Stacked Right-angle Connector For Use On Printed Circuit Board (i.e., Pcb) Patents (Class 439/541.5)
  • Patent number: 12233447
    Abstract: Presented are hybrid fixture assemblies with integrated additive manufactured features, methods for making/using such fixtures, and manufacturing systems equipped with such fixtures. A manufacturing fixture assembly includes a fixture support frame formed, at least in part, from a first material, and a fixture support shell formed, at least in part, from a second material distinct from the first material. The support frame, which seats on/mounts to a work surface, includes a skeletal substructure with multiple male connectors projecting therefrom. The skeletal substructure contains multiple first frame walls that are removably intermeshed with multiple second frame walls in a collapsible format. The support shell includes a support surface that holds a workpiece, an interface surface that abuts the skeletal substructure, and multiple female connectors that project from the interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Ali Shabbir, Hassan Ajami, Ibrahim El Khatib
  • Patent number: 12237600
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes: a receptacle connector for mounting to a printed circuit board; a holder mounted atop the receptacle connector; and a cage enclosing the receptacle connector and the holder, the cage having a main cage body and a cage top detachably secured to a rear portion of the main cage body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 12166320
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage system includes a circuit board, a connector, a first memory system, and a second memory system. The connector is on the circuit board and includes first and second slots, the first slot having a first terminal group of first terminals aligned in a first direction, and the second slot being separated from the first slot in a second direction not parallel with the first direction and having a second terminal group of second terminals aligned in the first direction. The first terminal group is reverse to the second terminal group in terminal arrangement order in the first direction. The first memory system is connectable to the first terminal group, while the first memory system is inserted into the first slot. The second memory system is connectable to the second terminal group, while the second memory system is inserted into the second slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Matsuzaki, Naoki Kimura
  • Patent number: 12166300
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Yong-Chun Xu, Hung-Chi Yu, Chih-Ching Hsu, Jie Zhang, Chin-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 12166321
    Abstract: A patch panel assembly, bezel and modular jacks are disclosed which allow modular jacks to be positioned closer together to increase patch panel density. In particular the modular jacks are equipped with features which engage openings which are offset, allowing for the modular jacks to be positioned closer together, in particular when arranged in adjacent parallel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: BELDEN CANADA ULC
    Inventors: Jean-Sebastien Plamondon, Nicolai Hjalte Vester, Rene Klosterskov
  • Patent number: 12126127
    Abstract: A female connector includes an insulating body, a terminal module, at least one elastic element and at least one lateral shell. At least one side of the insulating body defines an opening. A middle of the insulating body defines an accommodating space. The terminal module is mounted in the accommodating space. The terminal module includes a plurality of terminals. The at least one elastic element is mounted to a surface of the insulating body which is parallel to an extending direction of each terminal. The at least one elastic element has a clamping portion, and a transverse width of the clamping portion is equal to a distance between two inner surfaces of two sides of the insulating body. The at least one lateral shell is assembled to at least one side surface of the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wang Yang, Yan Sun, Hsin-Min Chao
  • Patent number: 12119575
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector and a connector mounting body capable of ensuring good workability at the time of manufacturing and connection reliability with a circuit board. A connector includes a connector housing and a flexible cable arranged in the connector housing and including conductive paths. The flexible cable includes terminal connecting portions to be connected to mating terminals on one end sides of the conductive paths and board connecting portions to be connected to a circuit board on the other end sides of the conductive paths. The connector includes a reinforcement plate for reinforcing a region of the flexible cable on the side of the terminal connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Nishitani, Kenji Makino, Takashi Natsume, Shunya Takeuchi, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11990708
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Sheng-Pin Gao, Yong-Chun Xu, Hung-Chi Yu, Chih-Ching Hsu, Jie Zhang, Chin-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 11985771
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag control unit including a housing that forms an enclosure and has an opening at an end thereof; a PCB that is coupled to the housing by coupling to a corner portion in the opening and an electrical connection structure in which a terminal pin is inserted into a terminal pin hole; and a cover provided in a shape covering the opening and includes an edge joined and fixed along an edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jeong Gyun Park
