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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2004
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Timothy B. Billman, Dover, PA (US);
Charles S. Pickles, York, PA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A male connector ( ) includes first and second individual housing portions ( ) engaging with each other, a number of printed substrates ( ) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts ( ) and a number of grounding terminals ( ) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each printed substrate has a first edge ( ) and a second edge ( ) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the printed substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars ( ) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the printed substrates are sandwiched between and floatingly held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges are pushed toward the signal contacts because the grounding terminals are somewhat stronger than the signal contacts. A female connector ( ) mateable with the male connector includes a dielectric member ( ) and a number of signal contacts ( ) and a number of grounding terminals ( ) retained in the dielectric member in face-to-face relationship. The signal contacts straddle on a bottom surface ( ) of the dielectric member. The male and the female connectors have a guiding means for guiding the connectors to correctly mate with each other.