Patent ID: 8398434
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A receptacle assembly comprising: a front housing having signal contact openings and ground contact openings; contact modules coupled to the front housing, the contact modules having a plurality of signal contacts received in corresponding signal contact openings of the front housing, the signal contacts being configured to be mated with corresponding signal contacts of a header assembly, the contact modules having shield bodies providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts, the shield bodies having mating interfaces; and a conductive gasket positioned between the front housing and at least one of the contact modules, the conductive gasket engaging the mating interface of at least one of the contact modules, the conductive gasket being configured to provide a ground path between the at least one of the contact modules and a ground contact of the header assembly which is configured to extend through the ground contact opening to directly engage the conductive gasket.