US 12,300,957 B2
Contact assembly for a cable card assembly of an electrical connector
Richard Elof Hamner, Hummelstown, PA (US); Tracy Lee Smith, Harrisburg, PA (US); Bruce Allen Champion, Camp Hill, PA (US); Matthew Jeffrey Sypolt, Harrisburg, PA (US); and Jared Evan Rossman, York Haven, PA (US)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on May 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/741,378.
Prior Publication US 2023/0369784 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/6585 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 9/0515 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/6585 (2013.01); H01R 13/6592 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable card assembly for an electrical connector comprising:
a circuit card having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit card having a cable end, the circuit card having mating conductors for mating with a mating electrical connector, the circuit card having circuit conductors at the cable end, the circuit card having a ground plane;
cables terminated to the circuit card, the cables including signal conductors and cable shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors, the signal conductors including exposed portions extending forward of the cable shields;
a contact assembly coupled to the circuit card and coupled to the cables, the contact assembly including a contact holder holding signal contacts, each signal contact including a base tab and a mating tab, the base tab being terminated to the corresponding circuit conductor, the mating tab being terminated to the corresponding signal conductor; and
a ground bus separate and discrete from the contact assembly and being coupled to the contact assembly, the ground bus being electrically connected to the cable shields to electrically connect the cable shields of the cables, the ground bus being electrically connected to the ground plane of the circuit card.