Jeffrey M Orner

US Patent:

7946854, May 24, 2011

Filed:

Jul 21, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/506868

Inventors:

Kevin Weidner - Hummelstown PA, US
Jeffrey K. Orner - Boiling Springs PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

International Classification:

H01R 12/00

US Classification:

439 63, 439581

Abstract:

An electrical connector assembly includes a coaxial connector structure having a center contact configured to be surface mounted to an upper surface of a circuit board at a board edge of the circuit board. The center contact extends along a contact axis in an axial direction. A shielded housing block extends rearward from the coaxial connector structure. The shielded housing block has a shielded chamber receiving a portion of the center contact with an open bottom extending along the upper surface of the circuit board. A shield member engages at least one of the coaxial connector structure and the shielded housing block. The shield member extends along at least a portion of the open bottom of the shielded chamber in the axial direction.