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US 9,004,943 B2Granted
Electrical connector having electrically insulative housing and commoned ground contacts
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorsDouglas M. Johnescu, Jonathan E. Buck
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Abstract
An electrical connector is provided having an electrically insulative connector housing that supports a plurality of signal contacts, as well as a plurality of ground contact networks. The ground contact networks include a conductive ground coupling bar supporting a plurality of ground contacts along a pair of columns that are spaced apart along a row direction.
Claims19
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrically insulative connector housing;
- a plurality of signal contacts supported by the connector housing;
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- a ground contact network including an electrically conductive ground coupling bar defining first and second opposed sides, a plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side of the ground coupling bar in a first column, and a plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side of the ground coupling bar in a second column,
- wherein the ground coupling bar places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side in electrical communication with each other, further places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side in electrical communication with each other, and further places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side in electrical communication with each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector housing;
- a plurality of ground contacts and a plurality of signal contacts supported by the connector housing and spaced apart in a column direction and a row direction that is substantially perpendicular to the column direction;
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- an electrically conductive ground coupling bar that is attached to select ones of the plurality of ground contacts along the row direction, and further attached to select others of the plurality of ground contacts along the column direction, thereby placing the select ones of the plurality of ground contacts in electrical communication with each other along the row direction, and further along electrical communication with the select others of the plurality of ground contacts along the column direction, wherein the ground contacts are electrically isolated from the signal contacts.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative connector housing supporting a plurality of signal contacts;
- and a pair of ground contact networks supported by the connector housing, each of the ground contact networks including 1) a conductive ground coupling bar that defines a first side and an opposed second side, and 2) a first plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side and arranged in a first column and in electrical communication with each other, and a second plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side and arranged in a second column and in electrical communication with each other.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrically insulative connector housing;
- a plurality of signal contacts supported by the connector housing;
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- a ground contact network including an electrically conductive ground coupling bar defining first and second opposed sides, a plurality of ground contacts mounted the first side of the ground coupling bar in a first column, and a plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side of the ground coupling bar in a second columns, the ground coupling bar comprising a body and defining a plurality of slots extending into the body, and each of the pluralities of ground contacts comprising a mounting projection that is press-fit in a respective one of the slots so as to mount the plurality of ground contacts to the ground coupling bar,
- wherein the ground coupling bar places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side in electrical communication with each other, further places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side in electrical communication with each other, and further places each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the first side in electrical communication with each of the plurality of ground contacts mounted to the second side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.