Shield With Plural Ports For Separate Mating Connectors Patents (Class 439/607.25)
  • Patent number: 11450980
    Abstract: A receptacle cage includes cage walls including a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall. The cage walls form a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The cage walls extend between a front end and a rear end of the receptacle cage. The receptacle cage includes a lifting device located in the module channel proximate to the bottom wall. The lifting device is located remote from the front end. The lifting device has a lifting surface configured to engage the pluggable module and lift the pluggable module into the module channel to an elevated position lifted off of the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Alex Michael Sharf
  • Patent number: 11322896
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first conductive terminal, a second conductive terminal, an insulated body integrally molded on the first conductive terminal and the second conductive terminal, and a metallic shell on the insulated body. The insulated body includes a first tongue portion and a second tongue portion aligned side by side. The first conductive terminal is provided with a first contact portion. The second conductive terminal is provided with a second contact portion. The metallic shell includes a first cylinder portion provided with a first space and a second cylinder portion provided with a second space. The first cylinder portion surrounding the first tongue portion and the second cylinder portion surrounding the second tongue portion share a dividing portion for separating the first space from the second space, so that the two electrical connection ports of the electrical connector are independent and avoid mutual influence between the two electrical connection ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LEADER PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yong Wang, Li-Jun Xu, Hong-Qiang Xu, Meng-Jie Peng
  • Patent number: 11245230
    Abstract: A receptacle cage includes cage walls forming a module channel that is configured to receive a pluggable module. The cage walls extend between a front end and a rear end of the receptacle cage. At least one of the cage walls is a latch wall including a latching feature configured to engage a latch of the pluggable module to retain the pluggable module in the module channel. The receptacle cage includes a first slider pressure tab. The first slider pressure tab extends from the latch wall into the module channel. The first slider pressure tab is configured to engage a slider arm of the latch to press the slider arm inward toward a pluggable module body of the pluggable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Steven David Dunwoody, Alex Michael Sharf, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 11108195
    Abstract: A shield terminal (20) includes an inner conductor terminal (21) and an outer conductor terminal (22) surrounding the inner conductor terminal (21). The outer conductor terminal (21) has a pull-out opening (46) through which an inner conductor connecting piece (26) of the inner conductor terminal (21) is pulled toward a circuit board (90). The outer conductor terminal (22) includes outer conductor connecting pieces that face the pull-out opening (46) and that include first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) located on both sides across the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a plan view and a third outer conductor connecting piece (42) that faces the inner conductor connecting piece (26) in a direction orthogonal to an arrangement direction of the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) at a position between the first and second outer conductor connecting pieces (53, 54) in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Motoki Kubota, Masanobu Kasuga, Wataru Yamanaka, Keisuke Kanemura, Ai Hirano, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Patent number: 10746947
    Abstract: A pluggable optical module may include a housing enclosing one or more optical components and one or more electrical components. The pluggable optical module may include a slider to move along an exterior wall of the housing in association with latching or unlatching the pluggable optical module. The pluggable optical module may include an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield arranged in a gap between the slider and the exterior wall of the housing such that the EMI shield contacts the slider and the exterior wall of the housing. The EMI shield reduce EMI radiation passing through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventors: Kit Chan, Jeffy Lu, Lynn Wang
  • Patent number: 10446960
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a metallic cage defining a receiving space therein, a receptacle connector unit received in the receiving space and including a pair of mating ports, and a number of terminal wafers stacked with one another with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon the mating ports and tail sections to be mounted on a printed circuit board on which the receptacle connector unit is mounted, and a middle heat transfer unit located between the two mating ports in a vertical direction and including a heat base linked with a pair of heat pipes on two sides, the pair of heat pipes extending through a rear of the cage and connected to a rear heat sink unit located behind the rear of the cage. Each of the pair of heat pipes is directly contacted with at least two different surfaces of the heat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Guy Ritter, Terrance F. Little, Joe-Fu Chen
  • Patent number: 10276978
