Connector block assembly
AssigneePorta Systems Corp.
InventorWilliam V. Carney
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Abstract
A connector block assembly for connecting closely spaced wired on which high frequency signals are present, contains pairs of spring finger connectors with electrically conductive shields between different pairs. Ground contacts are arranged to be engaged by an insert module in advance of its engagement with the spring fingers and a detents and projection arrangement serves to hold the insert module at different operating positions.
Claims19
A connector assembly for providing a plurality of closely spaced connections to mutually adjacent conductors which, respectively, conduct different high frequency electrical signals, said connector assembly comprising:
- an elongated insulative block,
- a plurality of connector elements mounted in closely spaced arrangement within said block,
- said block being formed with openings providing access for said mutually adjacent conductors to be connected to the ends of corresponding mutually adjacent ones of said connector elements, whereby said mutually adjacent ones of said connector elements conductor said different high frequency signals,
- said mutually adjacent connector elements having projected areas extending toward each other,
- electrically conductive shields mounted within said block between said mutually adjacent connector elements to prevent crosstalk between said connector elements,
- said shields each having a surface area extending over the entire projected area between said mutually adjacent connector elements, and
- a conductive strip extending along the length of said block and contacting said shields.
A connector assembly for providing a plurality of closely spaced connections to wires which conduct high frequency electrical signals, said connector assembly comprising:
- an elongated insulative block,
- a plurality of connector elements mounted in closely spaced arrangement within said block,
- said block being formed with openings providing access for individual wires to be connected to the ends of corresponding ones of said connector elements,
- electrically conductive shields mounted within said block between adjacent connector elements to prevent crosstalk between said connector elements.
- said connector elements comprising pairs of connectors, the connectors of each pair each having a wire connecting end and a spring finger end, the spring finger ends being biased into contact with each other, the spring finger ends being moveable into and out of contact with each other,
- said shields each having a surface area at least as great as a projected area between adjacent pairs of connectors over the range of movement of their spring fingers, and
- spring finger ground contacts arranged to be contacted by an insert member which moves said spring fingers our of contact with each other, said spring finger ground contacts being electrically connected to said shields,
- said spring finger ground contacts being formed on a common electrically conductive strip which extends along said block in closely spaced relationship to each of said connector elements and said electrically conductive shields being in contact with said strip.
A connector block assembly comprising:
- an insulative block;
- a pair of electrically conductive signal contacts mounted in said block, said signal contacts each having a spring finger biased to contact the spring finger of the other contact;
- said block being formed with an opening providing access to a probe which can be inserted into said block to engage and separate said spring fingers;
- and a ground contact mounted within said block between said opening and said spring fingers to be contacted by said probe upon insertion thereof into said block and before said probe engages said spring fingers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.