Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical connector and connector system having plated ground shields
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Application No.: US16145913Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US11183787B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: John Joseph Consoli , Rodney Ivan Martens , Chad William Morgan , Suvrat Bhargava
- Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US PA Berwyn
- Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Berwyn
- Main IPC: H01R13/03
- IPC: H01R13/03 ; H01R13/514 ; H01B1/02 ; H01R13/6471 ; H01R13/6587 ; H01R43/20 ; H05K9/00 ; H05K3/24

Abstract:
Electrical connector includes a housing, signal contacts, and ground shields. The signal contacts are coupled to the housing and positioned for mating with mating signal contacts of a mating connector. The ground shields are coupled to the housing and at least partially surround the signal contacts to shield the signal contacts. The ground shields are plated with a ground-material composition along one or more contact segments of the ground shields that come into compression engagement with one or more other conductive members. The ground-material composition includes a tin-nickel (Sn/Ni) alloy plating layer. The signal contacts are plated with a signal-material composition that is different than the ground-material composition.
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