Patent ID: 7074083
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a common housing defining a plurality of mating ports in columns and rows and including at least two mating ports side by side arranged with each other along a longitudinal direction of the housing in a same row and at least two mating ports stacked with each other in a vertical direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction in a same column, each of the mating ports defining a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both said longitudinal direction and said vertical direction for receiving a plug connector; a plurality of terminal sets arranged in columns and rows and having mating portions respectively received in the corresponding mating ports for electrically mating with contacts of the plug connector; at least two parallel horizontal printed circuit boards arranged perpendicular to said vertical direction, the terminal sets in the same row are respectively mounted on the same horizontal printed circuit board, and the terminal sets in the same column are mounted to the different printed circuit boards, respectively; wherein the printed circuit board has a plurality of side conductors with serrations positioned on opposite sides of each terminal set latchably engaging with a corresponding mating port; wherein the side conductors are commonly grounded through the printed circuit board.