Patent ID: 7837514
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a plug connector having plug contacts and a shroud partially surrounding the plug contacts, the shroud having a shape that is elongated along a longitudinal axis, the shroud framing the plug contacts; a receptacle connector having a nose with a shape that is elongated along the longitudinal axis, the nose comprising a plurality of slots formed therein and oriented along a transverse axis relative to the longitudinal axis, the plug contacts being separated from the shroud such that when the plug and receptacle connectors are co-nested with one another, the nose is received in the shroud and the plug contacts are received in a corresponding one of the slots in order to mate the plug and receptacle connectors; and a plurality of contact walls in the plug connector, each of the contact walls holding a subset of the plug contacts, the contact walls being elongated along the transverse axis.