Claims
- 1. An electrical connector assembly including a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals contained within said housing and terminated to respective electrical conductors, said terminals having contact portions to electrically engage mating terminals, a planar filter means contained within said housing having live electrodes on side surfaces and ground electrodes on end surfaces thereof, said live electrodes electrically engaging said terminals, said housing having at least one mounting flange for mounting said connector to a panel, and at least one grounding means, said connector assembly being characterized in that:
- said housing has a cavity proximate said at least one mounting flange in communication with a side of said housing adjacent said mounting flange and extending into said housing in communication with a said ground electrode of said planar filter means;
- said at least one grounding means has a body portion and a spring contact arm extending substantially normally from said body portion;
- said grounding means is securable to said mounting flange such that said spring contact arm is inserted into said cavity of said housing from outside thereof after assembling said terminals and said planar filter means within said housing, said spring contact arm electrically engaging said ground electrode of said planar filter means and such that said body portion is disposed on a surface of said mounting flange, said body portion being electrically engagable with a ground plane of a panel to which said connector is to be mounted, whereby when said connector assembly is mounted to said panel an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrode of said planar filter means and said ground plane.
- 2. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized in that said assembly further includes an adaptor clip means securable to said grounding body portion and said mounting flange, said adaptor clip having opposing body portions connected to each other by at least one bridge arm, one of said adaptor body portions engageable with said body portion of said grounding means, and the other of said adaptor body portions disposable on a surface of said mounting flange opposed from said surface on which is disposed said body portion of said grounding means, whereby when said adaptor clip means is secured to said grounding body portion and said mounting flange said connector is mountable to a panel such that said other of said adaptor body portions engages a ground plane of said panel and an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrode of said planar capacitor and said ground plane.
- 3. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 2 further characterized in that said assembly further includes a spacer means disposed between said other of said body portions of said adaptor clip means and said opposing surface of said mounting flange.
- 4. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 2 further characterized in that said mounting flange, said body portion of said grounding means, and said body portions of said adaptor clip means have aligned mounting holes therethrough such that mounting means is extendable therethrough to mount said assembly to said panel.
- 5. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized in that said spring contact arm of said grounding means has a stop surface and said cavity has a cooperating stop surface which cooperates with said spring contact arm stop surface to secure said grounding means to said housing.
- 6. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized in that said grounding means further includes a fastening arm extending from said body portion and adjacent a side surface of said mounting flange, said fastening arm having a stop surface, and said mounting flange has a cooperating stop surface which cooperates with said fastening arm stop surface to secure said grounding means to said housing.
- 7. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized in that said housing has two mounting flanges and two said cavities, and said assembly includes two said grounding means.
- 8. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 1 further characterized in that said mounting flange and said body portion of said grounding means have aligned mounting holes therethrough such that mounting means is extendable therethrough to mount said assembly to said panel.
- 9. An adaptor clip securable to a mounting flange of a filtered electrical connector comprised of a housing means having a plurality of electrical terminals and planar filter means therein, and said mounting flange having secured to one surface thereof a grounding clip in electrical engagement with a ground electrode of said planar filter means, said adaptor clip comprising a first body portion, two opposing bridge arms extending normally from and laterally thereof, and second body sections extending inwardly from ends of respective said bridge arms forming a split second body portion spaced from and opposed to said first body portion, said second body sections being springably urgeable apart enabling securing of said adaptor clip to said mounting flange such that one of said first and second body portions engages said grounding clip and the other of said first and second body portions is disposed on a surface of said mounting flange opposed from said one surface to engage a ground plane of said panel, whereby an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrode of said planar filter means and said ground plane.
- 10. An adaptor clip as set forth in claim 9 further including a dielectric spacer securable thereto between said other of said body portions and said opposing surface of said mounting flange.
- 11. An adaptor clip as set forth in claim 10 further including a fastening arm extending from said other of said body portions along a side of said spacer to assist in securing said spacer to said adaptor clip.
- 12. An electrical connector assembly including a dielectric housing, a plurality of terminals contained within said housing and terminated to respective electrical conductors, said terminals having contact portions to electrically engage mating terminals, a planar filter means contained within said housing having live electrodes on side surfaces and ground electrodes on end surfaces thereof, said live electrodes electrically engaging said terminals, said housing having at least one mounting flange for mounting said connector to a panel, and at least one grounding means, said connector assembly being characterized in that:
- said housing has a cavity proximate said at least one mounting flange in communication with a side of said housing adjacent said mounting flange and extending into said housing in communication with a said ground electrode of said planar filter means;
- said at least one grounding means including a grounding clip member and an adaptor clip member, said grounding clip member has a body portion and a spring contact arm extending substantially normally from said body portion and said adaptor clip member has a first adaptor body portion, two opposing bridge arms extending normally from and laterally thereof, and second body sections extending inwardly from ends of respective said bridge arms forming a split second adaptor body portion spaced from and opposed to said first adaptor body portion, said second adaptor body sections being springably urgeable apart enabling securing of said adaptor clip member to said mounting flange;
- said grounding clip member is securable to said mounting flange such that said spring contact arm is inserted into said cavity of said housing from the outside thereof to electrically engage said ground electrode of said planar filter means and said grounding clip body portion is disposed on a surface of said mounting flange;
- said adaptor clip member is securable to said mounting flange such that one of said first and second adaptor body portions engage said ground clip and the other of said first and second adaptor body portions is disposed on a surface of said mounting flange opposed from said one surface to engage a ground plane of said panel, whereby an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrodes of said planar filter means and said ground plane.
