Patent ID: 9692183
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A receptacle connector comprising: a housing comprising a slot configured to receive a mating connector therein; signal contacts held by the housing, the signal contacts comprising signal mating segments and signal mounting segments, the signal mating segments comprising signal mating interfaces that are exposed within the slot for engagement with the mating connector; ground contacts held by the housing, the ground contacts comprising ground mating segments and ground mounting segments, the ground mating segments comprising ground mating interfaces that are exposed within the slot for engagement with the mating connector, wherein the ground contacts are arranged in approximately the same plane as the signal contacts; and a ground bus that electrically commons the ground contacts with each other, wherein two or more ground contacts and the ground bus are integrally fabricated as a single, unitary, continuous structure, the signal contacts comprising jogs that offset the signal contacts from the ground bus.