Electrical connector with electrostatic discharge protection

Details Electrical connector with electrostatic discharge protection Electrical connector with electrostatic discharge protection

1992-06-17

1994-08-30

Nguyen, Khiem

Electrical connectors

Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield

Multi-part shield body

439108, H01R 13648

Patent

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053422201

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector (10) of a type utilized to connect components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge voltage transients includes a housing (20) having a projecting, unprotected forward portion (23) and a front face having slots (27a, 27b) therein and containing contacts (30) having ends (31) in such forward portion proximate to the slots and positioned to be engaged by contacts of a mating connector inserted within the housing. The housing (20) includes a grounding shield (40) that surrounds the forward portion and covers the face of the housing with slits (44a, 44b) extending around the housing slots to define a path to ground shorter than the path from the exterior of the housing to the contact ends (31) to assure that an electrostatic discharge from a source exterior to the connector is grounded.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4568133 (1986-02-01), Amano et al.
patent: 4711506 (1987-12-01), Tanaka
patent: 4789847 (1988-12-01), Sakamoto et al.
patent: 4824377 (1989-04-01), De Burro
patent: 5066240 (1991-11-01), Verdun

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