Patents by Inventor Jerry A. Long

Jerry A. Long has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Connector with integrated heat sink
    Patent number: 10249983
    Abstract: A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRATED HEAT SINK
    Publication number: 20180248305
    Abstract: A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • Connector with integrated heat sink
    Patent number: 9960525
    Abstract: A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • CONNECTOR WITH INTEGRATED HEAT SINK
    Publication number: 20180054021
    Abstract: A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • Connector with integrated heat sink
    Patent number: 9793648
    Abstract: A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • Wafer for electrical connector
    Patent number: 9728903
    Abstract: A daughter card is constructed with a housing and a plurality of wafers retained in the housing. Each wafer includes a lead frame having a plurality of signal and ground terminals where the signal terminals are a differential pair. The lead frame includes an insulative frame portion with a conductive shield positioned on a side of the lead frame. The shield is secured to the lead frame by a projection extending from the shield to the ground terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry A. Long, Eric A. Deichmann, Daniel Tillotson, Michael P. Flynn, Justin Hoyt, Jerber Mendoza
  • WAFER FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160322760
    Abstract: A daughter card is constructed with a housing and a plurality of wafers retained in the housing. Each wafer includes a lead frame having a plurality of signal and ground terminals where the signal terminals are a differential pair. The lead frame includes an insulative frame portion with a conductive shield positioned on a side of the lead frame. The shield is secured to the lead frame by a projection extending from the shield to the ground terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry A. Long, Eric A. Deichmann, Daniel Tillotson, Michael P. Flynn, Justin Hoyt, Jerber Mendoza
  • Connector with frames
    Patent number: 9350108
    Abstract: A connector has a housing with a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • Resonance modifying connector
    Patent number: 8992237
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher, Jerry A. Long
  • RESONANCE MODIFYING CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20140308827
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher, Jerry A. Long
  • Guide frame with two columns connected by cross pieces defining an opening with retention members
    Patent number: 8753145
    Abstract: A guide frame is provided that can be mounted to a circuit board and includes an opening that can receive a connector therein. The guide frame can include a pair of retention members disposed on opposing sides of the opening that are configured to couple to engagement members on the connector. The guide frame may include a flange that is configured to engage a plug connector that mates with the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Harold Keith Lang, Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • Connector having a shield mounted on a circuit board and extending through an aperture in a bracket
    Patent number: 8740646
    Abstract: A shield is provided for use with a connector assembly that includes for sides that form an enclosure, one of the sides being a baseplate. The shield can include a plurality of guides positioned on the baseplate and the plurality of guides can be arranged in a pattern. Each guide can be formed by making two slits in the bottom plate so as to define a body portion of the guide and the body portion can be extended in the enclosure. Each guide can be supported by the baseplate at opposite ends of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Harold Keith Lang, Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long
  • Dual stacked connector
    Patent number: 8740644
    Abstract: A connector has a housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement on a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including two grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage. A light pipe may extend toward the front face of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • CONNECTOR WITH FRAMES
    Publication number: 20140148059
    Abstract: A connector has a housing with a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • Resonance modifying connector
    Patent number: 8651881
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher, Jerry A. Long
  • RESONANCE MODIFYING CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20130340251
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher, Jerry A. Long
  • Resonance modifying connector
    Patent number: 8540525
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher, Jerry A. Long
  • Dual stacked connector
    Patent number: 8469738
    Abstract: A connector has a housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement on a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including two grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage. A light pipe may extend toward the front face of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • Dual stacked connector
    Patent number: 8465320
    Abstract: A connector has a housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement on a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including two grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage. A light pipe may extend toward the front face of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • Housing with a plurality of wafers and having a nose portion with engagement members
    Patent number: 8449312
    Abstract: A connector subassembly is provided that may be utilized for both internal and external applications. The subassembly includes a housing that supports a plurality of wafers with terminals. The housing includes engagement members to secure the housing to either the shield or the guide frame. The engagement members can include an angled portion that allow the housing to form a dovetail joint with the guide frame and/or a multi-faceted portion to engage a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Harold Keith Lang, Kent E. Regnier, Jerry A. Long