Electrical connector having improved terminal arrangement
US9853404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2107/00
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a tongue portion, the tongue portion defining two opposite surfaces, each surface of the tongue portion including twelve terminal positions; and two rows of terminals being reversely-symmetrically arranged at the two surfaces of the tongue portion, each terminal having a contact portion exposed on the tongue portion, each row of terminals comprising two grounding terminals respectively arranged at the first and the twelfth terminal positions of the twelve terminal positions, and two power terminals respectively arranged at the fourth and the ninth terminal positions of the twelve terminal positions, the second, third, tenth and eleventh terminal positions of the twelve terminal positions being defined as vacant spaces, one or more further power terminals being arranged at the vacant spaces.
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