Patent ID: 8715003

Claim:
A leadframe assembly comprising: a leadframe housing that supports a plurality of electrical contacts, each of the plurality of electrical contacts defining opposed broadside surfaces and opposed edges connected between the opposed broadside surfaces, each of the opposed edges each extending along a length between the opposed broadside surfaces, and each of the opposed broadside surfaces extending along a width between the opposed edges, such that the width is greater than the length, wherein one of the opposed edges of a first one of a pair of adjacent electrical contacts of the plurality of electrical contacts faces one of the opposed edges of a second one of the pair of adjacent electrical contacts; a first rib extending along and abutting a first one of the opposed broadside surfaces of a select one of the first and second ones of the pair of adjacent electrical contacts; and a second rib, detached from the first rib, the second rib extending along and abutting a second one of the opposed broadside surfaces of the select one of the first and second ones of the pair of adjacent electrical contacts, wherein each of the first and second ribs has a dielectric constant greater than air.