Patent ID: 8974253
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact module for a receptacle assembly, the contact module comprising: a frame assembly having first and second frames coupled together, the first and second frames each having a corresponding leadframe comprising a plurality of receptacle signal contacts, the first and second frames each having at least two frame members spaced apart from each other by a corresponding gap, each frame member being overmolded over and supporting corresponding receptacle signal contacts, the first and second frames being internested such that at least one frame member of the first frame is received in a corresponding gap of the second frame and such that at least one frame member of the second frame is received in a corresponding gap of the first frame; wherein at least one of the receptacle signal contacts is supported by a corresponding removable insert during overmolding of the corresponding frame member, the removable insert leaving a window in the corresponding frame member exposing the corresponding receptacle signal contact; and wherein the first frame includes a first dielectric insert extending from a corresponding frame member of the first frame into the gap, the first dielectric insert being received in a corresponding window in the second frame to substantially fill the window and cover the corresponding receptacle signal contact of the second frame, and the second frame includes a second dielectric insert extending from a corresponding frame member of the second frame into the gap, the second dielectric insert being received in a corresponding window in the first frame to substantially fill the window and cover the corresponding receptacle signal contact of the first frame.