Patent ID: 9048583
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vertical electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing defining a mating interface and a mounting interface that is spaced from the mating interface along a longitudinal direction, wherein the mounting interface extends substantially parallel to the mating interface; a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing and arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs, and the electrical signal contacts further define respective mating ends that are positioned along the mating interface and mounting ends that are positioned along the mounting interface; a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing, the ground plate including a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane, the ground plate body defining first and second opposed surfaces, the ground plate including at least one rib that is elongate along the longitudinal direction, the rib defining first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body, and the ground plate includes respective mating ends and mounting ends that extend from the ground plate body, the mating ends of the ground plate positioned along the mating interface, and the mounting ends of the ground plates positioned along the mounting interface; wherein the dielectric housing is a leadframe housing that supports the electrical signal contacts.