Patent ID: 6238245
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for use in a backplane assembly, comprising:a) an insulative shroud having a base and first and second side walls perpendicular to the base;b) a plurality of pin shaped signal contacts extending through the base of the insulative shroud, each signal contact having a contact portion disposed above the base between side walls and a tail portion extending below a bottom surface of the base, the pin shaped signal contacts being disposed in a plurality of parallel columns, each of said plurality of parallel columns of signal contacts extending from the first side wall to the second side wall;c) a plurality of shield plates, each shield plate being disposed between a pair of adjacent ones of said plurality of parallel columns of signal contacts and extending from the first side wall to the second side wall, each shield plate having a plurality of tail portions extending through the base of the insulative shroud and below the bottom surface of the base, and each shield plate further having a plurality of torsional contacts formed in a surface of the shield plate, each torsional contact attached to the shield plate at at least two locations on the contact.