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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:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dale A Block, Schererville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439610 ; 439553 ; 439607 ;
Abstract
A shield assembly for use with a modular electrical connector is provided by a shield housing forming front, bottom and opposing side walls with an open rear end and having a grounding clip disposed on the distal end of a hingedly connected top wall of the shield assembly for engaging the foil shield sheath of the cable and securing the shield in an enclosed position around the connector. The shield housing also includes a downwardly angled rear top wall portion for providing access to release means after the connector has been mounted to a faceplate panel.