Patent ID: 8460029

Claim:
A stacked multi-port connector, comprising: a holder member defining multiple rows of mating slots in a front side thereof at different elevations, an electrical module accommodated in said holder member, said electrical module comprising a plurality of mating terminals respectively positioned in said mating slots of said holder member and a plurality of mounting terminals respectively extending out of said holder member for bonding to an external circuit board, and a light-emitting module arranged at a top side of said holder member, wherein said electrical module comprises a plurality of terminal blocks holding said mating terminals, a plurality of filter modules respectively attached to said terminal blocks, each said filter module comprising at least one circuit board and a plurality of electronic components having rectifying/filtering function and electrically coupled with said mating terminals, a plurality of plate members respectively attached to said filter modules and holding therein a plurality of conducting terminals, and a plurality of metal shielding members respectively attached to said plate members and respectively set between said conducting terminals and the circuit boards of said filter modules to protect signal transmission through said mating terminals from electromagnetic interference; said tight-emitting module comprises a circuit board carrying a plurality of light-emitting devices that are respectively electrically connected to said conducting terminals; wherein said electrical module further comprises a grounding circuit board arranged at a bottom side relative to said terminal blocks, said filter modules, said plate members and said metal shielding members, said grounding circuit board comprising a plurality of through holes; each said terminal block comprises a front block member holding said mating terminals and a bottom block holding said mounting terminals that extend through respective through holes of said grounding circuit board; said metal shielding members of said electrical module each comprises a plurality of second pins respectively downwardly inserted through respective through holes of said grounding circuit board for bonding to an external circuit board.