Patent ID: 9065213
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector body having a mating face configured to engage a mating connector and a mounting face configured to engage an electrical component; and a pathway assembly extending between the mating and mounting faces within the connector body, the pathway assembly including a signal conductor having separate conductor segments and a dielectric body that holds the conductor segments, the conductor segments having respective interior ends that are positioned adjacent to each other with a signal gap therebetween, wherein one of the conductor segments forms a mating end of the signal conductor that is configured to engage the mating connector, the pathway assembly also including a signal-control component that electrically joins the conductor segments and is configured to modify current flowing through the conductor segments; wherein the dielectric body forms an open channel having at least one of the conductor segments disposed therein, the at least one conductor segment having an exposed surface that interfaces with an air gap in the connector body.