Patent ID: 8753148
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical wafer comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of signal conductors disposed in the insulative housing, each signal conductor having a first contact end extending in a first direction and connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween; and a shield plate disposed in the insulative housing, the shield plate having a top surface and at least one side, a plurality of first contact ends having contact pin portions connectable to the printed circuit board and a plurality of second contact ends, wherein at least one of the plurality of first contact ends of the shield plate includes a body portion having a longitudinal edge, the longitudinal edge being integrally connected to the at least one side of the shield plate and the body portion extending perpendicularly outward from the top surface of the shield plate, wherein a portion of each of the plurality of first contact ends of the shield plate excluding the at least one first contact end includes a neck portion that bends at an angle other than 90 degrees to the first direction of the plurality of signal conductors and further bends in the first direction of the plurality of signal conductors.