Patent ID: 7641515
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a shielding cage comprising side walls with ports disposed between the side walls, the ports configured to receive mating connectors through a mating interface of the shielding cage; and first and second center plates each extending between the side walls, the first and second center plates aligned and adjacent one another, each of the first and second center plates comprising dividing plates interconnected by a connecting plate formed with the dividing plates proximate to the mating interface of the shielding cage, the dividing plates of the first and second center plates including a forward tab and a nesting tab protruding from a common side of the dividing plates and a nesting slot extending into the side of the dividing plates, wherein the nesting tab of the first center plate is received into the nesting slot of the second center plate and the forward tab of each of the first and second center plates abuts the common side of the other one of the first and second center plates to prevent lateral displacement of the first and second center plates with respect to one another.