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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2013
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Steven David Dunwoody, Middletown, PA (US);
Richard James Long, Columbia, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for terminating a cable having a cable shield. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact configured to be terminated to an end of a wire of the cable, and a housing having a body that extends from a mating end to a cable end. The housing includes a connector shield. The electrical contact is held by the housing. The cable end includes a cable channel that is configured to hold an end segment of the cable therein such that the cable shield is electrically engaged with the connector shield. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorber is held within the cable channel such that the EMI absorber is configured to extend around the cable shield along at least a portion of a length of the cable channel. The EMI absorber is configured to absorb EMI emitted from the cable.