Te Connectivity Corporation

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Tyco Electronics Japan G.k.

Daniel Briner Shreffler

Chad William Morgan

John Joseph Consoli

Raymond Dennis Boyer

Wayne Samuel Davis

David Allison Trout

Timothy Robert Minnick

Justin Dennis Pickel

David Patrick Orris

Masayuki Aizawa

Michael James Horning

Arturo Pachon Munoz

George J Dubniczki

Vincent Ruminski

Edward Lee Hengst

Andrew Michael Homick

Thomas Edward Messenger

An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of conductors held within the housing. The conductors are configured to electrically connect to mating conductors of a mating connector. The conductors each extend a length between a mating end and a mounting end of the respective conductor. One or more of the conductors include a copper alloy core, a copper plating layer, and a protective outer layer. The copper plating layer surrounds the copper alloy core, and is composed of a different material than the copper alloy core. The protective outer layer is disposed on and surrounds the copper plating layer. The protective outer layer is composed of a non-conductive polymeric material.

Electrical connector with low insertion loss conductors

Electrical connector includes a connector housing configured to engage a mating connector during a mating operation. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of electrical contacts coupled to the connector housing. Each of the electrical contacts includes a proximal base coupled to the connector housing and an elongated body that extends from the proximal base to a distal end. The elongated body includes an outer plating that comprises a precious metal. The outer plating forms interstitial regions that define an array of cavities. The interstitial regions form an exterior surface of the corresponding electrical contact that engages a corresponding contact of the mating connector during the mating operation.

Electrical connector having electrical contacts that include a precious metal plating

A header assembly of a mezzanine connector system may include a main housing defining signal channels extending through the main housing and ground channels extending into a first surface of the main housing, a plurality of signal modules, and a plurality of ground shields. At least a portion of each of the plurality of signal modules is retained within a respective one of the signal channels. At least a portion of each of the plurality of ground shields is retained within at least one of the ground channels.

Electrical connector assembly having signal modules and ground shields

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