Patent ID: 8734187

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a connector housing; and a first leadframe assembly supported by the connector housing, the first leadframe assembly including a first leadframe housing and a first plurality of electrical contacts supported by the first leadframe housing and arranged in a column direction, each electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts including a mating end, an opposed mounting end, and an intermediate section that is curved from the mating end to the mounting end, wherein 1) the first plurality of electrical contacts defines a first uppermost electrical contact having a first uppermost mating end along the column direction and a first lowermost electrical contact having a first lowermost mating end along the column direction, and 2) the first uppermost electrical contact defines a first ground plate that protrudes from the intermediate section of the first uppermost electrical contact along a first direction that is away from the intermediate section of a first adjacent electrical contact that is immediately adjacent the first uppermost electrical contact; and a second leadframe assembly supported by the connector housing immediately adjacent the first leadframe assembly, the second leadframe assembly including a second leadframe housing and a second plurality of electrical contacts supported by the second leadframe housing and arranged in the column direction, each electrical contact of the second plurality of electrical contacts including a mating end, an opposed mounting end, and an intermediate section that extends from the mating end to the mounting end, wherein 1) the second plurality of electrical contacts defines a second uppermost electrical contact having a second uppermost mating end along the column direction and a second lowermost electrical contact having a second lowermost mating end along the column direction, 2) the second lowermost electrical contact defines a second ground plate that protrudes from the intermediate section of the lowermost electrical contact, and 3) the second leadframe assembly is devoid of any ground plates that extend away from the intermediate section of the second uppermost electrical contact along a second direction that is away from the intermediate section of a second adjacent electrical contact that is immediately adjacent the second uppermost electrical contact.