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising a plug assembly and a receptacle assembly. The plug assembly includes a plug housing including a latch release configured to slide in a longitudinal direction. The plug assembly also includes an inserting portion coupled to the plug housing including a first aperture positioned on a first lateral side and a second aperture positioned on a second lateral side. The plug assembly further includes a first latch being elongated, coupled to the latch release, and at least partially extending in the longitudinal direction through an interior of the inserting portion and a second latch being elongated, coupled to the latch release, and at least partially extending in the longitudinal direction through the interior of the inserting portion. The receptacle assembly is configured to at least partially receive the plug assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Clayton Whitehead, Ayo Adigun
  • Patent number: 10249998
    Abstract: A combination outlet connector is disclosed. The combination outlet connector includes an outlet core having three T-shaped apertures. The outlet core has a core outer surface to mate with a first connector type, such as a C14 connector, and electrical terminals are positioned in corresponding apertures. A removable adapter sleeve is positionable around the outlet core and has a sleeve outer surface to mate with a second connector type, such as a C20 connector. The adapter sleeve includes a sleeve aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface. The electrical terminals are configured to connect with mating terminals of the first and second connector types. A removable adapter shroud can be positioned around the outlet core. The shroud includes a shroud inner surface to receive the first connector type and a shroud flange having a shroud aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Server Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Irons, Mark Ramsey
  • Patent number: 10177502
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts secured to the housing and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, each row of contacts including two outermost ground contacts; and a shielding shell enclosing the contact module; wherein at least one of the ground contacts in one or both rows of the contacts has an extension, and the tongue has on at least one of the upper and lower surfaces a step exposing the extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 9799995
    Abstract: Combined connector receptacles, examples of which provide an upper housing having openings for tongues on each of two lower housings to simplify alignment of the tongues to a device enclosure, and inner shields around the lower housings and an outer shield around the upper housing and lower housings to provide isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Rui Zhou, Mahmoud R. Amini, Daren L. Rimando
  • Patent number: 9748702
    Abstract: A method of making a receptacle connector includes: Step 1: providing an upper terminal module making via a first inserting molded process; Step 2: providing an lower terminal module making via another first inserting molded process; Step 3: stacking the upper and lower terminal modules together in a vertical direction so as to provide a main basis; Step 4: applied an insulative filler on the main basis via a second insert molding process, wherein the insulative filler fills and completes the front tongues of the upper and lower terminal module thereby forming a mating tongue for inserting a plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Hsueh-Lung Hsiao, Ming-Lun Szu, Chao-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 9496664
    Abstract: A plug connector mateable with the receptacle connector, includes an insulative housing enclosed in a metallic shell, defining a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue, and equipped with a plurality of contacts on opposite sides in the vertical direction. A latch forms a pair of locking heads extending into two opposite lateral sides of the receiving cavity to lock with a shielding plate embedded within a mating tongue of the complementary receptacle connector during mating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Hsueh-Lung Hsiao, Ming-Lun Szu, Chao-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 9402332
    Abstract: An improved shielding cage assembly that utilizes air guides is disclosed. The shielding cage has a hollow interior configured to receive an electronic module therein which generates heat during operation. An air guide member is provided that defines an entry for surrounding air to enter the shielding cage interior and circulate around the electronic module. A thermal transfer member is provided that defines at least one exit passage for the air in the interior of the shielding cage to exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Michael K. McKervey, Michael A. Johnston, Eran J. Jones
  • Patent number: 9325119
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, a cable electrically connected with the contacts, a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing. The first contacts are received in the first tongue, and the second contacts are held in the second tongue, the second contacts have a grounding contact in the middle thereof. The cable has an aluminum foil, and a front part of the aluminum foil is stripped away. The grounding contact has an extending configuration extending beyond back ends of other contacts along a front to back direction and a pair of soldering portions on both sides of the extending configuration, the extending configuration has a Z-shaped cross-section and extends rearwards to a front end of the aluminum foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Zhan-Feng Song
  • Patent number: 9178315
