Connector assembly having dielectric cover

US6821150B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US

Inventors

• John Wesley Hall · Harrisburg, US
• John Mark Myer · Millersville, US
• Michael F. Laub · Easton, US
• Hurley Chester Moll · Hershey, US
• Charles Randall Malstrom · Lebanon, US
• Sean Patrick McCarthy · Palmyra, US
• Dmitry Zhmurkin · Millersburg, US
• Nathan Lincoln Tracy · Harrisburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 22, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 23, 2004
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R2103/00
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A connector assembly comprising a central contact, an inner ground shield surrounding at least a portion of the central contact, and a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover has an inner cavity that receives the central contact and the inner ground shield. The dielectric cover includes a dielectric member formed integral therewith. The dielectric member extends into the inner cavity and at least partially surrounds the central contact to partially electrically isolate and separate the central contact and the inner ground shield from one another within the dielectric cover.