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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1999
Steven Feldman, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Wing C. Chow, Austin, TX (US);
Richard J. Scherer, Austin, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for terminating a shielded cable and connecting the cable to regularly arranged contact pins. The connector includes a connector body formed from an insulative material. The connector body has an upper surface and an opposing lower surface defined by a front edge, a back edge and two longitudinal side edges. The upper surface includes a plurality of longitudinal channels adapted to receive a plurality of socket contacts. A planar conductive ground plate engages the bottom surface of the connector body and extends across each of the plurality of socket contacts to establish a ground plane across the entire connector. A cover member encloses the longitudinal channels and socket contacts. A plurality of individual connectors may be stacked together and retained in a stack by a removable retaining rod.