Stacked Right-angle Connector For Use On Printed Circuit Board (i.e., Pcb) Patents (Class 439/541.5)
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Patent number: 10008813Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electronic device including: a connector configured to connect to another electronic device via a wired communication link; and a reference member whose potential is maintained at a constant level, wherein the connector includes a housing which houses connection terminals therein, and an electrically conductive protrusion joined to at least a distal end portion of the housing, the electrically conductive protrusion including at least a portion which is elastic, and electrically connected to the reference member.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2017Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Tetsufumi Nozawa, Minoru Wakabayashi
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Patent number: 9923322Abstract: A stacking connector including: a first port for receiving an RJ-45 plug along a front-to-back direction; a second port below the first port for receiving a USB Type-A plug, the second port and the first port being formed on a same insulative housing; and a receiving room formed below the second port for receiving an external USB Type-C connector, the receiving room has an opening running through a bottom surface of the insulative housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Zhi-hui Tang, Jun-Hua Hu, Chih-Ching Hsu
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Patent number: 9912111Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a widen and thicken step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base, two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts, and a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue and occupying most portions of said mating tongue. The shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, each lateral edge section is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of a plug connector in a transverse direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chien-Ping Kao, Wei-Hao Su, An-Jen Yang, De-Cheng Zou, Chih-Hsien Chou, Yuan Zhang
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Patent number: 9905967Abstract: A socket outlet includes a main module and an expansion module. An expansion socket formed with a through hole, an inner annual groove, and an outer annual groove is disposed on the main module. Three electrodes are disposed on the expansion socket, respectively extended into the through hole, the inner annual groove, and the outer annual groove. An expansion plug including a conductive pin, an inner conductive ring, and an outer conductive ring is disposed on the expansion module. The expansion plug is plugged in the expansion socket, the conductive pin is plugged in the through hole, the inner conductive ring is plugged in the inner annual groove, and the outer conductive ring is plugged in the outer annual groove. The expansion module is connected to the main module by plugging the expansion plug into the expansion socket. The expansion module and the main module can be relatively rotated.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Inventors: Pei-Lun Wang, Xinping Luo
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Patent number: 9871327Abstract: Connector receptacle assemblies that may be simple to manufacture, provide multiple receptacles, and provide a good ground contact path. One example may provide a connector receptacle assembly formed of a housing having a tongue that may include openings on one or more sides for contacts as well as openings on its sides for ground contacts. Another example may provide a connector receptacle assembly having at least two tongues, where each tongue may be aligned with a corresponding opening in a device enclosure. Another example may provide a connector receptacle assembly having a tongue with a center ground contact, where the center ground contact may be located between the top row and the bottom row of contacts. Another example may provide a connector receptacle assembly having a titanium-copper center ground contact.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: George Marc Simmel, Zheng Gao
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Patent number: 9843125Abstract: An electrical connector includes a unitary base elongated along a longitudinal direction. A first tongue extends forwardly from the base and has a uniform thickness along the longitudinal direction. The first tongue comprises a plurality of spaced apart first contacts. A second tongue extends forwardly from the base and comprises a plurality of spaced apart second contacts. The first and second tongues define a gap therebetween that extends from a front edge of one of the first and second tongues toward the unitary base.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2014Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Vincent Tan, Kok Hoe Lee, Rao L. Vittapalli, YunLong Qiao, Saujit Bandhu
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Patent number: 9819131Abstract: Communications plugs are provided which include a printed circuit board having a plurality of elongated conductive traces and a plurality of plug blades. Each plug blade has a first section that extends along a top surface of the printed circuit board and a second section that extends along a front edge of the printed circuit board. Additionally, each plug blade may have a thickness that is at least twice the thickness of the elongated conductive traces. The plug blades may be low profile plug blades that are manufactured separately from the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaInventors: Richard A. Schumacher, Scott Lynn Michaelis
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Patent number: 9780504Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, conductive terminals, and a fixing base. The insulated housing defines a connecting space therein. The insulated housing includes a tongue portion extending into the connecting space and a base portion arranged at the rear part of the tongue portion. The base portion has a rear wall, two lateral walls extended backward from the rear wall, and an assembling space defined by the rear wall and the two lateral walls. The fixing base is received in the assembling space and defines first through holes and second through holes. The pins of the conductive terminals are passing through the first through holes and the second through holes. The fixing base has a rear wall surface defining grooves communicating with the respective first through holes. The width of the groove is less than the width of the corresponding first through hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Yao-Te Wang, Ya-Ling Chen
