Electrical connector assembly
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative block, a conductive ground bus supported against the insulative block, an insulative housing block, multiple electrical contacts joining the ground bus and projecting outwardly of the housing block for connection to wires of at least one electrical cable, selected ones of the contacts being constructed for detachment from the ground bus to provide free ends of said ones of the contacts, and at least one of the contacts being constructed to remain joined to the ground bus, the ground bus being supported against the insulative block, and each of the contacts being supported against the insulative block, said free ends being supported against the insulative block while being connected to respective wires of at least one electrical cable.
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A connector assembly (6) comprises, conductive signal contacts (9) and a ground bus (10), a separator (16) between first and second rows of the contacts (9), the contacts (9) and the ground bus (10) being supported against the separator (16), the separator (16) having fingers (19) between adjacent contacts (9) of each row, and the ground bus (10) and the contacts (9) being of greater height than the fingers (19) for ease in connection to wires (2, 5) of an electrical cable (1).
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative block, a conductive ground bus supported against the insulative block, an insulative housing block, multiple electrical contacts joining the ground bus and projecting outwardly of the housing block for connection to wires of at least one electrical cable, selected ones of the contacts being constructed for detachment from the ground bus to provide free ends of said ones of the contacts, and at least one of the contacts being constructed to remain joined to the ground bus, the ground bus being supported against the insulative block, and each of the contacts being supported against the insulative block, said free ends being supported against the insulative block while being connected to respective wires of at least one electrical cable.
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7. An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative block, an insulative housing block, a conductive ground bus supported against the insulative block, multiple electrical contacts in first and second rows projecting outwardly of the housing block for connection to wires of at least one electrical cable, a first ground bus and a second ground bus supported against the insulative block, each said ground bus being connected to the contacts of one of said rows, selected ones of the contacts being constructed for detachment from said ground bus to provide free ends of said ones of the contacts, at least one of the contacts in each row being constructed to remain joined to said ground bus, each of the contacts being supported against the insulative block, and said free ends being supported against the insulative block while being connected to respective wires of at least one electrical cable.
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11. A connector assembly comprising:
- first and second rows of conductive signal contacts, an insulative housing block applied over the signal contacts, the contacts of each row projecting from the housing block and being joined to a first ground bus or a second ground bus, a separator between the first and second rows, cooperating latch elements on the housing and on the separator, the contacts and each ground bus being supported against the separator, at least a selected one of the signal contacts being separated from the ground bus, and the separator having raised fingers between adjacent contacts of each row.
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