Patent · US Expired

Filter electrical connector

US5082457A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 29, 1991
Grant dateJan 21, 1992
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 29, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/7195
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A filter electrical connector includes a plug housing, a center housing and a receptacle housing connected in series by a number of connecting screws. The plug housing and center housing define a central filter cavity. The plug housing and receptacle housing provide means for receiving electrical connectors associated with an electronic device requiring EMI filtering. A T-type filter arrangement is provided within the filter cavity of the connector adapter. The filter arrangement includes PC board mounted capacitors, each in electrical connection between a corresponding connecting pin and a robust common ground. This ground is extended through the ground plane of the PC board, to the plug housing, through an electrical gasket to the conductive case of the electrical device requiring the EMI filtered signal. Each connecting pin extends through corresponding openings in a pair of ferrite wafers. Each one of the pair of ferrite wafers is situated on opposite sides of the PC board to sandwich the capacitors therebetween.

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