David I Goodman

US Patent:

49958283, Feb 26, 1991

Filed:

Apr 12, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/508037

Inventors:

David S. Goodman - Sun City West AZ
Edward Rudoy - Woodland Hills CA

Assignee:

ITT Corporation - New York NY

International Classification:

H01R 424

US Classification:

439405

Abstract:

A connector is described which has contacts with wire termination ends (24) for connecting to two ribbon-like wire groups (16, 18) wherein the wires in each group alternate between grounded wires (26c) and signal-carrying wires (26a), and wherein the contacts have connector mating ends (22) arranged in two rows including one row (1) of signal contacts and another (2) of grounded contacts. The contacts are arranged in groups of four on an insulative body (40), with the termination ends (24a, 24d) of first and fourth contacts lying respectively on first and second sides (46, 48) of the body. The termination ends (24b, 24c) of second and third contacts are each bent to extend through a slot (66b, 66c) in the body so while the contact mating end (e. g. 22b) lies in a row (1) at one side of the body, its termination end (24b) lies in a row (6) at the other side of the body.