Patent ID: 6464537
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector comprising:a longitudinally extending outer frame defining a reception region therein and having a longitudinally extending aperture; a plurality of individual modules contained within said reception region, each said individual module having an insulative housing with an outer peripheral surface and further comprising first and second passages therein and a card receiving recess for reception therein between the first and second passages of a planar card having opposed surfaces with conductive contact members thereon; a first signal contact received in the first passage having a first contact surface positioned for engagement with a first mating contact of a substrate and a second contact surface projecting into the card receiving recess for engagement with a first conductive contact member on a planar card inserted into the card receiving recess; a second signal contact received in the second passage having a first contact surface positioned for engagement with a second mating contact of a substrate and a second contact surface projecting into the card receiving recess for engagement with a first conductive contact member on a planar card inserted into the card receiving slot; wherein the card receiving recesses of the plurality of modules as a group define a longitudinally extending card receiving slot and the planar card inserted into the card receiving slot and further comprising: a tubular ground shield slidably received on the insulative housing in proximate engagement with the outer peripheral surface, the ground shield including: a first integral ground contact for engagement with a ground contact of an external unit associated with the mating contacts engaged by the first contact surfaces of the first and second contacts; and a second integral ground contact for engagement with a ground contact surface on the planar card inserted into the card receiving slot.