Databus coupler electrical connector
First Claim
1. A databus coupler comprising an electrically conductive enclosure which has an opening leading to a closed chamber, a dielectric insert having a rear face disposed in said opening and including an array of axial passages each extending through the insert, an electronic component completely enclosed by said chamber and including a plurality of circuit paths each for transmitting a communication signal, a matable terminal mounted in each said passage each terminal including an electrically conductive outer conductor encircling a pair of electrically conductive inner conductors, each said conductor having a rearward end portion extending rearwardly of said rear face and into said chamber, conducting means for electrically connecting the rearward end portion of one respective inner conductor with one respective circuit path, and grounding means engaging the rearward end portion of the outer conductors for electrically sealing the chamber and grounding the coupler to prevent electromagnetic frequency interference from entering or leaving the chamber, the grounding means completing a common electrical circuit path between the outer conductors of all said terminals, said enclosure, and the electronic component whereby to protect the inner conductors from electromagnetic frequency interference.
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Abstract
An electronic circuit component and a plurality of twinax contacts are connected together in piggy-back fashion and enclosed within a metallic frame with respective signal paths in the component and contacts being interconnected such that an apertured ground plate completes a 360° electrically conductive seal around the contacts and grounds the contacts in common to the metallic frame. The plate also prevents axial leakage of electromagnetic energy from interrupting the electronic component.
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9 Claims
- 1. A databus coupler comprising an electrically conductive enclosure which has an opening leading to a closed chamber, a dielectric insert having a rear face disposed in said opening and including an array of axial passages each extending through the insert, an electronic component completely enclosed by said chamber and including a plurality of circuit paths each for transmitting a communication signal, a matable terminal mounted in each said passage each terminal including an electrically conductive outer conductor encircling a pair of electrically conductive inner conductors, each said conductor having a rearward end portion extending rearwardly of said rear face and into said chamber, conducting means for electrically connecting the rearward end portion of one respective inner conductor with one respective circuit path, and grounding means engaging the rearward end portion of the outer conductors for electrically sealing the chamber and grounding the coupler to prevent electromagnetic frequency interference from entering or leaving the chamber, the grounding means completing a common electrical circuit path between the outer conductors of all said terminals, said enclosure, and the electronic component whereby to protect the inner conductors from electromagnetic frequency interference.
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8. In combination, an electrically conductive shell and an electrical circuit component, said shell including a plurality of electrical contacts, mounting means for mounting the contacts in the shell, grounding means for establishing an electrical ground path between each said contact and the shell, and said circuit component including a plurality of electrical signal paths each being connected electrically and mechanically to respective of said contacts, the improvement characterized by said circuit component and said shell being disposed along a common axis and connected in piggy-back relation, the contacts each being mounted such that its axis is parallel to the common axis and each including an outer conductor encircling a pair of inner conductors, and conductive sealing means for completing an electrically conductive seal between the shell, the contacts, and said circuit component, said sealing means comprising an electrically conductive housing enclosing the circuit component and in electrical circuit path relation to the shell, and a flat plate of electrically conductive material completing a 360°
- electrically conductive seal between its outer margin, the housing, and the shell, said plate including a plurality of axial upsets each forming a radially constricted aperture for receiving one respective contact therethrough and completing a 360°
electrically conductive seal around the outer periphery thereof. - View Dependent Claims (9)
- electrically conductive seal between its outer margin, the housing, and the shell, said plate including a plurality of axial upsets each forming a radially constricted aperture for receiving one respective contact therethrough and completing a 360°
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