Patent ID: 6854987
Filing Date: 2005-02-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a dielectric housing defining a plurality of pairs of upper and lower passageways and a plurality of through slots alternately arranged with the plurality of pairs of upper and lower passageways; a plurality of pairs of upper and lower signal contacts received into the pairs of upper and lower passageways; a plurality of pairs of upper and lower grounding contacts, each pair of upper and lower grounding contacts being discrete from each other and conductively contacting with each other when they are received in a common through slot; wherein the electrical connector assembly further comprises a circuit board which forms a plurality of solder pads on opposite top and bottom surfaces thereof for conductively contacting corresponding signal contacts and grounding contacts; wherein each solder pad of the circuit board has an elongated shape and one end thereof is soldered to a corresponding signal or grounding contact and another end thereof is to be soldered to a corresponding conductor of an electrical cable; wherein the dielectric housing includes a body portion, a mating block extending from a front face of the body portion and a pair of side wings extending from a rear face of the body portion; wherein each pair of upper and lower passageways extend through the body portion into upper and lower surfaces of the mating block, respectively, and an elongated tunnel is defined in an outer surface of the mating block and locates between the each pair of upper and lower passageways; wherein each through slot extends through the body portion and through the upper and lower surfaces of the mating block; wherein an opening is defined in the outer surface of the mating block and communicates with each through slot; wherein a pair of elongated ribs extend from the rear surface of the body portion and form a plurality of pairs of upper and lower cutouts aligned with corresponding through slots; and wherein the pair of side wings extend from opposite ends of the rear surface of the body portion and each side wing defines a channel in an inner face thereof for receiving the circuit board.