Patent ID: 6123584
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for high frequency signals, said connector comprising: a housing of insulating material and a plurality of male contact elements, said housing having a bottom and two opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom, the bottom and side walls determining a receiving space, wherein the bottom is provided with cavities having inner walls and arranged in rows and columns, wherein each of the contact elements is mounted in one of said cavities, an upper end of each contact element projecting into the receiving space, at least a plurality of said cavities being metallized at their inner walls, each of the contact elements being positioned in an insulative support element and said support elements being mounted in the metallized cavities, wherein each of said support elements has an upper portion having an outer surface and a lower extension portion directed away from the receiving space, said outer surface being metallized, and wherein the inner wall of each cavity and the support element of the corresponding contact element are provided with cooperating latching means for locking the support element and the contact element in the cavity.