  • Patent number: 11888271
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a first installation module and a second installation module. The first installation module includes a first internal circuit board and a first terminal adapter block. The second installation module includes a second internal circuit board and a second terminal adapter block. The first internal circuit board and the first terminal adapter block include first fool-proof portions that cooperate with each other. The second internal circuit board and the second terminal adapter block include second fool-proof portions that cooperate with each other. The first fool-proof portions are different from the second fool-proof portions, thereby preventing the first terminal adapter block from being incorrectly connected to the second internal circuit board, and preventing the second terminal adapter block from being incorrectly connected to the first internal circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LEADER PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Wang, Xiaolei Lv, Jiamei Wan, Jinqi Li
  • Patent number: 11841538
    Abstract: This application relates to an optical connector holder and an optical connector assembly including the optical connector holder. In one aspect, the optical connector holder includes a holder body including a mounting hole for inserting an optical connector, and a support piece extending from the mounting hole toward a rear side of the holder body to support the optical connector. The optical connector holder may also include a front end locking protrusion protruding from the mounting hole toward the optical connector to catch at least a portion of the optical connector when the optical connector is inserted into the mounting hole. The optical connector holder may further include a rear end locking protrusion protruding upward from the support piece so that the optical connector is seated in the mounting hole while being caught by the front end locking protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: A.J. WORLD CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11757215
    Abstract: A stacked I/O connector with surface mountable tails and a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to receive the connector. The connector may avoid terminal deformations or scratches when the connector is mounted to the PCB. The PCB may include solder pads on a single surface or both surfaces. The sold pads may be configured for the tails of the connector to be attached with a surface mount soldering technique. As a result, the connector has high density and high speed, requires, requires a smaller mounting area on a PCB, relaxes the limitations in routing PCB traces, and reduces the electrical performance deterioration caused by PCB trace routing limitations. The connector may have row-oriented terminal subassemblies, holes in the connector housing and other features to facilitate reliable manufacture and operation of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qigui Xu, E Zhao, Zhigang Sheng, Shengxian Zhou
  • Patent number: 11621526
    Abstract: A communication system having a circuit board with an airflow opening includes a receptacle cage configured to be mounted to the circuit board adjacent a communication connector. The receptacle cage has walls including a front wall, a rear wall and side walls defining a cavity. A module channel is defined in the cavity configured to receive a pluggable module. The module channel has a module port at the front wall that receives the pluggable module. An airflow channel is defined by at least one of the walls of the receptacle cage located between the module channel and the circuit board. The airflow channel is configured to be in flow communication with the airflow opening in the circuit board for cooling the pluggable module in the module channel. The airflow channel has an airflow port at the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Michael John Phillips, Eric David Briant, Charles Jameson Valentine
  • Patent number: 11588262
    Abstract: A cable connector system can include a board connector that attaches to a die package, a cable connector that attaches to the board connector, and a 1 RU panel I/O connector attached to the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: John A. Mongold, Jonathan E. Buck, Jignesh H. Shah, Chadrick P. Faith, Randall E. Musser, Jean Karlo Williams Barnet, Norman S. McMorrow
  • Patent number: 11581674
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the electrical conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Nathan Lincoln Tracy, David Patrick Orris, Chad William Morgan, Lucas Arthur Benson, Linda Ellen Shields
  • Patent number: 11539152
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a connection module. The insulating body includes a mating surface and a slot extending through the mating surface. The slot is adapted to receive at least a part of a mating connector along a mating direction. Each conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a contact portion extending into the slot. The connection module includes a mounting block and a number of connection terminals fixed with the mounting block. The connection terminals and the conductive terminals are disposed separately, thereby improving the anti-interference performance of the electrical connector. Each connection terminal includes an abutting portion to contact the tail portion of the conductive terminal and a mounting foot for being mounted to a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Huang, Rongzhe Guo, Hongji Chen, Huanhuan Shen
