ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING GROUND BUS BAR

摘要

An electrical connector includes a housing, signal contacts and ground contacts, and a ground bus bar. The housing has a first side wall and a second side wall that define a socket at the front end of the housing. The socket is configured to receive a mating connector therein. The signal and ground contacts are held in the housing and interspersed along at least one of the first or second side wall. The signal and ground contacts extend into the socket to mate with corresponding mating signal contacts and mating ground contacts, respectively, of the mating connector. The ground bus bar is coupled to the housing at the first side wall of the socket. The ground bus bar includes spring contacts that extend into the socket and are configured to engage corresponding mating ground contacts of the mating connector to electrically common the mating ground contacts.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a front end and an opposite rear end, the housing having a first side wall and a second side wall defining a socket at the front end, the socket being configured to receive a mating connector therein; signal contacts and ground contacts held in the housing along at least one of the first or second side wall, the signal contacts and the ground contacts interspersed across a width of the housing, the signal contacts and the ground contacts extending into the socket to engage corresponding mating signal contacts and mating ground contacts, respectively, of the mating connector; and a ground bus bar coupled to the housing at the first side wall of the socket, the ground bus bar including spring contacts that extend into the socket and are configured to engage corresponding mating ground contacts of the mating connector to electrically common the mating ground contacts, the spring contacts aligning with the ground contacts such that one of the spring contacts and a corresponding ground contact that aligns with the one spring contact engage a same mating ground contact of the mating connector at different, spaced-apart connection points.