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Patent number: 9774143Abstract: A high frequency signal communication connector with improved crosstalk performance includes an insulated housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a conductive shielding layer, and a metal shell. The insulated housing has two inserting slots. The first and second terminals are disposed in the insulated housing, and have front ends respectively extending into the two inserting slots, and rear ends respectively extending outside a bottom of the insulated housing. The conductive shielding layer is provided on the insulated housing, and is disposed with a plurality of through holes. The first and second terminals respectively pass through the through holes, so that the conductive shielding layer covers a part of the first and second terminals. The first and second terminals have grounding terminals contacting with the conductive shielding layer, so that the terminals have better shielding effectiveness to reduce crosstalk interference.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP.Inventors: Hou-An Su, Hung-Wei Hsu, Chi-Jung Chan, Ray-Cheh Wu
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Patent number: 9748698Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, signal pods, and ground shields. The housing has a base that is electrically conductive. The base has chambers and ground slots extending therethrough. The chambers are defined by chamber walls that separate the chambers from the ground slots. The signal pods, which each include a dielectric body holding a pair of signal contacts, are received in the chambers. The dielectric body engages the chamber walls and electrically insulates the signal contacts from the base. The ground shields are received in the ground slots. Each ground shield surrounds an associated signal pod on at least two sides to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts in the signal pod from other signal contacts.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventors: Chad William Morgan, Timothy Robert Minnick, Arturo Pachon Munoz, David Wayne Helster, Brian Patrick Costello, Douglas Edward Lawrence
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Patent number: 9722374Abstract: A stacked receptacle connector includes an insulative housing forming a first receiving cavity extending along a front-to-back direction, a second receiving cavity stacked on the first receiving cavity along a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction, and a mounting cavity located behind and communicating with the first and second receiving cavities. A printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted to the mounting cavity. A first connector having a front portion received in the first receiving cavity and a rear portion connected to the PCB. The first connector is fitted to be inserted by a first plug connector along two opposite direction. A plurality of contacts each has a mating portion received in the second receiving cavity and a mounting portion connected with the PCB. A plurality of footer pins connected the PCB to electrically connect the first connector and the contacts to an exterior substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Chih-Ching Hsu, Jun-Hua Hu, Zhi-Hui Tang
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Patent number: 9716347Abstract: A connector includes a cage that surrounds a housing. The cage defines two vertically spaced apart ports. A chamber is positioned between the ports. The chamber includes a vent wall that is angled to provide additional vent area so as to improve cooling of the connector. An aperture array in a rear wall of the cage can be used to further improve the cooling capabilities of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Jerry Kachlic
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Patent number: 9705237Abstract: An electrical connector has a mating cavity opening forwardly. The electrical connector has a main body, a terminal module and a sealing member. The terminal module has an insulator and a plurality of conductive terminals received therein. The conductive terminals have contacting portions exposed into the mating cavity and connecting legs. The terminal module is received in the main body. The sealing member is filled in a gap between the terminal module and main body to seal the gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Chun-Chieh Yang, Zhi-Hui Zhu, Qin-Xin Cao
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Patent number: 9699930Abstract: An electric device system includes a first unit and a second unit adjacent to each other. An elastically deformable first connecting terminal is provided in the first unit, and a second connecting terminal is provided in the second unit. When the first unit is assembled in the second unit, the first connecting terminal comes into contact with the second connecting terminal after sliding on an outer surface of a casing of the second unit. A bulging surface is provided in an exposed surface of the first connecting terminal, and a recess is provided in an exposed surface of the second connecting terminal. A part of the bulging surface and a part of an opening edge of the recess come into press-contact with each other by fitting a part of the bulging surface in the recess, thereby establishing electric conduction between the first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventors: Kazuyoshi Miura, Jun Yamane, Yoshimi Azuma, Shinya Iwasaki, Taisuke Yamada, Motoyuki Tomizu
