Claims
- 1. A shielded data connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a terminal support platform with an open upper face;
- a plurality of electrical terminals laterally positioned across said open upper face;
- an insulative barrier disposed between and extending along at least a portion of a length of at least two of said terminals, said barrier having a slot therein;
- a discrete stamped and formed cross talk shield having a portion positioned in said slot between said at least two terminals;
- an upper cover of insulative material having an inner shield; and
- a lower cover of insulative material having an inner shield, said crosstalk shield being electrically commoned with at least one of said inner shields of said upper and lower covers.
- 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the cross talk shield is attached to the terminal support platform, thereby providing a cross talk shield subassembly.
- 3. The connector of claim 1, wherein said insulative housing comprises a lower housing portion and an upper wire stuffer portion, and said insulative barrier is formed in said upper wire stuffer portion.
- 4. The connector of claim 3, wherein said slot has an opening to an outer surface of said upper wire stuffer portion, and said cross talk shield is commoned to said inner shield of said upper cover through said opening.
- 5. The connector of claim 1, wherein at least one of said shields is positioned substantially transverse to said cross talk shield in said slot.
- 6. The connector of claim 5, wherein said cross talk shield has a portion extending transverse to said portion in said slot, and said cross talk shield is electrically commoned with said at least one shield through said transverse portion.
- 7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the insulative barrier is formed by a rib extending upwardly from said terminal support platform.
- 8. The connector of claim 6, wherein said rib insulates said cross talk shield along side surfaces thereof.
- 9. The connector of claim 1, wherein the connector is a four position connector having four terminals for receiving two pairs of twisted pair cable, and the cross talk shield is positioned between inner ones of said terminals.
Priority Claims (3)
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9222960 |
Nov 1992 |
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9227064 |
Dec 1992 |
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9303502 |
Feb 1993 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/101,529 filed Aug. 3, 1993, now abandoned, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/941,526 filed Sep. 8, 1992, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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