- 13. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 12 further including dielectric spacer securable thereto between said other of first and second adaptor body portions and said opposing surface of said mounting flange.
- 14. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 13 further including a fastening arm extending from said other of said first and second adaptor body portions along a side of said spacer to assist in securing said spacer to said adaptor clip member.
- 15. An electrical connector assembly comprised of a two part housing means, said housing means having a metal shell member and a main dielectric housing member, a plurality of terminals contained within said housing means and terminated to respective electrical conductors, said terminals having contact portions to electrically engage mating terminals, a planar filter means contained within said housing means having live electrodes on side surfaces and ground electrodes on end surfaces thereof, said live electrodes electrically engaging said terminals, said housing means having at least one mounting flange for mounting said connector to a panel, and at least one grounding means, said connector assembly being characterized in that:
- said housing means has a cavity proximate said at least one mounting flange in communication with a side of said housing means adjacent said mounting flange and extending into said housing means in communication with a said ground electrode of said planar filter means;
- said at least one grounding means has a body portion and a spring contact arm extending from said body portion;
- said grounding means is securable to said mounting flange such that said spring contact arm is inserted into said cavity of said housing from outside thereof after assembling said terminals and said filters means within said housing means, said spring contact arm electrically engaging said ground electrode of said planar filter means and such that said body portion is disposed on a surface of said mounting flange, said body portion being electrically engagable with a ground plane of a panel to which said connector is to be mounted, whereby when said connector assembly is mounted to said panel an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrode of said planar filter means and said ground plane.
- 16. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 15 further characterized in that said spring contact arm of said grounding means has a stop surface and said cavity has a cooperating stop surface which cooperates with said spring contact arm stop surface to secure said grounding means to said housing means.
- 17. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 15 further characterized in that said grounding means further includes a fastening arm extending from said body portion and adjacent a side surface of said mounting flange, said fastening arm having a stop surface, and said mounting flange has a cooperating stop surface which cooperates with said fastening arm stop surface to secure said grounding means to said housing means.
- 18. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 15 further characterized in that said housing means has two mounting flanges and two said cavities, and said assembly includes two said grounding means.
- 19. An electrical connector assembly as set forth in claim 15 further characterized in that:
- said assembly further includes an adaptor clip means and spacer means securable to said mounting flange, said adaptor clip having opposing body portions connected to each other by at least one bridge arm, one of said body portions engageable with said body portion of said grounding means, and the other of said body portions disposable on a surface of said mounting flange opposed from said surface on which is disposed said body portion of said grounding means, and
- said spacer means is disposed between said other of said body portions of said adaptor clip means and said opposing surface of said mounting flange whereby
- when said adaptor clip means and said spacer means are secured to said mounting flange said connector is mountable to a panel such that said other of said body portions of said adaptor clip means engages a ground plane of said panel and an electrical ground is formed between said ground electrode of said planar capacitor and said ground plane.
- 20. A grounding clip means securable to a preassembled filtered electrical connector mountable to a panel, to ground a planar filter means therein to the panel, said grounding clip means comprising a body portion and a spring contact arm portion one end of which extends substantially normally from the plane of said body portion, said spring contact arm portion having a bent-back portion forming a stop surface at its other end, said grounding clip means being securable to said connector by said spring contact arm portion being inserted into an axially extending cavity of the preassembled connector from outside thereof to electrically engage a ground electrode of the planar filter means and said body portion being external to said connector whereby when said connector is mounted to a panel said body portion engages a ground plane on said panel thereby grounding said planar filter means.
- 21. A grounding clip as set forth in claim 20 wherein said spring contact arm has a stop surface to engage a cooperating stop surface in said cavity of said connector to secure said grounding clip to said connector.
- 22. A grounding clip as set forth in claim 20 further including a fastening arm extending from said body portion, said fastening arm having a stop surface to engage a cooperating stop surface on said connector to secure said grounding clip to said connector.
RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 621,005 filed June 15, 1984, now abandoned.
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