Electrical connector

Details Electrical connector Electrical connector

1997-12-03

1999-09-07

Eickholt, Eugene

Electrical connectors

With supporting means for coupling part

Having resilient means engaging panel opening

439571, H01R 1360

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active

059477679

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector has an insulative housing, a fixture, and a shield. The fixture is used for fixing this insulative housing on a circuit board, and the shield is to cover the insulative housing. The insulative housing, which is made of an electrically insulating material, comprises a main body and an engaging portion, which protrudes forward from the main body to engage with a matable connector. The insulative housing also comprises fixture retaining slots, which extend through the main body in the vertical or to-and-fro direction at the lateral ends of the main body of the housing. Into each of these fixture retaining slots, a fixture, which is made of an electrically conductive metallic material, is press-fit to fix the insulative housing onto a circuit board. The shield, which is made of an electrically conductive metallic material, comprises a peripheral portion and contact portions in a one-piece body. The peripheral portion covers the perimeter of the engaging portion of the insulative housing, and each of the contact portions extends into a respective fixture retaining slot. With this construction, each fixture is retained in contact with a respective contact portion in a respective fixture retaining slot grounding the shield when the electrical connector is mounted on a circuit board with the fixtures being surface-mounted onto grounding pathways on the circuit board.

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