Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector, includes: a row of contacts having plural contacting portions; an insulator secured to the contacting portions; an upper ground plate and a lower ground plate surrounding the row of contacts, at least one of the upper and lower ground plates integrally having plural ground contacting portions aligned with the contacting portions of the row of contacts; and plural separate conductive rivets electrically connecting the upper and lower ground plates.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an upper connector unit and a lower connector unit in a vertical direction. Each connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality contacts essentially composed of a plurality of differential-pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a the transverse direction wherein the differential-pair signal contacts are stamped and formed from sheet metal and successively integrally formed with a plurality of insulative transverse bars via insert-molding while the grounding contacts are directly blanked from sheet metal and associated with corresponding shielding plates assembled to the insulative transverse bar.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality of side by side arranged contacts integrally formed with a plurality of plastic tie bars at different positions via insert-molding. The contacts include a plurality of differential pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. Each plastic tie bar includes an insulative primary part integrally formed with all contacts via a first insert-molding process, and a conductive secondary part integrally formed with the primary part and the grounding contacts via a second insert-molding process after the first insert-molding process.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector, includes: a row of mating contact portions and a first insulator retaining the row of mating contact portions; a row of mounting contact portions and a second insulator retaining the row of mounting contact portions; and plural twin-ax cables interconnected between the row of mating contact portions and the row of mounting contact portions.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector including: a row of contacts having plural contacting portions and plural mounting portions; an insulator secured to the plural contacting portions and the plural mounting portions; and an upper ground plate and a lower ground plate surrounding the row of contacts, wherein a conductive element is provided to electrically connect the upper and lower ground plates and selected ones of the row of contacts, or at least one of the upper and lower ground plates integrally forms plural ground sections constituting part of the plural contacting portions of the row of contacts.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector includes: a signal contact module including a first insulator and plural pairs of signal contacts insert-molded with the first insulator; a ground contact module including a second insulator and plural ground contacts insert-molded with the second insulator; and a conductive plastic member molded with the plural ground contacts, wherein the first insulator is assembled to the second insulator.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector includes: a ground contact module including plural ground contacts defining an engaging section entirely exposed to air and a conductive plastic member mounted to the engaging section and extending through each of the plural ground contacts; plural pairs of signal contacts alternately arranged between the plural ground contacts; and an insulative member mounted to the plural pairs of signal contacts and at least some of the plural ground contacts.

Abstract: A connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including plural contacts integrally formed with plural insulative transverse bars via insert-molding. The contacts include plural differential pair signal contacts and plural grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. Plural grounding bars are attached to corresponding transverse bars, respectively, wherein each grounding bar include plural tabs mechanically and electrically connecting to the corresponding grounding contacts. Each grounding bar is equipped with a plastic attachment tie bar to cooperate with a corresponding transverse bar to sandwich the grounding bar therebetween for securement.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality of side by side arranged contacts integrally formed with a plurality of plastic tie bars at different positions via insert-molding. An insulative front cover and an insulative rear cover are assembled upon the housing wherein the rear cover is forwardly assembled into the housing together with the contact module while the front cover is downwardly assembled upon the housing after the contact module has been assemble into the housing. The front cover is configured to comply with the curved resilient contacting sections of the contacts for lowering the impedance of the contacts thereabouts.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes: an insulative housing; a contact module received by the insulative housing, the contact module including a first pair of signal contacts, a second pair of signal contacts, and a ground contact between the first pair of signal contacts and the second pair of signal contacts; a first cable having a pair of signal wires terminated to the first pair of signal contacts and a second cable having a pair of signal wires terminated to the second pair of signal contacts; and a unitary ground bar having a first loop wrapping around the first cable, a second loop wrapping around the second cable, and an intermediate portion terminated to the ground contact.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a unitary insulative housing having a tongue and a cavity; two rows of terminals molded in the insulative housing while exposing to two opposite surfaces of the tongue, respectively, each row of terminals including plural signal terminals and plural ground terminals, the ground terminals being exposed to the cavity; and a conductive plastic member molded in the cavity to be in contact with the ground terminals.