Electric connector with a dust cover
AssigneeADC GmbH
InventorBrent David Allwood
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electric connector (100) having electric contact elements (206) to which an electric contact may be established using contacts of a matching plug by insertion of the plug into the electric connector (100) via an outlet (202), said electric connector also comprising a hollow space (106) in which a substantial intermediate length of one or more electric contact elements (206) is exposed via an upper input (110), and a dust cover (108), attachable in a removable fashion via the upper input (110) in order to prevent impurities from entering the hollow space (106).
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- (a) electrical contact elements to which electrical contact can be made with contacts of a mating plug by insertion of the plug into the electrical connector through a socket;
- (b) a cavity, in which a substantial intermediate length of one or more electrical contact elements is exposed via a top entrance;
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- (c) a dust cover coupled to the top entrance to inhibit ingress of contaminants into the cavity.
An in-line RJ-type electrical connector comprising:
- (a) electrical contact elements to which electrical contact can be made with contacts of a mating plug by insertion of the plug into the connector;
- (b) a cavity, in which a substantial intermediate length of one or more electrical contact elements is exposed via a top entrance;
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- (c) a dust cover coupled to the top entrance to inhibit ingress of foreign matter into the cavity.
A method of assembling an electrical connector having first and second portions, comprising:
- (a) seating a plurality of insulation displacement contacts, which are connected to a corresponding plurality of electrical contact elements, in the second portion;
- (b) slideably inserting the second portion into the first portion so that the electrical contact elements move through a top entrance of the first portion and become seated in a corresponding plurality of internal slots in a cavity of the first portion;
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- (c) attaching a dust cover over the top entrance of the cavity.
An electrical connector for electrically connecting electrically conductive insulated conductors of a first cable to corresponding electrically conductive insulated conductors of a second cable, comprising:
- at least partially extending into the socket for electrical connection to corresponding conductors of the first cable, and second ends including insulation displacement contacts for electrically connecting to corresponding conductors of the second cable;
- (c) a second portion including a plurality of slots shaped to at least partially receive and locate respective ones of said contact elements in predetermined positions such that insulation displacement contacts of the contact elements extend into respective openings of the second portion for connection to corresponding conductors of the second cable;
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- (d) a cover,
- wherein the first portion includes a cavity that facilitates lateral movement of the first portion over the second portion when the contact elements are seated in respective slots of the second portion so as to couple the first portion to the second portion, and the cover is coupled over the cavity to inhibit ingress of foreign matter into the connector
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.