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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Te Connectivity Nederland B.v., AR's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
David Allison Trout, Lancaster, PA (US);
Richard Elof Hamner, Hummelstown, MO (US);
James Lee Fedder, Etters, PA (US);
Timothy Robert Minnick, Enola, PA (US);
Hubertus Maria Van Het Bolscher, Tilburg, NL;
Rutger Wilhelmus Smink, Hamont-Achel, BE;
Leo Joseph Graham, Hershey, PA (US);
Thomas Taake De Boer, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
TE Connectivity Nederland B.V., s'Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
Electrical connector assembly including an electrical connector having signal contacts and ground contacts that are coupled to a connector housing and disposed along a mounting side of the connector housing. The electrical connector assembly also includes a contact organizer that is positioned along the mounting side of the connector housing. The contact organizer has signal windows and ground passages extending therethrough that are defined by respective inner surfaces of the contact organizer. The ground contacts engage the inner surfaces of the ground passages when the contact organizer is held in a pre-loaded position away from the mounting side. The contact organizer moves to a seated position against the mounting side when the electrical connector is mounted to the circuit board. Each of the signal contacts is surrounded by an air gap that exists between the signal contact and the inner surface of the corresponding signal window.