Patent ID: 8905790

Claim:
A connector comprising: a generally cylindrically shaped insulative housing having a plurality of power contact cavities within a power contact portion of the housing and a plurality of signal contact cavities within a signal contact portion of the housing, the signal contact portion being separately defined from the power contact portion; a signal contact assembly within the signal contact portion of the insulative housing, the signal contact assembly having a plurality of rod-shaped signal contact members within respective signal contact cavities, the signal contact members are arranged in close proximity to, spaced from and generally parallel to one another, a housing of shaped dielectric material encasing the signal contact members, and a shaped conductive shield in contact with the dielectric material housing at a location spaced outwardly of the signal contact members; a plurality of rod-shaped power contact members within respective power contact cavities, each at a location outside of the signal contact portion of the housing; and the shaped conductive shield has a generally cylindrical cross-section and has multiple lines of indentation in the side wall of the cylindrical shield parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shield.