Patent ID: 8696378
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a printed circuit board including base and cover layers of dielectric material and first and second ground planes of conductive material, the base and cover layers being stacked relative to each other and located between the first and second ground planes, the base layer having a conductor-receiving portion that extends beyond the cover layer, the circuit board also including signal traces that are exposed to an open space that exists above the conductor-receiving portion; a compression component configured to be positioned in the open space to press wire-terminating ends of signal conductors onto the signal traces at the conductor-receiving portiond; and a module housing having a housing cavity, the circuit board being located at least partially in the housing cavity, wherein the circuit board, the compression component, and the module housing form a pluggable electronic module, the conductor-receiving portion being located within the housing cavity.