Right Angle Connection On Pcb Patents (Class 439/607.11)
  • Patent number: 11855391
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a terminal module, which comprises a ground terminal and a signal terminal disposed side by side with the ground terminal. The ground terminal comprises a first contacting part. The signal terminal comprises a second contacting part. An outer diameter of the first contacting part is greater than an outer diameter of the second contacting part. The contacting end of the ground terminal is wider than the contacting end of the signal terminal. By increasing the width of the contacting end of the ground terminal, the distance between the contacting end of the signal terminal and the contacting end of the adjacent ground terminal can be shortened. In this way, the return path for the signal terminal can be shorter, and more energy can be bound between the signal terminal and the ground terminal to avoid excessive interference from the surrounding magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: HongJi Chen, HengShan Cheng, YunFeng He
  • Patent number: 11799246
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Scott Martin, Jason John Ellison, Jan De Geest, Charles Copper, Mark R. Gray, William Tanis, Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 11742614
    Abstract: An electrical connection device. The electrical connection device comprises a vehicle side electrical connector comprising a first mounting seat, a first high-voltage assembly and a first low-voltage assembly; and a battery side electrical connector comprising a second mounting seat, a second high-voltage assembly and a second low-voltage assembly. The first high-voltage assembly comprises a first high-voltage pole, a flexible electrical connector and a high-voltage plug, wherein the first high-voltage pole includes an electrical contact end and a wiring end; wherein one end of the flexible electrical connector is in a floating electrical connection with the wiring end of the first high-voltage pole, the high-voltage plug is in a floating electrical connection with the other end of the flexible electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: SHANGHAI DIANBA NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., AULTON NEW ENERGY AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY GROUP
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Danliang Qiu, Chunhua Huang
  • Patent number: 11569616
    Abstract: To help maintain and improve signal integrity, a connector housing can include one or more of the following: asymmetric keying features, asymmetric alignment features, and alternating stitched contacts. First and second contact rows and third and fourth contact rows can each have a first row pitch, and the second and the third contact rows can have a second, greater row pitch. First and second keying structures can be positioned non-symmetrically about both longitudinal and median centerlines of the connector housing. If first, second, third, and fourth contacts all lie on a common centerline of the connector housing, the first and the third contacts can be inserted in a first direction, and the second and the fourth contacts can be inserted in a second, opposite direction. First and second contact securing structures can engage the connector housing at different heights of the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Randall E. Musser, Jonathan E. Buck
  • Patent number: 11545770
    Abstract: In the case where as a communication means among two or more control circuit boards corresponding to an on-vehicle environment, a wire harness is mounted, space-saving efficiency and assembly efficiency pose problems. When a board-to-board connector is utilized, arrangement of the control circuit boards cannot freely be performed, due to restriction of predetermined specific dimensions. An electric-power conversion apparatus includes a cooling device having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a hole penetrating the first surface and the second surface, a first control circuit board provided at the first surface side, a second control circuit board provided at the second surface side, and a pin header having a mold portion that partially wraps a connection pin penetrating the hole so as to connect the first control circuit board with the second control circuit board and that is fixed to the cooling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Noriyuki Fukakusa, Yoshifumi Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11539171
    Abstract: An electrical connector for high speed signals. The connector has multiple conductive elements that may serve as signal or ground conductors. A member formed with lossy material and conductive compliant members may be inserted in the connector. The conductive compliant members may be aligned with conductive elements of the connector configured as ground conductors. For a connector configured to carry differential signals, the ground conductors may separate pairs of signal conductors. The member may further include a conductive web, embedded within the lossy material, that interconnects the conductive compliant members. For a receptacle connector, the conductive elements may have mating contact portions aligned along opposing surfaces of a cavity. The conductive elements may have contact tails for attachment to a printed circuit board and intermediate portions connecting the mating contact portions and the contact tails. The conductive compliant members may press against the intermediate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Kirk, Jason Si, Ba Pham, Sam Kocsis, David Chan, Wonder Wang, Bob Tang, Martin Li, Smith Wu
  • Patent number: 11469553
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Scott Martin, Jason John Ellison, Jan De Geest, Charles Copper, Mark R. Gray, William Tanis, Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 11342712
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided which includes a terminal that includes two terminal pieces, a fixed housing that is fixed to a machine or a substrate, and a movable housing that is movably supported to the fixed housing by the terminal. Each of the terminal pieces is formed of a conductive plate. A connection portion is formed on one end side of each of the terminal pieces in a length direction and connected to a circuit provided in the machine or the substrate. A contact portion is formed on another end side of each of the terminal pieces in the length direction and comes in contact with a terminal of a mating connector. A spring portion is formed in each of the terminal pieces and connects the connection portion and the contact portion such that the contact portion is movable with respect to the connection portion between the connection portion and the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Doi
  • Patent number: 11152750
    Abstract: A receptacle cage assembly includes a receptacle cage having first and second side walls extending from a top wall at first and second corners. A gasket has EMI springs electrically connected to the receptacle cage and a panel in a panel opening including top EMI springs and first and second side EMI springs. A first corner EMI spring is located outward of the first corner of the receptacle cage to engage the panel at a first corner of the panel opening. A second corner EMI spring is located outward of the second corner of the receptacle cage to engage the panel at a second corner of the panel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Alex Michael Sharf, Richard James Long, Steven David Dunwoody