  • Patent number: 11462872
    Abstract: A cage assembly may define a part of a computing appliance. The assembly can include a cage formed by walls and defining a continuous interior volume bounded by a top face, a bottom face, a right face, a left face, a front face, and a rear face. A first edge connector may be within a leftward portion of the interior volume. A second edge connector may be within a rightward portion of the interior volume and positioned laterally from the first edge connector. The arrangement may permit engagement with multiple individual-width plugs (e.g., each bearing an individual paddle card) or a single plug (e.g., bearing multiple paddle cards spaced laterally from one another and aligned for engagement with the first and second edge connectors within the cage).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Yu, James Paul Rivers, Poorya Saghari, Alaa Adel Mahdi Hayder
  • Patent number: 11394159
    Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly includes a connector module having a connector body that includes contact channels. The coaxial connector assembly includes coaxial contacts received in the corresponding contact channels having a center contact, a conductive shell coaxial with the center contact and an insulator between the center contact and the conductive shell. The coaxial connector assembly includes positioning adapters received in the corresponding contact channels having an adapter body forming an adapter bore that receives the coaxial contact. The adapter body engages the retention feature to position the coaxial contact relative to the adapter body and engages the connector body to position the coaxial contact in the contact cavity. The adapter component enables multiple coaxial contact sizes to be used in the same connector module contact channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Keith Edwin Miller, Francis John Blasick, Denver Harley Wilson
  • Patent number: 11381015
    Abstract: A receptacle connector with a metal housing encircling an insulative housing with a slot to receive a paddle card of a plug connector. The metal housing may have a tab engaging a wall of the insulative housing bounding the slot. The tab may be positioned such that, if a plug is improperly inserted into the receptacle, it presses against the tab. The tab may be configured to distribute force generated during an attempt to mate a misaligned plug away from thin wall portions of the insulative housing at an end of the slot. The tab may extend over a surface of the insulative housing beyond that thin wall portion and may be recessed into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo-Wen Lu
  • Patent number: 11349237
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing having upper and lower card slots receiving upper and lower module circuit cards of a pluggable module. The card edge connector includes a contact assembly having a contact positioner holding upper and lower contacts. A guide feature guides mating of the contact assembly in the housing. A latching feature latchably secures the contact assembly to the housing. The upper contacts are arranged in first and second upper contact arrays. The lower contacts are arranged in first and second lower contact arrays. Contact tails of the upper and lower contacts are positioned at the bottom of the housing for surface mounting to the host circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher William Blackburn, John Eugene Westman, Michael Eugene Shirk, Michael David Herring, Zachary Galbraith
  • Patent number: 11336065
    Abstract: A network jack includes a connector, an outer housing, and a circuit board. The connector receives a plug for conveying Ethernet network signals. The connector includes conductive leads disposed on opposite sides of a central bar. The connector has a connector housing formed in part by a plurality of walls defining an interior, wherein the central bar is disposed in the interior, and spaced part from each of plurality of walls. The outer housing is disposed about and contains the connector housing, and has a width approximately equal to a width of a housing of the plug. The circuit board is disposed within the housing, and supports a plurality of transformers and/or common-mode chokes. The circuit board provides at least a portion of an electrical connection between the conductive leads and the transformers and/or common mode chokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: XFMRS, Inc.
    Inventors: Weijia Kong, Yukun Liao, Liang Huang, Buddy Woods
  • Patent number: 11239602
    Abstract: A method of assembling an electronic control unit comprises assembling a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate with a terminal carrier holding a plurality of terminal pins comprising a right angle bend into a housing using a rotational motion. The terminal carrier generally extends perpendicularly from the PCB substrate. A first end of each of the plurality of terminal pins is inserted into the PCB substrate and a second end of each of the plurality of terminal pins extends through the terminal carrier. The second ends of the plurality of terminal pins generally extend into one or more connector openings in one of four sides of the housing and the terminal carrier interlocks with the housing to hold the PCB substrate with the terminal carrier and the plurality of terminal pins in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: VEONEER US INC.
