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US 5,496,195 AGranted
High performance shielded connector
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorCarl G. Reed
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AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorCarl G. Reed
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Invention is directed to a high performance, shielded electrical connector which exceeds EIA/TIA 568-A requirements for Category 5 applications. A preferred connector is a modular jack, such as an array of modular jacks mounted to a printed circuit board, grounded within a metal housing. The connector comprises a dielectric housing having a top surface, a printed circuit board engaging surface, a pair of side walls, and a front surface, and at least one cavity extending interiorly from the front surface thereof for electrically engaging a complementary electrical connector. The connector includes a one-piece shielding member, stamped and formed from a sheet metal blank, to offer low resistance grounding of the connector. The shielding member is adapted to lie contiguous with at least the top surface and the side walls, and includes a plurality of cantilevered tabs struck from the walls of the metal shielding member. The tabs are elongated and extend from an internal location toward the front surface. Finally, the tabs are further characterized by a free end having a reverse bend therein which, in a resiled position, extends above the plane of the respective walls of the formed shielding member.
A shielded high performance electrical connector of the type for mounting to a printed circuit board and adapted to be secured within a metal panel housing, where said connector comprises a dielectric housing having a planar top surface, a printed circuit board engaging surface, a pair of side walls, a rear wall and a front surface, and at least one cavity extending interiorly from the front surface thereof for electrically engaging a complementary electrical connector, said connector including a one-piece shielding member stamped and formed from a sheet metal blank to offer low resistance grounding of the connector to said metal panel housing, said shielding member adapted to lie contiguous with at least said top surface, said side walls and said rear wall, and a plurality of elongated cantilevered tabs struck from said metal shielding member, said tabs having a secured end and a free end, where said secured end extends from an internal location remote from said front surface, and said free end extends toward said front surface;
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