Electrical connector

US8313338B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ADC GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jason Allan Hogue · Gosford, AU
• Michael Sielaff · Erwitte, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 29, 2008
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 30, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/6467
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector for transmitting data signals between the insulated conductors of a first data cable and corresponding insulated conductors of a second data cable, including a first part having a socket shaped to at least partially receive a plug of said first data cable; a second part having a plurality of insulation displacement contact slots shaped to receive end sections of the conductors of the second data cable; a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket for electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the first cable; insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots for effecting electrical connection with corresponding conductors of the second data cable; and mid sections extending therebetween; and a plurality of capacitive plates coupled to a common point on respective ones of said mid sections of the contacts by electrically conductive stems, wherein mid sections of the contacts generally lie in a common plane and are arranged to induce or restrict capacitive coupling between adjacent contacts.