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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2010
William Walter Piekos, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Brian Keith Mcmaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Lester Robert Zimmerman, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Edward J. Bright, Middletown, PA (US);
Michael F. Cina, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Harold William Kerlin, Port Royal, PA (US);
William Walter Piekos, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Brian Keith McMaster, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Lester Robert Zimmerman, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Edward J. Bright, Middletown, PA (US);
Michael F. Cina, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Harold William Kerlin, Port Royal, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A transceiver assembly includes a receptacle guide frame configured to be mounted to a host circuit board, where the receptacle guide frame has a front being open to an interior space, and where the receptacle guide frame is configured to receive a pluggable module through the front. A receptacle connector is received within the interior space of the receptacle guide frame at a rear of the receptacle guide frame. The receptacle connector includes contacts having contact tails configured to be mounted to a circuit board. The contacts have retention sections positioned at a predetermined location relative to the contact tails, and the contacts have mating sections configured for mating with a mating connector. A housing holds the contacts and has a front and a rear with a cavity at the front being configured to receive the mating connector. The housing has a shelf at the rear. A stuffer bar is separately provided from the housing and securely coupled to the rear of the housing. The stuffer bar is received within the retention sections of the contacts and engages the contacts to hold the contacts against the shelf such that the contact tails are aligned with one another.