Patent ID: 6926539
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A differential signal terminal assembly for insertion into an opening of a connector housing, the connector housing including an interior surface that encompasses the connector housing opening, the interior surface further being coated with a conductive material that when connected to a ground circuit, forms a reference ground that surrounds the terminal assembly, said terminal assembly including: an insulative body with a base portion and an upstanding wall portion, the base portion having a first width and the wall portion having a second width, the second width being less than the first width, thereby giving the insulative body an L-shaped configuration when viewed from a side thereof; and, a pair of conductive differential signal terminals, each of said terminals including a body portion, a tail portion and a contact portion, the terminal body portions being supported in a spaced-apart fashion by said insulative body portion, the terminal tail portions extending out from said body base portion and the terminal contact portions being disposed along said upstanding wall portion, said upstanding wall portion including a pair of slots disposed therein, portions of said terminal body portions extending lengthwise in said slots and said terminal contact portions being biased outwardly so that they extend partially out of said slots.