Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
238 words
An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of cables, each of said cables has at least one signal wire and a drain wire, said electrical connector comprising: first and second conductive outer housing means adapted to be mated together, said first outer housing means having a first base wall and first opposed sidewalls extending from said first base wall between a front mating end of said electrical connector and a rear wire receiving end of said electrical connector and said second outer housing means having a second base wall and second opposed sidewalls extending from said second base wall between said mating end and said rear wire receiving end; a plurality of first separating walls extending from said first base wall between said first sidewalls, each of said first sidewalls having a first mating edge; a plurality of second separating walls extending from said second base wall between said second sidewalls, each of said second sidewalls having a second mating edge; a plurality of contact modules into which is received terminals connected to said signal wires; a plurality of shielded compartments in which said contact modules are positioned, said shielded compartments being formed by adjacent ones of said first and second separating walls when said first and second outer housing means are mated together such that said first mating edges of said first separating walls mate with corresponding ones of said second mating edges of said second sidewalls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
238 words
An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of cables, each of said cables has at least one signal wire and a drain wire, said electrical connector comprising: first and second conductive outer housing means adapted to be mated together, said first outer housing means having a first base wall and first opposed sidewalls extending from said first base wall between a front mating end of said electrical connector and a rear wire receiving end of said electrical connector and said second outer housing means having a second base wall and second opposed sidewalls extending from said second base wall between said mating end and said rear wire receiving end; a plurality of first separating walls extending from said first base wall between said first sidewalls, each of said first sidewalls having a first mating edge; a plurality of second separating walls extending from said second base wall between said second sidewalls, each of said second sidewalls having a second mating edge; a plurality of contact modules into which is received terminals connected to said signal wires; a plurality of shielded compartments in which said contact modules are positioned, said shielded compartments being formed by adjacent ones of said first and second separating walls when said first and second outer housing means are mated together such that said first mating edges of said first separating walls mate with corresponding ones of said second mating edges of said second sidewalls.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
55 words
The electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein each of said first mating edges has a stepped edge and each of said second mating edges has a stepped edge, said first and second mating edges being complementary so as to interfit together when said first and second outer housing means are mated together.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 including fastener means to secure said first and second outer housing means together.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
The electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said terminals connected to said signal wires are mounted in said contact modules so as to be stacked into two rows between said first and second outer housing means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein the center-line to center-line spacing between terminals disposed in adjacent contact modules is about 0.125 inches.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
58 words
The electrical connector as set forth in claim 1 wherein said first and second separating walls include positioning slots and each of said contact modules includes a positioning rib that is adapted to be disposed in one of said positioning slots for positioning said contact module in between adjacent ones of said mated first and second separating walls.