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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US);
Timothy Robert Minnick, Enola, PA (US);
Arturo Pachon Munoz, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David Wayne Helster, Dauphin, PA (US);
Brian Patrick Costello, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Douglas Edward Lawrence, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing and contact assemblies. The housing includes shroud walls and a base having a front side and a rear side. The front side of the base and the shroud walls define a cavity configured to receive a mating connector. The base is electrically conductive and has chambers extending therethrough that are defined by chamber walls. The contact assemblies are received in the chambers. Each contact assembly has a signal pod surrounded on at least two sides by a ground shield. The signal pod includes a dielectric body holding a pair of signal contacts. The dielectric body engages interior sides of the ground shield to electrically insulate the signal contacts from the ground shield. Exterior sides of the ground shield engage the chamber walls of the base to electrically connect the ground shield to the base.