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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stanley W. Olson, East Berlin, PA (US);
Assignee:
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3648 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector has a base defining a plurality of aperture spaces therein. A plurality of contacts are received and secured within the aperture spaces, and include signal contacts and ground contacts. In addition, a plurality of ground shields are received and secured within the aperture spaces. The ground shields are positioned to shield selected ones of the signal contacts from noise and/or cross-talk generated by other signal contacts within the base. Each ground shield has an electrical contact site at which the ground shield is in physical and electrical contact with a ground contact. The electrical contact site is flexible.