Patent ID: 7736159
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A pluggable connector comprising: a housing having an inner surface that defines a housing cavity that includes a base therein, the housing cavity extending along a central axis from the base to an opening of the housing cavity that is sized and shaped to mate with a mating connector moving along the central axis; a plug insert positioned within the housing cavity, the plug insert extending from the base along the central axis and forming contact cavities therein that extend parallel to the central axis; and first and second differential pairs extending from the base along the central axis within the housing cavity, each of the first and second differential pairs comprising two mating contacts extending parallel to each other along a contact plane of the respective differential pair and within corresponding contact cavities, the two mating contacts being separated by a gap, the contact planes of the first and second differential pairs being perpendicular to one another, wherein the contact plane of the first differential pair extends through the gap that separates the two mating contacts of the second differential pair.