Appeal No. 1999-1624
Application 08/834,080
Representative claim 32 is reproduced below:
32. An electrical connector for termination to at least one cable that includes an
inner conductor, an inner dielectric surrounding at least a portion of said inner conductor, a
metallic shield surrounding at least a portion of said inner dielectric and an outer insulating
jacket surrounding at least a portion of said metallic shield, a portion of said outer jacket
being removed to expose an exposed portion of said metallic shield, said electrical
connector comprising:
a dielectric housing having a mating face, a termination face and a plurality of
terminal receiving passages between said mating face and said termination face;
a plurality of terminals extending through at least some of said terminal receiving
passages;
a conductive shield surrounding at least a portion of said mating face; and
a generally planar metal ground member having a ground plate portion disposed in
said housing relative to said terminals, said ground plate portion including a hump
projecting from one side of said ground plate portion, said hump having a slot for receiving
said cable at a location along said cable in registry with said exposed metallic shield
thereof to maintain said exposed metallic shield on said ground plate portion.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Maejima 4,978,314 Dec. 18, 1990
Brunker et al. (Brunker) 5,304,069 Apr. 19, 1994
Claims 24-49 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness,
the examiner relies upon Brunker in view of Maejima.
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