.~ Resilient conductive means providing additional electrical path between mating outer shield members
DEFINITION
Classification: 439/609
Resilient conductive means providing additional electrical path between mating outer shield members:
(under subclass 607) Electrical connector wherein the conductive screen means comprises a conductive member for surrounding one or more mutually-insulated contacts, which conductive member forms an outer screen contact of a coupling part*, which coupling part is specifically adapted to mate or interengage with a complementary counterpart* also having a surrounding outer screen counter-contact*, so that, when the
screen contact is electrically engaged with the screen counter-contact, the conductive path of the screen means extends over both the coupling part and its counterpart, and wherein the conductive screen member of the coupling part further includes an additional conductive element having a portion thereof either engaged or adapted to be engaged with the screen contact of the coupling part and having a resilient portion thereof engageable with the screen counter-contact or the counterpart, so that, when the coupling part and its counterpart are joined together, an additional conductive path is formed between the conductive screen member of the coupling part and the conductive screen member of the counterpart.
