The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2002
Timothy B. Billman, Dover, PA (US);
Eric D. Juntwait, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector ( ) includes a number of individual wafers ( ) assembled together to define a number of slots ( ) therebetween for receiving a number of circuit boards ( ) in the slots. Each wafer includes a dielectric base ( ) and a number of signal contacts ( ) and a grounding bus ( ) respectively mounted on opposite sides of the dielectric base. Each grounding bus has a number of flaps ( ) adjacent to a bottom edge thereof. Each signal contact has a tail portion ( ) for electrically engaging with a printed circuit board on which the connector is mounted, and an end portion ( ) located near the tail portion and aligned with a corresponding flap of the grounding bus. The flaps are disposed between the end portions of the signal contacts of adjacent rows for functioning as shielding between the end portions, thereby ensuring better signal transmission performance of the connector.