Plug-in connector with fastening means
AssigneeHarting Elektronik GmbH
InventorsDietmar Harting, Jean-Merri de Vanssay
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Abstract
For a plug-in connector with a metal shield with fastening means for fastening to a fastening surface, it is proposed, for the conductive connection of the metal shield to the fastening surface, that an approximately T-shaped, electrically conductive fastening part be inserted in the flanges of the plug-in connector, and that cut-out tongues on the metal shield be stamped under the upper region/head of the fastening part in such a way that the latter is, on the one hand held, and on the other hand, pressed against the cut-out tongues when the plug-in connector is bolted on.
Claims3
A plug-in connector of the type which attaches to a fastening surface of a printed circuit board, said connector including an elongated insulated body (3) terminating in opposite located ends, a fastening flange (5) formed at each of said ends, a recess (6) formed in each of said fastening flanges, a pair of fastening parts (7), a metal screen (4) of inverted box shape and cut-out tongues (13) formed in said metal screen, each of said fastening parts being generally T-shaped, formed of electrically conductive material and having an oppositely notched (9) head providing four outwardly extending arms (10), a stud (11) extending from said notched head of said fastening part and terminating in an underside (14), and a threaded passage (12) extending through said fastening part, one of said fastening parts being positioned in each of said recesses with its underside (14) spaced an interval from said fastening surface of said printed circuit board, said metal screen enclosing said elongated insulated body and said fastening parts with said cutout tongues (13) being pressed in and against said arms (10) of said notched heads of said fastening parts.
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