Patent ID: 9385500
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a dielectric connector housing including a housing body that defines a mounting interface configured to be mounted onto a substrate and a mating interface configured to mate with at least one complementary electrical connector along a mating direction; a plurality of electrical contacts supported by the connector housing and spaced apart from each other along a lateral direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction, the electrical contacts including 1) a mating portion configured to mate with a complementary electrical contact of the at least one complementary electrical connector when the connector housing is mated with the at least one complementary electrical connector, and 2) a mounting portion configured to electrically connect to the substrate when the connector housing is mounted onto the substrate; at least one electrically insulative fin supported by the housing body, the at least one fin disposed between at least first and second electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts along the lateral direction, wherein 1) the mounting portion of each of the first and second electrical contacts terminates at a mounting end that is spaced from the housing body a first distance along the transverse direction that is perpendicular to each of the mating direction and the lateral direction, 2) the at least one fin extends from the housing body along the transverse direction and terminates at a distal end that is spaced from the housing body a second distance along the transverse direction, and 3) the second distance is no less than the first distance.