Patent ID: 8206183
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a connector housing comprising a plurality of plug-receiving recesses and at least one rear cavity; and a plurality of insert assemblies, each said insert assembly comprising: wherein at least a portion of said plurality of conductive terminals are received within respective ones of said first plurality of terminal apertures and said second plurality of terminal apertures; wherein said bottom substrate comprises at least one layer of a non-conductive material upon which a layer of a metallic shielding material is disposed, said layer of a metallic shielding material being disposed so as not to form a conductive path between terminals extending through said second apertures and said metallic layer; and wherein adjacent first and second ones of said plurality insert assemblies are ganged together in pairs by being mated together with respective common bottom substrates, each of said pairs being insertable into and removable from said connector housing as a single unit.