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Patent number: 9685718Abstract: A connector structure includes a first connecting component, a rigid circuit board and a second connecting component. The first connecting component includes a first main body whereon a slot is formed, and a plurality of first terminals disposed on the first main body. Each first terminal includes a contacting portion extending into the slot, and a welding portion protruding out of the first main body. The rigid circuit board is assembled into the slot and contacts the contacting portions of the plurality of first terminals. The second connecting component is installed on the rigid circuit board and electrically connected to the plurality of first terminals. The second connecting component includes a second main body, a shielding plate, a plurality of second terminals and a metal shell. The second connecting component, the rigid circuit board and the first connecting component are cooperatively formed in a reverse L-shaped structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC.Inventor: Chien-Chun Wang
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Patent number: 9660390Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: an insulative housing; a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a cable including a plurality of wires electrically connected with the contacts and an insulative outer coating enclosing the wires; and a shielding case enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the insulative housing includes a first main body extending along a docking direction and a second main body extending along a direction perpendicular to the docking direction, an end of the second main body is exposed to the first main body along the docking direction, and the insulative outer coating of the cable extends along a direction away from the docking direction to form an angle relative to the extending direction of the second main body.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Da-Wei Xing, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 9578778Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding memory card holder wherein the apparatus includes: a casing configured to enable a plurality of memory cards to be removably inserted into the casing; contact pads located within the casing configured to enable an electrical connection to be established between the contact pads and at least one memory card when the plurality of memory cards are inserted within the casing; and at least one mounting portion configured to enable the apparatus to be mounted on a circuit board such that a first portion of the apparatus is positioned above the circuit board and a second portion of the apparatus is positioned below the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2012Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Bocheng Hou, Shixiang Wu, Henrik Franck, Morten Rolighed Christensen, Han Tao, Yuk Fung Chan
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Patent number: 9559479Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus and a method for connecting a first device and second device. An apparatus includes an angled connector configured to connect to a first device to a second device, the first device and the second device configured to communicate through signal paths in the connector, the signal paths configured to pass digital data signals, a fastening device configured to secure the angled connector to the first device.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS, INC., TATUNG COMPANYInventors: Oleg Logvinov, Tai-Jee Pan
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Patent number: 9553381Abstract: A connector system is provided that includes a first connector and a second connector that are both coupled by a cable. Both connectors can be configured with terminal tails that are configured to be press-fit into a circuit board. The first connect - or includes a first terminal pair and the second connector includes a second terminal pair and the first and second terminal pairs are fixably connected to opposite ends of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Kent E. Regnier
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Patent number: 9547141Abstract: A connector is provided and includes a cage, a plurality of partition devices, and a heat dissipation device. The cage includes a plurality of plug receiving units that are arranged in at least a two columns by two rows arrangement. The plurality of partition devices include an upper partition plate and a lower partition plate and is positioned between two adjacent plug receiving units of the plurality of plug receiving units. The heat dissipation device includes a heat conduction block positioned between the upper partition plate and the lower partition plate, and a heat conduction pipe that contacts the heat conduction block and extends beyond a rear wall of the cage.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Honghao Wu, Zhaohai Xue, Eric David Briant, David Bruce Sarraf, Lucas A. Benson, Jian Lu
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Patent number: 9531142Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first body, multiple first conducting terminals and multiple second conducting terminals received in the first body, a first fixing block, and a second fixing block. Each first conducting terminal has a first extending portion, and a first welding portion extending downward from the first extending portion. Each second conducting terminal has a second extending portion, and a second welding portion extending downward from the second extending portion. The first extending portions and the second extending portions are disposed in a front and back manner. The first extending portions are insert injection molded at the first fixing block. The second extending portions are insert injection molded at the second fixing block. The first fixing block and the second fixing block cooperatively position the first welding portions and the second welding portions. A stacked electrical connector formed by two or more of the electrical connectors.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: LOTES CO., LTDInventors: Bin Qi Xu, Quan Long