  • Patent number: 11152725
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing and a terminal module. The insulative housing has a mating portion and a main portion, the mating portion defines a mating cavity, the main portion has a receiving space. The terminal module includes a first terminal module and a second terminal module, the first terminal module defines a plurality of first contacting portions and the second terminal module defines a plurality of second contacting portions. The main portion has a pair of lateral walls, and the mating portion defines a pair of side walls. The main portion further has a plurality of ribs and a plurality of positioning slots, the ribs are attached on the exterior side faces of the relative side walls. The electrical connector further comprises a shielding member provided with a pair of side plates engaged with the positioning slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD., ALLTOP TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yungchih Hung, Wangi Yu
  • Patent number: 11146026
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a shielding function includes a shell, a main body, a plurality of sleeves, a plurality of terminals, a plurality of terminal seats, and a shielding sheet. The shielding sheet includes a plurality of spacers and a rear baffle. The spacers of the shielding sheet are configured to space apart the terminals, and the rear baffle of the shielding sheet is configured to insulate the two terminals in the rear from the external environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Dongguan Way Way Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yue-Hua Xie, Ze-Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 11081842
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of contacts retained in the housing, and a metallic shielding plate assembled in the housing and located between the two rows of contacts wherein the shielding plate includes a pair of spring fingers extending from the front edge into the mating cavity in front of the shielding plate, and a plurality of notches located around the pair of spring fingers and equipped with barbed structures extending into the notches so as to grasp the corresponding ribs of the housing so as to stabilize the whole shielding plate in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiang Wu, Yin-Chao Xu, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10998678
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly which controls cross talk and signal radiation. Signal pathways are provided on modules in a first connector housing, with the signal pathways being arranged in differential pairs. Second ground pathways are positioned between side surfaces of the modules and respective signal pathways of the signal pathways. Signal contacts are positioned in the second connector housing. Second ground contacts are positioned in the second connector housing. The second ground contacts are positioned between side surfaces of the second modules and respective signal contacts of the signal contacts. The second ground pathways engage the second ground contacts of the second modules to balance the differential pairs of signal pathways to optimize impedance and shielding of the signal pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Keith Edwin Miller, Scott Eric Walton, Albert Tsang, Kevin Michael Thackston, Kyle Gary Annis
  • Patent number: 10879651
    Abstract: A connector system includes a wafer that has a shield that replaces standard ground terminals and an additional isolation shield to provide enhanced electrical isolation. To further improve electrical performance, transmit and receive channels can be provided in separate wafers on one side of connector system with a space or wafer between the transmit and signal wafers. On the other side of the connector system the wafer will have one or two spaces that are either black or filled with terminals that operate at lower frequencies. A conductive insert can provide further isolation intra-wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: John Laurx, Chien-Lin Wang, Vivek Shah
  • Patent number: 10622753
    Abstract: A vertical insert and pass-thru for high speed contact sets or modules for use with high life-cycle or mass interconnect devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Virginia Panel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Church-Diciccio, David Rocker
  • Patent number: 10454221
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a plurality of contacts, a holding member and a shell. Each of the contacts has a held portion and a fixed portion. The holding member has a holding portion holding the held portion, a front regulated portion and a rear regulated portion. The shell is formed with front regulating portions, opening portions and rear regulating portions extending in the opening portions. The front regulating portions 330 are located forward of the front regulated portion 586 and regulate forward movement of the front regulated portions 586. The rear regulating portions 334 are located rearward of the rear regulated portions 588 and regulate rearward movement of the rear regulated portions 588. At least a part of the fixed portions 404 of the contacts 42 is visible through any one of the opening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeharu Naito, Kimiaki Saitou
  • Patent number: 10440850
    Abstract: A backplane and a communications device are disclosed. In one example, the backplane includes at least one fixing plate, multiple connectors, and multiple flexible cables, where signal connection is implemented between corresponding connectors by the flexible cables. Each of the connectors is provided with a housing, and multiple signal pins are installed on the housing. The housing is installed on the fixing plate and is provided with a jack for insertion of a connector of a subcard in the communications device. One end of each signal pin is inserted into the jack, and the other end is connected to each flexible cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Jian Zhang, Jianping Shu
  • Patent number: 10355421
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the insulative housing and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, each row of contacts including an outermost ground contact, the ground contact in the lower row having a contacting portion, a tail portion, and an intermediate portion between the contacting portion and the tail portion; a metallic element arranged between the upper row of contacts and the lower row of contacts; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the ground contact in the upper row and the ground contact in the lower row are in contact with the metallic element; and the ground contact in the upper row and the ground contact in the lower row share same tail portion of the ground contact in the lower row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10320101
    Abstract: The invention provides a connector (16) for functionally coupling a module (8) in a modular electronic device, in particular a portable device, more in particular a handheld device (1), comprising a first connector end, wherein said first connector end comprises a series of contacts (34) and an electromagnetic shielding (81) surrounding said contacts (34). Said connector (16) is in particular suited for a modular electronic device (1), for electronically coupling its modules (8) to a chassis (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Fairphone B.V.
