Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Hong-Tao Liu

Chih-Ming C Chien

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of signal contacts, a number of shielding plates and a grounding member touching the shielding plates so that the shielding plates are jointly connected with each other. The shielding plates are assembled to the insulative housing and disposed between the signal contacts of adjacent columns. Each shielding plate includes a tab projecting into a base of the insulative housing. No mounting tail for establishing connection between the shielding plates and a circuit board is set on any of the shielding plates. Instead, the grounding member comprises a number of mounting tails for being connected to the circuit board so as to establish electrical connection between the shielding plates and the circuit board.

Electrical connector with shielding plates without mounting tail and grounding member

An electrical connector () includes a number of wafers () and each wafer including an insulative housing () and a number of contacts (). The housing defines a mating surface () and a mounting surface (), and a plurality of passages () concaved from the mounting surface. The housing has a platform () formed in each passage and two cavities () defined on opposite sides of the platform. The platform has a pair of protruding portions () disposed above the cavities respectively. Each cavity has an opening () defined in the mounting surface. The contacts are received in the passages of the insulative housing. Each contact includes a receptacle () formed with a pair of legs (). Each leg has a preloaded portion (). The preloaded portion is insertable into the cavity via the opening along a mounting direction perpendicular to the mounting surface while spreading out the legs.

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Kunshan, China

Hong-Tao Liu