    Inventor: Jacob Jay Yoder
  • Patent number: 11223147
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the electrical conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector. The housing defines a nesting cavity extending rearward from the front wall along the bottom end. The nesting cavity is disposed between the mating shroud and the termination area along a longitudinal axis of the electrical connector. The nesting cavity is configured to accommodate a discrete, second connector that is mounted to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Nathan Lincoln Tracy, David Patrick Orris, Chad William Morgan, Lucas Arthur Benson, Linda Ellen Shields
  • Patent number: 11121510
    Abstract: A connector configured to be assembled to a plate-shaped panel in a state of being inserted into a through hole of the plate-shaped panel, the connector includes a body, and a first locking portion and a second locking portion. The body is configured to be inserted into the through hole in a predetermined insertion direction. The first locking portion and the second locking portion are integrally provided with the body and configured to be engaged with a circumferential edge portion of the through hole in a state where the circumferential edge portion is clamped in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Erika Kodaira, Tomoyuki Miyakawa, Tomoyoshi Fukaya
  • Patent number: 11114797
    Abstract: A cage includes a housing and a partition assembly mounted in the housing and separating an inner space of the housing into an upper space and a lower space. The partition assembly includes a first support plate and a second support plate arranged horizontally, and at least a pair of support frames disposed between the first support plate and the second support plate to separate the first support plate from the second support plate by a predetermined height. The support frames have a plurality of through holes. The support frames are formed by bending a front end of one of the first support plate and the second support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Chenxi Wang, Hongqiang Han, Alex Michael Sharf, Jingtao Zhu, Wenyu Liu, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 11101594
    Abstract: A connector includes a wire harness, and a connector main body to which the wire harness is attached. The connector main body includes a first substrate stack in which a plurality of first substrates are held in a vertically stacked state, a first bottom substrate that forms the lowermost first substrate of the first substrate stack and includes a coupling post extending upward from an upper face, and a second substrate stack that is arranged on a lateral side of the first substrate stack and in which a plurality of second substrates are held in a vertically stacked state. At least one of the plurality of second substrates included in the second substrate stack is provided with a coupling hole (a through hole provided in the second substrates of the second layer, the fourth layer, and the sixth layer) that can be fitted to the coupling post (a right post).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Nozaki, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 11076498
    Abstract: A fixing device used with an electronic device having a base includes a housing and two pressing elements. The housing includes an accommodating space for accommodating the base. Each pressing element includes a pressing portion and a latch portion. The pressing portions protrude from opposite sides of the housing, and the latch portions protrude from a bottom of the accommodating space. The base includes two positioning structures corresponding to the latch portions. When the electronic device is in the locked state, the base is accommodated in the accommodating space, and the positioning structure and the latch portion are coupled so the electronic device is fixed in the accommodating space. When the electronic device is in the unlocked state, the pressing portions are simultaneously subjected to external opposing forces, and the positioning structure is uncoupled from the latch portion so the electronic device can be disassembled from the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen-Hsien Cheng, Li-Fang Chen, Ruei-Hong Hong
  • Patent number: 11051429
    Abstract: A connector system with improved thermal management is provided. Various receptacles are provided that include features which may enhance air flow, and therefore cooling. Thermal channel features in the receptacle cage and/or housing allow air passing through the receptacle to directly remove thermal energy from components within and carry the thermal energy out of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Kent E. Regnier
  • Patent number: 11031712
    Abstract: The application relates to a connector (1), designed for a connection to a printed circuit board, the connector (1) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and including an electrically-conducting body (2); at least one contact (8) accommodated, at least in part, within the body (2) with interposition of an electrical insulator (7) between them; a housing (3) defining an accommodation (6) configured for receiving all or part of the body; and an electrically-conducting cover (10) composed of at least one piece, inserted into the electrically-conducting body (2), such that at least one of the main faces (100) covers the front of the electrical insulator (7), in the rear part for accommodating the latter inside of the electrically-conducting body which is lacking a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: RAYDIALL
    Inventors: Sébastien Annequin, Denis Gabet, Quentin Noir
  • Patent number: 11011861
    Abstract: A stacked receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage configured to be mounted to a circuit board, a lower communication connector assembly received in the receptacle cage, and an upper communication connector assembly stacked in the receptacle cage above the lower communication connector assembly. The receptacle cage has a divider between an upper and lower module channels receiving upper and lower pluggable modules. The lower communication connector assembly includes a lower communication connector. The upper communication connector assembly includes a paddle card, an upper communication connector mounted to the paddle card, and a cable assembly having cables electrically connected to the paddle card and extending from the paddle card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Eric David Briant, Christopher David Ritter, Linda Ellen Shields
  • Patent number: 10834833
    Abstract: A method of assembling an electronic control unit comprises assembling a terminal carrier holding a plurality of terminal pins into a housing using translational motions, inserting at least one comb tool through one or more connector openings until a plurality of beams of the comb tool are placed between the terminal carrier, a comb support feature, and a shoulder on an end of each of a plurality of terminal pins, and assembling a printed circuit board substrate to the plurality of terminal pins by inserting the end of each of the plurality of terminal pins into the printed circuit board substrate using a press fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: VEONEER US INC.
