Electrical connector assembly comprising an array of elongated electrical contacts

摘要

Electrical connector assembly including a connector housing having a front end and a receiving cavity that opens to the front end. The receiving cavity is configured to receive a mating connector therein that is inserted into the receiving cavity along a central axis. The electrical connector assembly also includes a contact array of electrical contacts that is disposed within the receiving cavity. The electrical contacts have elongated bodies that extend generally parallel to the central axis through the receiving cavity. The electrical connector assembly also includes a movable guard that is configured to be slidably held by the contact array within the receiving cavity. The movable guard includes a dielectric sheet that extends transverse to the central axis and has an array of thru-holes. Inner edges of the thru-holes engage corresponding electrical contacts to slidably hold the movable guard at a forward position within the receiving cavity.

主权项

1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
a connector housing having a front end and a receiving cavity that opens to the front end, the receiving cavity being sized and shaped to receive a mating connector therein that is inserted into the receiving cavity along a central axis of the connector housing; a contact array of electrical contacts disposed within the receiving cavity, the electrical contacts having corresponding elongated bodies that extend generally parallel to the central axis; and a movable guard configured to be slidably held by the contact array within the receiving cavity, the movable guard comprising a dielectric sheet that extends transverse to the central axis and has an array of thru-holes, each of the thru-holes being shaped by a corresponding inner edge of the dielectric sheet, the thru-holes including clearance thru-holes and frictional thru-holes, wherein the inner edges of the frictional thru-holes engage corresponding electrical contacts of the contact array, the inner edges of the frictional thru-holes and the corresponding electrical contacts generating frictional forces to hold the movable guard at a forward position within the receiving cavity, the clearance thru-holes being shaped relative to corresponding electrical contacts of the contact array such that the corresponding electrical contacts are permitted to move freely therethrough when the clearance thru-holes are aligned with the corresponding electrical contacts, the movable guard configured to slide along the central axis from the forward position to a deeper position within the receiving cavity when engaged by the mating connector, wherein the inner edge for each of the frictional thru-holes forms at least one projection that extends toward and engages the corresponding electrical contact.