Right-angle connector having a shielding and method for producing the shielding of the right-angle connector

• US 8,337,249 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2009
• Issued: 12/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ERNI Production GmbH & Co. KG (INTUS Elektronik GmbH)
• Original Assignee: ERNI Electronics GmbH
• Inventors: Lappoehn, Juergen
• Primary Examiner(s): GUSHI, ROSS N
• Application Number:
  US12/998,600
• Publication Number:
  US 20110217868A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,160 Days
• Field of Search: 43960705-60711, 439/607.13, 43960735-6074, 43960732-60734, 439/607.55
• US Class Current: 439/607.55
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6594 the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members

Abstract

The invention relates to a right-angle connector (20a, 20b), comprising a plurality of contact elements (50a, 50b) which are arranged next to one another and provided at the back of the right-angle connector (20a, 20b) for soldering to conductors of a printed circuit board (4), comprising an upper shielding (22a, 22b) arranged at least on the upper side of the right-angle connector (20a, 20b) and a lower shielding (34a, 34b) arranged on the lower side. The right-angle (20a, 20b) according to the invention is characterized in that the lower shielding (34a, 34b) contains a lower shielding element (36a, 36b) on the connector side, the shielding surface (37a, 37b) of the element being oriented in the connecting direction (28), the lower shielding (34a, 34b) furthermore contains a separate, rear lower shielding element (38a, 38b), and the lower shielding elements (36a, 36b, 38a, 38b) are electrically connected to each other. The method according to the invention for producing the right-angle connector (20a, 20b) uses a laser weld connection for at least the two lower shielding elements (36a, 36b, 38a, 38b). The right-angle connector (20a, 20b) according to the invention allows high-frequency signals to be conducted with high signal quality and high signal integrity. The shielding of the right-angle connector (20a, 20b) according to the invention can be produced in a cost-effective manner with the method according to the invention.

Claims

1. A right-angle connector comprising a plurality of contact elements which are arranged next to one another and provided at the back of the right-angle connector for soldering to conductors of a printed circuit board, comprising an upper shielding arranged at least on the upper side of the right-angle connector and a lower shielding arranged on the lower side;

wherein the lower shielding contains a lower shielding element on the connector side, the shielding surface of said element being oriented in the connecting direction, the lower shielding furthermore contains a separate, rear lower shielding element, and the lower shielding elements are electrically connected to each other; and

wherein the lower shielding elements have connecting surfaces which are welded together for the electrical connection of the lower shielding elements.

2. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein the shielding surface of the rear lower shielding element is oriented perpendicular to the connecting direction.

3. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein the shielding surface of the rear lower shielding element is oriented at least in sections parallel to the contact elements.

4. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein the rear lower shielding element extends at least approximately as far as a soldering connection of the contact elements.

5. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein the connecting surfaces are flat connecting surfaces.

6. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one opening is provided in at least one connecting surface of the rear lower shielding element.

7. The right-angle connector according to claim 6, wherein the opening is designed as a hole.

8. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein the upper shielding contains a connector-side upper and rear upper shielding element which are electrically connected to one another.

9. The right-angle connector according to claim 1, wherein at least one connector-side shielding element has an expansion offset and wherein the upper and/or lower connector-side shielding element has spring tongues for clamping a corresponding shielding element of a corresponding right-angle connector.

10. A right-angle connector comprising a plurality of contact elements which are arranged next to one another and provided at the back of the right-angle connector for soldering to conductors of a printed circuit board, comprising an upper shielding arranged at least on the upper side of the right-angle connector and a lower shielding arranged on the lower side;

wherein the lower shielding contains a lower shielding element on the connector side, the shielding surface of said element being oriented in the connecting direction, the lower shielding furthermore contains a separate, rear lower shielding element, and the lower shielding elements are electrically connected to each other; and

wherein the lower shielding element on the connector side has a homogeneous connecting surface without recesses which extends over a plurality of contact elements.

11. A right-angle connector comprising a plurality of contact elements which are arranged next to one another and provided at the back of the right-angle connector for soldering to conductors of a printed circuit board, comprising an upper shielding arranged at least on the upper side of the right-angle connector and a lower shielding arranged on the lower side;

wherein the lower shielding contains a lower shielding element on the connector side, the shielding surface of said element being oriented in the connecting direction, the lower shielding furthermore contains a separate, rear lower shielding element, and the lower shielding elements are electrically connected to each other; and

wherein the rear lower shielding element is disposed at least in the area of the connection to the connector-side lower shielding element inside a connector housing which at least partially accommodates the contact elements of the right-angle connector.

12. The right-angle connector according to claim 11, wherein the rear lower shielding element has a plurality of separately formed connecting surfaces and wherein the connector housing has separate recesses corresponding to said connecting surfaces for guiding and at least partially accommodating the rear lower shielding element.

13. The right-angle connector according to claim 12, wherein the upper shielding elements have connecting surfaces which are welded together for the electrical connection of said upper shielding elements.

14. The right-angle connector according to claim 13, wherein an opening is provided in at least one connecting surface of the rear upper shielding element.

15. A method for producing a right-angle connector, said right-angle connector comprising a plurality of contact elements which are arranged next to one another and provided at the back of the right-angle connector for soldering to conductors of a printed circuit board, comprising an upper shielding arranged at least on the upper side of the right-angle connector and a lower shielding arranged on the lower side;

wherein the lower shielding contains a lower shielding element on the connector side, the shielding surface of said element being oriented in the connecting direction, the lower shielding furthermore contains a separate, rear lower shielding element, and the lower shielding elements are electrically connected to each other; and

wherein a welding connection of at least the lower shielding elements is made by laser welding.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein a neodymium YAG laser is used for the laser welding.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the neodymium YAG laser is operated in pulsed mode.