Patent ID: 7264507

Claim:
A screen connector or device for a circuit board mounted within a housing with a plug component attached to a exterior of a housing wall by means of securing screws that are coupled to a socket component mounted to a interior of the housing wall through a cutout in the wall, and the plug component includes a screening connection in electrical contact with the securing screws to connect a shield of a cable connected to the plug component with electrical lines connected to the circuit board via the plug component and the socket component, characterized by: at least one screen plate that are firmly attached to the circuit board and that is brought into contact with at least one conductors for connection of a screen potential of the screen plate, each of which includes a securing flange that rests against the interior side of the housing wall, a threaded socket to engage one of the securing screws of the plug component, a flat spar coupled generally perpendicular to the securing flange and at generally the same height to the securing flange, and a terminal part coupled to the flat spur and arranged generally parallel and adjacent to a plane of the flat spar and aligned with a longitudinal axis of the threaded socket.