(19)
(11) EP 1 089 396 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
28.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
04.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/14

(21) Application number: 00120811.5

(22) Date of filing: 23.09.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/658
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.09.1999 JP 27636399

(71) Applicant: MOLEX INCORPORATED
Lisle Illinois 60532 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamaguchi, Tomisaburo
    Yokohama, Kanagawa (JP)
  • Tetsuya, Asakawa
    Machida, Tokyo 194-0032 (JP)

(74) Representative: Herden, Andreas F. 
Blumbach, Kramer & Partner GbR Patentanwälte Alexandrastrasse 5
65187 Wiesbaden
65187 Wiesbaden (DE)

   


(54) Reduced-size connector


(57) A reduced weight and size shielded receptacle connector includes an internal insulative connector housing that has top and bottom walls, but does not have any sidewalls that interconnect the top and bottom walls together. The connector housing has a central support portion for supporting a plurality of conductive terminals within the connector. The terminals are supported within a receptacle portion of the connector that is formed in cooperation with the top and bottom walls of the connector housing and with a pair of metal sidewalls formed by bending a shield member around parts of the connector housing. A metal grounding shield is provided that also overlies a portion of the connector housing and which is retained on the connector housing by the metal shell. The metal shell and the shield cooperate to provide electrical shielding for the terminals in the connector.






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