Modular connector assembly

Claim 1

A stacked connector assembly comprising: a main housing having a receiving chamber exposed to a rear face and a bottom face thereof, upper and lower mating openings defined in a front face and in communication with the receiving chamber for insertion of a mating connector therethrough, and a partition integrally connected between opposite side walls of the main housing for separating the upper mating opening from the lower mating opening; and a subassembly being guidably inserted within the receiving chamber of the main housing, the subassembly comprising a mating member retaining a plurality of mating contacts for electrically engaging with mating connectors, a connecting member retaining a plurality of connecting terminals, and a middle circuit board electrically connecting the mating contacts of the mating member with the connecting terminals of the connecting member and carrying a plurality of filtering electronic elements thereon; wherein the mating contacts comprise contact sections and soldering sections extending from the mating member, and are arranged in upper and lower rows, the contact sections of the upper and lower rows of mating contacts extending into the receiving chamber and respectively facing corresponding upper and lower mating openings, the middle circuit board being sandwiched between the upper and lower rows of soldering sections of the mating contacts for electrically connecting with the mating member.