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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mervin Fair, late of Glen Rock, PA (US);
Jeffrey Fleming, York, PA (US);
Assignee:
Stewart Connector Systems, Inc., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ; H01R 1/360 ; H01R 1/366 ; H01R 2/400 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ; H01R 1/360 ; H01R 1/366 ; H01R 2/400 ;
Abstract
A metallic shield for a jack, and a method for joining a shield to a jack using staking posts, comprising a plurality of planar panels, each for overlying an outer surface of a respective outer wall of the jack, a front one of the panels including at least one aperture for allowing passage of a plug therethrough. At least one of the panels has at least one cantilevered spring beam and at least one bifurcated grounding tab connected to each of the at least one spring beam. A post for mounting the jack is formed from the metallic shield material.