Shielded electrical connector

An electrical connector jack for terminating electrical conductors of a multiconductor cable, said electrical connector jack comprising:

• (a) an electrically insulative housing defining a passage for receipt of an electrical plug and an open interior compartment;
• (b) a plurality of electrical contacts supported in said housing, said contacts having first portions accessible through said housing passage and second insulation displacement connector portions resident in said compartment;
• (c) an electrically conductive sheet member fully circumscribing a part of said housing in which said contact first portions are resident and partly circumscribing said compartment, the sheet member including opposed sidewalls and a longitudinally disposed end wall, said end wall having a substantially U-shaped central opening therethrough;
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• (d) a stuffer member closing said compartment and dressing electrical conductors into engagement with said contact second insulation displacement connector portions, said stuffer member having an electrically conductive part in electrical continuity with said sheet member and a stuffer part, said stuffer part being comprised of electrically insulative material, said stuffer member including a top wall and a rear wall depending from said top Wall, said rear wall including a substantially circular opening for receiving said cable, wherein,
• said stuffer member rear wall opening and said sheet member U-shaped opening define structures jointly operating to provide a scissor-type action therebetween for holding said cable thereby providing strain relief for said cable.

A shielded electrical connector jack for terminating electrical conductors of a shielded multiconductor cable, said electrical connector jack comprising:

• (a) an electrically insulative housing defining a passage for receipt of an electrical connector plug and an open interior compartment;
• (b) a plurality of electrical contacts supported in said housing, said contacts having contact ends accessible through said housing passage and termination portions resident in said compartment;
• (c) an electrically conductive sheet member fully circumscribing a part of said housing in which said contact ends are resident and partly circumscribing said compartment;
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• (d) a stuffer member closing said compartment and dressing electrical conductors into engagement with said contact termination portions, said uncoated portion defining a stuffer part and a portion coated with an electrically conductive material, said coated portion defining wing members in interference fit relationship with said sheet member portion circumscribing said compartment, said stuffer member wing members and said sheet member being in electrical communication and jointly defining an electrical shield for said electrical connector jack;
• wherein said stuffer member includes a top wall and a rear wall depending from said top wall, said rear wall including a substantially circular opening for receiving said cable, wherein said sheet member includes opposed sidewalls and a longitudinally disposed end wall, said end wall having a substantially U-shaped central opening therethrough, such that said stuffer member rear wall opening and said sheet member U-shaped opening define structure jointly operating to provide a scissor-type action therebetween for holding said cable thereby providing strain relief for said cable.