David Lee Kuehl

US Patent:

8282406, Oct 9, 2012

Filed:

Mar 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/729729

Inventors:

David A Pipho - Tomball TX, US
David W Kuehl - Houston TX, US
Patrick R Conway - Spring TX, US

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Houston TX

International Classification:

H01R 13/53

US Classification:

439181, 43960734, 4399241

Abstract:

An electrical connector having electrostatic discharge protection comprises a body and an electrostatic discharge dissipative element. The body defines a socket having electrical contacts configured to make electrical contact with electrical contacts along a bottom surface of a component module when the component module is inserted in the socket. The electrostatic discharge dissipative element is configured to make contact with the electrical contacts along the bottom surface of the component module before the electrical contacts along the bottom surface of the component module make contact with the electrical contacts of the socket.