    Inventor: Jacob Jay Yoder
  • Patent number: 10819053
    Abstract: A stacked RJ45 modular jack assembly includes a lower RJ45 jack portion having a bottom surface adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board, the lower RJ45 jack having a plurality of lower connection fingers 1 through 8, an upper RJ45 jack portion disposed above the lower RJ45 jack portion the upper RJ45 jack having a plurality of upper connection fingers 1 through 8, and a data/RF components block including RF components, the data/RF components block mounted directly behind a rear surface of the stacked RJ45 modular jack assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Microsemi P.O.E. Ltd.
    Inventor: Diego Zoladz
  • Patent number: 10772237
    Abstract: A connector system with improved thermal management is provided. Various receptacles are provided that include features which may enhance air flow, and therefore cooling. Thermal channel features in the receptacle cage and/or housing allow air passing through the receptacle to directly remove thermal energy from components within and carry the thermal energy out of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Kent E. Regnier
  • Patent number: 10693261
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes: a housing including a base and a mating tongue in front of the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened portion at a root to the base, the mating tongue defining a pair of lateral locking sides; two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the thickened portion and tail sections extending out of the base; and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity among the shield and the mating tongue. The shield is formed via a deep drawing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Hsueh-Lung Hsiao, Ming-Lun Szu, Chao-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 10681810
    Abstract: A circuit board (3) of an electronic control device has a connector fixing screw penetration hole (16) which a connector fixing screw penetrates, a resist layer (13) and a joining portion (23) which is formed at a circumference of connector fixing screw penetration hole (16) and to which the connector fixing screw can be soldered. Joining portion (23) is formed at an inner side of a resist layer opening (22) which is open at the circumference of connector fixing screw penetration hole (16). Joining portion (23) is formed so that an area of joining portion (23) located at an inner side of circuit board (3) with respect to a center (C1) of connector fixing screw penetration hole (16) is larger than an area of joining portion (23) located at an outer side of circuit board (3) with respect to the center (C1) of connector fixing screw penetration hole (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Mototaka Takahashi, Fumihiko Kuwabara, Hirofumi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10665963
    Abstract: A connector comprises an insulation body and a row of first contacts arranged on the insulation body at a first pitch. Each of the first contacts includes a first solder foot, a first fixation portion, and a first connection portion between the first solder foot and the first fixation portion. No insulation partition rib is disposed between the first connection portions of any two adjacent first contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 10651607
    Abstract: A housing with improved airflow is provided. The housing includes a cage dimensioned to hold two modules side-by-side in a lower compartment and a further two modules side-by-side in an upper compartment. The cage has a middle compartment between the lower compartment and the upper compartment, with a heatsink in the middle compartment in thermal contact with the two modules when the two modules are in the lower compartment. The middle compartment is ventilated through a first one or more apertures in each of two or more exterior walls of the cage, the middle compartment is further ventilated, when the upper compartment is unoccupied, through a second one or more apertures in an interior wall of the cage separating the middle compartment and the upper compartment, wherein the further two modules when occupying the upper compartment obstruct the second one or more apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Gawlowski
  • Patent number: 10644457
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a shield having a receiving slot and a first insulation body disposed in the receiving slot. The first insulation body includes at least one mating cavity and at least one terminal group disposed in the mating cavity. The first insulation body and the shield collectively define at least one adapting structure. The at least one terminal group has a plurality of elastic terminals arranged as at least one row along a first direction. The plug connector includes a paddle board electrically connected to a cable and a second insulation body secured with the paddle board and the cable. At least one adapting element extends from the second insulation body and is adjacently disposed to the paddle board. The adapting element and the adapting structure are mated to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SPEED TECH CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 10404006
    Abstract: A plurality of plug side connectors that can be joined to and separated from one another are prevented from being combined incorrectly. An arrangement is made such that only when a particular combination of two of the plug side connectors are adjacent to each other, the groove of one of the two plug side housings slidably engages with the linear protrusion of the other plug side housing, or the linear protrusion of one of the two plug side housings slidably engages with the groove of the other plug side housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON TANSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuzo Kawahara
