US 8,408,939 B2 · Electrical connector system

Abstract

An electrical connector system for mounting to a substrate is disclosed. The electrical connector system may include a plurality of wafer assemblies defining a mating end and a mating end. Each wafer assembly may include a first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of the overmold of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly; a first ground shield configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts; and a second overmolded array of electrical contacts configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of the overmold of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly.

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Dependent claims

An electrical connector system comprising:

a plurality of wafer assemblies defining a mating end and a mounting end, each of the wafer assemblies comprising:
a first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
a first ground shield configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts;
and
a second overmolded array of electrical contacts configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
and
a wafer housing adapted to position the plurality of wafer assemblies adjacent to one another in the electrical connector system.

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A wafer assembly comprising:

a first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
a first ground shield configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts;
a second overmolded array of electrical contacts configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
and
a second ground shield configured to be assembled with the second overmolded array of electrical contacts.

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A wafer assembly comprising:

a first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
and
a second overmolded array of electrical contacts configured to be assembled with the first overmolded array of electrical contacts, each electrical contact of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts defining an electrical mating connector extending past an edge of an overmold of the second overmolded array of electrical contacts at the mating end of the wafer assembly;
wherein each electrical contact of the first overmolded array of electrical contacts is positioned in the wafer assembly adjacent to an electrical contact of the second array of electrical contacts to form a plurality of electrical contact pairs.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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