Filter connector arrangement having a ferrite barrel with a rectangular bore

Abstract

A filter connector has a ferrite barrel with a rectangular bore therethrough. The configuration of the bore closely matches the substantially rectangular cross sectional configuration of an electrical connector received within the bore. The connector has a pair of wings upstanding from a base thereof. A single gate or a cooperating pair of gates is(are) attached to one or both of the wings. When folded the gate(s) close the bore through the barrel.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A filter connector arrangement comprising: 
 a ferrite barrel having a bore therein, the bore having an axis therethrough, and    an electrical connector disposed in said bore, said electrical connector having an axis therethrough and a substantially rectangular cross sectional configuration in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the connector;    wherein the improvement comprises: 
 the cross sectional configuration of the bore through the barrel in a plane perpendicular to the axis thereof is substantially rectangular and said bore accepts said electrical connector therein so as to provide improved mating alignment of said electrical connector with a mating structure within said bore and to provide a substantial increase in both differential and common mode inductances over a filter connector arrangement comprising said electrical connector and a ferrite barrel having a cylindrical bore for accepting said electrical connector.  
   
     
     
         2 . A filter connector arrangement comprising: 
 a ferrite barrel having a substantially rectangular bore therethrough;    an overmold material which encapsulates said ferrite barrel; and    an electrical connector disposed in said bore, said electrical connector having an axis therethrough and a substantially rectangular cross sectional configuration in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the connector, said electrical connector providing improved mating alignment of said electrical connector with a mating structure within said bore, fitting within said ferrite bore so as to substantially prevent said overmold material from passing into said ferrite bore around a periphery of said electrical connector, and providing a substantial increase in both differential and common mode inductances over a filter connector arrangement comprising said electrical connector and a ferrite barrel having a cylindrical bore for accepting said electrical connector.