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AssigneeRadiall
InventorBernard Van Den Meersschaut
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The present invention provides a connection block suitable for being inserted in a cavity of a metal box of a multicontact connector, the block comprising: an insulating body having a bottom face and a top face together with a side wall extending substantially between said faces, said insulating body being provided with a plurality of holes designed to receive individual contacts, said holes extending between said bottom and top faces; one or more housings each designed to receive a ground pin; and a metal ground element suitable for being electrically connected to the ground pin(s) inserted in said housing(s), said ground element having a contact wall configured in such a manner as to extend over at least a major portion of the periphery of said side wall.
1/A connection block suitable for being inserted in a cavity of a metal box of a multicontact connector, the block comprising:
2/A block according to claim 1, wherein said contact wall extends over the entire periphery of the side wall of the insulating body.
3/A block according to claim 1, wherein said contact wall extends over at least a fraction of the height of said side wall.
4/A block according to claim 1, wherein said side wall of the insulating body and said contact wall of the metal ground element are both substantially rectangular in cross-section.
5/A block according to claim 1, wherein the insulating body has a bottom portion and a top portion that are separate and suitable for being assembled together, and wherein the metal ground element has one or more internal portions defining one or more housings each designed to receive a ground pin, said internal portion(s) being sandwiched at least in part between said bottom and top portions of the insulating body when said portions are assembled together.
6/A block according to claim 5, wherein each bottom portion of the metal ground element has a cylindrical neck extending the corresponding housing and engaging in an orifice of complementary shape in one of the portions of the insulating body.
7/A block according to claim 6, including one or more retaining rings suitable for being inserted in respective housings of the metal ground element and arranged to retain a ground pin in said housing.
8/A block according to claim 1, wherein said contact wall has regions of greater height than the remainder of said contact wall.
9/A block according to claim 1, wherein the insulating body includes at least one bearing surface against which said ground element can come to bear.
10/A block according to claim 1, wherein the ground element is made as a single piece.
11/A block according to claim 1, wherein the ground element is made of aluminum alloy coated in a layer of nickel.
12/A multicontact connector comprising: