Lateral high-speed edge connector

Abstract

This invention relates to a lateral high-speed edge connector having a housing with a hollow body having a first opening and a second opening, an upper wall and a lower wall, opposing side walls, and two support frames having platforms for selective mounting of fasteners, and a metal shell covering the walls. Upper and lower rows of terminals are paired, vertically aligned, and straddled through the housing. In each pair, the terminals have substantially the same length. The upper and lower rows of terminals are adjacent to their respective walls. Each terminal has a first end and a second end bent to form a resilient clamping portion, with the first end protruding through the first opening. This paired, face-to-face geometry produces a low-profile connector with shortened loops / residues, uniform impedance, reduced coupling / electromagnetic interference, and minimized in-pair misalignment, thereby improving signal integrity.

Claims

1. A lateral high-speed edge connector, comprising: An insulating housing comprising a hollow body and two support frames, the hollow body having a first opening, a second opening communicating with the first opening, an upper wall, a lower wall, and two opposing sidewalls extending between the upper and lower walls; the support frames extending from the body and respectively adjacent to opposite sides of the first opening, and each support frame including a platform extending from the body and connected to the lower wall of the body, and a locking fastener selectively mounted and locked to the platform; an outer shell surrounding the outer shell and covering the upper wall, lower wall, and sidewalls of the body of the outer shell; a plurality of upper row terminals and a plurality of lower row terminals, arranged in pairs vertically aligned and configured to span the outer shell, wherein each pair of upper row terminals and lower row terminals has substantially the same length; wherein the upper row terminals are arranged in a row adjacent to the upper wall of the body of the outer shell, and each upper row terminal includes a first end and a second end bent to define an elastic clamping portion for elastic retention; The lower row of terminals is arranged in a row and adjacent to the lower wall of the body of the housing, and each lower row of terminals includes a first end and a second end, which are bent to define an elastic clamping portion for elastic retention, wherein the first end of the upper and lower row of terminals protrudes from the first opening of the body of the housing.

2. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1, wherein each support frame includes a side partition formed at the outer edge of the platform.

3. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein each support includes a top wall extending from the body, connected to the upper wall of the body and spaced apart from the platform by a gap, and the locking fasteners of each support selectively pass through the top wall and the gap to lock onto the platform.

4. A lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the locking fastener is a screw or rivet.

5. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 3, wherein the locking fastener is a screw or rivet.

6. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1 or 2, further comprising a main insulator disposed between the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals.

7. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 5, further comprising a main insulator disposed between the upper row of terminals and the lower row of terminals.

8. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 6, further comprising: an upper insulator disposed between the upper wall of the body and the upper row of terminals; and a lower insulator disposed between the lower wall of the body and the lower row of terminals.

9. A lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein the body of the housing includes two wedge-shaped protrusions respectively formed on the two sidewalls, and the housing includes two side holes configured to engage the two wedge-shaped protrusions of the body of the housing.

10. The lateral high-speed edge connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the body of the housing includes two wedge-shaped protrusions respectively formed on the two sidewalls, and the housing includes two side holes configured to engage the two wedge-shaped protrusions of the body of the housing.

11. A lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein: The housing body includes a plurality of upper holes formed through the upper wall of the body and arranged in a row, and a plurality of lower holes formed through the lower wall of the body and arranged in a row; the second end of the upper row terminal extends into the upper hole of the housing body; and the second end of the lower row terminal extends into the lower hole of the housing body.

12. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 3, wherein: The housing body includes a plurality of upper holes formed through the upper wall of the body and arranged in a row, and a plurality of lower holes formed through the lower wall of the body and arranged in a row; the second end of the upper row terminal extends into the upper hole of the housing body; and the second end of the lower row terminal extends into the lower hole of the housing body.

13. The lateral high-speed edge connector as described in claim 10, wherein: The housing body includes a plurality of upper holes formed through the upper wall of the body and arranged in a row, and a plurality of lower holes formed through the lower wall of the body and arranged in a row; the second end of the upper row terminal extends into the upper hole of the housing body; and the second end of the lower row terminal extends into the lower hole of the housing body.

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