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US RE35,508 EGranted
Plug terminator having a grounding member
AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Lemke, Richard A. Elco, Timothy W. Houtz
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Abstract
A terminator for multiple electrical conductors has a forwardly projecting ground contact provided on the ground structure thereof. A corresponding receptacle has a die cast frame to which nosepieces are attached. Cantilevered contact elements extend from contact blocks and are received in windows provided in the nosepieces.
Claims23
In a terminator for multiple electrical conductors of the type having
- a metallic ground structure formed of a baseplate with a plurality of upstanding walls thereon cooperating to define a predetermined number of channels arranged in side-by-side relationship across the ground structure, the baseplate having a forward edge thereon;
- an insulated support structure having a plurality of forwardly extending fingers thereon, the number of fingers corresponding to the number of channels on the baseplate, each of the fingers being received in one of the channels;
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- at least one electrical contact element being disposed on each of the fingers, each of the contact elements being connectable to one of the conductors so that, in use, the ground structure is connectable to a predetermined electrical potential whereby the electrical contact elements are electrically isolated from each other;
- the improvement comprising;
- at least one grounding contact projecting forwardly past the forward edge of the baseplate of the metallic ground structure.
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An electrical connector system, comprising:
- a first connector having two arrays of contact elements and a first conductive plate separating said two arrays of contact elements;
- a second connector having two arrays of contact elements and a second conductive plate separating said two arrays of contact elements;
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- said second connector adapted to mate with said first connector so that said contact elements of said first and second connectors form electrical connections therebetween and so that said first and second conductive plates are brought to within a predetermined distance from each other thereby reducing crosstalk between adjacent contact elements.
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A method of electrically connecting multiple electrical conductors, comprising the steps of:
- connecting a first connector having two arrays of contact elements separated by a first conductive plate to a first set of conductors;
- connecting a second connector having two arrays of contact elements separated by a second conductive plate to a second set of conductors;
- mating said first and second connectors so that said contact elements of said first and second connectors form electrical connections therebetween and so that said first and second conductive plates are brought within a predetermined distance from each other thereby reducing crosstalk between adjacent contact elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.