Modular connector
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorJohn E. Adams
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Abstract
A shielded connector for electrical circuits comprising terminals, such as pins or receptacles, cable comprising wires and a conductive braid surrounding the wires, stackable non-conductive casings which encase the terminal/wire connection, a conductive housing which surrounds and shields the stacked casings and the entire length of the terminals, and an aperture for the cable in the conductive housing, said aperture including a rib for retaining the braid in a substantially fixed position and for providing a continuous electrical ground between the braid and the conductive housing.
Claims8
A shielded connector for electrical circuits comprising:
- electrically conductive terminals connectable to at least one electrically conductive cable comprising electrical conductors;
- at least two non-conductive casings containing said electrically conductive terminals, the casings being stacked end-to-end or side-to-side in an abutting relationship such that the distance from the center-line of one terminal to the center-line of an adjacent terminal in the same casing is substantially the same as the distance from the center-line of a terminal in casing to the center-line of an adjacent terminal in another casing;
- an electrically conductive housing surrounding and shielding said stacked non-conductive casings and said electrically conductive terminals;
- a braid surrounding the electrically conductive cable;
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- an opening for the electrically conductive cable in the electrically conductive housing, said opening including a rib for retaining a braid in a substantially fixed position and for providing a continuous electrical ground between the braid and the electrically conductive housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.