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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Foxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Kunshan, CN;
Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Patrick R. Casher, North Aurora, IL (US);
Terrance F. Little, Fullerton, CA (US);
FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan, CN;
FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts located in each wall of the housing and having grounding contacts and differential-pair contacts, and a grounding bar. The grounding bar includes a pair of lower spring fingers respectively contacting lower regions of the ground contacts in a transverse direction, and a pair of upper spring fingers respectively contacting upper regions of the ground contacts in the transverse direction, an upper transverse bar linked between the pair of upper spring fingers along a longitudinal direction, a lower transverse bar linked between the pair of lower spring fingers along the longitudinal direction, the pair of upper spring fingers extend upwardly from the lower transverse bar and a transverse base having retaining device attached to a lower portion of the housing. The pair of lower spring fingers upwardly extend from the transverse base.