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US5586911A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Shielding data connector

Assignee: Commscope EMEA Ltd
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Filing: 1995-06-07
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Granted: 1996-12-24
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Expires: 2015-06-07
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Abstract

Abstract An electrical shielded data connector includes an inner terminal support housing (4, 404, 520) carrying a plurality of electrical terminals such as (30, 560) where the terminal support housing includes shield members (130, 160; 330, 360; 460; 516, 518) surrounding the terminal support housing (4, 404, 520). The shielded sub-assembly is insertable into an outer housing (70; 512, 514) and is latchably attached therein and a rear support plate (95) and cable support member (110) can be assembled around a cable after the termination of the multi-conductor cable. The cable support member (110) can be positioned in one of two orientations to provide for either a straight through or an angled cable exit. A cross talk shield (200, 524) is positioned in a stuffer cap (180, 522) and is situated between adjacent terminals (30, 560) when in the final position. Another cross talk shield (220, 320) is positioned in a slot (50, 450) intermediate the terminals (30) at the lower side thereof.

Inventors

  • 👤 Mitchell E. Miller
  • 👤 Julian J. Ferry
  • 👤 Brian E. Kilbey
  • 👤 Bruce S. Coolbear
  • 👤 Richard F. Gandy

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 10:31
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R24/00; H01R24/60; H01R24/62; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585; H01R13/58; H01R13/5841; H01R13/646; H01R13/6461; H01R13/6471; H01R13/6582; H01R13/6591; H01R13/6592; H01R13/6593; H01R2201/00; H01R2201/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
An electrical connector for data transfer, comprising: an insulative terminal support housing having a terminal support platform, defining a mating face and a wire connecting face and an open upper face; a plurality of terminals positioned laterally along the terminal support platform, with a contact section disposed adjacent the mating face, and a wire connecting section adjacent the wire connecting face; a wire stuffer cap, positionable over the wire connecting sections of the terminals, and having wire positioning grooves for initial retention of the wires to be terminated, the wire stuffer cap enclosing said wire connecting sections along a length thereof, said wire stuffer cap further comprising a slot extending along a length of said cap, and extending between at least two said terminals; an shielding members comprised of a lower shield and an upper shield, said upper shield including an integral cross talk shield which is profiled for receipt within said slot, to provide a cross talk shield between the wire connecting sections of said at least two terminals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
An electrical connector for data transfer, comprising: an insulative terminal support housing having a terminal support platform, defining a mating face and a wire connecting face and an open upper face; a plurality of terminals positioned laterally along the terminal support platform, with a contact section disposed adjacent the mating face, and a wire connecting section adjacent the wire connecting face; a wire stuffer cap, positionable over the wire connecting sections of the terminals, and having wire positioning grooves for initial retention of the wires to be terminated, the wire stuffer cap enclosing said wire connecting sections along a length thereof, said wire stuffer cap further comprising a slot extending along a length of said cap, and extending between at least two said terminals; an shielding members comprised of a lower shield and an upper shield, said upper shield including an integral cross talk shield which is profiled for receipt within said slot, to provide a cross talk shield between the wire connecting sections of said at least two terminals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 51 words
The data connector of claim 1, wherein said cross talk shield is formed by an extension section extending laterally from a side edge of said upper shield, the extension section being folded against a lower surface of said upper shield, with said cross talk shield extending downwardly from said extension section.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The data connector of claim 1, wherein said connector comprises four terminals, with said cross talk shield being positioned between center ones of said terminals.

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