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Patent number: 9531141Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, flexible terminals, and flat terminals. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion. The flexible terminals and the flat terminals are held in the base portion and disposed at an upper surface of the tongue portion. The flat terminals are arranged in front of the flexible terminals and include two pairs of signal terminals and a ground terminal between the signal terminals. Each flat terminal includes a flat contact portion, a tail portion, and a body portion between the flat contact portion and the tail portion. The body portion of the ground terminal includes two first widening portions extended outward from two sides thereof. A first distance is defined between each first widening portion and the body portion of the corresponding nearest signal terminal. A second distance is defined between the two signal terminals for each pair thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Yao-Te Wang, Ya-Ling Chen, Ruei-Si Hong
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Patent number: 9516757Abstract: An electric connector, a plug-in module thereof and a production method of the plug-in module are provided. The plug-in module comprises a base, an input unit, an output unit and an output end. The base comprises a top plate, a bottom plate and one connection plate. A plurality of input terminals and a plurality of intermediate terminals are fixed to the base. The input unit comprises one input circuit board provided vertically to the base and electrically coupled to an end portion of the input terminals. At least one channel are provided on the input circuit board. Each channel comprises a transformer electrically coupled to the input circuit board. The output unit comprises an output circuit board horizontally provided to the base and electrically coupled to the input circuit board via the intermediate terminals. The output end are fixed to and electrically coupled to the output circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (CHEN ZHOU) CO. LTD.Inventors: Wangjun He, Jung-jui Wang, Shaofeng Yu
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Patent number: 9515438Abstract: An electrical connector with improved terminal set comprising having an insulation seat; a first and a second terminal sets joined respectively with the insulation seat, the first and the second terminal sets comprising having respectively an alignment terminal, multiple first terminals and multiple second terminals, each of the alignment terminal, the first and the second terminals having a contacting portion, a bending portion and a welding portion; each of the first and the second terminals being provided respectively on two sides of each of the alignment terminals, and the contacting portion and the bending portion for each of the first and the second terminals having a deflecting portion connected therebetween; and a metal shell covering the insulation seat, the first terminal set and the second terminal set.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: T-CONN PRECISION CORPORATIONInventor: Jen-Hao Chang
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Patent number: 9515412Abstract: A card connector includes a first housing, terminals and a second housing. The first housing has a base portion, a front surface of the base portion forms a protruded portion, a rear surface of the base portion forms an extending portion. A front surface of the protruded portion forms an inserting chamber extended to the extending portion. The rear surface of the base portion defines a fixing cavity located below the extending portion. Terminal grooves are defined in a top wall of the fixing cavity and a bottom surface of the extending portion and communicates with the inserting chamber and the fixing cavity. The terminals include first terminals and second terminals integratedly molded in the second housing. The second housing with the first terminals and the second terminals are fixed in the fixing cavity. The first terminals and the second terminals pass through the terminal grooves and extending into the inserting chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2016Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Wang Yang, Chao-Yong Ye, Kai-Hsiang Chang
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Patent number: 9509109Abstract: A combination connector includes a number of walls defining a housing and a female RJ connector and a female flash card connector inside the housing. Contact pins extend from contacts of the female RJ connector and contacts of the female flash card connector through at least one wall of the housing for connection to a PCB. The walls include electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Inventor: Alan L. Pocrass
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Patent number: 9477633Abstract: An electrical connector assembly adapted for military use comprising a high-density maintenance connector which supports high bandwidth video export and low level maintenance functions, a lower density I/O connector, the stacking feature allows multiple branches in a distribution center, custom to each user, and the programmability allows for identical cables/stacking connectors to be used in different configurations.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Choiniere, Mark P. Devins, David A. Richards, Kevin D. Galli
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Patent number: 9461429Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) comprising a lower wall, a receiving space (110), a cavity (120) above the receiving space (110), a shielding shell (9) enclosing the insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2, 3) received in the insulative housing (1) and a cable (5). The contacts (2, 3) comprise a number of first contacts (2) for transmitting USB 3.0 signal and a number of second contacts (3) capable of transmitting USB 2.0 signal, and an extra signal contact (3e) transmitting an extra signal. The second contacts are partly received in the receiving space (110). The first contacts are partly received in the cavity (120). The engaging section of the extra signal contact (3e) is located on an inner surface of the lower wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
