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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
Elliot Bernstein, Jersey City, NJ (US);
John Chen, Danville, CA (US);
Robert G. Schilling, Dolgeville, NY (US);
Bel-Fuse, Inc., , NJ (US);
Abstract
A connector is provided with grounding contacts electrically connected to the host device's ground. The grounding contacts are positioned in the insertion path of a plug that is connected to a cable. The grounding contacts momentarily electrically contact the electrical contacts on the plug to discharge electrostatic charges in the cable to ground. A jack behind the grounding contacts in the housing receives the inserted plug. The jack includes jack contacts that are intended for making electrical contact with the plug contacts when the plug is fully inserted. Electrical connection between the plug contacts and the grounding contacts established as the plug is first inserted in the connector is broken prior to the electrical connection between the plug contacts and the jack contacts being established.