Patent ID: 9559446
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a front configured to mate with a mating electrical connector and a rear opposite the front, the housing having a signal contact section and a power contact section, the housing having a plurality of signal contact channels extending therethrough at the signal contact section, the housing having a plurality of power contact channels extending therethrough at the power contact section; a signal contact assembly coupled to the rear of the housing, the signal contact assembly having a plurality of signal contacts aligned with corresponding signal contact channels and configured for mating with the mating electrical connector, the signal contacts being configured to be terminated to a circuit board; and a power contact assembly coupled to the rear of the housing, the power contact assembly having a plurality of power contacts received in corresponding power contact channels and configured for electrical connection with the mating electrical connector, the power contacts being terminated to ends of power wires, the power wires being configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board remote from the signal contacts.