Electrical connector with grounded contact
US6142795A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R9/0512
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector is provided with a contact that is grounded to a metal shell, which can be constructed at low cost. A grounded contact device (1A) that lies in a passage (10) of a connector housing, has a contact (20A) with a front mating end (3) and a rear terminating end (2) for connecting to a cable wire, the contact device also having a grounding element (9) in the form of a sleeve that lies around the contact and that can be inserted with the contact into the passage. The grounding element has a surrounding part (34) that closely surrounds a flange (8) on the contact, and has a rear portion with slots forming a plurality of tines (44) with a larger outside diameter than the surrounding part. When the contact device is inserted into the passage, the tines are compressed to squeeze the surrounding part of the grounding element tightly against the flange. The housing includes an insulator part (11) surrounded by a metal shell (52), the passage extending through the insulator part adjacent to its periphery (62), and with at least part of the passage having one side forming an opening (60) which is open to the shell. A portion (13) of the metal shel! lies in the opening and directly en…
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