Patent ID: 6851980
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for mating with an opposing connector, comprising: a connector body assembled from a plurality of individual units, each unit including a pair of housing portions assembled together to form the unit; a plurality of terminal sets supported by the units, the unit terminal sets including at least two signal terminal sets and one ground terminal set, the signal terminal sets being disposed on opposite sides of said ground terminal set, each of said signal and ground terminal sets defining columns of respective signal ground terminal contact portions within each of said units, said signal and ground terminal contact portions further defining rows of terminal contact portions when said units are assembled together into said connector body, whereby, the signal terminal contact portions of each unit columns are spaced closer to said unit ground terminal contact portions than they are spaced to signal terminal contact portions of adjacent units, said housing portions of each unit each support a signal terminal set and said ground terminal set is held between said housing portions.