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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1999
Gert Droesbeke, Nijlen, BE;
Eddy Creelle, Dendermonde, BE;
Jan Peter Karel Van Koetsem, Zwijndrecht, BE;
Framatome Connectors International, Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A connector for a shielded cable comprises an assembly of at least two modules and electrical contact elements arranged in rows and columns. Each module is provided with a housing of insulating material and electrial contact elements received in the housing and arranged next to each other in side-by-side relationship. Each housing is mainly box-shaped with a front wall, a back wall, sidewalls lying therebetween, an upper side and a lower side. Channels extend between the upper and lower sides, which channels are separated from each other by intermediate walls, and the contact elements are received in the channels. One housing with its front wall joins the backwall of a next housing, wherein in each housing the front and back walls are provided with three corresponding supporting points, successive housings lying against each other with the supporting points, which supporting points determine the distance, laterally, between the contact elements of successive housings. At least one housing is provided with a shielding plate, mounted on the back wall thereof and leaving clear the supporting points of the back wall.