Patent ID: 8888530
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a front housing; and a plurality of contact modules held by the front housing, each contact module comprising: a wafer having a dielectric body holding a plurality of signal contacts, the dielectric body having a first side and a second side, the signal contacts having mating portions extending forward from a front of the dielectric body; a first ground frame extending along the first side of the dielectric body, the first ground frame providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts, the first ground frame having beams extending from a front of the first ground frame; and a second ground frame extending along the second side of the dielectric body, the second ground frame providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts, the second ground frame having shields at least partially surrounding corresponding mating portions of the signal contacts; wherein each first ground frame is mechanically and electrically connected to an adjacent second ground frame of an adjacent contact module and wherein each second ground frame is mechanically and electrically connected to an adjacent first ground frame of an adjacent contact module; and wherein the plurality of contact modules comprises a first contact module, a second contact module and a third contact module arranged in a stacked configuration adjacent one another in the front housing, the beams of the first ground frame of the second contact module engaging the second ground frame of the first contact module, and wherein the second ground frame of the second contact module engages the beams of the first ground frame of the third contact module.