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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Eric David Briant, Dillsburg, PA (US);
James Charles Shiffler, Hershey, PA (US);
Charles Jameson Valentine, Lancaster, PA (US);
Richard James Long, Columbia, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes a cage member having walls defining a module cavity receiving a pluggable module. The walls extend rearward from a front end to a rear end and surround a communication connector at or near the rear end. An EMI skirt is provided at or near the mating interface between the pluggable module and the communication connector. The EMI skirt includes plural spring beams configured to surround a mating perimeter of the pluggable module forward of a mating end of the pluggable module configured to be mated with the communication connector. The spring beams are deflectable and are elastically deformed against the mating perimeter when the pluggable module is mated with the communication connector. The spring beams have mating interfaces configured to engage and electrically connect to the pluggable module.