Patent ID: 9525241
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector mounted to a circuit board, comprising: a middle shielding plate having a restricting plate and a soldering arm connected with the restricting plate, the soldering arm being soldered on a top surface of the circuit board; a lower terminal module, the middle shielding plate being mounted on the lower terminal module, the lower terminal module including: a plurality of lower terminals fixed to the lower insulating housing and transversely arranged at intervals, front ends of the lower terminals projecting beyond a front surface of the lower insulating housing, rear ends of the lower terminals projecting beyond a bottom surface of the lower insulating housing and soldered on the top surface of the circuit board, the lower terminals including two lower ground terminals, a front end of an outer side of each of the lower ground terminals being connected with a lower connecting piece, the lower connecting piece contacting with a bottom surface of the middle shielding plate; an upper terminal module mounted on a top surface of the middle shielding plate, the upper terminal module including: a plurality of upper terminals fixed to the upper insulating housing and transversely arranged at intervals, front ends of the upper terminals projecting beyond a front surface of the upper insulating housing, rear ends of the upper terminals projecting beyond a bottom surface of the upper insulating housing and soldered on the top surface of the circuit board, the upper terminals including two upper ground terminals, a front end of an outer side of each of the upper ground terminals being connected with an upper connecting piece, the upper connecting piece contacting with a top surface of the middle shielding plate; an insulation module, including: a main body molded outside the tongue board, the middle shielding plate, the lower terminal module and the upper terminal module; and a shielding shell mounted outside the lower terminal module, the upper terminal module and the insulation module, an insertion space being formed between a front end of the shielding shell and the insulation module; wherein each of the lower terminals has a lower fastening portion extending in a substantially vertical direction, a lower contact portion extended frontward from a bottom of the lower fastening portion, and a lower soldering portion extended rearward from a top of the lower fastening portion, the lower insulating housing has a lower base portion, the lower base portion defines a receiving opening penetrating through rear ends of a top surface, a bottom surface and a middle of a rear surface of the lower base portion, a front end of a bottom surface of the lower base portion extends downward to form a connecting board, a bottom of a front surface of the connecting board extends frontward to form an extending board, the lower fastening portion is fastened in the connecting board, a rear end of the lower contact portion is fastened in the extending board, a front end of the lower contact portion projects beyond a front surface of the extending board, a front end of the lower soldering portion is fastened to the bottom surface of the lower base portion, a tail end of the lower soldering portion projects into the receiving opening and is soldered on the top surface of the circuit board.