Patents by Inventor Timothy B. Billman
Timothy B. Billman 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).
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Patent number: 6638079Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (110; 310), a number of wafers (130; 350) accommodated in the insulative housing, and a number of inner printed circuit boards (120; 320). Each wafer has a wafer body (131; 3113), a number of electrical contacts (132; 330) mounted to the wafer body and a grounding bus (133; 340) mounted to the wafer body. Each inner printed circuit board has a mounting portion (124; 324) detachably inserted between two adjacent wafers to electrically contact with the signal contacts and the grounding buses and a mating portion (123; 323) adapted for engaging with a complementary electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 28, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Eric D. Juntwait
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Patent number: 6634908Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises an insulative housing (10) defining a plurality of channels (14), a plurality of printed substrates (30) partially received in the channels, and a spacer (20) assembled with the printed substrates. The spacer includes a plurality of wafers (21) and defines a plurality of tunnels (200) between every two adjacent wafers for partially receiving corresponding printed substrates. Each wafer has a body portion (22), a plurality of terminals (23) for conductively contacting with the printed substrate, and a grounding bus (24) covering on the body portion. Each grounding bus forms a plurality of grounding members (241, 243, 248) locating on opposite sides of the body portion for conductively contacting with grounding traces formed on two adjacent printed substrates inserted into the tunnels associated with the grounding members.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Iosif R. Korsunsky
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Patent number: 6634911Abstract: A contact (1) comprises a main portion (11,) a pair of retaining portions 13 extending from a pair of ends of the main portion and substantially perpendicular to the main portion, a pair of compressive tail portions (15) extending from the retaining portions, a pair of arms (14) expending upwardly from top ends of the retaining portions, a pin-like tail portion (12) extending downwardly from the main portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Eric D. Juntwait
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Patent number: 6623302Abstract: A male connector (10) includes first and second individual housing portions (28, 30) engaging with each other, a number of printed substrates (16) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts (18) and a number of grounding terminals (20) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each printed substrate has a first edge (108) and a second edge (110) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the printed substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars (44) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the printed substrates are sandwiched between and removeably held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges are pushed toward the signal contacts because the grounding terminals are somewhat stronger than the signal contacts.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Charles S. Pickles
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Patent number: 6623310Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical receptacle connector (100; 300) and an electrical header connector (200; 400). The electrical receptacle connector includes an insulative housing (110; 310), a number of wafers (130; 350) accommodated in the insulative housing, and a number of inner printed circuit boards (120; 320). Each wafer has a wafer body (131; 3113), a number of signal contacts (132; 330) and a grounding bus (133; 340). Each inner printed circuit board has a mounting portion (124; 324) extending between two adjacent wafers to electrically contact with the signal contacts and the grounding buses and a mating portion (123; 323). The electrical header connector has an insulative housing (210; 410) and a number of wafers (220; 440) accommodated in the insulative housing to receive therebetween and electrically contact with the mating portions of the inner printed circuit boards of the electrical receptacle connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Iosif R. Korsunsky
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Patent number: 6620002Abstract: A contact strip (1) includes a number of contacts (10) interconnected by a carrier (60). Each contact includes a body portion (12), an upper arm (14) upwardly extending from the body portion for engaging with a first printed circuit board (5) and a lower arm (16) extending downwardly and laterally from the body portion. The lower arm has a free end (162) for resiliently engaging with a second printed circuit board (4) and a curved connecting portion (160) connecting with the body portion. The carrier has a connection stem (62) connecting with the curved connecting portion of the contact. An oblique score (15) is defined between the curved connecting portion of each contact and a corresponding connection stem of the carrier. The contacts can be easily separated from the carrier by bending the connection stems of the carrier along the oblique scores.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: September 16, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Iosif R. Korsunsky
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Patent number: 6612869Abstract: A high density interconnection system (100) includes a daughter card header (1) and a backplane receptacle (2). The daughter card header comprises an insulative housing (10) and a number of signal terminals (14) and grounding members (15) received in the housing. The insulative housing is composed of a number of modularized housing portions (11, 12, 13) mechanically assembled with each other. The backplane receptacle has an insulative base (20), a cover (26) attached onto the insulative base, a plurality of circuit boards (27) arranged between the base and the cover, and a plurality of signal contacts (24) and grounding elements (25) received in the insulative base. The insulative base is composed of a plurality of modularized base sections (21, 22, 23) mechanically assembled with each other. The header and the receptacle each have a plurality of fastening means (117, 127, 127′, 137, 204, 205) formed thereon to interconnect the plurality of housing portions and base sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2002Date of Patent: September 2, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Timothy B. Billman
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Patent number: 6607401Abstract: An interconnection system, comprising: a first connector having an arrangement of contacts therein; and a second connector, mateable with said first connector, and having an arrangement of contacts therein. The second connector can mate with the first connector in a plurality of orientations. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; and a plurality of contacts in said insulative housing. The connector has four quadrants, with each quadrant housing some of the contacts in an orientation. Each quadrant has an orientation that is different than the other quadrants.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2000Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Berg Technology, Inc.Inventors: John H. Weaver, Jr., Timothy B. Billman
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Publication number: 20030082954Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2), a conductive shield (3) enclosing the insulative housing and a contact insert (4, 4′). The contact insert has a number of electrical contacts (41-48, 41′-48′) arranged into differential pairs. A first electrical contact of a first differential pair electrically couples with a first electrical contact of a second differential pair to balance an electrical coupling between a second electrical contact of the first differential pair and the first electrical contact of the second differential pair.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2001Publication date: May 1, 2003Inventors: Leonard K. Espenshade, David F. Givens, Timothy B. Billman
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Patent number: 6551140Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a wafer integrally formed with a pair of terminal pairs and each pair configured by first and second terminals. The first terminal includes a first base portion having a first tail portion, and a first mating portion, the first tail and mating portions extending beyond the wafer. The second terminal includes a second base portion having a second tail portion, and a second mating portion, the second tail and mating portions extending beyond the wafer; wherein the first and second base portions of the first and second terminal are spaced apart from each other in a side-by-side arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2001Date of Patent: April 22, 2003Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Andrew C. Cheng