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts and second contacts, a cable electrically connected with the contacts, a metallic shell enclosing the insulative housing. The first contacts are received in the first tongue, and the second contacts are held in the second tongue, the second contacts have a grounding contact in the middle thereof. The cable has an aluminum foil, and a front part of the aluminum foil is stripped away. The grounding contact has an extending configuration extending beyond back ends of other contacts along a front to back direction and a pair of soldering portions on both sides of the extending configuration, the extending configuration has a Z-shaped cross-section and extends rearwards to a front end of the aluminum foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Zhan-Feng Song
  • Publication number: 20150004835
    Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support (12); and (b) at least one connection module (100) mounted to the earthed support (12), including: (i) a housing (200; 220) for a plurality of electrical contact members (212), the housing (200; 220) having a plurality of recesses (202) to receive wires of at least one shielded cable (50); (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector (300; 400) to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector (300; 400) in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface (110) for the connection module (100); wherein the shielding interface (110) is simultaneously contactable with shielding (52) of the shielded cable (50), a corresponding shielding interface (500) of the electrical connector (400), and the earthed support (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Brent David Allwood, Kavita Purohit, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Wayne William Dennes, Kevin James Truskett
  • Patent number: 8870595
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided with a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein. The cage member has side walls that extend along sides of the upper and lower ports. The cage member includes a separator member that extends between the side walls and between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. A light pipe organizer is positioned within the channel. An RF absorber is positioned within the channel in engagement with the light pipe organizer. The RF absorber reduces an amount of electromagnetic interference (EMI) emitted from the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Schmitt, Robert Harrison Wertz, Jr., Michael James Weiss
  • Patent number: 8864523
    Abstract: A connector includes a multi-port shield configured to reduce EMI. A housing is positioned inside the shield and includes one or more projections extending from a first face, the projections aligned with each port. A vertical wall is provided on the first face of the housing. Apertures in the vertical wall are aligned with the projections. The vertical wall helps reduce the amount of EMI generated by the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Emanuel G. Banakis, Jerry D. Kachlic
  • Patent number: 8814596
    Abstract: A modular connector for cables and pipes has a compressible body with an axial groove provided therein for arrangement of a shielded cable extending from a first end to a second end, and the groove is dimensioned or dimensionable to sealingly fit around a circumference of the shielded or armored cable or the pipe. The connector has a conductor arrangement arranged between the first end and the second end, the conductor arrangement may be sandwiched between the compressible body and a cable screen or armor of the cable or the pipe. The conductor arrangement further extends to an outside of the modular connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Roxtec AB
    Inventor: Bo Millevik
  • Patent number: 8777664
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cable connector and a receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing defining a receiving slot and a number of contacts including multiple first contacts and multiple second contacts. The second contacts include a number of differential signal contacts and ground contacts among which the differential signal contacts are paired and the ground contacts are located at opposite lateral sides of each paired differential signal contacts. The first contacts are ordinally arranged as GGVV, or VGVG, or VVGG, or GVGV, or GVVG, or VGGV, or VSSG, or GSSV. The second contacts are compatible to USB 3.0 protocol for high-speed signal transmission. As a result, it is easy to control the impedance of the whole transmission system so as to decrease signal attenuation and signal reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Lanto Electronic Limited
    Inventors: Yong-Nan Gui, Lin Wu, Wei-Ya Cheng
  • Patent number: 8662919
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board accommodated in the housing, a number of I/O ports mounted on the circuit board, and a port shield secured to the housing. The housing defines a number of openings, and the I/O ports are exposed from the plurality of openings. The port shield defines a number of receiving spaces to receive and position the I/O ports, thereby preventing the plurality of I/O ports from becoming loose and detaching from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ting-Ting Zhao, He-Li Wang
  • Patent number: 8636544
    Abstract: Plug assembly including first and second plug connectors that are configured to be stacked with respect to each other. Each of the first and second plug connectors has a mating side that extends between leading and trailing ends along a plug axis. The mating side includes an attachment area and an exposed area that are laterally adjacent to each other. Each of the first and second plug connectors also has an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield section coupled to the mating side at the attachment area. The mating sides of the first and second plug connectors interface with each other when the first and second plug connectors are stacked. The EMI shield section of the first plug connector engages the mating side of the second plug connector at the exposed area. The EMI shield section of the second plug connector engages the other mating side at the exposed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric David Briant, Brian Keith McMaster, Jr., Daniel Lee Gorenc, John Eugene Westman
