Ground contact connection member, connector, and connector assembly
AssigneeTe Connectivity Japan G.K.
InventorMing Jiang
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Abstract
A ground contact connecting member comprises a support portion and a plurality of contacting beams. The support portion extends in a first direction and is adapted to be fixed to an installation portion of a connector housing. The plurality of contacting beams extend from the support portion in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction. The contacting beams are adapted to contact a plurality of ground contacts arranged in the connector housing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
Claims20
A ground contact connecting member contacting a ground contact group, the ground contact group including, among a plurality of contacts arranged along a predetermined first direction in a first row and in a second row in parallel with the first row, a portion of the contacts of the first row and a portion of the contacts of the second row adjacent to the first row in a second direction, comprising:
- a support portion extending in the first direction and arranged at an installation portion of a connector housing retaining the plurality of contacts;
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- a plurality of contacting beams extending from the support portion toward the first row or toward the second row and contacting the ground contact group, the contacting beams are pressed against the contacts of the ground contact group in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a first connector, including:
- a plurality of contacts arranged in a plurality of rows;
- a connector housing;
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- a stationary housing retaining the plurality of contacts with the connector housing and supporting the connector housing via the plurality of contacts;
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- a ground contact connecting member, including:
- a support portion extending in a first direction arranged at an installation portion of the connector housing retaining the plurality of contacts;
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- a plurality of contacting beams extending from the support portion in a second direction and pressing against at least a portion of the plurality of contacts of a ground contact group in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.
A ground contact connecting member, comprising:
- a support portion extending in a first direction and adapted to be fixed to an installation portion of a connector housing;
- a plurality of contacting beams extending from the support portion in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, the contacting beams adapted to contact a plurality of ground contacts arranged in the connector housing in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction;
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- at least one press-fit portion discrete from the plurality of contact beams and adapted to be press-fitted into the installation portion in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.