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US 12,341,296 · App. 17/739,088 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Electrical connector having a ground bar and a ground bridge connected to the ground bar and to a ground contact

Inventor: Terrance F. Little (Fullerton, CA)
Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD.; FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
H01R13/6471H01R4/023H01R13/405H01R13/516H01R13/6272H01R13/639
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Patent No.
US 12,341,296
App. No.
17/739,088
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical connector includes: a contact unit including plural pairs of signal contacts and plural ground contacts between adjacent pairs of signal contacts; a cable including plural wires terminated to the contact unit; a ground bar retaining the cable to the contact unit; and a ground bridge connected at a rear thereof to the ground bar and connected at a front thereof to at least one of the plural ground contacts.

Claims (20)

1. An electrical connector comprising:

a contact unit including plural pairs of signal contacts and plural ground contacts between adjacent pairs of signal contacts;

a cable including plural wires terminated to the contact unit;

a ground bar retaining the cable to the contact unit; and

a ground bridge being separate and distinct from the plural ground contacts and connected at a rear thereof to the ground bar and connected at a front thereof to at least one of the plural ground contacts; wherein

the ground bridge has a separation wall situated between two adjacent pairs of signal contacts and soldered to the at least one ground contact.

2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ground bar has a front notch, and the separation wall engages the front notch.

3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each wire has a terminating end and the ground bridge shields the terminating end.

4. An electrical connector comprising:

a contact unit including plural pairs of signal contacts and plural ground contacts between adjacent pairs of signal contacts;

a cable including plural wires terminated to the contact unit;

a ground bar retaining the cable to the contact unit; and

a ground bridge connected at a rear thereof to the ground bar and connected at a front thereof to at least one of the plural ground contacts;

wherein the ground bridge has a separation wall situated between two adjacent pairs of signal contacts and soldered to the at least one ground contact.

5. An electrical connector comprising:

a contact unit including plural pairs of signal contacts and plural ground contacts between adjacent pairs of signal contacts;

a cable including plural wires terminated to the contact unit;

a ground bar retaining the cable to the contact unit; and

a ground bridge connected at a rear thereof to the ground bar and connected at a front thereof to at least one of the plural ground contacts;

wherein the ground bar has a front notch, and the ground bridge has a separation wall engaging the notch and situated between two adjacent pairs of signal contacts.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2022
From: LITTLE, TERRANCE F.
To: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD.; FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 059865/0469 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 63267812 · Feb 10, 2022
Provisional Application 63201807 · May 13, 2021
Related Publication 20220368077A1 · Nov 17, 2022
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