Patent ID: 7677928

Claim:
A filter connector, comprising: a dielectric housing having a mounting face, at least one row of terminal-receiving passages in the housing through the mounting face, for each row of terminal-receiving passages a respective row of filter-receiving pockets in the housing through the mounting face respectively in alignment with said passages with one side of each pocket communicating with its respective passage, and a respective generally narrow slot in the mounting face of the housing extending along each row of pockets and in communication with an opposite side of each pocket; a plurality of terminals inserted into said passages in the housing; a plurality of filters inserted into said pockets in the housing through the mounting face thereof, with one side of the filters respectively engageable with the terminals; and a single shorting bar respectively inserted into each slot in the housing through the mounting face thereof into engagement with an opposite side of each of the plurality of filters in the associated row of pockets, each shorting bar formed of a sheet metal material and having a first bar portion and a second bar portion folded over said first bar portion and providing a plurality of integral leaf springs for engagement with the respective opposite sides of the plurality of filters to bias the filters against the terminals.