Electrical connector
AssigneePorta Systems Corp.
InventorWilliam V. Carney
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Abstract
An electrical connector for connecting together cables containing at least two twisted wire pairs which transmit and receive different electrical signals, The connector has an electrically conductive shield between pairs of connector elements which are respectively connected to the different twisted wire pairs. The connector also has an insulative block with printed circuit segments and switch contacts which together form shunts to connect the twisted pairs together when the connector is disconnected.
Claims26
An electrical connector for minimizing crosstalk between pairs of conductors which carry different electrical signals therein, said connector comprising:
- a housing having a cable receiving region and a connection region,
- a clamp located in said cable receiving region for clamping the outer casing of a cable to said housing,
- a plurality of electrically conductive connector elements extending from said cable receiving region to said connection region and positioned in side by side relationship,
- said connector elements each having a formation, in said cable receiving region, for making positive electrical contact with a wire from within said cable,
- said connector elements also each having a contact formation, in said connection region, for making pressure contact with a connector element of a mating connector, and
- an electrically conductive shield extending between adjacent said connector elements and extending from a location near said clamp to the contact formations of said connector elements and having a surface which extends over substantially the entire mutually projected area of said adjacent connector elements.
A self shunting electrical connector comprising:
- a housing,
- at least two pairs of connector elements extending in side by side relationship within said housing,
- one end of each of said connector elements being arranged to be electrically connected to a wire from a cable extending to said housing,
- the other end of each connector element being bent back to form a deflectable tongue which, when connected to a mating connector element, becomes deflected by a contact of said mating connector element,
- an insulative block extending across each of said connector elements between their respective ends,
- first and second switch contacts mounted on said insulative block and extending over the ends of only first and second ones of said tongues to make electrical contact therewith in the undeflected position of said tongues but not in their deflected position, and
- circuit segments on said insulative block, said segments forming a first permanent, non-breakable circuit connection between said first switch contact and one of the connector elements whose tongue does not contact a switch contact and a second permanent, non-breakable circuit connection between said second switch contact and the other connector element whose tongue does not contact a switch contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.