Patents Assigned to FCI
  • Publication number: 20180006406
    Abstract: A substrate configured to be mated with an electrical connector having improved performance data is achieved by reducing the length of the electrical signal contact pads of the substrate with respect to the length of electrical signal contact pads of conventional substrates that are configured to be mated with the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Michael T. Craton
  • Patent number: 9859857
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a DC offset cancellation circuit. The DC offset cancellation circuit includes a DC feedback unit configured to vary a DC feedback (DCFB) bandwidth to add at least one mid-bandwidth to the DCFB bandwidth and to provide a delay time in each case in order to reduce the DC droop error that occurs in switching from the high bandwidth (BW) to the mid-BW or from the mid-BW mode to the low BW mode, such that stable settling is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FCI Inc.
    Inventor: SeongHun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9852064
    Abstract: A system on chip includes a memory information read unit and a memory feature setting unit. The memory information read unit is configured to read standard integrated information using a first instruction or read standard information using a second instruction from at least one of the memory and an application image. The memory feature setting unit is configured to set a feature of the memory using the standard integrated information or the standard information. The memory feature setting unit selects all or some of a plurality of bus access modes defined in the standard integrated information or in the standard information and sets a bus access mode of the memory as one or more of the bus access modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FCI, Inc.
    Inventor: Hyungil Goh
  • Patent number: 9853388
    Abstract: An electrical power connector can include an electrically insulative connector housing, a first plurality of electrical contacts supported by the connector housing, and a second plurality of electrical contacts supported by the connector housing. The first plurality of electrical contacts can be of a first type, and the second plurality of electrical contacts are of a second type and positioned adjacent to the first plurality of electrical contacts. The arrangement of the electrical contact can provide creepage protection for the electrical connector. Further, the electrical contacts can include mating portions that are touch proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Charles Copper, Nazareth W. Eppley
  • Patent number: 9843395
    Abstract: An electrical component assembly includes a substrate and first and second electrical components attached to the substrate and operably connected with each other via the substrate. In use the first electrical component generates a first amount of heat and the second component generates a second amount of heat. The first component is thermally connected with a heat sink along a first heat path and the second component is connected with the heat sink along a second, different, heat path, such that the thermal conductivity between the first and second components is lower than the thermal conductivity of the first heat path and of the second heat path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Ulrich Keil
  • Patent number: 9831620
    Abstract: A modular jack connector includes a housing defining a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A plurality of terminals are disposed in the housing. Each terminal having a body portion and a contact end portion connected to the body portion. Each contact end has a contact surface facing the first direction for connecting to a counterpart connector. The contact surface is a rolled surface of a metal sheet from which the contact terminals are formed. Plating process becomes more efficient and plating quality is improved, resulting in terminals with high contact surface quality being made for better electrical connectivity when connected to counterpart connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Biju Kizhakkamparambill Paul, Nebu Pulinilkunnathil Mathew
  • Patent number: 9831605
    Abstract: Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Steven E. Minich, Douglas M. Johnescu, Stephen B. Smith, Arkady Y. Zerebilov, Deborah A. Ingram, Hung-Wei Lord, Robert Douglas Fulton
  • Publication number: 20170338606
    Abstract: A circular power connector that can accommodate plugs of varying diameters includes a plurality of electrical terminals that include a contact beam extending from and monolithic with base, where the contact beam includes a contact portion, and a mounting portion that extends from and monolithic with a base for mounting the terminal to a substrate. The terminals are cylindrically arranged to receive a plug. Alternatively, each electrical terminal includes a frame portion, a first contact beam extending from the frame in a first direction, and a second contact beam extending from the frame in a second direction. Multiple electrical terminals are oriented so that the first and second contact beams for one terminal extend at an angle, preferably perpendicular, to the first and second contact beams of another electrical terminal, in a still further embodiment, an electrical terminal having two halves is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Charles Copper, Thomas Brungard
  • Publication number: 20170325349
    Abstract: A hold down member can be surface mounted to a substrate, such that a post of the hold down member extends at least into an interposer. Accordingly, when an on board transceiver is placed in electrical communication with the interposer, a fastener can be inserted at least into the on board transceiver so as to attach to the post, thereby securing the on board transceiver to the interposer and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: John P. Thompson
  • Patent number: 9813984
    Abstract: A method of saving power of a station in wireless network is provided. The station comprises a connectivity module, a central processing unit, and peripheral devices. The method includes: upon receiving a wake-up signal, powering on the connectivity module, the central processing unit, and the peripheral devices; performing the central processing unit and the peripheral devices in a connection state; performing the connectivity module in an authenticated state; and upon a condition that there is no data to be transferred to the station or after the station transmits and receives all needed data, performing a sleep mode to power off the connectivity module, the central processing unit, and the peripheral devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FCI INC
    Inventors: Beomjin Kim, David Cohen
  • Patent number: 9810867
