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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2011
Christopher David Ritter, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Wayne Samuel Davis, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Dharmendra Saraswat, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Christopher David Ritter, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Wayne Samuel Davis, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Dharmendra Saraswat, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes contact modules having dielectric bodies holding contacts having mating portions extending from the dielectric body. The connector assembly includes a conductive shield body holding the contact modules in a stacked configuration. The shield body provides shielding around the contact modules and the shield body has a mating end configured to be mated to a mating connector assembly. The mating end has one or more exposed surfaces between corresponding contacts. The shield body extends between selected contact modules. The connector assembly includes a conductive gasket positioned along the mating end of the shield body. The conductive gasket engages the exposed surfaces of the shield body to define a ground path between the conductive shield body and the mating connector assembly.