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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Charles Raymond Gingrich, Iii, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Rutger Wilhelmus Smink, Hamont-Achel, BE;
Jacobus Nicolaas Tuin, Best, NL;
Scott Eric Walton, Mount Joy, PA (US);
Keith Edwin Miller, Manheim, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector which controls cross talk and signal radiation. The electrical connector includes columns of contacts having signal contacts and ground contacts. Ground shields are positioned between the columns of contacts. The ground shields have planar members with mating ends and mounting ends. The planar members have surfaces which are configured to be electrically coupled to ground members on a mating connector. Voids are provided in the planar members. Mounting members extend from the mounting ends of the planar members. The mounting members are configured to cooperate with the ground contacts provided in the columns of contacts.