Patent ID: 9608382
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A header transition connector comprising: a header housing having a separating wall separating a first cavity from a second cavity; header signal contacts held by the header housing, the header signal contacts arranged in pairs carrying differential signals, the header signal contacts having first mating ends in the first cavity for mating with a first receptacle connector, the header signal contacts having second mating ends in the second cavity for mating with a second receptacle connector; and header ground shields held by the header housing, the header ground shields having walls surrounding associated pairs of header signal contacts on at least two sides thereof, the header ground shields having first mating ends in the first cavity for mating with the first receptacle connector, the header ground shields having second mating ends in the second cavity for mating with the second receptacle connector, the header ground shield comprising an engagement feature integral with the corresponding header ground shield, the engagement feature having an engagement surface, wherein at least a group of the header ground shields are electrically commoned via engagement of the engagement feature in physical contact at the engagement surface with at least one other header ground shield of the group within the header housing.