IP Library Granted Patent US 12,308,544
Granted Patent B2
US 12,308,544 · App. 17/696,639 · Granted May 20, 2025

Electrical connector and electrical connector with circuit board

Inventors: Shota Yamada (Kanagawa, JP); Nobuhiro Tamai (Kanagawa, JP); Daiki Aimoto (Kanagawa, JP); Takafumi Sugawara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
H01R12/707H01R13/6471
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Patent No.
US 12,308,544
App. No.
17/696,639
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an electrical connector wherein signal transmission paths 53 have signal connecting portions 53 C soldered to signal circuit units on a circuit board, ground members 54, 55 have ground connecting portions 54 C, 55 C soldered to ground circuit units on the circuit board, and the ground connecting portions 54 C, 55 C are positioned in the arrangement direction of the signal transmission paths 53 between the signal connecting portions 53 C of adjacent signal transmission paths, a width range WG between the opposite end locations of the ground connecting portions 54 C, 55 C of the ground members 54, 55 in the width direction, which is parallel to the mounting surface of the circuit board and perpendicular to the arrangement direction, extends beyond the width range WS of the signal connecting portions 53 C of the signal transmission paths 53.

Claims (15)

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a plurality of signal transmission paths soldered to signal circuit units on a circuit board at a plurality of locations spaced apart in an arrangement direction, said arrangement direction being a direction parallel to a mounting surface of the circuit board, and

at least one ground member soldered to ground circuit units on the circuit board,

the signal transmission paths having signal connecting portions soldered to the signal circuit units,

the ground members having ground connecting portions, which are soldered to the ground circuit units and are part of ground plates serving as the ground members, and

said ground connecting portions being positioned in the arrangement direction between the signal connecting portions of the adjacent signal transmission paths, wherein

two ground connecting portions are disposed parallel to the mounting surface, perpendicular to the arrangement direction, and extend beyond a width range of the signal connecting portions of the signal transmission paths.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the signal transmission paths are single-ended terminals.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 wherein the signal transmission paths are terminal pairs that are adjacent and spaced apart in the arrangement direction.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the ground connecting portions are part of the ground terminals serving as the ground members.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the ground connecting portions are arranged side by side in the width direction between the signal connecting portions.

6. The electrical connector of claim 1 , wherein a circuit board has provided thereon signal circuit units to which the signal connecting portions of the signal transmission paths in said electrical connector are soldered and ground circuit units to which the ground connecting portions of the ground members are soldered, wherein the electrical connector is mounted to the circuit board.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of the ground connecting portions are arranged side by side in the width direction between the signal connecting portions,

the ground circuit units of the circuit board have a plurality of mounting surface portions located on the mounting surface of the circuit board in alignment with the plurality of the ground connecting portions, and

the plurality of the ground connecting portions are soldered to the mounting surface portions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: YAMADA, SHOTA; TAMAI, NOBUHIRO; AIMOTO, DAIKI; SUGAWARA, TAKAFUMI
To: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-075876 · Apr 28, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220352658A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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