Patent ID: 9531130
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a mating housing and a contact organizer, the mating housing having a mating slot configured to receive a mating connector having contact pads, the contact organizer having contact channels separated by separating walls, the contact channels having inner ends between the separating walls and open outer ends opposite the inner ends, the contact channels comprising signal contact channels and ground contact channels, the contact organizer having lossy fillers at the inner ends of the ground contact channels, the lossy fillers being manufactured from lossy material capable of absorbing electrical resonance propagating through the housing; and a contact assembly disposed in the housing, the contact assembly having ground contacts and signal contacts interspersed between corresponding ground contacts, the ground and signal contacts being received in corresponding ground and signal contact channels of the contact organizer, the ground contacts being positioned adjacent the lossy fillers at the inner ends of the corresponding ground contact channels.