US5104341A
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Shielded backplane connector
Assignee: TE Connectivity Corp
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Filing: 1990-12-17
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Granted: 1992-04-14
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Expires: 2010-12-17
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector is shown which is mountable to a printed circuit board (200) which includes a plurality of insulating housings (4). The housings accept a plurality of terminal subassemblies (60) where the subassemblies integrally mold therein a plurality of electrical terminals (64-67). Cross talk shield members (180) are insertable into the rear of the connector housing (4) to shield adjacent vertical rows of terminals from cross talk. Resilient contact members (194 or 194') are stamped from the ground member (180) and are profiled to contact one of the contact members (64 or 65). Upper (100) and lower (100') shield members are insertable over the assembly to shield the assembly from EMI/RFI.
Inventors
- 👤 Hermanus P. J. Gilissen
- 👤 Johannes M. Broeksteeg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 08:17
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/722; H01R12/724; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
150 words
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulating housing having a front mating face and a terminal receiving face, the front mating face having an array of apertures aligned in a plurality of vertical rows for the receipt of a plurality of mating contacts; a plurality of electrical signal carrying terminals, where each terminal comprises a mating contact portion and a conductor connecting portion, each of the terminals being vertically aligned one above the other, wherein a plurality of terminals are insertable into the connector housing to position the mating contact portions adjacent to a rear side of the apertures; and a shield member inserted between the vertical rows of terminals, the shield member including a planar section having a shielding plate extending therefrom, and having at least one contact member which moves laterally into contact relation with at least one of the signal carrying terminals in an adjacent vertical row.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
150 words
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulating housing having a front mating face and a terminal receiving face, the front mating face having an array of apertures aligned in a plurality of vertical rows for the receipt of a plurality of mating contacts; a plurality of electrical signal carrying terminals, where each terminal comprises a mating contact portion and a conductor connecting portion, each of the terminals being vertically aligned one above the other, wherein a plurality of terminals are insertable into the connector housing to position the mating contact portions adjacent to a rear side of the apertures; and a shield member inserted between the vertical rows of terminals, the shield member including a planar section having a shielding plate extending therefrom, and having at least one contact member which moves laterally into contact relation with at least one of the signal carrying terminals in an adjacent vertical row.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein the shield member includes a planar section having a shielding plate extending therefrom, the contact member extends from the shielding plate and is biased toward the terminals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein a grounding mating contact portion is electrically connected to the shield member, the grounding mating contact portion has a staggered section and an opposed contact section.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein respective signal carrying terminals have insulating material molded thereover, an opening being provided in the insulating material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein the contact member extends within the opening and is biased against a respective terminal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein the electrical connector assembly has a plurality of housing modules abutted one against the other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
An electrical connector assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein an elongated slot is provided in the insulating housing, the elongated slot has a plurality of keying slots provided therein for receipt of keying members.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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