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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ping Peng, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Paul J Anastasio, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Nilesh B Pathak, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439620 ; 439188 ;
Abstract
A tap connector (12) for a coaxial cable to provide signal and signal ground connection to a transceiver. The connector (12) includes a shunt subassembly (54) which provides a low impedance pathway for EMI and ESD from the signal ground to earth ground on the transceiver. The shunt subassembly includes a grounding strap (56) connected to a the signal ground, a chip capacitor (68), a circuit board (62), and a screw (78) to connect to earth ground on the transceiver (14).