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Patent number: 9461428Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may be directed to an electronic connector. More specifically, the electronic connector may include a single connector body and a mounting end operable to couple the single connector body with an electronic board of an electronics unit. The electronic connector may also include a lower jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple lower pin receptacles, where the lower jack portion is disposed adjacent to the mounting end and is operable to receive a first connector end of a first cable. The electronic connector may further include an upper jack portion disposed in the single connector body and include multiple upper pin receptacles, where the upper jack portion is disposed above the lower jack portion and is operable to receive a second connector end of a second cable.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2012Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: NVIDIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eric Michael Lotter, Eric Michael McSherry, Brian Roger Loiler, David Andrew Chapman, Anthony Jose Morales, Jr., An Nguyen
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Patent number: 9450344Abstract: A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, Donald A. Girard, Jr., David Manter, Tom Pitten, Vysakh Sivarajan, Michael Joseph Snyder
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Patent number: 9444182Abstract: The invention relates to a system (16) for forming a modular distribution panel (14), comprising a carrying device (10) having a front plate (20) and comprising at least one distribution module (12), which has at least one connection socket (30) at a head end (28), wherein the head end (28) of the at least one distribution module (12) is opposite the back side of the front plate (20) when the distribution module (12) is fastened to the carrying device (10) and the front plate (20) enables access to the at least one connection socket (30) from the front. The carrying device (10) has a U-profile-shaped accommodating part (18), for which the front plate (20) forms the base of the U-profile shape and into which the head end (28) of the at least one distribution module (12) can be inserted, wherein the distribution module (12) can be detachably fastened to the carrying device (10) at the head end (28) inserted into the accommodating part (18) by means of a clip connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ralf Tillmanns
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Patent number: 9444202Abstract: A connector receptacle includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, a protective plate, and a metallic shell. The insulating housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion extending from the base portion. The tongue portion defines a plurality of receiving slots through the base portion. The contacts are inserted into the receiving slots, and a power contact exists among the contacts. The protective plate includes a planner main portion and two connecting arm portions. The planar main portion is disposed on the tongue portion, and includes a planar section, a front section, a side section, and a connecting section. One lateral side of the planar section is a cutting notch exposing parts of the tongue portion which corresponds to the power contact. The cutting notch prevents the power contact and the protective plate from contacting while connecting with a plug, so as to secure the safety.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2015Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Min-Lung Chien, Ming-Yung Chang, Yun-Jhong Wong, Cheng-Che Tsai
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Patent number: 9425557Abstract: An improved electronic receptacle connector with portions thereof formed from an electrically conductive polymer is disclosed. A conductive polymer front face enables improved device aesthetics and can discharge electrostatic energy from a plug before it is mated with the connector. A conductive polymer housing with internal ground structures may provide electromagnetic interference shielding and improved data transfer speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Trent K. Do
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Patent number: 9397450Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a housing that has an interface side and a printed circuit board engagement side, and a port at said interface side. The port is adapted to receive a mating connector. The port includes a signal contact connected to an internal circuit board. The signal contact is configured to mate with a corresponding contact of the mating connector. The internal circuit board has at least one terminal with a tail end extending though the circuit board engagement side of said housing. A port light indicator is adjacent the port and has a light element facing outwardly and a terminal end. A spring element is received in the housing and has a contact end and an opposite press-fit end. The contact end is biased against the indicator terminal end and the press-fit end extends through the circuit board engagement side of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Justin Feng, Lawrence Chi-Yuen Chan, Adrian Green
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Patent number: 9252530Abstract: An electrical connector includes a port (102, 103) for insertion of a mating connector along an insertion direction, a mating module (50) having a set of contacts (540, 542) received in the port, a transferring module (53) located behind the mating module and having a number of conductive components mounted thereon, and a shielding component (51, 52) disposed between the set of contacts and the transferring module. The shielding component is located between the set of contacts and the transferring module. The shielding component is simple and easily assembled to the transferring module.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhi-Cheng Zhang, John Chow
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Patent number: 9252538Abstract: Receptacle assembly including a receptacle housing having a front end, a back end, and an elongated module cavity that extends between the front and back ends. The receptacle assembly also includes a communication connector that is positioned to mate with a pluggable module when the pluggable module is inserted into the module cavity. The receptacle assembly also includes a light source that is positioned proximate to the port opening and supported by the receptacle housing. The light source generates light signals that are viewable at the front end. The receptacle assembly also includes a flexible cable coupled to the light source. The light source generates the light signals based on electrical current received through the flexible cable.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Patrick Recce, Matthew Ryan Schmitt, Robert Harrison Wertz
