Patent ID: 6328578
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical apparatus, comprising in combination:a housing having an aperture with a center point;a grounding device mounted to the housing adjacent to the aperture and having a wiping member extending therefrom generally toward the center point of the aperture;an electrical first connector mounted to the housing and having a ground shield, a signal contact, and an axis that generally aligns with the center point of the aperture;an electrical second connector extending through the aperture and having a ground shield and a signal contact that engage those of the first connector, respectively, such that the wiping member on the grounding device contacts one of the ground shields of the first and second connectors in order to ground high frequency electromagnetic emissions between the first and second connectors; and whereinthe grounding device grounds emissions in the frequency range of in excess of 0.4 Ghz and up to 3.0 GHz.