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EP0446980A1
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Connector assembly for printed circuit boards
Assignee: Framatome Connectors Belgium NV
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Filing: 1991-02-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-02-25
Abstract
Abstract A connector assembly for printed circuit boards, comprises a first connector element with a first housing of insulating material and regularly arranged male signal and ground contacts connectable to a printed circuit board, and a second connector element with a second housing of insulating material, which can be inserted with a mating side into the first housing, and with regularly arranged female signal and ground contacts with a connection element. These female contacts will contact the corresponding male contacts when the second housing is received in the first housing. The second connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, each of said outer conductors mainly enclosing at least one signal contact in a circumferential direction and each of said outer conductors being adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts of the/each corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Inventors
- 👤 Danny Louis Cornelis Morlion
- 👤 Geert Antoon Lips
- 👤 Luc Jonckheere
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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2026-10-23 23:20
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585; H01R13/6586; H01R13/6587; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/722; H01R12/724; H01R13/6591; H01R13/6592; H01R24/00; H01R24/38; H01R24/40; H01R24/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
Connector assembly for printed circuit boards, comprising a first connector element with a first housing of insulating material and regularly arranged male signal and ground contacts connectable to a printed circuit board, and a second connector element with a second housing of insulating material, which can be inserted with a mating side into the first housing, and with regularly arranged female signal and ground contacts with a connection element, which female contacts will contact the corresponding male contacts when the second housing is received in the first housing, characterized in that said second connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, each of said outer conductors mainly enclosing at least one signal contact in a circumferential direction and each of said outer conductors being adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts of the/each corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
32 words
Connector assembly according to claim 2, characterized in that each outer conductor of the second connector element is provided with a dielectric insert, the/each corresponding signal contact being mounted in said insert.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the male and female contacts are arranged in parallel rows and colums, characterized in that the first connector element comprises at least one row with signal contacts, wherein a row with only ground contacts is provided at both sides of each row with signal contacts.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the first connector element is provided with a column with only ground contacts at both sides of each column with one or more signal contacts and ground contacts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the preceding claims, characterized in that each outer conductor of the second connector element is provided with opposite contact springs for contacting the ground contacts of the first connector element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the preceding claims, characterized in that seen in the direction of the respective row of signal contacts each outer conductor is provided with opposite contact tongues for contacting ground contact plates which can be mounted at both sides of each outer conductor in the second housing, said ground contact plates being provided with female contact elements at the mating side for contacting the ground contacts of the first connector element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
Connector assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that a ground contact plate is provided at both sides of each outer conductor, said ground contact plate having ground connection elements at the side opposite of the mating side.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
Connector assembly according to claim 7, characterized in that each ground contact plate extends at the side opposite of the mating side beyond the connection elements of the signal contacts.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
Connector assembly according to claim 6, 7 or 8, characterized in that the first connector element comprises two rows with ground contacts between two rows with signal contacts, wherein each ground contact plate of the second connector element can only contact the ground contacts of the rows with ground contacts at both sides of the corresponding row with signal contacts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
Connector assembly according to claim 6, characterized in that each outer conductor of the second connector element has an extension opposite of the mating side, said extension having ground connection elements.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
93 words
Connector assembly according to claim 10, characterized in that a ground contact plate can be provided or not, as desired, adjacent to each of the outer conductors of each row with signal contacts of the second connector element, which ground contact plate is adapted to contact a ground contact of rows with ground contacts which are not adjacent to other rows of signal contacts, wherein a ground contact can be provided or not, as desired, in each column with two or more signal contacts of the first connector element between two signal contacts.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
71 words
Connector assembly according to claim 11, characterized in that at the absence of a ground contact plate an insulation plate or a ground contact plate with an insulation layer at one side is provided adjacent an outer conductor of the second connector element and in that at the absence of a ground contact between two signal contacts in the same column of the first connector element an insulating pin is provided.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
71 words
Connector assembly according to claim 10, 11 or 12, characterized in that each outer conductor of the second connector element has two connection pins for connection to a printed circuit board, which connection pins are located diagonally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the outer conductor, wherein opposite of each connection pin a recess is provided in the outer conductor for receiving the connection pin of an adjacent outer conductor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the claims 1-5, characterized in that each outer conductor of the second connector element opposite of the mating side has an extension with ground connection elements.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
Connector assembly according to claim 14, characterized in that the ground contacts of the first connector element are united in groups in each row into ground contact lips, wherein each outer conductor of the second connector element is adapted to contact only those ground contact lips which are adjacent the corresponding signal contact on both sides thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the claims 1-12 and 14, 15, characterized in that one or more outer conductors and corresponding signal contacts of the second connector element are provided with connection elements for connecting a coaxial cable.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
82 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the preceding claims, characterized in that the first connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, each of said outer conductors mainly enclosing at least one signal contact in a circumferential direction along at least the part of the/each signal contact extending in the insulating material of the first housing and each of said outer conductors being adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts of the/each corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
Connector assembly according to claim 17, characterized in that each outer conductor of the first connector element is provided with a dielectric insert, the/each corresponding signal contact being mounted in said insert.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
Connector assembly according to claim 17, or 18, characterized in that each outer conductor is provided with contact tongues for contacting the ground contacts.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
Connector assembly according to claim 19, characterized in that the ground contacts of the first connector element each comprise a plate-like part for contacting a contact tongue of the outer conductor of the/each adjacent signal contact.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
66 words
Connector assembly according to anyone of the claims 17-20, characterized in that each outer conductor of the first connector element is provided with an extension at its side opposite of the second connector element, said extension being provided with ground connection elements for connecting the ground contacts to a printed circuit board, said ground connection elements extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the outer conductor.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
17 words
Connector element adapted to be used in the connector assembly according to anyone of the preceding claims.
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