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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Min-Chung Jon, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Don L. Lin, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Kenneth William Vriesema, Jamison, PA (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/353 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrical connectors with an improved grounding configuration so that the potentially harmful effects of ESD currents are minimized. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, D-sub connectors are modified to include a central grounding strip between rows of pin openings in a manner that is highly effective in grounding ESD events and, in particular, more readily qualify such a modified connector to meet strict ESD testing requirements.