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Electrical connector

US6254405A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1999
Grant dateJul 3, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 15, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R4/242
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electric connector, which includes a housing having two longitudinal rows of terminal slots and a longitudinal insertion slot between the longitudinal rows of terminal slots, signal terminals and grounding terminals respectively mounted in the terminal slots, and a metal grounding plate inserted into the longitudinal insertion slot, the metal grounding plate having springy protruding portions inserted into grounding terminal slots for holding down grounding terminals of the matched electric connector with respective spring strips at the grounding terminals.

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