IP Library Granted Patent US 10,971,839
Granted Patent B1
US 10,971,839 · App. 16/720,006 · Granted Apr 6, 2021

Floating connector

Inventors: Tsung-Lung Kuo (Taipei, TW); Kun-Shen Wu (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Greenconn Corp.
H01R12/724H01R12/91H01R13/6476
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,971,839
App. No.
16/720,006
Granted
Apr 6, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

A floating connector and a conductive terminal thereof are provided. The conductive terminal is integrally formed as a one piece structure, and includes a contacting segment, a fixing segment, and a buffering segment having two ends respectively connected to the contacting segment and the fixing segment. A longitudinal direction of the buffering segment and a longitudinal direction of the fixing segment have a first angle there-between less than ninety degrees. The buffering segment includes a first portion connected to the contacting segment, a second portion connected to the fixing segment, and two impedance matching portions defining a buffering hole. Two opposite ends of each of the two impedance matching portions are respectively connected to the first portion and the second portion. The buffering segment is configured to provide for an electrical current to travel there-through so as to generate a capacitance effect at the two impedance matching portions.

Claims (13)

1. A floating connector, comprising:

an insulating housing defining an insertion direction, a length direction, and a width direction, which are perpendicular to each other, wherein the insulating housing has an insertion slot recessed from a side thereof along the insertion direction; and

a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in two rows each being parallel to the length direction, wherein the conductive terminals of one of the two rows respectively face the conductive terminals of the other one of the two rows along the width direction, and any one of the conductive terminals is integrally formed as a one piece structure and includes:

a contacting segment inserted into the insulating housing and partially arranged in the insertion slot;

a fixing segment configured to fix to an external object; and

a buffering segment having two opposite ends respectively connected to the contacting segment and the fixing segment, wherein a longitudinal direction of the buffering segment and a longitudinal direction of the fixing segment have a first angle there-between that is less than 90 degrees, wherein the buffering segment includes two impedance matching portions jointly defining a buffering hole, and wherein the buffering segment is configured to provide for an electrical current to travel there-through so as to generate a capacitance effect at the two impedance matching portions,

wherein the insulating housing is movable relative to the fixing segments of the conductive terminals, so that any one of the buffering segments pressed by the movement of the insulating housing provides a return force to the insulating housing.

2. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein in any one of the conductive terminals, the buffering hole is in an elongated shape, a longitudinal direction of the buffering hole and the longitudinal direction of the fixing segment have a second angle there-between that is less than 90 degrees, and a difference between the first angle and the second angle is less than or equal to 10 degrees.

3. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein in any one of the conductive terminals, the buffering hole is in an elongated shape, and a longitudinal direction of the buffering hole overlaps with the longitudinal direction of the buffering segment.

4. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein in any one of the conductive terminals, the buffering segment includes a first portion connected to the contacting segment and a second portion connected to the fixing segment, two opposite ends of each of the two impedance matching portions are respectively connected to the first portion and the second portion, and the two impedance matching portions of the buffering segment are mirror-symmetrical with respect to the buffering hole.

5. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein in any one of the conductive terminals, the fixing segment and the contacting segment are exposed from the insulating housing.

6. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein the two rows of the conductive terminals are mirror-symmetrical with respect to the insertion slot.

7. The floating connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating housing has a plurality of thru-holes being in spatial communication with the insertion slot, the conductive terminals are defined as a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and the contacting segments of the ground terminals respectively correspond in position to the thru-holes, and wherein the floating connector includes two grounding bridges respectively disposed on two opposite surfaces of the insulating housing, each of the two grounding bridges has a plurality of elastic arms spaced apart from each other, and the elastic arms of the two grounding bridges respectively pass through the thru-holes to be respectively abutted against the contacting segments of the ground terminals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: KUO, TSUNG-LUNG; WU, KUN-SHEN
To: GREENCONN CORP.
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