Shielded vertical header

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10439333-B2
Application number	US-201815883884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2018
Priority date	Jan 30, 2018
Publication date	Oct 8, 2019
Grant date	Oct 8, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connector which includes a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall and end walls. A mating connector receiving cavity is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall. Terminals are positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity. A shield receiving area is provided on the first side wall and has shield receiving slots which extend through the first side and open into the mating connector receiving cavity. An outer shield member is positioned in the shield receiving area. The outer shield has end sections which extend essentially perpendicular to a planar section. The end sections extend into the mating connector receiving cavity through the shield receiving slots. Inner shield members are positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity. The inner shield members extend between the terminals to facilitate signal integrity.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall and end walls, a mating connector receiving cavity is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall;
terminals positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity;
a shield receiving area provided on the first side wall, shield receiving slots extend through the first side and open into the mating connector receiving cavity;
shield receiving openings are positioned in the shield receiving area, the shield receiving openings are spaced along the shield receiving area, the shield receiving openings extend through the first side wall and open into the mating connector receiving cavity;
inner shield members are positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity, the inner shield members extend between the terminals to facilitate signal integrity, the inner shield members are planar members with mating sections;
an outer shield member positioned in the shield receiving area, the outer shield is a U-shaped member with end sections which extend essentially perpendicular to a planar section, the end sections extend into the mating connector receiving cavity through the shield receiving slots;
the planar section of the outer shield member has inner shield engagement members which extend from the planar section in the same direction as the end sections, the inner shield engagement members extend through the shield receiving openings and are provided in electrical and mechanical engagement with the mating sections of the inner shield members;
wherein the inner shield engagement members wipe across the inner shield members to remove any contaminants or oxides on the inner shield engagement members.

2. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the shield receiving slots are provided proximate the periphery of the shield receiving area, the shield receiving slots extend from proximate a mating connector receiving face of the housing to proximate a bottom wall of the housing.

3. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein stabilization members extend outward from the first side wall and the second side wall, the stabilization members provide the housing with a larger footprint, to provide stability to housing.

4. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein solder clip retention projections extend from the end walls proximate a bottom wall of the housing.

5. The electrical connector as recited in claim 4 , wherein solder clips are positioned on the solder clip retention projections, the solder clips are configured to be soldered to a substrate to secure the housing to the substrate and to provide support to the housing and allow the housing to withstand pulling forces in all directions without dislodging the housing from the substrate.

6. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein a first row of shield receiving openings is proximate to, but spaced from, a mating connector receiving face of the housing, a second row of shield receiving openings is proximate to, but spaced from, a bottom wall of the housing.

7. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein edges of the inner shields are positioned in shield receiving slots of the first side wall.

8. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner shield engagement members include arms with facing projections, the spacing between the facing projections is less than a thickness of the mating sections of the inner shields.

9. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner shield engagement members include slots with facing edges, the slots are dimensioned to be smaller than a thickness of the mating sections of the inner shields.

10. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner shield engagement members include a first row of inner shield engagement members positioned to be received in a first row of shield receiving openings, a second row of inner shield engagement members is positioned to be received in a second row of shield receiving openings, the first row of inner shield engagement members and the second row of inner shield engagement members are formed in opposite directions, forming an inner shield receiving slot between the first row of inner shield engagement members and the second row of inner shield engagement members.

11. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein the inner shield members have outer shield engagement projections which extend from edges of the mating sections, the outer shield engagement projections extend through the shield receiving openings and are provided in electrical and mechanical engagement with the outer shield member.

12. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein a plurality of outer shield members are provided on the housing, a plurality of planar outer shields extend between respective outer shield member, the planar outer shields have resilient projection which are provided in electrical and mechanical engagement with adjacent outer shield members to provide shielding across the first side surface of the housing.

13. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 , wherein outer shield receiving projections extend from the first side wall proximate a bottom wall of the housing, the outer shield receiving projections are configured to receive and properly position the outer shield member.

Assignees

• Te Connectivity Corp
• Te Connectivity

Inventors

• Chalas Guadalupe
• Hardy Douglas John
• Hall John Wesley
• Martin Galen M
• Schroll Neil Franklin

Classifications

• H01R13/6588

  with through openings for individual contacts · CPC title

• H01R12/716

  Coupling device provided on the PCB · CPC title

• H01R13/502

  composed of different pieces (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title

• H01R13/6461

  Means for preventing cross-talk · CPC title