US7442051B2
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Electrical connector with printed circuit board
Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 2006-05-22
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Granted: 2008-10-28
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Expires: 2026-05-22
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector ( 1 ) comprises an insulative housing ( 10 ) and a conductive member ( 20 ). The conductive member is assembled in the insulative housing, and comprises a plurality of first conductive pads ( 21 ) and a plurality of second conductive pads ( 22 ) arranged in a lateral direction of the conductive member, each first conductive pad comprises a contact sections ( 211 ) and a guiding section ( 210 ), each contact section is located behind corresponding guiding section alternatively aligned with the second conductive pads and the second pads in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, and electrically separated with corresponding guiding section.
Inventors
- 👤 Hong-Bing Jiang
- 👤 Chia-Huang Lin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 19:17
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a conductive member assembled in the insulative housing, and comprising a plurality of first conductive pads and a plurality of second conductive pads arranged in a lateral direction of the conductive member, each first conductive pad comprising a contact section and a guiding section alternately aligned with the second conductive pads, the contact sections being located behind the guiding sections and the second pads in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, and a gap being defined between each contain section and corresponding guiding section; wherein the conductive member is a printed circuit board (PCB), and the PCB comprises a plurality third conductive pads opposite to the first and second conductive pads along front-to-back direction, and electrically connecting with corresponding first and second conductive pads.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a conductive member assembled in the insulative housing, and comprising a plurality of first conductive pads and a plurality of second conductive pads arranged in a lateral direction of the conductive member, each first conductive pad comprising a contact section and a guiding section alternately aligned with the second conductive pads, the contact sections being located behind the guiding sections and the second pads in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the lateral direction, and a gap being defined between each contain section and corresponding guiding section; wherein the conductive member is a printed circuit board (PCB), and the PCB comprises a plurality third conductive pads opposite to the first and second conductive pads along front-to-back direction, and electrically connecting with corresponding first and second conductive pads.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a conductive member assembled in the insulative housing and defining a surface, and comprising a plurality of first metallic conductive pads and a plurality of second metallic conductive pads alternately arranged on the surface in a lateral direction of the printed circuit board, each first conductive pad defining a contact section and a guiding section; wherein the contact section is located behind the guiding section, the contact section is spaced from the guiding section with a gap on the surface in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said lateral direction, and the contact section is wider than the guiding section; wherein the contact section of the first conductive pad is completely located behind the neighboring second conductive pad in said front-to-back direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
128 words
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; a conductive member assembled in the insulative housing and defining a surface, and comprising a plurality of first metallic conductive pads and a plurality of second metallic conductive pads alternately arranged on the surface in a lateral direction of the printed circuit board, each first conductive pad defining a contact section and a guiding section; wherein the contact section is located behind the guiding section, the contact section is spaced from the guiding section with a gap on the surface in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said lateral direction, and the contact section is wider than the guiding section; wherein the contact section of the first conductive pad is completely located behind the neighboring second conductive pad in said front-to-back direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a width of the contact section is not larger than a space between every adjacent two second conductive pads.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein a width of the contact section is not larger than another width of the second conductive pad.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The electrical connector claimed in claim 2 , where a center line of the contact section is aligned with another center line of the corresponding guiding section in said front-to-back direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the guiding section extends forwardly toward and terminates affront edge of the printed circuit board.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the contact section and the corresponding guiding section of the first conductive pad is electrically separated from each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the contact section and the guiding section are aligned in a line with each other along the front-to-back direction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dimension of each second conductive pad along the lateral direction is larger than that of the guiding section of the first conductive pad.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
33 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dimension of each contact section along the lateral direction is larger than that of the guiding section of the first conductive pad.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive member is a printed circuit board (PCB).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
45 words
The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the insulative housing comprises a base portion and a supporting bracket extending from the base portion, the base portion defines a passage, and wherein the PCB is inserted through the passage along the front-to-back direction.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The electrical connector as claim 1 , wherein the electrical connector comprises a shell enclosing the insulative housing.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electrical connector as claim 13 , wherein the shell has a lateral ear insert-molded with the insulative housing.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
16 words
The electrical connector as claim 12 , wherein the PCB is positioned on the supporting bracket.
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