Pair of shielded electrical connectors with a grounding element therebetween
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsQiang Chen, Guang Xing Shi
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) includes a plurality of electrical connector modules (2) and a conductive grounding element (3). The electrical connector modules each includes an insulative housing (11), a number of electrical terminals (12) received in the insulative housing, a front shield (13), and a rear shield (14) retained to the front shield and the insulative housing. The grounding element includes a retention section (30) retained by the front and rear shields and an engaging section (31) extending between and forwardly beyond the electrical connector modules.
Claims12
An electrical connector comprising:
- a conductive grounding element;
- and
- a plurality of electrical connector modules, the electrical connector modules each comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of electrical terminals received in the insulative housing;
- and
- a conductive shield enclosing the insulative housing;
- wherein the insulative housings of adjacent electrical connector modules are connected to each other, the conductive grounding element is retained by the shields of the plurality of electrical connector modules and comprises an engaging section extending between and forwardly beyond the shields.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- first and second connectors side by side little spaced from each other with spacers therebetween;
- each of said first and second connectors including an insulative housing enclosed by front and rear shields;
- said front shield defining at least a tab on an inner side of a rear portion thereof;
- said rear shield defining at least an opening in an inner side of a rear portion thereof;
- and
- a retention member including a rectangular retention section extending substantially a full height of said rear shield and defining holes therein;
- wherein
- each tab of each connector extends through the corresponding hole and the corresponding opening to fasten said front shield, said rear shield and said retention member together.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- first and second connectors side by side little spaced from each other with spacers therebetween;
- each of said first and second connectors including an insulative housing enclosed by shield means;
- a grounding element including a retention section and an engagement section;
- the retention section fastened to rear portions of said shield means of said first and second connectors, and the engagement section being integrally formed with said retention section and forwardly extending between said first and said second connectors for engagement with a panel located in front of said assembly;
- wherein
- via cooperation of said spacers and said retention section, the first connector and the second connector can be firmly assembled together with the engagement section extending therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.