Cable connector and kit for assembling the same
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorAlbertus Van Zanten
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a cable connector comprising a housing, which forms a shielding and/or which is provided with a shielding, and at least one connector module placed within the housing, which module comprises a body of an electrically insulating material, a circuit substrate comprising a grounding layer and one or more terminals mounted on the circuit substrate. The said shielding of the housing is electrically connected to the grounding layer of the circuit substrate, thus improving the grounding of the entire cable connector.
Claims8
Cable connector comprising a housing, which forms a shielding and/or which is provided with a shielding, and at least one connector module placed within the housing, which module comprises a body of an electrically insulating material, a circuit substrate comprising a grounding layer and one or more terminals mounted on the circuit substrate, characterised in that the said shielding of the housing is electrically connected to the grounding layer of the circuit substrate and in that the housing contains a resilient clip of a electrically conducting material, which clip establishes electrical contact between the grounding layer of the circuit substrate and the shielding of the housing or, upon connection of the cable connector to a counterpart, a grounding layer comprised in that counterpart.
Cable connector according any one of the preceding, wherein the housing contains two or more circuit substrates one above the other and each comprising a grounding layer and wherein the resilient clip abuts the grounding layers of at least two circuit substrates.
Cable connector according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the connector is attached to a cable comprising a shielding and wherein the shielding of the housing is electrically connected to the shielding of the cable.
Kit for assembling a connector according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a housing which forms a shielding or which is provided with a shielding, and at least one connector module placed or to be placed within the housing, which module comprises a body of an electrically insulating material, a circuit substrate comprising a grounding layer and one or more terminals mounted on the circuit substrate, characterised in that the housing comprises an inwardly protruding notch and/or the kit contains a resilient clip, wherein the notch and/or the clip, upon assembly of the connector, serve to establish electrical contact between the shielding and the grounding layer or layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.