Patents Assigned to Molex, LLC
  • Connector assembly
    Patent number: 11735868
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly can include a plug connector mountable to a planar substrate and a receptacle connector configured to receive a plurality of cables and that can mate with the plug connector. The plug connector may include a first inline terminal row and a second inline terminal row exposed on a mounting face to conductively contact the planar substrate. The receptacle connector can include a plurality of terminals having termination ends aligned in common wafer plane that can be conductively terminated with the plurality of cables. The plug connector and the electrical connector are configured to establish electrical channels from the termination ends coplanar with the common wafer plan to the first and second inline terminal rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Laurx, Yueh-Ting Chiang
  • Connector assembly
    Patent number: 11729941
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes cages arranged as an upper cage and a lower cage in an up-down direction, a receptacle connector, a first liquid cooling tray and a second liquid cooling tray. Each cage includes a frame and a plurality of partitioning walls provided to the frame, and the frame and the plurality of partitioning walls together define a plurality of insertion space arranged transversely. The first liquid cooling tray is provided to a top portion of the upper cage and constitutes an upper wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion space of the upper cage. The second liquid cooling tray is provided between the upper cage and the lower cage, constitutes a lower wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion spaces of the upper cage, and constitutes an upper wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion space of the lower cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Connector
    Patent number: 11721921
    Abstract: A connector includes: half body parts each including a connector body, and a plurality of terminals attached to the body; end parts formed on both ends of the body formed by allowing the bodies to abut each other; and reinforcing brackets attached to the respective end parts. Each of the bodies is a member integrated with the terminals by primary insert molding, and includes a protrusion extending in the longitudinal direction and holding the terminals, and an embedded part connected to both ends in the longitudinal direction of the protrusion. The end part includes a covering part covering at least the embedded part of each of the bodies, and the covering part is a member integrated with the embedded part and the bracket by secondary insert molding. The connector allows for the spacing between protrusions to be narrowed, simplifying manufacturing, reducing size, and improving reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Daishi Gondo
  • Highly reliable terminal and connector with a compact low profile
    Patent number: 11715898
    Abstract: Problem: To realize a connection with a counterpart connector with high spacing efficiency, and to stably maintain an electrically connected state while having a compact and low profile and without the terminal being deformed or damaged, even when subjected to a force from a counterpart terminal when mated with the counterpart terminal, which increases reliability. Solution: The terminal includes a substrate fixing part 52 fixed to a substrate 11, a pair of contact parts which sandwich a counterpart terminal 151, and an elastic deformation part having both ends connected to the substrate fixing part 52 and the contact parts, respectively, wherein a spring constant of the elastic deformation part is smaller than a spring constant of the contact parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Toshihiro Niitsu, Akihiro Shimotsu, Yoshiteru Nogawa
  • Circuit board and battery connection module
    Patent number: 11699835
    Abstract: A circuit board and a battery connection module are provided. The circuit board has an insulating substrate and a plurality of circuit traces provided thereto. At least one of the traces is provided with a fuse unit. The fuse unit has a main fuse and at least one spare fuse. The main fuse has two main trace connection end portions respectively positioned at two ends of the main fuse and connected to the trace and a main fuse section connected between the two main trace connection end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Shang Xiu Zeng
  • Routing assembly and system using same
    Patent number: 11688960
    Abstract: A routing assembly for an electronic device has a front face with an array of connectors ports and each of the connector ports contain a first connector mounted therein. A first end of a cable can be directly terminated to the first connectors and the cables can be embedded in a tray that is configured to extend toward a chip package. The cables extend from the tray and terminates to a second connector that can be electrically connected to the chip package so as to provide a communication path between the first connector and the second connector that substantially bypasses a supporting circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Keith Lloyd, Gregory Fitzgerald, Bruce Reed, Gregory B. Walz, Ayman Isaac
  • Cable connector having over-molded strain relief member formed from electrically conductive material
    Patent number: 11688970
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly that includes a cable having conductors secured to contact pads formed on a printed circuit board. A housing and cover are configured to be secured together and combine to form a cavity for receiving the printed circuit board and the cable. A slug is formed around a portion of the cable. Upon assembly of the cover to the housing, the slug is disposed in a pocket formed in the cavity and helps secure the cable to the housing and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Rayburn, Gianni Bardella
  • Shielded connector assemblies with temperature and alignment controls
    Patent number: 11682864
    Abstract: Various examples of high speed connectors and connector assemblies that use connector side plate designs and include structures for improved thermal performance are described. In one example, a connector assembly includes a housing, a side plate on one side of the housing, and a wafer assembly that includes a row of conductors and a protrusion, with the protrusion being located at one end of the row of conductors. The side plate can include an aperture, and the protrusion can be inserted into the aperture to align the row of conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Kolak, Dominic Steier, Li Zhuang, Scott Sommers
  • CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY, AND RETAINER
    Publication number: 20230187870
    Abstract: To provide a connector capable of appropriately attaching a retainer to a housing while reliably arranging a cable terminal at an appropriate position even when a clearance between members is reduced in order to reduce the size of the connector. A cable terminal 20 has a first stopped part 24a. A retainer 40 has a positioning post 41 positioned in a rearward direction from the first stopped part 24a of the cable terminal 20 and restricting movement of the cable terminal 20 in a rearward direction. The positioning post 41 is elastically deformable to move in a forward-rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Risa TANAKA, Teruki NAGASE
  • CABLE TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20230187869
    Abstract: To reduce the height of a connector having a retainer in which a positioning post is formed. A cable terminal 20, having an inclined part 22 which is formed between a front upper plate part 21a and a rear upper plate part 23a and which is inclined to approach a center line C1 toward the rear side. The retainer 40 has the positioning post 41 that is positioned to the rear of the inclined part 22 and restricts movement of the cable terminal 20 in the rearward direction of the cable terminal 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Risa TANAKA, Teruki NAGASE
  • Connector
    Patent number: D992509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep CS, Muttanna Belle, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D993184
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Cs, Muttanna Belle, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D993185
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep CS, Muttanna Belle, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D993923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D993924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Ravikanth Desai, Narayan Mithun, Kalidindi Ramesh Raju, Debashis Sarkar, Rahul Bhaskar, Gang Nie
  • Connector
    Patent number: D994606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D994610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D994611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D994612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Connector
    Patent number: D994613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Muttanna Belle, Sandeep Cs, Harsha Thyagaraj