Plug and socket connector system with particular applications in avionics
AssigneeFramatome Connectors International
InventorsChristian Laisne, Franck Jollivet, Thierry Quillet
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Abstract
The invention concerns a connector system comprising a plug having a first part comprising first signal contact members, a second part comprising first electrical power supply contact members and an intermediate part and a socket having a first part comprising second signal contact members, a second part comprising second electrical power supply contact members disposed to cooperate electrically with the first electrical power supply contact members and an intermediate part. The intermediate part of the plug has a first ground contact member and the intermediate part of the socket has a second .ground contact member to cooperate electrically with the first member.
Claims9
Connector system comprising first and second connector members wherein each connector member comprises at least one first part having first signal contact members, at least one second part having second contact members, and an intermediate part between said first and second parts, said intermediate part comprising a polarizer means and a separate ground contact member, said first and second connector members respectively forming a plug and a socket of which the respective first contact members, second contact members and ground contact members are adapted to cooperate electrically with each other, wherein said first part of said plug comprises at least a first mechanical coupling section surrounding its first signal contact members, said first part of said socket comprises at least a second mechanical coupling section surrounding its first signal contact members, one of said first and second coupling sections has a male type configuration, the other of said coupling sections has a female type configuration and said mechanical coupling sections also constitute electromagnetic shielding.
A connection system having a first plug connector and a mating second socket connector, each of the connectors comprising:
- a first section having first contact members and a mechanical coupling section surrounding the first contact members, the mechanical coupling section forming an electromagnetic shield for the first contact members;
- a second section having second contact members;
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- an intermediate section between the first and second sections, the intermediate section having polarizer means and a ground contact,
- wherein one of the coupling sections has a male type configuration and the other one of the coupling sections has a female type configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.