Patent ID: 9356401
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing extending between a front end and an opposite rear end, the front end configured to be mated with a mating connector; receptacle contacts held by the housing, the receptacle contacts having terminating ends extending from the rear end of the housing for termination to a circuit board; ground shields held by the housing, the ground shields each having a base extending between first and second ends, the base including at least one approximately planar wall at least partially surrounding the receptacle contacts to provide electrical shielding for the receptacle contacts, the ground shields each having at least one ground contact extending from the second end of the base, the ground contacts and rear portions of the bases of the ground shields extending from the rear end of the housing; and an electrically conductive ground frame having a first side coupled to the rear end of the housing and a second side facing the circuit board, the ground frame defining openings between the first side and the second side, the terminating ends of the receptacle contacts extending through the openings for termination to the circuit board, the rear portions of the bases of the ground shields positioned in the openings and the ground contacts extending through the openings for termination of the ground contacts to the circuit board, the ground frame engaging the rear portions of the bases of the ground shields that extend through the openings of the ground frame to electrically join the ground shields.