  • Patent number: 8591258
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a front shell (4) and a back shell (5) fixed to the insulative housing (1) and a set of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing (1). The back shell (5) includes a base (51) covering a rear surface of the insulative housing (1) and formed with mating plates (512). The insulative housing (1) has two guide slots (173) extending forwardly from a back face (17) of the insulative housing (1). The back shell (5) is assembled to the insulative housing (1) from top-to-bottom, the guiding slot (173) guides the mounting plate (512) and finally receives the mounting plate (512) to retain the back shell (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xue-Yuan Xiao, Hong-Qiang Han
  • Patent number: 8545267
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein with side walls along the sides of the upper and lower ports. A separator member extends between the side walls between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. The upper and lower plates have interior surface facing the channel and exterior surfaces facing the upper and lower ports, respectively. RF absorbers are positioned along the exterior surfaces and are exposed along the upper and lower ports. The RF absorbers reduce an amount of EMI propagation through the cage member. A divider wall is positioned in the channel and extends between the interior surfaces of the upper and lower plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 8545268
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port. A separator member extends between side walls of the cage member between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has a channel between upper and lower plates. The upper plate has an upper inner pocket facing the channel and an upper outer pocket facing the upper port. The lower plate has a lower inner pocket facing the channel and a lower outer pocket facing the lower port. An upper inner RF absorber is positioned within the upper inner pocket. An upper outer RF absorber is positioned within the upper outer pocket. A lower inner RF absorber is positioned within the lower inner pocket. A lower outer RF absorber is positioned within the lower outer pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 8465319
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing (130) with stacked elongated ports (110a, 110b). Each of port includes terminals (150a, 150b) aligned along a vertical side. The top port and the bottom port can be configured so that the terminals are aligned along opposite vertical sides. The terminals can be supported by wafers (170a, 170b) and the wafer for the top and bottom port can be substantially different heights. The ports can be configured to provide a higher density such as port to port pitch of less than 14 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Philip J. Dambach
  • Patent number: 8419474
    Abstract: A connector defining a receiving opening for receiving a corresponding plug, includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts attached to the insulative housing, and a grounding tab. The contacts include a pair of differential signal contacts. Each differential signal contact has a first retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a first contact portion extending to the receiving opening for contacting with the corresponding plug and a first tail portion for connecting with a circuit board. The first tail portions of the differential signal contacts define a distance which is larger than that of the corresponding first contact portions. The grounding tab is retained between the first tail portions of the pair of differential signal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Ming Zhang, Chi-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20130005185
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) connector assembly includes an I/O connector module and a holder for accommodating the I/O connector module. The I/O connector module includes a plurality of I/O connectors and an Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) shielding member located below each of the plurality of I/O connectors. The EMI shielding member includes a flat piece, a first resilient piece extending slantingly upwards from the flat piece, and a second resilient piece extending slantingly downward from the flat piece. A plurality of receiving holes is defined in the holder. The plurality of I/O connecters extends through and protrudes out from the plurality of receiving holes. The first resilient piece abuts a corresponding one of the plurality of I/O connectors. The second resilient piece abuts the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIANG ZHANG, CHAO GENG, LI-FU XU
  • Publication number: 20120329325
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port. A separator member extends between side walls of the cage member between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has a channel between upper and lower plates. The upper plate has an upper inner pocket facing the channel and an upper outer pocket facing the upper port. The lower plate has a lower inner pocket facing the channel and a lower outer pocket facing the lower port. An upper inner RF absorber is positioned within the upper inner pocket. An upper outer RF absorber is positioned within the upper outer pocket. A lower inner RF absorber is positioned within the lower inner pocket. A lower outer RF absorber is positioned within the lower outer pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Publication number: 20120322308
