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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Michael Warren Fogg, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael Warren Fogg, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end and a mounting end. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of contact modules each having a web with opposed contact faces and flanges extending from ends of the web. Each contact module holds a pair of signal contacts with the signal contacts being arranged along the contact faces. The flanges and the web forming channels that expose the contact faces and signal contacts. The electrical connector includes a plurality of ground contacts each being coupled to at least one of the housing and a corresponding contact module. Each ground contact being arranged along one of the flanges of the corresponding contact module.