Patent ID: 6142795
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Electrical connector apparatus comprising:a connector housing which has front and rear ends and which has passage walls forming a passage extending between said ends, and that has an electrically conductive grounded wall forming a portion of the wall of said passage;a contact device that has an axis, including a contact and a grounding element;said contact having a front mating end and a rear terminating end, and said contact having a flange lying between said mating and terminating ends with said flange having a front end;said grounding element comprises a piece of sheet metal in the form of a sleeve, with said grounding element having a front portion with a surrounding part that surrounds said flange and with a radially inwardly bent front part that lies against said flange front end, said grounding element having a rear portion that extends rearwardly from said front portion and that is resiliently radially inwardly deflectable toward said axis;said contact device lies in said passage with said grounding element rear portion being radially inwardly compressed by said grounded wall.