Electrical connector with grounding contact having forked soldering branches
US8708718B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 2012 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/65914
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cable connector compatible to type-A USB 3.0 standard includes a number of contacts divided into a first contact group and a second contact group. The first contact group is compatible to USB 2.0 standard. The second contact group includes a number of second contacts having a first pair of high-speed differential signal contacts, a second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts and a grounding contact disposed between the first pair and the second pair of high-speed differential signal contacts. The second soldering section of the grounding contact is of a forked manner and includes at least a first branch and a second branch. As a result, it is more effective to solder the second soldering section of the grounding contact with a cable without any manual alignment work.
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