  • Patent number: 10367308
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving and rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween. Said upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. Said lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals. Said shielding module includes metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Hsien Chou, Chun-Hsiung Hsu, Kuei-Chung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10310570
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Michael A. Cracraft, Khaalid P. J. McMillan, Arushi Shahani, John G. Torok
  • Patent number: 10310571
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Michael A. Cracraft, Khaalid P. J. McMillan, Arushi Shahani, John G. Torok
  • Patent number: 10289170
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Michael A. Cracraft, Khaalid P. J. McMillan, Arushi Shahani, John G. Torok
  • Patent number: 10289169
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corportion
    Inventors: Matteo Cocchini, Michael A. Cracraft, Khaalid P. J. McMillan, Arushi Shahani, John G. Torok
  • Patent number: 10243310
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a technology that enables a first set of electrical connectors hosted via a first carrier board to simultaneously engage with a second set of electrical connectors hosted via a second carrier board. This simultaneous engagement occurs based on a movement of the first carrier board toward the second carrier board, or vice versa, such that the first set of electrical connectors progressively engages and aligns with the second set of electrical connectors to enable signal communication therethrough. The movement of the first carrier board toward the second carrier board can be facilitated via a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Cinch Connectivity Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Monahan, Robert Baumler
  • Patent number: 10236641
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A holder is attached upon a rear face of the housing behind the contacts. The LEDs and the corresponding connecting legs are retained by the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Bo Du, Er-Dong Ma, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10236642
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a main body defining a plurality of mating cavities each coupled with an LED located right behind the mating cavity. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing corresponding to each of the mating cavities. A translucent color ring is assembled upon a front face of the main body of the housing in front of each mating cavity. A printed circuit board is vertically attached upon a rear side of the main body with a terminal module assembled on the bottom edge. A plurality of LEDs are mounted upon the printed circuit board wherein all LEDs are electrically connected to the terminal module having connecting legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Er-Dong Ma, Xiao-Bo Du, Peng Chen, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 10236608
    Abstract: In an electrical connector for circuit boards or blades, a holding portion formed in a housing has, for each blade, holding grooves that hold the front portions of the blades, and at least one of the above-mentioned multiple blades is fixedly secured in place within one of the corresponding holding grooves while the rest of the blades are made movable through a small gap within the respective corresponding holding grooves. With this arrangement, the fixed blade may be used as a reference while the other blades are free to move slightly during a mating step. In addition, such blade securement may be of use of resilient latches (19) positioned at both ends of each blade (20). At engagement to a mating connector, housing portion (75) of the housing is to provide support for ends of the blades (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Nagata, Atsushi Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: RE49287
    Abstract: A socket structure includes a base; a slot, disposed on one end of the base and to be connected to one plug having one row of terminals; a tongue disposed on a front end of the base and within the slot so that chambers of the slot on two sides of the tongue may be normally and oppositely inserted and positioned into the slot; one row of first contacts separately arranged on one surface of the tongue, wherein each first contact is electrically connected to a first pin extending out of the base; and one row of second contacts separately arranged on the other surface of the tongue. Each second contact is electrically connected to a second pin extending out of the base. When the plug is inserted into the slot, the row of terminals of the plug are electrically connected to the row of first or second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: KIWI CONNECTION, LLC
    Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: RE49901
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving and a rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween. Said The upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. Said The lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals. Said The shielding module includes a metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Hsien Chou, Chun-Hsiung Hsu, Kuei-Chung Tsai