US 11,916,341 B2
Direct plug orthogonal board to board connector system
Timothy Robert Minnick, Enola, PA (US); Justin Dennis Pickel, Hummlestown, PA (US); Chad William Morgan, Carneys Point, NJ (US); David Allison Trout, Lancaster, PA (US); and Jeffrey Byron McClinton, Harrisburg, PA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,099.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057831 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 24/84 (2011.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 24/84 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6587 (2013.01); H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a mating interface configured to be mated with a mating electrical connector; and
wafer assemblies coupled to the housing and arranged in a wafer stack, each wafer assembly including a leadframe, a wafer body holding the leadframe, and a ground frame coupled to the wafer body to provide electrical shielding for the leadframe;
each leadframe having signal contacts extending between mating ends and mounting ends, the signal contacts having main bodies between the mating ends and the mounting ends, the main bodies extending through the wafer bodies, the mounting ends extending from the wafer body for termination to a circuit board, the mating ends extending from the wafer body and presented at the mating interface of the housing for mating with mating signal contacts of the mating electrical connector, the mating ends being twisted 45° relative to the main bodies to define twisted mating interfaces configured to be mated with the mating signal contacts of the mating electrical connector;
each ground frame having a ground plate coupled to the wafer body and ground shields extending forward from the ground plate, the ground shields extending along the mating ends of the corresponding signal contacts to provide shielding for the mating ends along the mating interfaces, the ground shields being twisted 45° relative to the ground plate to define twisted shield zones along the mating ends of the signal contacts.