Electrical connectors – Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield – Multi-part shield body
Patent
1994-07-29
1995-12-26
Nguyen, Khiem
Electrical connectors
Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield
Multi-part shield body
439108, H01R 13648
Patent
active
054782600
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector assembly 20 for a card reader including a housing 24 having opposed major and minor sides 26,30 defining a card receiving mouth 32, a plurality of conductive electrical terminals 36 disposed in the housing 24 and having portions 38 thereof extending into the mouth 32, and a conductive shroud 50 encircling the housing 24, the shroud 24 having inwardly spaced contact portions extending into the mouth 32 along at least one of the major sides 26 of the housing 24, the shroud contact portions being spaced from the electrical terminal portions 38 when the shroud 50 is assembled to the housing 24. The inwardly spaced contact portions can be spring fingers 54 extending into the mouth 32 from an edge 53 of the shroud 50 or dimples 254 expressed into the mouth from an outer surface of the shroud 250. At least one of the major walls 26 of the housing 24 includes a plurality of shroud contact receiving recesses 28 adapted to receive the shroud contact portions such that the shroud contact portions are closely adjacent a card receiving space 34 thereby being positioned to be either electrically engaged by corresponding raised conductive surfaces 84 on an outwardly facing conductive surface 82 of a shielded card 70 upon insertion of the shielded card into the mouth 32, or to remain spaced from surfaces of an unshielded card 170 upon inserting the unshielded card into the mouth 32.
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Kaufman John W.
Root John A.
Nelson Katherine A.
Nguyen Khiem
The Whitaker Corporation
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