Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Tai Lin

Kun-Tsan Wu

Song-Rong Chiou

Thomas R Tsai

Fu-Keng Yang

Tsan-Chung Lo

An electrical connector (,) comprises an insulative housing (,) having a D-sub receptacle (,) and an audio jack (,) mounted thereto, and a metal shell (,) assembled to the housing (,). Grounding legs (,) of the board locks (,) downwardly extend from the housing (,) for engaging with ground traces on a PCB and groundingly clips (,) protrude from a front face of the audio jack (,) for contacting a computer enclosure whereby accumulated charges on the connector (,) can be effectively discharged. The shell (,) shields the connector (,) from being adversely affected by external charges and prevents internal electromagnetic waves of the connector (,) from radiating externally by creating other grounding routes for electrical discharge. The shell (,) can be assembled to the connector (,) either before or after the connector (,) is mounted on a PCB.

Shielded electrical connector

A process for forming a fastener for use in a D-Sub electrical connector to enable the connector to fixedly connect with a mated connector by threadedly engaging a bolt with the fastener, comprising the following steps:

Method for forming a fastener and a fastener obtained thereby

Electrical connector

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