Electrical connector having improved grounding members
US8403701B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 2011 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R24/64
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (3), a contact module (4) assembled to the insulative housing and a shielding shell (5) attached to an outer side of the insulative housing. The contact module includes a terminal group and a pair of paddle boards (42) disposed at opposite sides of the terminal group and electrically connected with the terminal group. Each paddle board has a grounding pad (4211). The shell includes a wall (510) parallel with a front face. The wall has a pair of forwardly extending grounding beams (52) respectively contacting the pair of grounding pads of the pair of paddle boards for grounding.
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