Electrical connector having a shield plate embeded within a conductive plastic bridge
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorTerrance F. Little
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a tongue and a cavity; two rows of terminals secured to the insulative housing and exposing respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue, each row of terminals having plural signal terminals and plural ground terminals, the plural ground terminals being exposed to the cavity; a conductive plastic bridge disposed in the cavity to provide electrical bridging between the plural ground terminals; and a shield plate molded with the conductive plastic bridge and located between the two rows of terminals.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a tongue and a cavity;
- two rows of terminals secured to the insulative housing and exposing respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue, each row of terminals comprising a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, the plurality of ground terminals being exposed to the cavity;
- a conductive plastic bridge disposed in the cavity to provide electrical bridging between the plurality of ground terminals;
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- a shield plate molded with the conductive plastic bridge and located between the two rows of terminals.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- molding a row of first terminals with a first insulator to form a first terminal module and a row of second terminals with a second insulator to form a second terminal module;
- disposing a shield plate in a cavity between the first terminal module and the second terminal module;
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- molding a conductive plastic bridge with the shield plate in the cavity to provide electrical bridging between selected terminals of the row of first and second terminals.
A method of making an electrical connector, comprising the steps of:
- molding a conductive plastic bridge with a shield plate;
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- molding a plurality of terminals with an insulator around the conductive plastic bridge to have selected ground terminals of the plurality of terminals be electrically bridged by the conductive plastic bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.