Shielding structure for an electrical connector
AssigneeTe Connectivity Corporation
InventorsDavid Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Sean Patrick McCarthy
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a front housing having a front configured to be mated with a header connector and a rear having a cavity. The electrical connector includes a conductive insert received in the cavity including end walls and cross walls extending between the end walls. The conductive insert includes channels between the cross walls receiving header ground shields of the header connector. The cross-walls include protrusions extending into the channels each having a mating interface engaging the header ground shields. The conductive insert electrically couples each of the header ground shields of the header connector.
Claims20
An electrical connector for mating with a header connector having header signal contacts and header ground shields providing electrical shielding for the header signal contacts, the electrical connector comprising:
- a front housing having a front and a rear, the front housing having a cavity at the rear, the front configured to be mated with the header connector;
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- a conductive insert received in the cavity, the conductive insert including end walls and cross walls extending between the end walls, the conductive insert includes channels between the cross walls, the channels configured to receive corresponding header ground shields, the cross walls configured to be electrically coupled to the corresponding header ground shield, wherein the conductive insert is configured to electrically couple each of the header ground shields of the header connector.
An electrical connector for mating with a header connector having header signal contacts and header ground shields providing electrical shielding for the header signal contacts, the electrical connector comprising:
- a front housing having a front and a rear, the front housing having a cavity at the rear, the front configured to be mated with the header connector;
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- a conductive insert received in the cavity, the conductive insert including end walls and cross walls extending between the end walls, the conductive insert includes channels between the cross walls, the channels configured to receive corresponding header ground shields, the cross walls including protrusions extending into the channels, each protrusion having a mating interface configured to engage the corresponding header ground shield, wherein the conductive insert is configured to electrically couple each of the header ground shields of the header connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.