An electrical connector having one or more openings formed in the connector's housing between adjacent rows of conductors. The openings may be positioned between rows of contact portions, and reduces crosstalk between conductors in adjacent rows. The opening(s) may extend through the entire length of the connector's housing. The opening(s) may have any suitable shape. In some embodiments, the openings may comprise a slot, bifurcated by crossbeams. The crossbeams may have ends positioned between signal conductors in the same row of the same type, either signal or ground. Alternatively or additionally, the crossbeams may be angled with respect to the rows of contacts such that the ends are positioned proximate conductors of a first type in one row and proximate conductors of a second type in another row.

An electrical connector with electrically lossy materials bridging ground members. The lossy conductive members may be formed by filling a settable binder with conductive particles, allowing the partially conductive members to be formed through an insert molding process. Connectors assembled from wafers that contain signal conductors held within an insulative housing may incorporate lossy conductive members by having filled thermal plastic molded onto the insulatative housing. The lossy conductive members may be used in conjunction with magnetically lossy materials. The lossy conductive members to reduce ground system do resonance within the connector, thereby increasing the high frequency performance of the connector.

An RJ45 Communication jack has a housing with a top, bottom, front, and back. A foil is immediately adhered to and partially covers the housing. A top or bottom of the housing is covered by a first portion and a second portion of the foil wherein the first portion and the second portion are separated by a nonconductive gap. The gap extends from the front of the housing to the rear of the housing. With such foils placed on each one of a series of adjacent jack housing, common mode noise caused by capacitive coupling between adjacent ones of the foils is reduced.

An RJ45 Communication jack has a housing with a top, bottom, front, and back. A foil is immediately adhered to and partially covers the housing. A top or bottom of the housing is covered by a first portion and a second portion of the foil wherein the first portion and the second portion are separated by a nonconductive gap. The gap extends from the front of the housing to the rear of the housing. With such foils placed on each one of a series of adjacent jack housing, common mode noise caused by capacitive coupling between adjacent ones of the foils is reduced.

A connector is arranged in a hole portion of a retaining member and is fitted as a floating connector to a mating connector. For example, the connector includes a plurality of abutment portions, which are brought into abutment against the hole portion when the connector is arranged in the hole portion, and a plurality of biasing portions, which are configured to bias the plurality of abutment portions in respective abutment directions relative to a main outer surface portion of a shell. The plurality of abutment portions include a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion which are formed in an opposite side over a main plane being a plane which includes a main center line and is perpendicular to the main outer surface portion, and a third abutment portion which is formed at a position forming a triangle with the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion.

A connector is arranged in a hole portion of a retaining member and is fitted as a floating connector to a mating connector. For example, the connector includes a plurality of abutment portions, which are brought into abutment against the hole portion when the connector is arranged in the hole portion, and a plurality of biasing portions, which are configured to bias the plurality of abutment portions in respective abutment directions relative to a main outer surface portion of a shell. The plurality of abutment portions include a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion which are formed in an opposite side over a main plane being a plane which includes a main center line and is perpendicular to the main outer surface portion, and a third abutment portion which is formed at a position forming a triangle with the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion.

A connector is arranged in a hole portion of a retaining member and is fitted as a floating connector to a mating connector. For example, the connector includes a plurality of abutment portions, which are brought into abutment against the hole portion when the connector is arranged in the hole portion, and a plurality of biasing portions, which are configured to bias the plurality of abutment portions in respective abutment directions relative to a main outer surface portion of a shell. The plurality of abutment portions include a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion which are formed in an opposite side over a main plane being a plane which includes a main center line and is perpendicular to the main outer surface portion, and a third abutment portion which is formed at a position forming a triangle with the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion.

A connector is arranged in a hole portion of a retaining member and is fitted as a floating connector to a mating connector. For example, the connector includes a plurality of abutment portions, which are brought into abutment against the hole portion when the connector is arranged in the hole portion, and a plurality of biasing portions, which are configured to bias the plurality of abutment portions in respective abutment directions relative to a main outer surface portion of a shell. The plurality of abutment portions include a first abutment portion and a second abutment portion which are formed in an opposite side over a main plane being a plane which includes a main center line and is perpendicular to the main outer surface portion, and a third abutment portion which is formed at a position forming a triangle with the first abutment portion and the second abutment portion.

An electrical connector includes a first set of conductors, a first overmolding in physical contact with a body portion of each of the first set of conductors, a second set of conductors, a second overmolding in physical contact with the body portion of each of the second set of conductors, and a spacer in contact with the first overmolding and the second overmolding. A gap is present between the spacer and at least one of the first set of conductors and a gap between the spacer and at least one of the second set of conductors.

An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulation housing, upper-row plate terminals, and lower-row plate terminals. The metallic shell defines a receptacle cavity to receive the insulation housing. The insulation housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from one side of the base portion. The tongue portion includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include upper-row contact segments at the upper surface for transmitting first signals. The lower-row plate terminals are held on the base portion and tongue portion and include lower-row contact segments at the lower surface for transmitting second signals. The upper-row plate terminals and the lower-row plate terminals are point-symmetrical with a central point of the receptacle cavity as the symmetrical center.