Patent ID: 8777663

Claim:
A receptacle assembly comprising: a front housing configured for mating with a header assembly; a plurality of contact modules coupled to the front housing, the contact modules each including a right sub-assembly and a left sub-assembly, the right sub-assembly comprising a right conductive shell holding a frame assembly, the frame assembly having a plurality of contacts and a dielectric frame supporting the contacts, the dielectric frame being received in the right conductive shell, the contacts extending from the right conductive shell for electrical termination, the left sub-assembly comprising a left conductive shell holding a frame assembly, the frame assembly having a plurality of contacts and a dielectric frame supporting the contacts, the dielectric frame being received in the left conductive shell, the contacts extending from the left conductive shell for electrical termination; and a commoning clip coupled to the plurality of contact modules, the commoning clip having grounding beams extending from a front thereof, the grounding beams extending forward of the right and left conductive shells for electrical connection to header shields of the header assembly, the commoning clip including a plurality of openings in a rear thereof, each opening receiving right and left conductive shells of a corresponding contact module, the commoning clip engaging the right and left conductive shells in the openings to electrically connect the commoning clip to both the right and left conductive shells of each contact module.