Patent ID: 9472887
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing stack comprising a front housing and a rear housing, the front housing defining a mating end of the housing stack, the rear housing defining a mounting end of the housing stack, the rear housing being positioned rearward of the front housing, the housing stack defining signal cavities and ground cavities that extend continuously through the front housing and the rear housing between the mating end and the mounting end; signal conductors and ground conductors held in the signal cavities and ground cavities, respectively, of the housing stack, the signal conductors arranged in a plurality of signal pairs configured to carry differential signals, the ground conductors being interleaved between the signal pairs, the signal conductors and the ground conductors being stamped and formed, the signal conductors and the ground conductors including respective integral terminating interfaces extending beyond the mounting end of the housing stack to be mounted and electrically connected to a circuit board; and a ground bracket held in the housing stack between the front housing and the rear housing, the ground bracket being electrically conductive, the ground bracket engaging and being electrically connected to each of the ground conductors to electrically common the ground conductors along a ground plane intermediate between the mating end and the mounting end.