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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2002
Padrig McDaid, Limerick, IR;
Kent D. Waddell, Co Clare, IR;
Denise Brennan, Limerick, IR;
Eugene Folan, Galway, IR;
John M. Horgan, Limerick, IR;
Enda Kelly, Clare, IR;
Joseph McCarthy, Limerick, IR;
Brian Murphy, Limerick, IR;
John Wallace, Limerick, IR;
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board and includes an elongated dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. A plurality of signal terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced longitudinally thereof. Each signal terminal includes a contact portion at the mating end of the housing and a tail portion at the terminating end of the housing. A plurality of ground plates are mounted on the housing between at least some of the signal terminals. Each ground plate includes a body portion, a front portion and a tail portion. The signal terminals are disposed substantially within the longitudinal profiles of the body portions and front portions of the ground plates in a direction longitudinally of the housing, with the tail portions of the ground plates projecting rearwardly of the profiles.