IP Library Granted Patent US 9,236,689
Granted Patent B2
US 9,236,689 · App. 14/100,194 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Electrical connector

Inventors: Siow-Pheng Goh (Singapore, SG); Yoke-Wai Cheah (Singapore, SG)
Assignee: Molex, LLC
H01R13/6461H01R12/716H01R13/646H01R13/6471
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Patent No.
US 9,236,689
App. No.
14/100,194
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical connector comprises a body and a plurality of terminals. The body may comprise a slot, a one side wall, a plurality of spacers and a plurality of terminal grooves. The side wall is adjacent to the slot, the plurality of spacers are positioned on the side wall and arranged alongside the slot. The plurality of terminal grooves are adjacent to the side wall, the each spacer is positioned between the adjacent two terminal grooves. The plurality of terminals comprise two pairs of differential signal terminals and a ground terminal, the ground terminal is positioned between the two pairs of differential signal terminals. The two pairs of differential signal terminals and the ground terminal are received in the corresponding terminal grooves. The spacer between the each pair of differential signal terminals and the ground terminal can be partially removed.

Claims (6)

1. An electrical connector, comprising:

a body including a first side wall and second side wall that define a slot with a top surface, wherein the second side includes a first set of terminal grooves and a second set of terminals grooves and further includes a recess provided between the first and second set of terminal grooves, wherein the slot further includes a plurality of spacers that define at least one of the second terminal grooves on the second side wall or a third set of terminal grooves on the first side wall, the plurality of spacers generally extending out from the respective side wall toward the top surface and defining the corresponding set of terminal grooves, wherein the first and second terminal grooves extend to the top surface; and

a plurality of terminals comprising two pairs of differential signal terminals and a first ground terminal, the first ground terminal being positioned between the two pairs of differential signal terminals, and the two pairs of differential signal terminals and the first ground terminal being received in the corresponding set of terminal grooves; wherein the spacer between each pair of differential signal terminals and the first ground terminal is partially removed so as to be shorter than other of the plurality of spacers and so as to not extend all the way to the top surface.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of terminals further comprise two second ground terminals, the two second ground terminals are respectively positioned at two outer sides of the two pairs of differential signal terminals and are respectively separated from the pairs of differential signal terminals by one of the plurality of spacers, wherein the spacer between the second ground terminal and the adjacent pair of differential signal terminals is partially removed so as to not extend all the way to the top surface.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the partially removed portion of the spacer is adjacent to an insertion port of the slot.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the first side wall comprises a section that includes a third set of terminal grooves, the section positioned opposite the recess, the section including an outer protruding portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2015
From: MOLEX INCORPORATED
To: MOLEX, LLC
Reel/Frame 037229/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2014
From: GOH, SIOW-PHENG; CHEAH, YOKE-WAI
To: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 032253/0316 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2012 1 0532110 · Dec 11, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140162499A1 · Jun 12, 2014