US 11,715,914 B2
High speed, high density electrical connector with shielded signal paths
Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Dover, NH (US); John Robert Dunham, Windham, NH (US); Mark W. Gailus, Concord, MA (US); Donald A. Girard, Jr., Bedford, NH (US); David Manter, Goffstown, NH (US); Tom Pitten, Merrimack, NH (US); Vysakh Sivarajan, Nashua, NH (US); and Michael Joseph Snyder, Merrimack, NH (US)
Assigned to Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed by Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/102,133.
Application 17/102,133 is a continuation of application No. 16/505,290, filed on Jul. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,847,937.
Application 16/505,290 is a continuation of application No. 15/713,887, filed on Sep. 25, 2017, granted, now 10,348,040.
Application 15/713,887 is a continuation of application No. 15/336,613, filed on Oct. 27, 2016, granted, now 9,774,144.
Application 15/336,613 is a continuation of application No. 14/603,294, filed on Jan. 22, 2015, granted, now 9,509,101.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/078,945, filed on Nov. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/930,411, filed on Jan. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0175670 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/6598 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 13/6585 (2011.01); H01R 13/6599 (2011.01); H01R 13/02 (2006.01); H01R 43/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6598 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 13/025 (2013.01); H01R 13/518 (2013.01); H01R 13/6585 (2013.01); H01R 13/6587 (2013.01); H01R 13/6599 (2013.01); H01R 43/24 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4922 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49222 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A subassembly for an electrical connector, the subassembly comprising:
a plurality of conductive elements each comprising a mating contact portion, a contact tail, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating contact portion and the contact tail; and
a plurality of shield members of electromagnetic shielding material, wherein:
the plurality of conductive elements are disposed in pairs,
at least the intermediate portions of the conductive elements of the pairs are disposed in a column,
the plurality of shield members are aligned in a direction parallel to the column,
the intermediate portions of each pair are at least in part surrounded by a shield member of the plurality of shield members, and
the shield members of adjacent pairs are electrically coupled within the subassembly.