Patent ID: 8021170
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an electrical connector configured by a plurality of wafers and each including: an insulative housing defining a mating interface, and a mounting interface; a plurality of differential pair contacts integral with the insulative housing having a mating end extending out of the mating interface, and a mounting end extending out of the mounting interface, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the mounting end; a grounding shield attached to the housing and located adjacent to the plurality of differential pair contacts and including a plurality of grounding contacts disposed adjacent to the mating ends of the differential pair contacts, and tail portion each interposed within two adjacent pairs of differential pair contacts, said grounding shield having an intermediate bar, a plurality of connecting portions bent from the intermediate bar, and a plurality of slots each between two adjacent connecting portions for accommodating said intermediate portions of each differential pair contacts, each connecting portion of the grounding shield being interposed within two adjacent pairs of differential pair contacts.