Claims
- 1. A plug connector comprising:
- a plug housing made of an insulator material;
- a plurality of male signal terminals arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and fixed to said plug housing; and
- plate-shaped male conductors respectively having ground lead ends and fixed to said plug housing so that each male conductor is positioned between two adjacent rows formed by said male signal terminals,
- each male conductor further has first and second ear portions bent on both ends of the male conductor in a direction taken along a width of the male conductor,
- said first ear portions confront the individual male signal terminals which form a respective first column and are arranged along said respective first column, and
- said second ear portions confront the individual male signal terminals which form a respective second column and are arranged along said respective second column.
- 2. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second ear portions are bent in mutually opposite directions on both ends of each male conductor.
- 3. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
- said plug housing includes peripheral sidewalls forming a recess,
- said peripheral sidewalls have grooves on inner peripheral surface thereof,
- each male conductor has first and second ear portions bent on both ends of the male conductor in a direction taken along a width of the male conductor, and
- said first and second ear portions fit within the corresponding grooves of said peripheral sidewalls.
- 4. The plug connector as claimed in claim 1, which is fixed on a CPU board of a computer system, said CPU board being mounted with a central processing unit.
- 5. A jack connector comprising:
- a jack housing made of an insulator material;
- a plurality of fork-shaped female signal terminals arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and fixed to said jack housing so that forks of said female signal terminals face a direction in which the rows extend; and
- a plurality of fork-shaped female conductor terminals respectively having a thickness, a ground lead end and fixed to said Jack housing so that each female conductor terminal is positioned between two adjacent rows formed by the female signal terminals and forks of said female conductor terminals face a direction in which the rows extend, wherein
- each of said fork-shaped female conductor terminals has a plane body portion with arms extending therefrom and lying entirely in the plane of the body portion each of said arm has a side surface extending in a direction of the thickness of the fork-shaped female conductor terminal capable of contacting a corresponding side surface of a corresponding male conductor terminal of a plug connector when the jack connector and the plug connector engage with each other, the male conductor terminal having a planar contact section extending in a direction of a thickness of the male conductor terminal so that the jack connector and the plug connector engage with each other.
- 6. The jack connector as claimed in claim 5, which is fixed on a mother board of a computer system.
- 7. The jack connector according to claim 6, wherein each of said fork-shaped female conductor terminals has two fork-shaped terminal portions and when each of the male conductor terminals of the plug connector is inserted into corresponding fork-shaped female conductor terminal of the jack connector, the fork-shaped terminal portions of each of the fork-shaped female conductor terminals extend in a direction parallel to a plane on which a plate forming the fork-shaped female conductor terminal extends.
- 8. The jack connector according to claim 7, wherein the fork-shaped female conductor terminals are arranged approximately parallel to the male conductor terminals when the jack connector and the plug connector are engaged, each fork-shaped female conductor terminal has the two fork-shaped terminal portions which pinch the corresponding male conductor terminal therebetween.
- 9. The jack connector according to claim 7, wherein a portion of the terminals of the jack connector are bent around a lower side of the jack connector.
- 10. An impedance matching type electrical connector comprising:
- a plug connector member; and
- a jack connector member engageable to said plug connector,
- said plug connector member comprising:
- a plug housing made of an insulator material;
- a plurality of male signal terminals arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and fixed to said plug housing; and
- plate-shaped male conductors respectively having ground lead ends and fixed to said plug housing so that each male conductor is positioned between two adjacent rows formed by said male signal terminals,
- said jack connector member comprising:
- a jack housing made of an insulator material;
- a plurality of fork-shaped female signal terminals, adapted to engage the male signal terminals of said plug connector member when said jack connector member and said plug connector member connect, and arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and fixed to said jack housing so that forks of said female signal terminals face a direction in which the rows extend; and
- a plurality of fork-shaped female conductor terminals respectively having a ground lead end and fixed to said jack housing so that each female conductor terminal is positioned between two adjacent rows formed by the female signal terminals and the forks of said female conductor terminals face a direction in which the rows extend,
- each male conductor further has plate portions, and first and second ear portions bent on both ends of the male conductor in a direction taken along a width of the male conductor on both sides of the plate portions,
- said first ear portions confront the individual male signal terminals which form a respective first column and are arranged along said respective first column,
- said second ear portions confront the individual male signal terminals which form a respective second column and are arranged along said respective second column, and
- said plate portions of said male conductors engage said female conductor terminals when said jack connector member and said plug connector member connect.
- 11. The impedance matching type electrical connector as claimed in claim 10, wherein:
- each female conductor terminal has a pair of fork-shaped terminal portions, and
- each fork-shaped terminal portion pinches the plate portion of a corresponding one of said male conductors and makes contact at four positions of the plate portion.
- 12. The impedance matching type electrical connector as claimed in claim 10, wherein:
- said plug connector member is fixed on a CPU board which is mounted with a central processing unit,
- said jack connector member is fixed on a mother board, and
- said CPU board and said mother board are elements of a computer system.
- 13. The jack connector according to claim 10, wherein:
- each of said fork-shaped conductor terminals has two fork-shaped terminal portions and when the male conductor terminals of the plug connector is inserted into corresponding fork-shaped female conductor terminals of the jack connector, fork-shaped terminal portions of each of the fork-shaped female conductor terminals are deformed in a direction parallel to a plane on which a plate forming the fork-shaped female conductor terminal extends;
- the fork-shaped female conductor terminals are arranged approximately parallel to the male conductor terminals when the jack connector and the plug connector are engaged, each fork-shaped female conductor terminal has the two fork-shaped terminal portions which pinch the corresponding male conductor terminal therebetween; and
- a portion of the terminals of the jack connector are bent around lower side of the jack connector.
- 14. The jack connector according to claim 10, wherein each of said fork-shaped female conductor terminals has two fork-shaped terminal portions and when each of the male conductor terminals of the plug connector is inserted into corresponding fork-shaped female conductor terminal of the jack connector, the fork-shaped terminal portions of each of the fork-shaped female conductor terminals extend in a direction parallel to a plane on which a plate forming the fork-shaped female conductor terminal extends.
- 15. A plug connector comprising:
- a plug housing made of an insulator material;
- a plurality of male signal terminals arranged in a plurality of columns and rows and fixed to said plug housing; and
- plate-shaped male conductors respectively having ground lead ends and fixed to said plug housing so that each male conductor is positioned between two adjacent rows formed by said male signal terminals, wherein:
- said plug housing includes peripheral sidewalls forming a recess,
- said peripheral sidewalls have grooves on ear peripheral surfaces thereof,
- each male conductor has first and second ear portions bent on both ends of the male conductor in a direction taken along a width of the male conductor, and
- said first and second ear portions fit within the corresponding grooves of said peripheral sidewalls.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/425,767, filed Apr. 20, 1995, now abandoned which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/183,311, filed Jan. 19, 1994, now abandonded.
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