Patent ID: 9548570
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of wafers, each with a mounting side and a mating side, each wafer including a first pair and a second pair of signal terminals with a ground terminal positioned between the first and second pairs, each of the terminals of the pair of signal terminals having a tail, a body and a contact, wherein the tails of the terminals in the wafer are arranged in a row on the mounting side and the bodies of the terminals are aligned in a vertical alignment such that the body of the ground terminal is between the bodies of the two pairs of signal terminals and the contacts of each pair of signal terminals are in a horizontal alignment, each wafer further including a shield that is electrically connected to the ground terminal; a shroud positioned on a mating side of the wafers, the shroud being insulative and including insert channels that support the contacts of the pair of signal terminals in a side-by-side arrangement; a plurality of u-shields extending through u-shaped apertures in the shroud, the u-shields each configured to partially shield a respective pair of contacts; and an insert positioned in the shroud, the insert configured to electrically connect the u-shield to at least one of the ground terminal and shield.