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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
John Matthew Hess, Dallastown, PA (US);
David Henry Gutter, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Ted R. Meckley, Seven Valleys, PA (US);
Robert Colantuono, Dover, PA (US);
Leonard K. Espenshade, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Stewart Connector Systems, Inc., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Abstract
A high frequency modular electrical connector assembly including contact/terminal members arranged in such a manner to reduce crosstalk during use. The connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle and an insert assembly arranged therein. The insert assembly includes an insert housing and first, second and preferably third sets of contact/terminal members, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a terminal portion extending beyond the bottom surface of the insert housing and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contact portion and the terminal portion. The contact/terminal member(s) in each set are geometrically different than the contact/terminal members in the other set(s) and are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The insert housing has passageways in each of which a respective contact/terminal member is received. To reduce crosstalk, the contact/terminal members are arranged such that each contact/terminal member is different from any adjacent contact/terminal member(s).