Patent ID: 6478616
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06F,H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a dielectric housing; a first electrical connector; a second electrical connector; a board edge connector; and a printed circuit board having all the functions of a sound card; wherein the first and second electrical connectors are mounted on the printed circuit board, the board edge connector is mounted to an edge of the printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board, the first and second electrical connectors, and the board edge connector are all mounted inside the housing with the first and second electrical connectors and the board edge connector all have mating faces exposed outside of the housing for connection to other connectors or printed circuit boards; wherein the first electrical connector is a D-Sub connector; further comprising at least a grounding anchor electrically connected to a mating shroud of at least one of the first or second electrical connectors, the grounding anchor being electrically engagable with a second printed circuit board to which the electrical connector assembly is mounted, thereby providing a grounding connection between a complementary mating connector mating with the first or second electrical connector and a ground on the second printed circuit board.