Patent ID: 8308509

Claim:
A multiple-coaxial conductor modular connector comprising: a rigid insulating body having a back-end portion and a mating portion, the back-end portion configured to provide connections to a separate printed circuit board or cable, the mating portion configured to permit mating with a mating modular connector; an array of spaced-apart coaxial conductors carried by the body and extending between the back-end portion and the mating portion of the body, each coaxial conductor having an inner signal conductor surrounded by an outer shield conductor, each coaxial conductor having a mating end at the mating portion of the body, the mating end being configured to provide for electrical connection between the inner signal conductor and a corresponding conductor of the mating modular connector; and one or more conductive structures extending between the respective outer shield conductors of the coaxial conductors and one or more reference contacts at an outer surface of the body; wherein the inner signal conductor is made of a springy conductive material, and wherein the mating end of each coaxial conductor has a length of the inner signal conductor exposed, the exposed inner signal conductor being configured to be deflected into resting contact with a corresponding conductor of the mating modular connector; wherein the length of exposed inner signal conductor of each coaxial cable is folded backward at an angle greater than 90 degrees so as to be deflected rearward into the resting contact.