Claims
- 1. An electrical connector for electrically and mechanically interconnecting a circuit assembly having a plurality of contact regions and a mating connector having first side walls, a plurality of first contact portions arranged in rows and columns within the first side walls and at least one second side contact portion, the electrical connector comprising:
- a plurality of electrical contact elements wherein:
- each of the contact elements has a first contact and a second contact,
- the first contacts are arranged in rows and columns for contacting the first contact portions, and
- each one of the contact elements includes a middle portion configured such that their second contacts extend at an angle with respect to the first contacts,
- a housing including:
- a conductive base having a plurality of passages arranged in rows and columns extending through the base, the contact elements positioned in the passages,
- a plurality of insulative blocks positioned in the passages, the having passages, the contact elements being in the block passages such that their first contacts are on a first side of the base in a contact region and their second contacts are on a second side of the base, and
- conductive baffles positioned between and spaced from columns of the middle portions of the contact elements, the baffles being connected to the conductive base.
- 2. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising:
- a baffle contact extends from each one of the conductive baffles such that the second contacts and the baffle contacts are arranged in rows and columns for connecting to the contact regions of the circuit
- 3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein each one of the insulative blocks includes the block passages for holding a column of the contact elements.
- 4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the blocks further comprise an insulative sleeve surrounding each of the contact elements.
- 5. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising:
- conductive side walls extending from the base, the base and the conductive side walls partially enclosing the contact region.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/536,855 filed Jun. 8, 1990, now abandoned.
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