Patent ID: 7530846
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector insulator for a female connector having a plurality of U-shaped grounding terminal openings, a plurality of terminal modules being fitted into the connector insulator, the connector insulator comprising: a rectangular main body; a plurality of signal terminal openings defined on the main body, each signal terminal opening allowing a signal terminal to be fitted into the signal terminal opening and to be electrically connected with a signal pin of one of the terminal modules; and a plurality of U-shaped grounding terminal openings defined on the main body and surrounding the signal terminal openings, each U-shaped grounding terminal opening allowing a grounding terminal to be fitted into the U-shaped grounding terminal opening and to be electrically connected with a grounding pin of one of the terminal modules; wherein each grounding terminal has an elastic contact portion and a plurality of grounding terminals are formed in a male connector and electrically connected with each other in series by the elastic contact portions.