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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2021
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Taipei, TW;
Michael Joseph Tryson, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Michael John Phillips, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Dustin Grant Rowe, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Asroc Chen, New Taipei, TW;
TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
TYCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) NO. 7 LIMITED, Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A contact assembly for an electrical connector signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts are interspersed with the pairs of the signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having first and second sides extending between a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each ground contact includes a ground contact body having first and second sides extending between a ground mating end and a ground terminating end. The contact assembly includes a ground shield assembly including a ground shield spanning across the contacts and ground connective elements electrically connected to the ground shield and the corresponding ground contacts. The ground connective elements are compressible.