Patent ID: 7338327

Claim:
Coupling with two sleeves facing in opposite directions for plugging two shielded data cables that are to be connected to each other, with a printed circuit board ( 10 ) carrying a contact assembly for each of the sleeves and connecting conductively the corresponding contacts ( 12 ) of the contact assemblies with each other, with two partial shells ( 14 ) made of an electrically insulating material, which envelop and hold the printed circuit board ( 10 ), with an electrically conductive housing ( 40 ) which essentially has the shape of a U- profile whose longitudinal axis extends in the plug-in direction of the sleeves and which leaves the socket openings of the sleeves at both of its front ends exposed, with the partial shells ( 14 ), along with the printed circuit board ( 10 ) they enclose, being insertable into the housing ( 40 ) as a module and attachable to the housing ( 40 ), and with a conductive sheet metal cover ( 60 ) covering the modules at the open profile side of the housing ( 40 ) and fitting into the two sleeves with molded contacting prongs ( 62 ) for the purpose of contacting the shielding of the plugs inserted into the sleeve.