Patent ID: 9620906
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a cage member having a plurality of walls defining a module cavity configured to receive a pluggable module therein through a front end of the cage member, the walls being manufactured from a metal material and providing electrical shielding for the module cavity, the walls extending rearward from the front end to a rear end of the cage member where the walls are configured to surround a communication connector at or near the rear end having a mating interface configured to be mated with the pluggable module, the module cavity having a pluggable module segment at or near the front end receiving the pluggable module and a communication connector segment at or near the rear end receiving the communication connector, the pluggable module segment meeting the communication connector segment at an intersection proximate to the mating interface of the communication connector; and an EMI skirt proximate to the intersection of the pluggable module segment and the communication connector segment of the module cavity such that the EMI skirt is positioned proximate to the mating interface of the communication connector with the pluggable module, the EMI skirt comprising plural spring beams configured to surround a mating perimeter of the pluggable module proximate to and forward of a mating end of the pluggable module configured to be mated with the communication connector, the spring beams being deflectable and being elastically deformed against the mating perimeter when the pluggable module is mated with the communication connector, the spring beams having mating interfaces configured to engage and electrically connect to the pluggable module, wherein the EMI skirt is positioned in the module cavity to engage at least two different sides of the pluggable module.