Connector block with RF shield

Claim 1

A shielded connector block including an insulating body having an elongate nose, a nose flange to either end of the nose, circuit board flanges on either side of the body joining the nose flanges, and a plurality of terminal recesses extending from the face of the nose through the body; terminals in the terminal recesses for making electrical connections with contacts inserted through the face of the nose and into the ends of the recesses; a unitary metal radio frequency interference ground shield including a mounting plate on the nose flanges, a barrel extending outwardly from the plate and surrounding the nose, and mounting lugs extending from the plate at opposite ends of the barrel; each lug including a flange cover extending across the adjacent nose flange, a nose flange mounting tab on the back of the nose flange and a circuit board flange mounting tab extending at right angles from the nose flange mounting tab on top of a circuit board flange; mounting holes extending through the plate, the nose flanges, circuit board flanges, the circuit board flange mounting tabs and the nose flange mounting tabs; means for connecting the shield to ground circuitry, whereby the shield may be physically secured to the body by mounting means extending through the mounting holes in the plate, nose flanges and nose flange mounting tabs and the block may be secured to a circuit board by mounting means extending through the mounting holes in the circuit board flange mounting tabs and the circuit board flanges.