Filtered universal serial bus

Details Filtered universal serial bus Filtered universal serial bus

1999-11-16

2001-02-06

Vu, Hien (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield

Shielding individually surrounding or interposed between...

C439S620040

Reexamination Certificate

active

06183300

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to electrical connectors and more particularly to receptacles which are adapted to be mounted on a printed wiring board (PWB).
2. Brief Description of Prior Developments
Receptacles which are adapted to be mounted on a PWB are well known in the art. The universal serial bus (USB) receptacle, for example, has been proposed for universal use in many computer and computer peripheral applications. In the USB there is essentially an insulative member which houses a plurality of contacts which extend horizontally then vertically to engage the PWB. A conductive shield has an upper wall which is superimposed over the horizontal section of the insulated insert. The conductive shield also has a lower wall adjacent the PWB, and the upper and lower walls are connected with the vertical side walls to form a plug receiving cavity. One disadvantage of such receptacles is that they may provide no filtering means. There is, therefore, a need for a receptacle having an integral filtering means which is adapted to be mounted on a PWB.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a receptacle adapted to be mounted on a printed wiring board (PWB). This receptacle includes an insulative member comprising a first section extending from a base to an upper side and a second section extending perpendicularly from said vertical section to a terminal edge and said second section having a plurality of longitudinal slots. There are also a plurality of conductive contact means extending first parallel to the second section of the insulative contact in the longitudinal slots and then parallel to the first section of the insulative member. A conductive shield has a first side which is superimposed in spaced relation over the second section of the insulative member and a second side positioned in spaced relation beneath the second section of the insulative member. A rear side of the shield extends downwardly from the first side. Opposed spaced lateral sides connect the first and second sides to form a plug receiving cavity between the second side and the second section of the insulative member. A filter is interposed between the first section of the insulating means and the rear side of the filter. Preferably the filter is a capacitor comprised of a dielectric interposed between a ground plane electrode and a signal electrode.


REFERENCES:
patent: 4959626 (1990-09-01), Mouissie
patent: 5073130 (1991-12-01), Nakamura
patent: 5151054 (1992-09-01), Briones et al.
patent: 5224878 (1993-07-01), Lurie et al.
patent: 5257950 (1993-11-01), Lenker et al.
patent: 5286221 (1994-02-01), Fencl et al.
patent: 5331505 (1994-07-01), Wilheim
patent: 5344342 (1994-09-01), Briones
patent: 5397250 (1995-03-01), Briones
patent: 5407366 (1995-04-01), Briones et al.
patent: 5587884 (1996-12-01), Raman
patent: 5624277 (1997-04-01), Ward
patent: 5655932 (1997-08-01), Breitschaft et al.
patent: 5755595 (1998-05-01), Davis et al.
patent: 5766043 (1998-06-01), Talend
patent: 5984725 (1999-11-01), Belopolsky et al.
patent: 0 439 147 A1 (1991-07-01), None
patent: 0 467 400 A1 (1992-01-01), None

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Filtered universal serial bus does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Filtered universal serial bus, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Filtered universal serial bus will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2560268