Shielded, molded electrical connector
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1. In combination:
- a shielded cord including a plurality of insulated wires, a braided shield and an outer insulating sheath covering said shied; and
a connector comprising;
an insert having a plurality of connector terminals, each connected to an associated wire of said shielded cord, said connector terminals secured in spaced relation in an insert body of insulating material;
a tubular metal sleeve surrounding said insert body and electrically isolated from said connector terminals, a proximal end of said sleeve contacting said braided shield to establish electrical continuity therewith;
a conductive coupling nut received on said sleeve and in electrical continuity therewith; and
an overmold material extending from said cord to said sleeve and encompassing an exterior portion of said outer sheath of said cord, a portion of said braided shield extending out of said sheath and said sleeve, said overmold material including a plurality of thin, conductive interconnected wire strands embedded therein and establishing electrical continuity between said braided shield and said sleeve.
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A shielded, molded electrical connector includes a conductive sleeve surrounding an insert body housing the connector elements. A metal coupling member is received on the sleeve and in electrical continuity with the sleeve. An outer sheath formed of moldable thermoplastic material with wire strands embedded throughout forms a conductive shield from the sleeve to a braided shield (in the case of a cord set) or to a conductive shield on an insert body housing complementary connector elements (in the case of a splitter).
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1. In combination:
- a shielded cord including a plurality of insulated wires, a braided shield and an outer insulating sheath covering said shied; and
a connector comprising;an insert having a plurality of connector terminals, each connected to an associated wire of said shielded cord, said connector terminals secured in spaced relation in an insert body of insulating material; a tubular metal sleeve surrounding said insert body and electrically isolated from said connector terminals, a proximal end of said sleeve contacting said braided shield to establish electrical continuity therewith; a conductive coupling nut received on said sleeve and in electrical continuity therewith; and an overmold material extending from said cord to said sleeve and encompassing an exterior portion of said outer sheath of said cord, a portion of said braided shield extending out of said sheath and said sleeve, said overmold material including a plurality of thin, conductive interconnected wire strands embedded therein and establishing electrical continuity between said braided shield and said sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a shielded cord including a plurality of insulated wires, a braided shield and an outer insulating sheath covering said shied; and
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9. In an electrical device having a first connector and at least one complementary connector, each of said first and complementary connectors being multiple-pole electrical connectors adapted to mate with respective complementary electrical connectors;
- and intermediate connecting means establishing permanent electrical connections between associated poles of said first and complementary connectors, the improvement wherein each of said first and complementary connectors comprises an insert housing;
a plurality of terminal elements embedded in said insert housing in spaced relation and electrically isolated from each other;
a tubular metal sleeve received on the exterior of said insert body and extending toward the distal end thereof;
a coupling nut received on said sleeve and having threads for mating with a complementary coupling nut;
an insulating premold material encompassing said intermediate connecting means; and
thermoplastic conductive overmold material engaging the sleeves of said first and complementary connectors and encompassing said premold material for establishing electrical continuity between said sleeves and providing an RFO shield for said first and complementary connectors and said intermediate connecting means, said overmold material including a plurality of discrete conductive elements embedded therein and establishing electrical continuity throughout the body of said overmold material. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- and intermediate connecting means establishing permanent electrical connections between associated poles of said first and complementary connectors, the improvement wherein each of said first and complementary connectors comprises an insert housing;
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