US 12,341,296 B2
Electrical connector having a ground bar and a ground bridge connected to the ground bar and to a ground contact
Terrance F. Little, Fullerton, CA (US)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on May 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,088.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,812, filed on Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/201,807, filed on May 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0368077 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/405 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6471 (2013.01) [H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 13/405 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/6272 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a contact unit including plural pairs of signal contacts and plural ground contacts between adjacent pairs of signal contacts;
a cable including plural wires terminated to the contact unit;
a ground bar retaining the cable to the contact unit; and
a ground bridge being separate and distinct from the plural ground contacts and connected at a rear thereof to the ground bar and connected at a front thereof to at least one of the plural ground contacts; wherein
the ground bridge has a separation wall situated between two adjacent pairs of signal contacts and soldered to the at least one ground contact.