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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Tai Lin, Shu-Lin, TW;
Kun-Tsan Wu, Tu-Chen, TW;
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector (,) comprises an insulative housing (,) having a D-sub receptacle (,) and an audio jack (,) mounted thereto, and a metal shell (,) assembled to the housing (,). Grounding legs (,) of the board locks (,) downwardly extend from the housing (,) for engaging with ground traces on a PCB and groundingly clips (,) protrude from a front face of the audio jack (,) for contacting a computer enclosure whereby accumulated charges on the connector (,) can be effectively discharged. The shell (,) shields the connector (,) from being adversely affected by external charges and prevents internal electromagnetic waves of the connector (,) from radiating externally by creating other grounding routes for electrical discharge. The shell (,) can be assembled to the connector (,) either before or after the connector (,) is mounted on a PCB.