Patent ID: 7108552

Claim:
A receptacle connector for mating to an opposing plug connector, the opposing plug connector having an insulative housing supporting a plurality of terminals and an outer conductive shell, the receptacle connector comprising: an insulative housing supporting a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals including at least one pair of differential signal terminals, said terminals each including contact portions and tail portions and body portions that interconnect said contact and tail portions together; a conductive outer, hollow shell that at least partially encloses the housing and said terminals and defines a hollow receptacle into which the opposing plug connector may be inserted so that an outer surface of said opposing plug connector outer shell abuts an inner surface of said receptacle connector outer shell, the terminal contact portions being disposed within the receptacle connector outer and the terminal body portions being supported by said housing within said shell; said shell including at least one depression formed therein and disposed adjacent to said housing and the depression being further aligned with a body portion of at least one pair of said differential signal terminals, said depression having a front edge proximate to a front edge of said housing, the depression front edge forming a stop surface against which a leading edge of said opposing plug connector outer shell abuts when said opposing plug connector outer shell is fully inserted into said receptacle connector.