Shielded electrical connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorCheng Te Lin
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Abstract
A shielded electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a front mating end for interfacing with a complementary mating connector. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and include contact portions for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector. First and second shields of sheet metal material substantially surround the housing. The first shield includes at least one clamping arm projecting therefrom. The second shield includes a hole for receiving the clamping arm of the first shield. The clamping arm is inserted through the hole and is bent into engagement with the second shield to hold the shields together about the housing.
Claims13
A shielded electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front mating end for interfacing with a complementary mating connector, a rear end, a top wall and opposite side walls;
- a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing and including contact portions for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector;
- a main shield mounted on the housing about at least the top wall and opposite side walls thereof, and including a pair of clamping arms projecting rearwardly from opposite sides of the main shield;
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- a rear shield about the rear end of the housing and including a pair of holes for receiving the clamping arms of the main shield,
- whereby the clamping arms of the main shield can be inserted through the holes in the rear shield and bent into engagement with the rear shield to hold the shields together about the housing.
A shielded electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing having a front mating end for interfacing with a complementary mating connector;
- a plurality of terminals mounted on the housing and including contact portions for engaging appropriate terminals of the mating connector;
- first and second shields of sheet metal material substantially surrounding the housing,
- said first shield including a clamping arm projecting therefrom, and
- said second shield including a hole for receiving the clamping arm of the first shield,
- whereby the clamping arm of the first shield can be inserted through the hole in the second shield and bent into engagement with the second shield to hold the shields together about the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.