Patents Assigned to FCI Americas Technology LLC
  • Electrical connector with reduced normal force
    Patent number: 9022812
    Abstract: An electrical connector system having electrical contacts with reduced normal force is provided. The electrical contacts can define cantilevered beams of extended length, such that normal forces exerted by the electrical contacts on the electrical contacts of a complementary electrical connector are reduced. The beams of the electrical contacts can be coupled by a tie bar that can act to enhance the structural rigidity of the electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Steven E. Minich, Mark R. Gray
  • Electrical connector having electrically insulative housing and commoned ground contacts
    Patent number: 9004943
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided having an electrically insulative connector housing that supports a plurality of signal contacts, as well as a plurality of ground contact networks. The ground contact networks include a conductive ground coupling bar supporting a plurality of ground contacts along a pair of columns that are spaced apart along a row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Jonathan E. Buck
  • Bus bar lockingly attached to a housing of an electrical connector and its end inserted between rows of power contacts of the electrical connector
    Patent number: 8979562
    Abstract: A connector assembly that includes an electrical connector and an electrically conductive busbar. The connector can include a housing that defines a receptacle, a first row of at least one power contact, and a second row of at least one power contact at a location spaced from the first row along a first direction. Each power contact of the first and second rows can define at least two mating ends that are at least partially disposed in the receptacle so as to define a slot that extends between the mating ends of the first row and the mating ends of the second row. The housing can include a first attachment member. The electrically conductive busbar can include a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an attachment member that is configured to mate with the first attachment member so as to attach the busbar to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Alan Crighton, Christopher Geiski, Hung Viet Ngo
  • Interposer assembly
    Patent number: 8979558
    Abstract: A shielded interposer assembly includes an electrically conductive plate, an electrically conductive EMI cage, and an interposer. The cage is configured to be supported by the electrically conductive plate and defines a cage interior. The interposer that defines first and second opposed mating interfaces. The interposer is configured to be supported by the electrically conductive plate such that each of the first and second mating interfaces is disposed in the cage interior. The EMI cage has front and rear ends that at least partially define front and rear mating paths that are configured to receive respective first and second electrical devices so as to mate the first and second electrical devices to the first and second mating ends, respectively, of the interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Paul Andrew Rubens
  • Electrical connector having ribbed ground plate with engagement members
    Patent number: 8944831
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts supported by the dielectric housing, and an electrically conductive ground plate supported by the dielectric housing. The dielectric hosing defines at least one protrusion, and the ground plate defines at least one aperture that receives the protrusion. The apertures can define a first dimension along a select direction and a second dimension along the select direction, wherein the first dimension is greater than the second dimension so as to define a lead-in for the protrusion. The protrusion can be press-fit to the electrically conductive ground plate at the second dimension of the aperture so as to secure the ground plate to the dielectric housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Stoner, Douglas M. Johnescu, Jonathan E. Buck
  • Method for mounting a cable connector onto a panel
    Patent number: 8935849
    Abstract: A method is provided for mounting a plurality of cable connectors onto a panel that defines a plurality of target mounting locations. At least two of the plurality of cable connectors defines at least a pair of cable retaining apertures. The pairs of cable retaining apertures of a first one of the two cable connectors are spaced apart in a first direction, and the pair of cable retaining apertures of a second one of the two cable connectors are spaced apart in a second direction that is different than the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Charles M. Gross, Max Richard Page
  • Electrical connector having positioning assembly
    Patent number: 8926339
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing that supports at least one printed circuit board having a mating end and a mounting end. The connector housing includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion that is configured to attach to the first housing portion. The first housing portion supports the printed circuit board, and the second housing portion includes a positioning member that engages the printed circuit board so as to retain the printed circuit board in a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Timothy W. Houtz
  • Electrical connector having conductive housing
    Patent number: 8905785
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive connector housing that supports a plurality of contact modules that includes electrical ground contacts and electrical signal contacts electrically isolated from each other in the respective contact modules. The electrical ground contacts are in electrical communication with the connector housing so as to electrically common the ground contacts together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Jonathan E. Buck
  • Electrical connector having common ground shield
    Patent number: 8888529
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector that can be mated so as to establish an electrical connection across the electrical connectors at a mating region. One of the electrical connectors includes a perforated common ground shield at the mating region that reduces crosstalk while substantially matching impedance at the mating region to a desired impedance of the electrical connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stephen B. Smith
  • Connector housing with alignment guidance feature
    Patent number: 8845351
    Abstract: An electrical connector housing including a contact locating area for locating electrical contacts; and a mating connector area configured to receive portions of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The mating connector area comprises a first wall forming a first area adjacent the contact locating area, and a second wall adjacent the contact locating area forming a second area separated from the contact locating area by the second wall. The first area and the second wall have a substantially same size and shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Lewis R. Johnson, Steven E. Minich
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D718243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Michael Scholeno
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D718244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Michael Scholeno
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D718248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Donald K. Harper, Jr.
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D718249
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Hung-Wei Lord, Michael Scholeno, Jason J. Ellison
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D718250
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Hung-Wei Lord
  • Electrical cable connector
    Patent number: D718253
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Arkady Y. Zerebilov, Deborah A. Ingram, Hung-Wei Lord, Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Jason J. Ellison
  • Electrical cable connector
    Patent number: D720698
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Arkady Y. Zerebilov, Hung-Wei Lord, Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner
  • Right-angle electrical connector
    Patent number: D724032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Steven E. Minich, Douglas M. Johnescu, Stephen B. Smith
  • Vertical electrical connector
    Patent number: D727268
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Steven E. Minich, Douglas M. Johnescu, Stephen B. Smith
  • Ground shield for a right angle electrical connector
    Patent number: D727852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Steven E. Minich, Douglas M. Johnescu, Stephen B. Smith