Patent ID: 8480440

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a connector housing comprising a plurality of plug-receiving recesses and at least one internal cavity configured to receive one or more electronic components; an insert assembly, comprising: a top substrate having a plurality of electrically conductive pathways associated therewith, and at least one electronic component disposed substantially thereon, the top substrate further comprising a first plurality of terminal apertures and distal portion comprised of a series of conductive traces disposed on both an upper and a lower surface of the top substrate; an insert body element comprised of an electronic component receiving space, and further comprising: a plurality of upper conductive terminal portions; and a plurality of lower conductive terminal portions; and a bottom substrate comprising a second plurality of terminal apertures and a layer of a non-conductive material upon which a layer of a metallic shielding material is disposed, the layer of the metallic shielding material is not present immediately adjacent each of the second plurality of terminal apertures; and a second insert assembly; wherein the insert assembly and the second insert assembly comprise a pair of insert assemblies that are ganged together in pairs by being mated together with the bottom substrate; and wherein the upper conductive terminal portions are received within respective ones of the first plurality of terminal apertures and the lower conductive terminal portions are received within respective ones of the second plurality of terminal apertures.