Abstract: An interconnect assembly for interconnecting first and second electrical components includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces. The interconnect assembly also includes a first array of contacts on the first surface for engaging corresponding elements on the first electrical component. The first array of contacts have first and second subsets that extend different first and second distances from the substrate to define a compressible interface that sequentially mates with the first electrical component such that the first subset of the contacts engages the first electrical component prior to engagement by the second subset of contacts. The interconnect assembly further includes a second array of contacts on the second surface for engaging corresponding elements on the second electrical component.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and contact modules held in the housing. Each of the contact modules has a first chicklet and a second chicklet coupled together to form a corresponding one of the contact modules. Contacts are held in the contact modules and arranged in differential pairs. A first contact in each of the differential pairs is held by the first chicklet and a second contact in each of the differential pairs is held by the second chicklet.

Abstract: A crimp contact that includes an elongated contact body having loading and mating ends and a central axis extending therebetween. The contact body includes a contact wall that extends around the central axis and that defines a conductor-receiving passage of the contact body proximate to the loading end. The contact wall has an outer surface. The crimp contact also includes a sleeve wall that extends around the central axis and the outer surface of the contact wall proximate to the loading end of the contact body. The sleeve wall is sized to engage a crimping tool and the contact wall is configured to grip a conductor within the conductor-receiving passage when the sleeve and contact walls are deformed by the crimping tool.

Abstract: A contact includes a conductive portion, a wire-receiving portion and a bundle of wound wires. The conductive portion has a compliant portion extending from a first end thereof. The compliant portion is configured to be positioned in an opening of a panel. The wire-receiving portion has a wire-receiving channel provided thereon. The bundle of wound wires is mounted in the wire-receiving channel and has a contact section which is configured to engage a mating connector.

Abstract: A cassette includes a housing having a front and a rear. The housing has a plurality of plug cavities open at the front for receiving plugs therein, and the housing has a rear chamber open to the plug cavities. The cassette also includes a contact subassembly having a circuit board and a plurality of contacts arranged in contact sets coupled to the circuit board. Each contact set is configured to mate with a corresponding plug, where the contact subassembly is loaded into the rear chamber such that the contact sets are received in different corresponding plug cavities. The circuit board is oriented generally parallel to the front of the housing when the contact subassembly is loaded into the rear chamber.

Abstract: A housing is provided for a coaxial cable connector that terminates a coaxial cable. The housing includes a cable-receiving end portion configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable, a mating end portion configured to engage another coaxial connector, and a base extending between the cable-receiving end portion and the mating end portion. The base is configured to engage an outer electrical conductor of the coaxial cable. The housing also includes an electrical contact. The electrical contact includes an extension extending outwardly from the electrical contact, wherein the extension is configured to engage the outer electrical conductor of the coaxial cable.

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.

Abstract: A cassette includes a shell having a housing and a cover mated together to define an inner chamber. The housing has a plurality of plug cavities configure to receive plugs therein. A contact subassembly is received in the inner chamber. The contact subassembly has a circuit board and a plurality of contacts coupled to the circuit board. The contacts are arranged in contact sets that are received in corresponding plug cavities to mate with different corresponding plugs. A latch member couples the housing to the cover. The latch member has a latch element configured to secure the shell to a panel.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a contact module comprising a lead frame having contacts defining separate conductive paths. The contact module also includes a compensation component coupled to selected contacts and affecting signals transmitted along the conductive paths of the selected contacts. The contact module also includes a body overmolded over the contacts and the compensation component.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing extending along a housing axis between a front and a rear and contact modules loaded into the housing along the housing axis through the rear. The contact modules have a body holding contacts arranged along contact planes. A stabilizer is coupled to the housing and is coupled to the contact modules to hold the contact modules such that the contact planes are parallel to the housing axis.

Abstract: A guide module is provided for connecting a primary circuit board and a secondary circuit board to a common backplane circuit board. The primary and secondary boards are in a tiered arrangement with both the primary and secondary circuit boards having interface connections on the backplane circuit board. The guide module includes a body having a height between opposite top and bottom surfaces. The height of the body establishes a stack height between the primary and secondary boards. Locating elements are formed on the top and bottom surfaces to locate and align the primary and secondary boards with respect to one another.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and contact modules held in the housing. Each of the contact modules has a first chicklet and a second chicklet coupled together to form a corresponding one of the contact modules. Contacts are held in the contact modules and arranged in differential pairs. A first contact in each of the differential pairs is held by the first chicklet and a second contact in each of the differential pairs is held by the second chicklet.