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein with side walls along the sides of the upper and lower ports. A separator member extends between the side walls between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. The upper and lower plates have interior surface facing the channel and exterior surfaces facing the upper and lower ports, respectively. RF absorbers are positioned along the exterior surfaces and are exposed along the upper and lower ports. The RF absorbers reduce an amount of EMI propagation through the cage member. A divider wall is positioned in the channel and extends between the interior surfaces of the upper and lower plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 8328579
    Abstract: The invention provides a shield case to cover a body, the body having a main body and first and second connecting portions projecting from the main body and lying adjacent to each other along a first direction. The shield case includes first to forth conductive shells. The first and second shells cover an outer circumference of the main body; the third shell covers the first connecting portion; and the fourth shell covers the second connecting portion. The third shell is in contact with at least one of the first and second shells. The first or fourth shell is in contact with the second shell. The fourth shell is provided integrally with the first shell and is adjacent to the third shell along the first direction. The first or fourth shell may not contact the second shell if the third shell is contactable with both the first and second shells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Sasaki, Junichi Arai
  • Patent number: 8277252
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided with a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein. The cage member has a front mating face that has openings to receive the pluggable modules. The cage member has side walls along the sides of the upper and lower ports and a separator member extending between the side walls between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. An RF absorber is positioned within the channel that reduces an amount of EMI emitted from the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 8267722
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100), comprising a frame (1) have a plurality of passageways (13) and a plurality of openings (14) in a front wall (123) of the frame and in communication with the corresponding passageway (13); a plurality of electrical connectors (2) received in the corresponding passageways (13), each electrical connector (2) having a terminal seat (21), a shell (22) enclosing the terminal seat (21) and a mating portion (25) exposed at the corresponding opening (14); a grounding member (3) having a body portion (30), at least two first contact arms (31) and at least one second contact arm (32) formed with the body portion (30), each first contact arm (31) contacting the shell (22) of one of the electrical connectors (2), said at least one second contact arm (32) extending out the frame (1) and disposed around the front wall (123) of the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi Zhou, Xian-Kui Shi, Chung-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 8226439
    Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulating housing. The insulating housing has a base. At least one positioning block is protruded from a front of the base and separates the base into several equal parts. A plurality of terminals is mounted into the insulating housing. A connecting element is fixed on the positioning block. A shielding shell wraps the insulating housing. The positioning block cooperates with the shielding shell to form receiving spaces for receiving plug connectors. So, the electrical connector is capable of receiving multiple plug connectors. Meanwhile, the electrical connector simplifies the soldering process while assembling multiple connectors, and also, improves the assembly accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chun Lai
  • Publication number: 20120083156
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided with a shielding cage member having an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein. The cage member has a front mating face that has openings to receive the pluggable modules. The cage member has side walls along the sides of the upper and lower ports and a separator member extending between the side walls between the upper and lower ports. The separator member has an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. An RF absorber is positioned within the channel that reduces an amount of EMI emitted from the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MICHAEL WARREN FOGG, STEVEN DUNWOODY, RICHARD JAMES LONG
  • Publication number: 20120071029
    Abstract: A modular connector for cables and pipes has a compressible body with an axial groove provided therein for arrangement of a shielded cable extending from a first end to a second end, and the groove is dimensioned or dimensionable to sealingly fit around a circumference of the shielded or armored cable or the pipe. The connector has a conductor arrangement arranged between the first end and the second end, the conductor arrangement may be sandwiched between the compressible body and a cable screen or armor of the cable or the pipe. The conductor arrangement further extends to an outside of the modular connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Roxtec AB
    Inventor: Bo Millevik
  • Patent number: 8092252
