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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Te Connectivity Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Japan G.k., Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Masaaki Iwasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US);
Yoshihiko Kodaira, Fujisawa, JP;
Justin Dennis Pickel, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Masayuki Aizawa, Machida, JP;
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K., Kawasaki-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A contact module includes a dielectric holder holding signal contacts with mating portions and a shield structure providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The shield structure has first and second ground shields. The ground shields have mating portions extending forward of a mating end of the dielectric holder. The shield structure has a ground clip at least partially covering the mating end of the dielectric holder and extending between sides thereof to electrically connect the mating portions of the first ground shield and the mating portions of the second ground shield immediately forward of the mating end of dielectric holder.