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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Bobby Gene Ward, King, NC (US);
Larry George Novotny, Clemmons, NC (US);
David Allen Klein, Kernersville, NC (US);
Michael Henry Banas, Kernersville, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a pin header that can be mounted in an opening in an electrically conductive case . The pin header includes a molded pin header housing that can be used in unfiltered as well as filtered and shielded versions. The filtered and shielded versions include a ground shield or that includes segmented cantilever tangs or extending along peripheral edges of the shield member or . These tangs or mechanically grip the electrically conductive case to establish ground continuity. One version of the ground shield can be mounted on a printed circuit board to which filter capacitors are soldered.