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body defining a receiving chamber of which a top inside is further concaved upward to form a buckling cavity, an inner cover and an outer shell mounted outside the insulating body. A top wall of the buckling cavity is provided with a window vertically penetrating therethrough to communicate with the buckling cavity. The inner cover has a covering board buckled in the buckling cavity and facing to the window. The outer shell has a base plate covered on the top wall. A portion of the base plate is punched downward to form a contact portion which stretches into the window to electrically contact the covering board of the inner cover so as to achieve a grounding function of the inner cover through the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Chi Peng
  • Patent number: 8011959
    Abstract: A high frequency micro connector has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals and multiple terminals. The insulating housing has a base, a first tongue and a second tongue. The first and second terminals are mounted through the base respectively on the first and second tongue. The second tongue includes pairs of high frequency signal transmission terminals each having a transverse extension section and a soldering section formed on the transverse extension section. The transverse extension sections of each pair protrude reversely and oppositely to increase the distance between the soldering sections therefore to prevent crosstalk between the high frequency signal transmission terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yung Tsai, Ming-Yung Chang
  • Publication number: 20110177710
    Abstract: A connector assembly for mating with a multi-port electrical connector includes a shielded housing having a plurality of discrete shielded plug chambers and a plurality of plugs received in corresponding plug chambers. Each of the plugs are shielded from one another by the shielded housing, and the plugs are configured for simultaneous mating with the multi-port electrical connector, wherein each plug is received in a different port of the electrical connector. The connector assembly also includes a latch assembly coupled to the shielded housing. The latch assembly engages the shielded housing and is configured to engage the multi-port electrical connector to electrically common the shielded housing and the multi-port electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: SHAWN PHILLIP TOBEY
  • Patent number: 7901244
    Abstract: This invention discloses a stacked electrical connector including a first connector, a second connector, and a conductive casing. The first connector includes a first signal connection portion and a first group of soldering pins extending along a direction. The second connector includes a second signal connection portion and a second group of soldering pins extending along the direction. The first connector is stacked on the second connector. The conductive casing has a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening. The conductive casing covers the first connector and the second connector. The first signal connection portion passes through the first opening, and the second signal connection portion passes through the second opening. The first group of soldering pins and the second group of soldering pins are exposed to the third opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Le Lee, Hao-Tser Tsai, Ruei-Chin Wu, Shr-Da Mai
  • Patent number: 7896659
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a subsidiary circuit board, connectors, and an interposer assembly. The subsidiary circuit board includes opposite sides. The connectors are mounted to the opposite sides of the subsidiary circuit board and are electrically coupled with the subsidiary circuit board. The connectors are configured to mate with mating connectors. The interposer assembly is joined with the subsidiary circuit board. The interposer assembly includes a dielectric housing and elongated contacts that extend between opposite outer ends along a vertical axis and are held by the housing. The interposer assembly mates with the subsidiary circuit board and is configured to mate with a main circuit board such that the outer ends of the contacts electrically couple the connectors mounted to the subsidiary circuit board with the main circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: John Eugene Westman, Brian Keith McMaster, Jr., Michael Warren Fogg
  • Patent number: 7892027
    Abstract: A receptacle connector comprising an insulative housing having a base portion; a plurality of terminals retained in the insulative housing; and a shielding shell assembled on the insulative housing. The shielding shell comprises a pair of sidewalls opposite to each other and forming a mating cavity therebetween. The insulative housing further including an alignment wall extending into the mating cavity from the base portion to partition the mating cavity into a number of mating openings, one of the mating opening having a shape different from another. Wherein at least one of the sidewalls has a bent portion bent from a front edge thereof, and the bent portion defines a hook at the tip thereof for adapting to retention at least one hole of the alignment wall of the insulative housing. Therefore, the strength of the receptacle connector may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: 7845982
    Abstract: A DisplayPort socket includes a first composite element and a second composite element. The first composite element includes a first insulating body partially and tightly covering plural terminals so that the terminals are exposed on a plate of the first insulating body and form plural conduction zones. The second composite element includes a second insulating body partially and tightly covering plural terminals so that the terminals are exposed on a plate of the second insulating body and form plural conduction zones. The plates of the first and second composite elements are stacked flat on each other to form a coupling plate for coupling buttingly with a DisplayPort connector. By integrating the first and second insulating bodies with their corresponding terminals to form the first and second composite elements and then assembling the first and second composite elements together, the terminals are securely positioned, thus increasing the reliability of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Compupack Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Jui Wang
