Right angle impedance matched electrical connector

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EP 0 455 367 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.09.1992 Bulletin 1992/37

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	06.11.1991 Bulletin 1991/45

(21)	Application number: 91303286.8

(22)	Date of filing: 15.04.1991

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: H01R 23/68, H01R 23/70, H01R 17/12

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB NL

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Priority:

04.05.1990 US 519367

(71)	Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
	Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Kimmel, David John Florida 33575 (US) Siwinski, Paul Peter Seminole, Florida 33542 (US) Smith, Robert Allen Palm Harbor Florida 34683 (US) Thurman, Richard Eugene Seminole, Florida 33542 (US)

(74)	Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
	BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington London W8 5BU London W8 5BU (GB)

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(54)	Right angle impedance matched electrical connector

(57) Microstrip transmission of electrical signals between two arrays of signal conductors such as two printed circuit boards is maintained in a right angle electrical receptacle connector (2) in which signal contacts (70,80) are disposed on opposite sides of a central ground bus (90). The signal contacts (70,80) are urged inwardly into engagement with a central dielectric wall (32,34) and the ground bus (90) is similarly urged outwardly into engagement with the same wall (32,34) to establish the microstrip configuration between each row of terminals in the central ground bus (90). The receptacle connector (4) includes a right angle bend and the signal contacts (70,80) as well as the ground bus (90) also have a right angle bend. The insulative housing (10) of the right angle connector (2) comprises upper and lower housing members (12,14) which are snapped into engagement. Resilient arms, forming a part of a connector mounting assembly on the upper housing member (12), engage the lower housing member (14) to hold it in place.

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