Patent ID: 6361365
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a housing having a main body which has a mating face, an opposite mounting face, and a plurality of through holes extending from the mating face through the mounting face; a plurality of signal terminals received in the main body and a plurality of grounding terminals received and secured in the through holes of the main body; and a grounding plate having a main portion covering the main body, a pair of beams integrally extending from a pair of ends of the main portion and adapted to be soldered to a grounding circuitry of a printed circuit board, and a plurality of grounding pins integrally extending from the beams, the grounding pins electrically contacting with the grounding terminals; wherein each beam has a solder portion at a free end thereof adapted to be soldered to the grounding circuitry of the printed circuit board; wherein each through hole comprises a passageway defined from the mating face of the housing, and a recess defined from the mounting face of the housing and communicating with the passageway; wherein the plurality of grounding pins comprises two pairs of grounding pins extending from the beams, and the plurality of grounding pins comprise a first pair of grounding pins adjacent to the main portion and a second pair of grounding pins adjacent to the solder portions of the beams; wherein each grounding pin comprises a column portion and a connection portion connecting the column portion to the beam; wherein the column portion of the grounding pin defines a receiving space therein; wherein each grounding pin is inserted and secured into the recess of the through hole; wherein each of the grounding terminals comprises a mating portion extending beyond the mating face, a contacting portion inserted into the receiving space of the grounding pin and contacting an inner wall of the grounding pin, and an engaging portion between the mating portion and the contacting portion and engaged with an inner wall of the passageway of the through hole of the main body.