Patent ID: 6039583
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a housing,a unitary ground plane extending in the housing, andfirst contacts in first passages in the housing,the first contacts comprising a number of signal contacts and a number of ground contacts according to a desired ratio of signal contacts to ground contacts,the unitary ground plane having projecting unitary contacts engaging selected ones of the first contacts in the first passages to provide said number of ground contacts according to said desired ratio of signal contacts to ground contacts,the unitary ground plane extending beside said number of signal contacts in the first passages and providing shielding for said number of signal contacts in said first passages, andthe unitary ground plane having projecting unitary lances engaging the housing and urging the unitary ground plane toward the first contacts in the first passages, whereby the unitary ground plane is urged with the unitary contacts to engage the selected ones of the first contacts in the first passages.