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality of side by side arranged contacts integrally formed with a plurality of plastic tie bars at different positions via insert-molding. An insulative front cover and an insulative rear cover are assembled upon the housing wherein the rear cover is forwardly assembled into the housing together with the contact module while the front cover is downwardly assembled upon the housing after the contact module has been assemble into the housing. The front cover is configured to comply with the curved resilient contacting sections of the contacts for lowering the impedance of the contacts thereabouts.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality of side by side arranged contacts integrally formed with a plurality of plastic tie bars at different positions via insert-molding. The contacts include a plurality of differential pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. Each plastic tie bar includes an insulative primary part integrally formed with all contacts via a first insert-molding process, and a conductive secondary part integrally formed with the primary part and the grounding contacts via a second insert-molding process after the first insert-molding process.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing with a front mating slot and a rear receiving cavity; a combo contact module assembly received within the receiving cavity and including a sideband contact module sandwiched between a pair of high speed contact modules; each high speed contact module including an upper unit and a lower unit assembled with each other in a vertical direction; each of the upper unit and the lower unit including a front subunit and a rear subunit; each of the front subunit and the rear subunit includes differential pair contacts alternately arranged with grounding contacts in a transverse direction; and a metallic grounding bar discrete from the grounding contacts mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an upper connector unit and a lower connector unit in a vertical direction. Each connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality contacts essentially composed of a plurality of differential-pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a the transverse direction wherein the differential-pair signal contacts are stamped and formed from sheet metal and successively integrally formed with a plurality of insulative transverse bars via insert-molding while the grounding contacts are directly blanked from sheet metal and associated with corresponding shielding plates assembled to the insulative transverse bar.

Abstract: A connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including plural contacts integrally formed with plural insulative transverse bars via insert-molding. The contacts include plural differential pair signal contacts and plural grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. Plural grounding bars are attached to corresponding transverse bars, respectively, wherein each grounding bar include plural tabs mechanically and electrically connecting to the corresponding grounding contacts. Each grounding bar is equipped with a plastic attachment tie bar to cooperate with a corresponding transverse bar to sandwich the grounding bar therebetween for securement.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a pair of contact wafers. Each contact wafer includes an insulative plate and a plurality of contacts. The contacts include a plurality of grounding contacts and plural differential-pair contacts. Each contact includes a contacting section extending beyond a front edge of the plate, a tail section exposed outside of a bottom edge of the plate and a connecting section linked between the contacting section and the tail section. The plate includes a plurality of first through holes formed along the connecting section of each grounding contact, and a plurality of second through holes formed along the connecting sections of each pair of the differential-pair contacts. The first through holes and the second through hole are essentially offset from each other in both the first direction and the second direction which are perpendicular to each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing with a front mating slot and a rear receiving cavity; a combo contact module assembly received within the receiving cavity and including a sideband contact module sandwiched between a pair of high speed contact modules; each high speed contact module including an upper unit and a lower unit assembled with each other in a vertical direction; each of the upper unit and the lower unit including a front subunit and a rear subunit; each of the front subunit and the rear subunit includes differential pair contacts alternately arranged with grounding contacts in a transverse direction; and a metallic grounding bar discrete from the grounding contacts mechanically and electrically connecting to the grounding contacts.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a longitudinal insulative housing, two rows of terminals and an insulative block fixed therein. The insulative housing includes two side walls and a card slot between the side walls and opening upward, the side walls defines grooves for receiving terminals and opening downward. Each terminal includes a retaining portion fixed in the groove, each row of the terminals including a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of grounding terminals. Each signal groove loaded with the signal terminal is filled with the insulative block, the block fitly abuts against the retaining portion of the signal terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts located in each wall of the housing and having grounding contacts and differential-pair contacts, and a grounding bar. The grounding bar includes a pair of lower spring fingers respectively contacting lower regions of the ground contacts in a transverse direction, and a pair of upper spring fingers respectively contacting upper regions of the ground contacts in the transverse direction, an upper transverse bar linked between the pair of upper spring fingers along a longitudinal direction, a lower transverse bar linked between the pair of lower spring fingers along the longitudinal direction, the pair of upper spring fingers extend upwardly from the lower transverse bar and a transverse base having retaining device attached to a lower portion of the housing. The pair of lower spring fingers upwardly extend from the transverse base.