Appeal No. 2001-0110
Application 08/866,395
Independent claims 1 and 23 are reproduced as follows
1. A shielded electrical connector, comprising:
a dielectric housing having a forward mating end and a
rearward end;
a front ESD shield about the exterior of at least a
substantial portion of the forward mating end of the dielectric
housing;
a rear EMI shield about the exterior of at least a
substantial portion of the rearward end of the dielectric
housing; and
wherein the front ESD shield is electrically isolated from
the rear EMI shield by an outwardly projecting portion of the
dielectric housing physically separating the shields.
23. A shielded electrical connector assembly, comprising:
a receptacle connector including a dielectric housing having
a forward mating end and a shield about the exterior of at least
a portion of the forward mating end of the dielectric housing;
a plug connector including a dielectric housing having a
forward mating end insertable into the forward mating end of the
housing of the receptacle connector, and a peripheral metal
shield about the exterior of at least a portion of the dielectric
housing of the plug connector; and
complementary interengaging latch means between the
peripheral metal shield of the plug connector and the dielectric
housing of the receptacle connector isolating the peripheral
metal shield of the plug connector from the shield at the forward
mating end of the receptacle connector.
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