MUMBAI, India, Sept. 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202544023027 A) filed by Tyco Electronics Technology Co. Ltd.; and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Suzhou, China, on March 14, for 'shielding component and connector.'
Inventor(s) include Shi, Neil; Li, Jianxiong; Zhang, Reicky; Li, Lei; and Hu, Tomo.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 26, under issue no. 39/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a shielding component and a connector. The shielding component is suitable for insertion into a socket (101) of a connector housing (1); the shielding component (2) comprises a cylindrical body (20), which includes a peripheral wall (200) for enclosing an inner cavity; the peripheral wall (200) has a first side edge portion (21) and a second side edge portion (22) extending along the axial direction of the cylindrical body (20), the first side edge portion (21) is stacked on the outer side of the second side edge portion (22) and connected to the second side edge portion (22); the first side edge portion (21) protrudes from the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body (20) and is used to mate with a guide groove (121) formed on the inner peripheral surface of the socket (101) of the housing (1) of the connector to ensure that the shielding component (2) is inserted into the socket (101) in a correct orientation. Therefore, in the present invention, there is no need to separately form a foolproof structure on the shielding component, which simplifies the manufacturing of the shielding component and reduces production costs."
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