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.

Abstract: A connector system comprising: a multi-plug connector, each plug having a housing and a ferrule, said housing having a front and back orientation and having a front face defining an opening, said ferrule being disposed within said opening, said housing defining a first keying element on said front face around said opening, at least two housings of said multi-plug connector having different said first keying elements.

Abstract: A terminal block for electrically coupling conductors and terminal contacts. The terminal block includes a terminal base portion that has a mounting side configured to be mounted to a surface of an electrical component. The base portion has contact slots that extend from the mounting side therethrough. The contact slots are configured to receive terminal contacts that are electrically coupled to the electrical component. The terminal block also includes an organizer portion that extends from the base portion and includes channels that extend substantially parallel to the surface of the electrical component. The channels are configured to receive corresponding conductors. The contact slots of the base portion align with corresponding channels of the organizer portion so that the terminal contacts electrically couple the conductors.

Abstract: A method for forming a protected disconnectable joint assembly includes providing a disconnectable joint assembly. The disconnectable joint assembly includes: an electrical transmission power cable including a conductor and a cable insulation layer covering the conductor, the conductor having a terminal end; an electrically conductive cable connector affixed to the terminal end of the power cable and having a connector coupling portion; a busbar including an electrically conductive busbar body, a busbar coupling portion extending from the busbar body, and a busbar insulation layer covering the busbar body; and a disconnectable coupling mechanism mechanically securing the cable coupling portion to the busbar coupling portion to provide a joint between the cable and the busbar. The disconnectable coupling mechanism is selectively operable to disconnect the cable connector from the busbar without severing the cable.

Abstract: An electrical connector including mating conductors configured to engage select plug contacts of a modular plug. The connector includes a printed circuit that interconnects the mating conductors to terminal contacts. The printed circuit includes first and second shielding rows of conductor vias that are located between end portions of the printed circuit and are electrically connected to the mating conductors. The first and second shielding rows extend along first and second row axes, respectively, which extend substantially parallel to each other. The printed circuit also includes outer terminal vias electrically connected to the terminal contacts. Each end portion has terminal vias therein that are distributed in a direction along the first and second row axes. The printed circuit also includes a pair of shielded vias located between the first and second shielding rows and along a central-pair axis that extends substantially parallel to the first and second row axes.

Abstract: A socket connector includes a housing having a mating end and a mounting end. The housing has a receptacle at the mating end configured to receive an electronic module therein. The mounting end of the housing is configured to be mounted to a circuit board. Contacts are held by the housing. The contacts have mating ends exposed within the receptacle for mating with the electronic module. The contacts having mounting ends extending from the housing for terminating to the circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a connector body that has mating and loading ends and is configured to receive a modular plug at the mating end. The electrical connector also includes a contact sub-assembly that is held by the connector body. The contact sub-assembly includes an array of mating conductors that are configured to engage plug contacts of the modular plug at mating interfaces proximate to the mating end. The mating conductors transmit a signal current along an interconnection path between the mating and loading ends. The contact sub-assembly also includes a plurality of open-ended conductors electrically connected to corresponding mating conductors. The open-ended conductors are electrically parallel to the interconnection path of the array of mating conductors and generate crosstalk compensation as the signal current is transmitted through the mating conductors.

Abstract: A thermal fuse includes a first contact surface connected to a top surface of a sensor and a bottom surface connected to a bottom surface of the sensor. The sensor includes a mixture of Sn and Zn. The distance between the top surface and the bottom surface of the sensor is sized to substantially limit Zn depletion in a center region of the sensor when a temperature of the sensor is below a melting temperature of the sensor. The center region of the sensor prevents the first contact surface and the second contact surface from separating when the temperature of the sensor is below the melting temperature, and the first contact surface and the second contact surface are configured to separate when the temperature of the center region of the sensor exceeds the melting temperature of the sensor.