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Connectors with ground structure

  • US 5,055,069 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1990
  • Issued: 10/08/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An angled or right angle electrical connector for electrically and mechanically interconnecting a circuit assembly and a second connector having a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a first contact, the first contacts arranged in rows and columns, the right angle or angled connector comprising:

  • an insulative housing;

    a plurality of electrical contact elements in the housing wherein;

    each one of the contact elements has a second contact and a third contact,the second contacts are arranged in rows and columns for contacting the first contacts,each one of the contact elements, except the contact elements with their second contacts in the nth row, includes a middle portion configured such that their third contacts extend at an angle with respect to the second contacts,a first set of a plurality of the contact elements with their second contacts in the nth row having a middle portion configured such that their third contacts extend at an angle with respect to the second contacts, anda second set of a plurality of the contact elements with their second contacts in the nth row; and

    a conductive shield electrically connected to the second set, but not the first set, of the contact elements.

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