Tyco Electronics Corporation

Alexandra Lynne Matthews Spitler

Charles Randall Malstrom

Charles Dudley Copper

Michael Fredrick Laub

John Mark Myer

John Joseph Consoli

Hurley Chester Moll

John Wesley Hall

Douglas John Hardy

Sean Patrick McCarthy

Daniel Williams Fry, Jr

Hurley Chester Moll, Jr

Randy Thomas Matthews

Michael Frederick Laub

An electrical connector includes a shield having opposed planar side panels. The shield is configured to receive a shield of a mating connector within the side panels. A dielectric is attached to the shield. The dielectric is configured to receive the coaxial cable and the shield is electrically connected to an outer conductor of the coaxial cable. The side panels are configured to abut and engage side panels of an adjacent connector with a substantially flush fit to form a row of connectors to be located in an outer housing. A separate strain relief member may be attached to the shield. Each of the shield and the strain relief member may include an IDC feature that pierces the cable insulation.

RF connector with adjacent shielded modules

An electrical connector for mating with a plurality of contacts separated from one another by a nominal pitch value includes an array of contact surfaces having a first dimension measured in a direction perpendicular to a mating direction between the plurality of contacts and the array of contact surfaces. The first dimension is greater than the nominal pitch value, thereby assuring electrical contact between the contacts and the contact surfaces despite an actual deviation from the nominal pitch.

Electrical connector and system having contact array interface for engaging contacts at varying centerline spacing

A header assembly includes an insulative housing comprising a plurality of walls defining an interior cavity, and a plurality of contacts within said cavity and extending through one of the walls to an exterior of the housing for surface mounting to a circuit board. The insulating housing comprises at least one alignment rib extending on an exterior surface thereof. The contacts are formed to abut the alignment rib, thereby ensuring coplanarity of the contacts for surface mounting to a circuit board.

Surface mount header assembly having a planar alignment surface

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Palmyra, PA, United States of America

Alexandra Lynne Matthews Spitler