Pair of shielded electrical connectors with a grounding...

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2000-12-22

2001-11-20

Patel, Tulsidas (Department: 2839)

Electrical connectors

Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield

Shielding individually surrounding or interposed between...

C439S607560

Reexamination Certificate

active

06319061

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and particularly to a shielded electrical connector with a grounding element.
2. Description of the Related Art
Shielded electrical connectors are used more and more widely with the increasing development of information technology. Many electrical connectors have grounding elements for electrically connecting a grounded shield thereof to a shielding device enclosure panel or to a mating complementary connector for increasing the quality of signal transmission. Conventional grounding elements of electrical connectors are usually attached to the electrical connector using screws and nuts, which increases the number of parts used in assembling the electrical connector and which increases the volume of the electrical connector. Other electrical connectors have grounding elements which are retained by an insulative housing of the electrical connector, resulting in a complicated design for the insulative housing and increasing the volume of the insulative housing, in turn increasing the volume of the electrical connector. Increasing of the volume of an electrical connector runs counter to the trend toward lighter, thinner, shorter and smaller electrical connectors.
Therefore, an electrical connector with an improved grounding element is required to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A major object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector having a grounding element which is reliably retained to the electrical connector without increasing the volume of the electrical connector while still effectively providing a grounding function.
A shielded electrical connector in accordance with the present invention comprises a plurality of electrical connector modules and a conductive grounding element. Each of the electrical connector modules comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of electrical terminals received in the insulative housing, a conductive front shield and a conductive rear shield. The grounding element comprises a retention section and an engaging section. The retention section of the grounding element is reliably retained and electrically connected to the front and rear shields of the electrical connector modules. The engaging section of the grounding element is substantially V-shaped and extends between and forwardly beyond the electrical connector modules.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.


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patent: 6139367 (2000-10-01), Yeh
patent: 6190205 (2001-02-01), Wu
patent: 6193554 (2001-02-01), Wu

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