Patent ID: 7004793
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector system comprising: a header connector comprising a header body having a plurality of signal pins and a plurality of shield blades extending therefrom; and a socket connector comprising an electrically insulative carrier configured for engagement with the header body, the carrier containing a plurality of electrical cable connectors, each of the plurality of cable connectors comprising an electrically conductive outer housing having therein an electrically insulative inner housing, the inner housing holding at least one conductive terminal in electrical isolation from the outer housing, the at least one terminal configured at one end for engagement with one of the plurality of signal pins, the inner housing including a cavity for receiving a first one of the plurality of shield blades therein, the outer housing including a first contact for electrically coupling with the first one of the plurality of shield blades.