Patent ID: 8449330
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable header connector comprising: a contact module having a support body and a plurality of cable assemblies held by the support body and arranged in a column; the cable assemblies comprising a contact sub-assembly configured to be terminated to a cable and a ground shield coupled to and providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly, the contact sub-assembly having a pair of signal contacts extending between mating ends and terminating ends, the signal contacts being terminated to corresponding signal wires of the cable at the terminating ends; and a ground bridge coupled to the support body, the ground bridge being electrically conductive, the ground bridge including intercolumn bridges arranged between corresponding cable assemblies, the intercolumn bridges engaging and being electrically connected to the ground shields of corresponding cable assemblies on both sides of the intercolumn bridges, the ground bridge electrically connecting corresponding cable assemblies engaged by the intercolumn bridges.