Card edge connector having a connector sleeve

A card edge connector for mating with a pluggable module comprising:

• a connector housing including a top and a bottom, the housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a first side and a second side, the connector housing including a cavity extending between the front and the rear;
• a contact assembly received in the cavity, the contact assembly having a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array, the contact positioner holding ground shields between the corresponding contacts, the ground shields including ground beams, each contact including a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end, the intermediate portion held by the contact positioner;
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• a connector sleeve coupled to the connector housing, the connector sleeve movable relative to the connector housing between a retracted position and an advanced position, the connector sleeve including an insert received in the cavity, the insert including a card slot configured to receive a module circuit board of the pluggable module, the insert including a ground bus configured to engage the ground beams when the connector sleeve is moved to the advanced position to electrically common the ground shields, the insert including press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts, the press anvils being pressed against the intermediate portions when the connector sleeve is moved to the advanced position to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board.

A communication system comprising:

• a pluggable module including a module circuit board having contact pads at a card edge;
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• a card edge connector receiving the pluggable module, the card edge connector including a connector housing holding a contact assembly and a connector sleeve, the connector sleeve being movable relative to the connector housing between a retracted position and an advanced position, the connector housing including a top and a bottom, the housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a first side and a second side, the connector housing including a cavity extending between the front and the rear, the contact assembly being received in the cavity, the contact assembly having a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array, each contact including a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end, the intermediate portion held by the contact positioner, the connector sleeve including an insert received in the cavity, the insert including a card slot receiving the card edge of the module circuit board, the insert including press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts, the press anvils being pressed against the intermediate portions when the connector sleeve is moved to the advanced position to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with the corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board.