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Patent number: 9236672Abstract: A holding metal fitting includes: a side plate portion extending in a width direction X of a socket (a connector coupler); a bottom plate portion connected to a lower side of the side plate portion; an attachment piece portion a projecting from the bottom plate portion to the outside of a socket housing (a housing) and being attached and fixed to a circuit board; and an anchor portion extending from the side plate portion into the socket housing. Moreover, an outer wall surface (a wall surface) of the anchor portion includes an engagement portion for a resin inside the housing to engage with.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kuninaka
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Patent number: 9208406Abstract: A dual card connector includes a holder and a base body. The holder defines two overlapped sliding slots for receiving cards, each sliding slot includes a group of conductive terminal assemblies, the holder includes a plurality of elastic pieces, the elastic pieces are connected to the conductive terminal assemblies. The base body includes at least two groups of connecting terminals. The holder is detachably mounted to the base body, thus the elastic pieces are resisted and electrically connected to the connecting terminals. An electronic device employing the dual card connector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITEDInventors: Li-Fang Cao, Hua-Feng Hao
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Patent number: 9197001Abstract: A clamping carrier element for flat assemblies includes a housing. In at least one embodiment, the clamping carrier element is configured on the upper face of the housing in such a manner that a plurality of clamping carrier elements can be stacked one above the other via a connection technique.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Manuel Geitner, Wolfgang Holmer
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Patent number: 9178318Abstract: High electrical isolation connector apparatus and methods. In one embodiment, an integrated connector module (ICM) is disclosed. The ICM includes a number of adjacent electronic subassemblies that are shielded through the use of an insert body shield. The insert body shield beneficially increases electrical isolation between adjacent subassemblies thereby further mitigating possible electrical noise. The insert body shield is configured to be received within a slot formed within the connector housing. An internal shield is also included that is received in a slot of an insert body of the electronic sub-assemblies, thereby effectively shielding adjacent component receiving cavities from one another. Methods and apparatus are also disclosed which make use and take advantage of these shielded ICMs. For example, telecommunications/networking equipment that incorporates these ICMs are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Pulse Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Rascon, Mohammad Saboori
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Patent number: 9172174Abstract: An electrical connection socket includes: at least two insulating seats each having a base and terminals to form at least one contact interface, wherein one end of the base of at least one insulating seat is projected to form at least one tongue, the base is thicker than the tongue, the tongue has the contact interface, and the bases of the at least two insulating seats are stacked; a metal casing covering the at least two insulating seats and having one end formed with an opening, the metal casing at least directly resting against one of the insulating seats; and at least two connection slots disposed in the metal casing, wherein the tongue is disposed in a connection slot, and the contact interface to be electrically connected to a plug is disposed in each connection slot.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
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Patent number: 9106032Abstract: A stacking connector comprises an insulating body, a plurality of connection terminals and a USB connector. The insulating body has a first containing space and a second containing space. A plurality of terminal slots is defined in a connection port of the insulating body and communicates with the first containing space. The plurality of connection terminals is configured in the first containing space, and exposed to the connection port to constitute a RJ-45 connector with the connection port. The USB connector is configured in the second containing space. Power pin and ground pin of the USB connector are electrically connected to NC pins of the plurality of connection terminals separately. Therefore, the USB connector receives power from a mainboard to provide to the RJ-45 connector. In contrary, the RJ-45 connector receives power by way of PoE to provide to the USB connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
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Patent number: 9077136Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulating housing, a contact module and a metal shell. The insulating housing defines a front face and rear face, and a receiving space running through the front face and the rear face. The contact module includes a plurality of first contacts loaded thereon and is received in the receiving space, the contacting comprising board connecting tail exposing to the rear face of the housing. The metal shell is received in the receiving space and surrounds the contact module second connector port located beside and separated from the first connector port in said lengthwise direction. Wherein the metal shell is inserted and retained with the insulating housing from the front face, the contact module is inserted and retained with the insulating housing from the rear face.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wen-Hui Yang
