Patent ID: 8740649
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector adapted for being soldered to a circuit board, comprising: an insulating housing having a base frame which has a front wall, a top wall extending rearward from a top of the front wall, a bottom wall extending rearward from a bottom of the front wall, and two side walls respectively connecting between the top wall and the bottom wall, an inserting space being formed among the front wall, the top wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls, a substantial middle of the front wall protruding forward to form a tongue portion, the insulating housing defining a plurality of first terminal grooves of which each penetrates through a top surface of the tongue portion and an upper portion of the front wall, and a plurality of second terminal grooves of which each penetrates through a bottom surface of the tongue portion and a lower portion of the front wall; a shielding shell enclosing the insulating housing; a first terminal pack including a first main body, and a plurality of first terminals molded to the first main body, each of the first terminals having a first contact portion projecting beyond a front of the first main body, and a first soldering portion projecting behind a rear of the first main body; and a second terminal pack including a second main body, and a plurality of second terminals molded to the second main body, each of the second terminals having a second contact portion projecting beyond a front of the second main body, and a second soldering portion projecting behind a rear of the second main body; wherein the first terminal pack is engaged with the second terminal pack with the first soldering portions of the first terminals and the second soldering portions of the second terminals being alternately aligned in line to make all of the soldering portions show a single-row arrangement for being soldered with the circuit board, the first terminal pack and the second terminal pack are assembled to the insulating housing together with the shielding shell with the first main body and the second main body partially inserted in the inserting space of the insulating housing, the first contact portions of the first terminals being inserted into the first terminal grooves of the insulating housing through the inserting space of the insulating housing and the second contact portions of the second terminals being inserted into the second terminal grooves of the insulating housing through the inserting space of the insulating housing; the first main body of the first terminal pack has a first locating portion, and a first protruding portion protruding forward from a middle of a front of the first locating portion, the second main body of the second terminal pack has a step-shaped second locating portion, and a second protruding portion protruding forward from a middle of a front of a lower step of the second locating portion, a bottom of the first protruding portion of the first main body is positioned on a top face of the second protruding portion of the second main body, and a bottom of the first locating portion of the first main body is partially positioned on a top face of the lower step of the second locating portion of the second main body with a rear of the first locating portion of the first main body abutting against a front of an upper step of the second locating portion of the second main body; a plurality of channels is respectively concaved downward in a top of the upper step of the second locating portion and extends longitudinally to penetrate through a front and a rear of the top of the upper step of the second locating portion, the second soldering portions of the second terminals alternate with the channels of the second main body, the first soldering portions of the first terminals pass through the channels of the second main body to be alternately aligned with the second soldering portions of the second terminals in line so as to make all of the soldering portions show the single-row arrangement.