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a connector assembly, for instance a connector assembly for an optical waveguide, includes a dielectric connector housing including a housing body that defines a mating end configured to mate with a complementary connector along a mating direction. The connector assembly further includes at least one latch arm supported by the housing body. The at least one latch arm can define outer surface and an opposed inner surface that faces an outer surface of the housing body. The connector assembly further includes an unlocking element supported by the housing body. The unlocking element can define an inner surface that faces the outer surface of the at least one latch arm. Movement of the unlocking element from a first position to a second position can cause the at least latch arm to deflect from a locked position to an unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sven Otte, Jeroen De Bruijn
  • Publication number: 20170317440
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector configured to be mated with the first electrical connector. The first electrical connector includes a connector housing and first receptacle contacts having inner projections that secure the electrical contacts to the connector housing. The connector housing can include a plurality of divider walls that protect the mating ends of the receptacle contacts. The second electrical connector includes a second connector housing and a plurality of second electrical contacts supported by the second connector housing. The second electrical contacts can define paddle-shaped mating ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Mark E. Lauermann
  • Patent number: 9791649
    Abstract: A mounting frame system is disclosed that facilitates the mounting of optical connector modules to printed circuit boards. The mounting frame system can include a mounting frame that is configured to attach to a printed circuit board, and is adapted to attach to a connector module. Thus, the mounting frame system can further allow releasable mounting of optical connector modules to the printed circuit board, such that the mounting is achieved in a safe and reliable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jeroen De Bruijn
  • Publication number: 20170294737
    Abstract: The interposer can include a substrate and first and second electrical connectors mounted to the substrate. The first electrical connector is configured to mate with a hard disk drive subassembly, and the second electrical connector is configured to mate with a flat flex circuit subassembly. The hard disk drive subassembly includes a hard disk drive case, a printed circuit board, and a third electrical connector mounted to the printed circuit board. The first and third electrical connectors are configured to mate with each other through the hard disk drive case so as to mate the interposer to the hard disk drive subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: David C. Horchler, Robert E. Marshall
  • Publication number: 20170294728
    Abstract: This application relates to electrical connectors. An electrical connector, according to some embodiments, comprises a housing, a slot formed in the housing, the slot comprising an entrance, and first and second rows of conductive elements arranged in the housing. Each conductive element comprises a mounting end, a mating end opposite the mounting end, and an intermediate portion that extends between the mounting end and the mating end. The mating end comprises first and second contact portions projecting into the slot, and the first contact portion is closer to the entrance than the second contact portion. The first and second contact portions are capable of flexing along a width direction of the slot between a first position and a second position, the second contact portions form a receiving space between the first and second rows of conductive element, and the receiving space is smaller at the first position than the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Amphenol FCI Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Nickor Zuo
  • Patent number: 9784929
    Abstract: Opto-electric on-board including opto-electronic elements on a substrate and an optical coupling, device for transferring optical signals between the opto-electronic elements and a complementary optical cable connector. The optical coupling device includes a prism with a contact face and a lower face and two or more supports spacing each the lower face from the oppositely arranged opto-electronic elements. Each support includes one or more feet attached to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Gert Droesbeke
  • Patent number: 9780517
    Abstract: First and second electrical connectors are configured to be supported by each other prior to being mated to at least one complementary electrical connector. The at least one complementary electrical connector can be a common third electrical connector. The first electrical connector can be configured to be mounted onto a first electrical component of a first type. The second electrical connector can be configured to be mounted onto a second electrical component of a second type that is different than the first type. For instance, one of the first and second electrical components can be a printed circuit board, and the other of the first and second electrical components can include a plurality of electrical cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Amphenol FCI Asia Pte Ltd
    Inventor: Arkady Y. Zerebilov
  • Publication number: 20170279219
    Abstract: A strain relief assembly is provided for a bundle of cables surrounded by an electrically conductive sleeve. The strain relief assembly can include a ferrule and at least one retention member. The cables extend through the ferrule, and the sleeve extends over the ferrule, so as to be captured between the ferrule and the retention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: David Humbert
  • Patent number: 9772454
    Abstract: Ferrule for an optical connector, an optical connector containing such a ferrule, and a method for assembling such a ferrule. The ferrule includes a base, at least one cover, at least one fiber section running through a channel between the base and the cover from a cable connection side to an opposite contact face exposing distal ends of the fiber sections. The fibers are adhered to the base and/or to the cover at a bonding section at a distance from the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gert Julien Droesbeke, Ulrich Dieter Felix Kell, Michael Richter, Alexander Eichler-Neumann, Sven Klinknicht
  • Publication number: 20170271808
    Abstract: Electrically insulative organizers configured to maintain alignment of leadframe assemblies in an electrical connector are disclosed, in one example, an organizer includes a stiffener wall and a projection that extends from the stiffener wall. The electrically insulative body is sized to be inserted into a channel defined by the leadframe assemblies. In another example, an organizer includes an electrically insulative organizer body and a plurality of divider walls that are supported by the organizer body and spaced from each other along a lateral direction so as to be positioned for insertion between adjacent leadframe assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Stuart C. Stoner, Charles Copper