  • Publication number: 20100221951
    Abstract: A cassette includes a shell having a plurality of shielded channels extending between a front and a rear of the shell. Communication modules are loaded into the shielded channels. The communication modules have front mating interfaces configured for mating with corresponding first plugs and rear mating interfaces configured for mating with corresponding second plugs. The communication modules are loaded into the corresponding shielded channels such that the communication modules are individually shielded from one another. Optionally, the shell may have interior walls defining the shielded channels that extend between the front and the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: PAUL JOHN PEPE, STEVEN RICHARD BOPP, NEIL KTUL NAY
  • Patent number: 7785140
    Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a base configured for mounting to a mating component. The base includes a pair of opposite side surfaces. A pair of separate contact support members are mounted on the base. Each contact support member holds a separate set of electrical contacts. Each contact support member includes a mounting portion engaged with a corresponding one of the side surfaces of the base such that a portion of the base extends between the mounting portions of the contact support members. The sets of electrical contacts held by the contact support members cooperate to define a mating interface for a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Randall R. Henry
  • Patent number: 7677925
    Abstract: A multi-port connector having DisplayPort and HDMI connector includes a seat body, a DisplayPort, an HDMI connector, a sealing lid and an outer casing. A first slot and a second slot are respectively arranged on the seat body. At back of the seat body, there is a recessing part, at upper portion of which an assembling opening communicated to the first slot is arranged. A plurality of slots are arranged on a wall surface of the recessing part. The DisplayPort is assembled in the first slot, while the HDMI connector is assembled in the second slot. The sealing lid is assembled to the recessing part. A protruding portion arranged at the sealing lid is assembled to the assembling opening. On a wall surface of the sealing lid, there are a plurality of striping ribs snapped into the slots. The outer casing externally fitted to the seat body is arranged a first perforation and a second perforation at front side face thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7648390
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10), a number of first contacts (20), a contact module (30) and a metallic shell (40). The insulative housing has a mating face (14), a first receiving cavity (15) and a second receiving cavity (16) recessed from the mating face. The first contacts are disposed in the insulative housing. The contact module is received in the second receiving cavity and has an insulative base (31), a number of second contacts (32) and a shielding plate (33). The metallic shell is attached to the mating face of the insulative housing and having a plate section (41) defining a central opening (410) in alignment with the first receiving cavity, and a pair of opposite ends (42) extending from the plate section and inserted in the insulative housing. The metallic shell has electrical connection with the shielding plate of the contact module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dao-Kuan Zhang, Qing Wan
  • Patent number: 7641514
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a connector holder (2) defining a plurality of positioning cavities (2101) therein, and at least a slot (2103) located in a front portion of each of the positioning cavities; a plurality of grounding members (5) respectively mounted to the positioning cavities, each of the grounding members (5) having a body portion (50), a first contacting portion (51) connected to a front edge of the body portion, a second contacting portion (52) connected to a back edge of the body portion and at least an arm (53) connected to a lateral edge of the body portion, said at least an arm received in the at least a slot, and the first contacting portion disposed out of the connector holder; a plurality of connectors respectively mounted to the positioning cavities, each of the connectors having a metallic shell contacting the second contacting portion; and a metallic cage (4) enclosing the connector holder and the connectors, with the first contacting portion contacting inner surfa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yong-Jun Chen, Xian-Kui Shi, Yi Zhou, Chung-Yen Yang
  • Patent number: 7618285
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes a bracket (1) comprising a partition bar (10) and a pair of lower stands (12) extending downwardly from two opposite sides of the partition bar (10), a first electrical connector (2) located on the partition bar (10). The first electrical connector (2) includes a housing (20) defining a plurality of passages (207), a plurality of terminals (21) inserted into the passages (207), and a shell (22) covering the housing (20). The housing (20) is positioned above the partition bar (10). The bracket (10) further includes a lower receiving space (120) disposed under the partition bar (10) and the lower stands (12) there between. The passages (207) include a plurality of first passages (2071) arranged in three rows and a second passage (2072) different from the first passages (2071). The first passages (2071) and the second passage (2072) formed on opposite sides of the first housing (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xing-Hai Xiang, Lun-Song Hu, Zi-Qiang Zhu