Patent ID: 6702590
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A board to board connector assembly, comprising:a male connector component and a female connector component, the two connector components including housings which are engageable with each other by way of at least a portion of said male connector component being received within a portion of said female connector portion, said two connector components including a plurality of cavities, each cavity including a terminal assembly, the terminal assembly including an insulative body portion and a pair of differential signal terminals disposed in the body portion; opposing portions of said male and female connector being plated with a conductive substance, the conductive substance being further disposed on portions of said male and female connectors that encompass each of said terminal assemblies so as to provide a reference ground for said differential signal pairs and to electrically isolate adjacent ones of said terminal assemblies; each of said male and female connector components further including means for engaging each other when said male and female connector components are assembled together, said engagement means being disposed on opposite ends of said male and female connector components and along a portion of a longitudinal axis of said male and female connector components.