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Granted Patent B2
US 8,403,704 · App. 12/957,660 · Granted Mar 26, 2013

Electronic connection device with grounding feature

Inventors: Christophe Marchetti (Frejus, FR); Pierre Lempereur de Guerny (Tourrettes sur Loup, FR)
Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
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Patent No.
US 8,403,704
App. No.
12/957,660
Granted
Mar 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connection device includes a male connector furnished with several identical male contact pins and a female connector comprising a body in which reception sockets are formed designed to receive male contact pins. The body of the female connector is cased in an outer shielding element, and at least one of the identical male contact pins, called the ground pin, is arranged so as to be in contact with at least one flexible strip of the shielding element.

Claims (11)

1. A connection device comprising:

a male connector furnished with several identical male contact pins; and

a female connector comprising a body in which reception sockets are formed designed to receive male contact pins, the body of the female connector cased in an outer shielding element, and at least one of the identical male contact pins, called a ground pin, is arranged so as to come into contact with the outside of the shielding element, the outer shielding element continuously extending around lateral sides of the body and encasing all of the reception sockets.

2. The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the number of contact pins of the male connector is different from the number of reception sockets of the female connector.

3. The connection device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the number of contact pins of the male connector is greater than the number of reception sockets of the female connector.

4. The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element comprises a contact strip to which the ground pin is connected.

5. The connection device according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding element comprises at least one member soldered to a ground of a printed circuit.

6. A man-machine dialogue system comprising:

a first module furnished with a man-machine dialogue unit;

a second module furnished with a processor; and

the connection device as defined in claim 1 connecting the first module to the second module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2010
From: MARCHETTI, CHRISTOPHE; LEMPEREUR DE GUERNY, PIERRE
To: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
Reel/Frame 025436/0419 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 09 58825 · Dec 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110143592A1 · Jun 16, 2011