Patent ID: 6676423
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board having a ground region, comprising:a jack defining a plug receiving receptacle; at least one contact at least partially situated in said plug receiving receptacle, the electrical connector assembly having an unmated state during which a plug, having at least one terminal, is only partially inserted into said plug receiving receptacle, the terminal being in electrical engagement with said at least one contact, and a mated state during which the plug is completely inserted into said plug receptacle, the terminal still being in electrical engagement with said at least one contact; and a shorting bar mounted at least partially within said jack, wherein said at least one contact is electrically coupled to said shorting bar when the connector assembly is in its unmated state and wherein said at least one contact is not electrically coupled to said shorting bar when the connector assembly is in its mated state, such that when the connector assembly is in its unmated state, any static charge of the plug being inserted into said plug receiving receptacle is transmitted through said ad least one contact to said shorting bar and from said shorting bar to the ground region on the printed circuit board.