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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1997
Keith Samuel Maranto, Frankfort, IL (US);
James T Roberts, Oak Park, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A shielded electrical connector is adapted to be secured within an opening in a panel. The connector includes a dielectric housing having at least one cavity extending interiorly from a front mating face of the housing for receiving a complementary mating plug connector. A shield is stamped and formed from sheet metal material in a configuration to embrace at least a portion of the housing. The shield includes a generally planar wall insertable into the opening in the panel. A cantilevered tab is struck from the wall and has a secured end and a free end such that the free end extends from the secured end in a direction generally transverse to a direction of insertion of the connector into the panel. The cantilevered tab is generally U-shaped with leg portions of the tab extending generally parallel to the front mating face of the dielectric housing.