Electrical connector transmitting high frequency signal

Claim 2

An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing comprising a base and a mating portion extending forwards from the base; a set of terminals, each comprising a retaining portion retained in the base, a contacting portion located on the mating portion and a connecting portion extending from the retaining portion and behind a rear face of the base; wherein the housing define a set of passageways to receive said set of terminals, each passageway comprises a retaining region to interferingly retaining the retaining portions of the terminals; wherein the base defines a recessing portion perpendicularly communicating with the passageways and around the retaining portions of the set of terminals at the rear face of the base to partially expose said retaining portions in an atmosphere.

Claim 3

The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the recessing portion is formed unitarily.

Claim 4

The electrical connector as recited in claim 2 , wherein the retaining portion of the terminal defines barbs at lateral sides thereof and part of the barbs expose to the atmosphere.

Claim 5

The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the terminal comprises a pressing portion of arc shape at a rear end opposite to the contacting portion and the pressing portion is used to press against a printed circuit board which is assembled on the rear face of the housing, said connecting portion connects with the pressing portion and the retaining portion.

Claim 6

The electrical connector as recited in claim 4 , wherein the base unitarily extends a supporting portion from the rear face thereof and the connecting portions of the set of terminals abut against the supporting portion.

Claim 7

The electrical connector as recited in claim 5 , wherein the connecting portions the set of terminals abut against a planar rear face of the supporting portion.

Claim 8

The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein each passageway further comprises two matching portions located below and above the retaining portion respectively.

Claim 9

The electrical connector as recited in claim 7 , wherein the matching portions run forward while not through a front face of the base.

Claim 10

The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , further comprising other terminals on the housing, the terminals of said set are thinner than the other terminals.

Claim 11

An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing comprising a base and a mating portion extending forwards from the base; a set of terminals, each comprising a retaining portion retained in the base, a contacting portion located on the mating portion and a connecting portion extending from the retaining portion and behind a rear face of the base; wherein the base defines a supporting portion projecting rearward to support the connecting portions of the terminals; wherein the connecting portion extends slantways and bent reversely to from an arc pressing portion adapted for pressing against a printed circuit board assembled on the rear face of he base; wherein the supporting portion defines a planar face slanting in consistence with the connecting portions of the set of terminals; wherein the rear face of the base shallowly recesses inward around the retaining portions of the set of terminals.

Claim 12

An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing comprising a base and a mating portion extending forwards from the base; a set of terminals, each comprising a retaining portion retained in the base, a contacting portion located on the mating portion and a connecting portion extending from the retaining portion and behind a rear face of the base; wherein the base defines a supporting portion projecting rearward to support the connecting portions of the terminals; wherein the connecting portion extends slantways and bent reversely to from an arc pressing portion adapted for pressing against a printed circuit board assembled on the rear face of he base; wherein the supporting portion defines a planar face slanting in consistence with the connecting portions of the set of terminals; wherein the rear face of the base shallowly recesses inward around the retaining portions of the set of terminals.

Claim 13

An electrical connector assembly comprising: a printed circuit board defining opposite first and second surfaces thereon and a mating edge region including a plurality of conductive pads arranged in one row on the first surface; an elongated isolative housing extending along a longitudinal direction and defining at least one mating port facing an exterior in a front-to-back mating direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction and equipped with a mating tongue exposed therein, said mating tongue defining opposite first and second faces thereon; a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing with first contacting sections seated upon said first face and first mounting sections in a rear portion of the housing; a plurality of second contacts disposed in the housing with second contacting sections seated upon said second face and second mounting sections in said rear portion; said connector defines a mounting plane in which the first mounting sections and the second mounting sections are located and on which said printed circuit board is seated under condition that said mounting plane is essentially closer to the first contacts than to the second contacts in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said front-to-back mating direction; both said first mounting sections and said second mounting sections being seated upon the corresponding conductive pads, respectively, the second mounting sections extend rearwardly farther than the first mounting sections, wherein each of said second contact defines a connection portion between the contacting section and the mounting section, and said housing including a supporting portion between the connection portions of the second contact and the plane so as to provide a supporting face against which said connection portions abut in a preloaded manner before said printed circuit board has been assembled to the housing and electrically and mechanically connected to the first and second mounting sections.

Claim 14

An electrical connector assembly comprising: a printed circuit board defining opposite first and second surfaces thereon and a mating edge region including a plurality of conductive pads arranged in one row on the first surface; an elongated isolative housing extending along a longitudinal direction and defining at least one mating port facing an exterior in a front-to-back mating direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction and equipped with a mating tongue exposed therein, said mating tongue defining opposite first and second faces thereon; a plurality of first contacts disposed in the housing with first contacting sections seated upon said first face and first mounting sections in a rear portion of the housing; a plurality of second contacts disposed in the housing with second contacting sections seated upon said second face and second mounting sections in said rear portion; said connector defines a mounting plane in which the first mounting sections and the second mounting sections are located and on which said printed circuit board is seated under condition that said mounting plane is essentially closer to the first contacts than to the second contacts in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said front-to-back mating direction; both said first mounting sections and said second mounting sections being seated upon the corresponding conductive pads, respectively, the second mounting sections extend rearwardly farther than the first mounting sections, wherein each of said second contact defines a connection portion between the contacting section and the mounting section, and said housing including a supporting portion between the connection portions of the second contact and the plane so as to provide a supporting face against which said connection portions abut in a preloaded manner before said printed circuit board has been assembled to the housing and electrically and mechanically connected to the first and second mounting sections.

Claim 15

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the housing defines a slot to receive said mating edge region.

Claim 16

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 12 , wherein said supporting portion is located by one side of the slot.

Claim 17

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 11 , wherein said housing defines a plurality of first passageways and second passageways to receive the corresponding first contacts and second contacts therein, and both said first passageways and said second passageways terminate around a rear face of the housing and said supporting portion projects rearward upon said rear face.

Claim 18

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 14 , wherein said rear face defines a recess commonly communicating with the corresponding second passageways for more exposing the corresponding second contacts.

Claim 19

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 14 , wherein said supporting portion is aligned with said second passageways in the vertical direction.

Claim 20

The electrical connector assembly as claimed in claim 15 , wherein each of the second contacts includes a retaining portion behind the corresponding contacting section in a coplanar manner therewith, and a rear portion of the retaining portion of each of said second contacts laterally communicates with those of the other second contacts in said recess.

Claim 21

The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein said recessing portion is recessed in the rear face so that each of said passageways extending rearward in a front-to-back direction, terminates at the recessing portion rather than at the rear face under condition that rear sections of the retaining portions of the terminals are communicatively exposed, in said recessing portion, to one another in a transverse direction perpendicular to said front-to-back direction.

Claim 22

The electrical connector as recited in claim 18 , further including another set of passageways receiving another set of terminals therein, wherein said another set of passageways terminate essentially at the rear face of the base.

Claim 23

The electrical connector as recited in claim 19 , wherein a supporting portion is unitarily formed on the rear face proximate said set of passageways for supporting the connecting portions of said set of terminals.