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AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorsRalph Semmeling, Jeroen Dekker, Marcel Meijer, Johannes Van Woensel, Albertus Van Zanten, Bernardus Paagman
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The invention pertains to a connector comprising a grounding element a and a housing of an electrically insulating material, which housing comprises at least one contact element comprising a contact end, an intermediate part, and a connection end. The connector further comprises an electrically insulating voltage variable medium that is provided between the at least one contact element and the grounding element, which medium becomes electrically conducting at a voltage that is substantially higher than the operating voltages of a device for which the connector is intended or of which it is a part. The connector according to the present invention is relatively compact and enables constant ESD suppression.
Connector comprising a grounding element and a housing of an electrically insulating material, which housing comprises at least one contact element comprising a contact end, an intermediate part, and a connection end, characterised in that an electrically insulating voltage variable medium is provided between the at least one contact element and the grounding element, which medium becomes electrically conducting at a voltage that is substantially higher than the operating voltages of a device for which the connector is intended or of which it is a part.
Connector according to any one of the preceding claims which comprises a plurality of contact elements and wherein the grounding element comprises a shorting bar that runs along at least some or each of the contact elements.
Butt-mount connector according to any one of the preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.