Patent ID: 6685485
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector straddle mounted on a printed circuit board comprising:a housing having a mating groove to receive portions of a mating connector; at least two support subassemblies with a plurality of signal contacts and ground members disposed thereon being inserted into the housing and extending into the mating groove to expose a mating portion of each contact or ground member in the mating groove while a tail portion of each contact or ground member is electrically engaged with the printed circuit board; wherein portions of the ground members disposed on different support subassemblies respectively are electrically connected to each other to establish a common ground path to reduce the needed numbers of the mating and tail portions of the ground members; wherein the portion of any ground member for electrical connection to another ground member is a holding element in a hook shape formed on one edge side of the ground member; wherein each ground member includes a plate-like member body abutting against one surface of the support subassembly to be used as the mating portion of the ground member, and a plurality of contacting legs formed with portions stamped out of the ground member body and extending parallel to each other to be used as the tail portion of the ground member; wherein every holding element of the ground member is hooked on a side face of the housing opposite to the side face where the mating groove is formed and is partially inserted into a corresponding aperture formed on said side face while the holding element of the other connected ground member is inserted in the same aperture to electrically engage with each other.