Patent ID: 11923640
Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 31:
32. An electrical connector comprising:
an injection-molded dielectric housing;
a first stamped electrical contact that includes a first mating surface and that extends from the injection-molded dielectric housing;
a second stamped electrical contact that includes a second mating surface and that extends from the injection-molded dielectric housing, the first and the second stamped electrical contacts are positioned adjacent to each other to define a first differential signal pair;
a third stamped electrical contact that extends from the injection-molded dielectric housing immediately adjacent to the second stamped electrical contact; and
a dielectric material other than air that extends only between the first stamped electrical contact and the second stamped electrical contact, the dielectric material other than air extends continuously from a point adjacent to the injection-molded dielectric housing and terminates prior to the first mating surface; wherein
the electrical connector is devoid of dielectric material other than air between the second and the third stamped electrical contacts where the second and the third stamped electrical contacts extend from the injection-molded dielectric housing; and
the first, the second, and the third stamped electrical contacts and the dielectric material other than air are each cantilevered with respect to the injection-molded dielectric housing.