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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Paul John Pepe, Clemmons, NC (US);
Shawn Phillip Tobey, Trinity, NC (US);
Sheldon Easton Muir, Whitsett, NC (US);
Steven Richard Bopp, Jamestown, NC (US);
James Shannon Hower, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Paul John Pepe, Clemmons, NC (US);
Shawn Phillip Tobey, Trinity, NC (US);
Sheldon Easton Muir, Whitsett, NC (US);
Steven Richard Bopp, Jamestown, NC (US);
James Shannon Hower, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a back end sub-assembly including a back end housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a forward side and a rearward side. The back end housing defining a plurality of contact zones. At least one contact is held in each of the plurality of contact zones. A shield is provided within each of the plurality of contact zones with each shield at least partially surrounding at least one contact in the corresponding contact zone. Each shield is non-common with and does not electrically engage any other shield in the back end housing.