Patent ID: 7585186

Claim:
A contact module assembly comprising: a dielectric body having a mating end with a plurality of mating contacts and a mounting end with a plurality of mounting contacts; a lead frame at least partially enclosed by the dielectric body, the lead frame having signal conductors and ground conductors, the signal and ground conductors held by the dielectric body within and extending along a lead frame plane, at least one of the ground conductors including a mating segment located at the mating end and a mounting segment located at the mounting end, the mating and mounting segments being electrically separated and spaced apart from one another along the lead frame plane by a gap therebetween, the mating segment including a mating contact terminal located proximate to the gap and the mounting segment including a mounting contact terminal located proximate to the gap; and a commoning member mounted to a side of the dielectric body, the commoning member electrically engaging the mating contact terminal and the mounting contact terminal to electrically connect the mating segment and the mounting segment of at least one of the ground conductors.