Patent ID: 8282421
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A backplane connector comprising: a housing having a top, a bottom and an expansion slot defined in the top of the housing; and multiple terminal assemblies mounted in the bottom of the housing and each terminal assembly having wherein the housing further has two pressing bars formed longitudinally in the expansion slot and are arranged symmetrically to each other; the first contacting section of each signal transmission terminal further has a first abutting section formed on and protruding upward from the first contacting section and tightly abutting one of the pressing bars of the housing; and a second contacting section of a grounding terminal mounted through a mounting slot of the housing, further has a second abutting section formed on and protruding upward from the second contacting section and tightly abutting one of the pressing bars of the housing, wherein the first abutting section is L-shaped, and the second abutting section is L-shaped, wherein the curved guiding elements of the signal transmission terminals are convex and a curved guiding element of the grounding terminal is convex, and wherein the first soldering sections of the signal transmission terminals of each terminal assembly are arranged in a single transverse row relative to the housing.