Electrical connector configured to shield cable-termination regions
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsJeffrey Stewart Simpson, Michael David Herring, Arash Behziz
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Abstract
An electrical connector including a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body. The electrical contacts have a pair of signal contacts with respective mating ends configured to engage a communication connector and also with respective wire-terminating ends. The wire-terminating ends are located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region and are configured to mechanically and electrically couple to corresponding signal conductors of a cable. The electrical connector also includes a ground shield having a cover extension that extends over the cable-termination region. The cover extension is configured to shield the cable-termination region.
Claims22
An electrical connector for terminating a cable having a pair of signal conductors and a drain wire, the electrical connector comprising a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body, the electrical contacts including a pair of signal contacts having respective mating ends configured to engage a communication connector and also having respective wire-terminating ends, the wire-terminating ends being located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region, wherein the wire-terminating ends extend beyond the dielectric body at the cable-termination region for mechanically and electrically coupling to corresponding signal conductors of the cable, the electrical connector further comprising a ground shield that extends alongside the dielectric body, the ground shield having a cover extension that extends beyond the dielectric body and directly over the cable-termination region, the cover extension configured to shield the cable-termination region.
A connector assembly comprising:
- a communication cable comprising a pair of signal conductors and a drain wire;
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- an electrical connector comprising a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body, the electrical contacts including a pair of signal contacts having respective mating ends and respective wire-terminating ends, the wire-terminating ends being located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region, the signal conductors of the cable being mechanically and electrically coupled to the wire-terminating ends, wherein the electrical connector also includes a ground shield that is coupled to the dielectric body, the ground shield having a cover extension that extends directly over the cable-termination region to shield the cable-termination region, wherein the cover extension has a drain wire termination feature, the drain wire being directly coupled to the drain wire termination feature of the cover extension.
An electrical connector comprising:
- contact modules, each of the contact modules including a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body, the electrical contacts including a pair of signal contacts having respective mating ends configured to engage a communication connector and also having respective wire-terminating ends, the wire-terminating ends being located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region and configured to mechanically and electrically couple to corresponding signal conductors;
- module shields separating the signal contacts of one contact module from the signal contacts of an adjacent contact module;
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- a connector shield coupled to the contact modules and electrically coupled to each of the module shields.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.