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Patent number: 9039427Abstract: An interdigitated chip capacitor (“IDC”) assembly including an IDC having a semiconductor block with a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, a plurality of sidewall portions extending between the top and bottom portions, and a plurality of terminals located on the sidewall portions; and a substrate having a top portion with a plurality of generally flat, vertically extending, nonconductive abutment surfaces thereon, the sidewall portions of the IDC being abuttingly engaged with at least some of the plurality of abutment surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Allan Jerome Daen Rapales, Floro Lopez Camenforte, III, John Paul Quianzon Kwo
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Patent number: 9022802Abstract: A terminal module is applied in an electrical connector having an insulating body, and includes first terminals, a first fixing bracket, second terminals, and a second fixing bracket. The first terminals and the second terminals are arranged parallel to each other along the same direction. The first fixing bracket is configured to fix the first terminals and the second fixing bracket is configured to fix the second terminals. The first fixing bracket is provided with a positioning hole extending along the arrangement direction of the first terminals. Furthermore, a positioning portion protrudes from the second fixing bracket in the direction towards the first fixing bracket, and corresponds to the positioning hole. Therefore, the first fixing bracket and the second fixing bracket are inserted into each other through the insertion of the positioning portion into the positioning hole, and are further received in the insulating body of the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Concraft Holding Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-Hong Jiang
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Patent number: 9004938Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for electrically connecting an external circuit board has an insulating main body, a first connector module, a second connector module and a flexible conducting wire. The first connector module is disposed inside the insulating main body and electrically connected to the external circuit board. The second connector module is disposed inside the insulating main body and located above the connector module. The flexible conducting wire has two ends electrically connected to the second connector module and the external circuit board. The flexible conducting wire replaces a traditional metal conducting pin, so as to achieve simple process and decrease electromagnetic interference.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2013Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
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Patent number: 8992248Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing with a plurality of filtering modules therein. Each filtering module has a housing and a magnetics assembly including transformer cores with wires wrapped therearound. An array of pins extend from the module housing for connection to the wires. A plurality of tails extend from the module housing for interconnection to a circuit board upon which the connector may be mounted. An interconnection is provided between the pins and tails that may include filtering or other signal modifying circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Brian P. O'Malley, Michael R. Kamarauskas, Timothy R. McClelland, Emanuel G. Banakis, Johnny Chen, Kent E. Regnier
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Publication number: 20150064964Abstract: A first housing element is attached to an upper surface of a printed circuit board (PCB), and a second housing element is attached to a lower surface of the PCB. The first housing element receives a first electronic module, and includes a first signal wire that connects the first electronic module to a first trace on the PCB. The second housing element receives a second electronic module, which is vertically aligned with the first electronic module, and includes a second signal wire that connects the second electronic module to the first trace on the PCB. Alternately, a housing element attached to a PCB receives two or more electronic modules, and provides unique connections between the electronic modules and the PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Scott W. Augsburger, Mark G. Siechen, David A. Skirmont
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Patent number: 8961221Abstract: A stacked electrical connecting device includes an insulating body, first and second connectors and a conductive connecting member. The insulating body includes first and second accommodation portions and a separator between the first and second accommodation portions. The first and second connectors have first and second metal casings fixed into the first and second accommodation portions. The conductive connecting member is installed at the separator and includes a first planar section electrically contacted with the first metal casing, a second planar section electrically contacted with the second metal casing, and a third planar section coupled between the first and second planar sections. The first and second planar sections have a first elastic plate elastically pressing at the first metal casing and a second elastic plate elastically pressing at the second metal casing, and the conductive connecting member is electrically coupled between the first and second metal casings and grounded.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
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Patent number: 8958212Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board, a connector and an electronic module. The connector includes an insulating body and a first terminal set. The insulating body includes a concave. The first terminal set is fastened on the insulating body and is electrically connected to the circuit board. The electronic module is detachably disposed in the concave and includes a second terminal set. The second terminal set contacts the first terminal set to be electrically connected to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.Inventors: Pai-Ching Huang, Tsung-Fu Hung, Li-Chien Wu