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Publication number: 20030003803Abstract: An electrical connector (1) mounted on a daughter backplane circuit board is used to mate with a complementary connector (2) mounted on the primary backplane circuit board. The connector (1) includes a top housing (11) and a bottom housing (12) and inner circuit boards (3) installed therebetween. Rows of paired signal contacts (5) and grounding plates (4) are arranged in an alternating sequence within the bottom housing (12) to engage with the inner circuit boards (3). Two projections (37) extend out of edges of every inner circuit board (3) so that the inner circuit board (3) can be positioned after the projections (37) are inserted into corresponding holes (15, 19) formed respectively in the top and bottom housing (11, 12) when the connector (1) is assembled.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2002Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Eric D. Juntwait
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Publication number: 20020168898Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a wafer integrally formed with a pair of terminal pairs and each pair configured by first and second terminals. The first terminal includes a first base portion having a first tail portion, and a first mating portion, the first tail and mating portions extending beyond the wafer. The second terminal includes a second base portion having a second tail portion, and a second mating portion, the second tail and mating portions extending beyond the wafer; wherein the first and second base portions of the first and second terminal are spaced apart from each other in a side-by-side arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2001Publication date: November 14, 2002Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Andrew C. Cheng
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Publication number: 20020142675Abstract: A male connector (10) includes first and second individual housing portions (28, 30) engaging with each other, a number of printed substrates (16) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts (18) and a number of grounding terminals (20) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each printed substrate has a first edge (108) and a second edge (110) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the printed substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars (44) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the printed substrates are sandwiched between and removeably held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges of the printed substrates are pushed toward the signal contacts by the grounding terminals because the grounding terminals are somewhat stronger than the signal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: October 3, 2002Inventor: Timothy B. Billman
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Publication number: 20020137373Abstract: A male connector (10) includes first and second individual housing portions (28, 30) engaging with each other, a number of printed substrates (16) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts (18) and a number of grounding terminals (20) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each printed substrate has a first edge (108) and a second edge (110) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the printed substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars (44) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the printed substrates are sandwiched between and floatingly held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges are pushed toward the signal contacts because the grounding terminals are somewhat stronger than the signal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Charles S. Pickles
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Publication number: 20020137400Abstract: An electrical connector (50) mounted on a daughter backplane circuit board is used to mate with a complementary connector (60) mounted on the primary backplane circuit board. The connector (50) includes a top housing (51) and a bottom housing (52) and inner circuit boards (70) installed therebetween. Rows of paired signal contacts (80) and grounding plates (90) are arranged in an alternating sequence within the bottom housing (52) to engage with signal trace pairs (71) on one surface of the inner circuit boards (70) and grounding layers on both surfaces thereof. Similar arrangement of signal contacts and grounding plates (63) is adopted within the complementary connector (60).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2002Publication date: September 26, 2002Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Eric D. Juntwait, Charles S. Pickles
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Patent number: 6454586Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) defining a slot (12), a row of low-speed signal contacts (18) and an insert module (16) received in respective opposite sides of the slot. The insert module has rows of high-speed signal contact (27) confronting the row of low-speed signal contacts. The insert module is pivotable in the slot from a first position, where the connector is ready for receipt of a daughter board (70), to a second position, where the insert module and the row of low-speed contacts sandwich the daughter board therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Timothy B. Billman
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Publication number: 20020132477Abstract: A male connector (10) includes first and second individual housing portions (28, 30) engaging with each other, a number of printed substrates (16) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts (18) and a number of grounding terminals (20) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each printed substrate has a first edge (108) and a second edge (110) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the printed substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars (44) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the printed substrates are sandwiched between and removeably held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges are pushed toward the signal contacts because the grounding terminals are somewhat stronger than the signal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Charles S. Pickles
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Publication number: 20020127903Abstract: A male connector (10) includes first and second individual housing portions (28, 30) engaging with each other, a number of substrates (16) held by the first housing portion and a number of signal contacts (18) and a number of grounding terminals (20) held by the second housing portion with the signal contacts confronting the grounding terminals. Each substrate has a first edge (108) and a second edge (110) orthogonal with the first edge. The first edges of the substrates are hidden behind corresponding lead-in bars (44) of the first housing portion and the second edges of the substrates are sandwiched between and removeably held by the signal contacts and the grounding terminals. The second edges are pushed toward the signal contacts by the grounding terminals because the grounding terminals are stronger than the signal contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: Timothy B. Billman, Charles S. Pickles
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Patent number: 6447317Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) having a slot (12), a row of low-speed signal contacts (18) and an insert module (16) received in respective opposite sides of the slot. The insert module has two rows of high-speed signal contact modules (40) confronting the row of low-speed signal contacts. The insert module is pivotable in the slot from a first position, where the connector is ready for receipt of a daughter board (70), to a second position, where the insert module and the row of low-speed contacts sandwich the daughter board therebetween. The electrical connector provides a pair of actuators (208) pivotably located at the top of the insulative housing. In the second position, the actuators abut against the back portion of the insert module to pivot toward the daughter board, thereby ensuring electrical connection between the high-speed contacts in the insert module and the solder pads on the daughter board.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2001Date of Patent: September 10, 2002Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Timothy B. Billman
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Patent number: D464631Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2001Date of Patent: October 22, 2002Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventor: Timothy B. Billman