Patent ID: 7431600

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: at least one signal contact, the at least one signal contact being an electrical signal contact; a housing, the housing being arranged to define a receptacle configured to receive a part of a cable assembly, the at least one signal contact being disposed within the receptacle, wherein the at least one signal contact is configured to contact a first contact of the cable assembly when the cable assembly is received in the receptacle such that a signal may pass between the at least one signal contact and the first contact; and a ground arrangement, the ground arrangement being at least partially disposed on the housing and at least partially disposed in the receptacle, wherein the ground arrangement is arranged to contact and to ground the first contact before the first contact contacts the at least one signal contact, the ground arrangement being arranged to include at least one conductor, the at least one conductor being configured to contact and to ground the first contact before the first contact contacts the at least one signal contact, the at least one signal contact being arranged not to ground the first contact, wherein the housing includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being removably coupled to the second portion, the first portion being associated with the at least one signal contact and the second portion being associated with the at least one conductor.