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

Claim 20:
21. A connector assembly comprising:
a cage that is configured to receive a transceiver;
a receptacle connector including:
an opening that receives an edgecard of the transceiver when the transceiver is plugged into the connector assembly; and
first and second wafers arranged such that:
first and second top contacts are provided on a top side of the opening; and
first and second bottom contacts are provided on a bottom side of the opening,

wherein

each of the first and second top contacts and the first and second bottom contacts includes a beam that:
is cantilevered from the first wafer or the second wafer,
defines a mating surface, and
is in direct physical contact with a corresponding flexible cantilevered portion of an overmolded plastic material such that the beam and the corresponding flexible cantilevered portion move together when the beam is deflected, wherein
the corresponding flexible cantilevered portion of the overmolded plastic material terminates prior to the mating surface.