to the second connection portion, and the second connection portion is configured to connect to the shielding layer of the cable,
wherein the conductive module is provided with an accommodating groove, and the second connection portion is accommodated in the accommodating groove,
wherein the grounding connection member further comprises a plurality of positioning portions, the plurality of positioning portions are connected to an end of the second connection portion facing away from the first connection portion, a plurality of positioning grooves are provided in a groove bottom of the accommodating groove, and the plurality of positioning portions are disposed in the plurality of positioning grooves in a one-to-one correspondence.