Patent ID: 8641448

Claim:
A plug-in connection with shielding comprising: (a) a male multipoint connector comprising a first male column comprising a first set of male contact groups and a second male column comprising a second set of male contact groups offset from the first set of male contact groups by a predetermined length dimension, each male contact group in the first and second male columns being separated from an adjacent male contact group in the first and second male columns, respectively, by a first distance and comprising a differential contact pair of male signal contacts and an L-shaped shielding element surrounding said male signal contacts; and (b) a female multipoint connector comprising a first female column comprising a first set of female contact groups and a second female column comprising a second set of female contact groups offset from the first set of female contact groups by the predetermined length dimension, each female contact group in the first and second female columns being separated from an adjacent female contact group in the first and second female columns, respectively, by the first distance and comprising a differential contact pair of female signal contacts and an L-shaped shielding element surrounding said female signal contacts; wherein the predetermined length dimension corresponds to approximately half the first distance.