Patent ID: 7959473

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a connector housing comprising a plurality of plug-receiving recesses and at least one rear cavity; a plurality of terminal insert assemblies each comprised of a substantially mirror imaged pair of terminal inserts such that a given one of the plurality of terminal insert assemblies is received at least partly within at least two of the plug-receiving recesses; and a plurality of insert assemblies, each said insert assembly comprising: a top substrate having a plurality of electrically conductive pathways associated therewith, and at least one electronic component disposed substantially thereon, said top substrate further comprising a plurality of terminal apertures; a pair of insert body elements comprised of an electronic component receiving space, each of said body elements comprising: a plurality of upper conductive terminal portions; a plurality of lower conductive terminal portions; and a plurality of channels that run between the electronic component receiving space and at least a portion of the lower conductive terminal portions; wherein said plurality of channels allow for the routing of wire between the electronic component receiving space and the lower conductive terminal portions internal to an outer periphery formed by mated pairs of insert body elements.