    Inventors: Hugh Daniel Brogan, Olivier Hébert, George Henry Hines
  • Patent number: 10320126
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation body. Multiple terminals are fixed on the insulation body in an upper row and a lower row. Each terminal has a soldering portion. The soldering portions are arranged in two rows in a front-rear direction. A middle shielding sheet is fixed on the insulation body, and has a planar plate portion. A baffle extends downward from a rear end of the plate portion and is located between the soldering portions in the two rows. The plate portion extends horizontally in a lateral direction to form a connecting portion, which is in front of the rear end of the plate portion. A rear edge of the connecting portion bends downward to form a leg. In the front-rear direction, a distance between the rear end of the plate portion and the rear edge of the connecting portion is greater than a width of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ted Ju, Wu Feng, Ya Jun Zeng, Nan Fang He, Jun Fan, Jin Ke Hu, Guo Sheng Zhou, Chin Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10224674
    Abstract: A high frequency connector is disclosed. The high frequency connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of insulating pieces, and a plurality of terminals. Each of the terminals is respectively assembled to the insulating pieces. The plurality of insulating pieces are assembled to the insulating housing. Each of the insulating pieces has a first surface and a second surface. A plurality of recesses are formed on each of the first surface and the second surface. The recesses are arranged in parallel on each of the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of impedance adjustment holes are arranged on each of the first surface and the second surface in an interlaced manner. The impedance adjustment holes are disposed between the recesses. Each of the terminals is received in the impedance adjustment hole or the recess, so as to improve characteristic impedances and crosstalk interferences of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: SPEED TECH CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Hua Huang, I-Ting Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10211574
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base portion, the mating tongue defining two opposite mating faces and a step portion at a root thereof to the base portion; two rows of terminals retained in the insulative housing and including contacting portions disposed on the mating surface and in front of the step portion; a pair of discrete metal plates located between the two rows of terminals, each metal plate comprising a first plate portion disposed in the mating tongue, a second plate portion disposed in the base portion, each first plate portion defining a locking edge at outer side thereof and exposed to corresponding side face of the mating tongue; and each metal plate defines an extending portion bent upwardly, the extending portion covers the matting surface of the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10170864
    Abstract: A waterproof connector includes a dielectric body, a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the dielectric body, a shielding assembly, a metal shell surrounding outside the dielectric body, and a waterproof housing integrally molded outside the metal shell. The dielectric body has a tongue board. A periphery of a rear of the tongue board is recessed inward to form a limiting groove. A plurality of the blocking boards are protruded from the tongue board and located in front of the limiting groove. The shielding assembly is limited in the limiting groove. Outer surfaces of rear ends of contact portions of the plurality of the terminals adjacent to a front end of the shielding assembly are recessed inward to form a plurality of avoiding areas, each of the plurality of the avoiding areas is matched with one of the plurality of the blocking boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li-Nien Hsu, Sheng-Nan Yu
  • Patent number: 10170867
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation body having a base and a tongue located in a front end of the base, terminals arranged in upper and lower rows, and a middle grounding plate disposed in the base and extending to the tongue. Terminals in the upper and lower rows are arranged on upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, respectively. The middle grounding plate is located between the upper and lower rows of terminals, and having at least one first hole. An edge of each of two lateral sides of the middle grounding plate is inwardly depressed to form a first groove. The first hole is located between the two first grooves. The insulation body has a first insulation post and a second insulation post, the first insulation post protrudes into the first hole, and the second insulation post protrudes into the first grooves on the lateral sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ted Ju, Wu Feng, Ya Jun Zeng, Nan Fang He, Jun Fan, Jin Ke Hu, Guo Sheng Zhou, Chin Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10116098
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a metallic frame having a main part, a board at a rear of the main part, and an upper shield behind the board; an upper and lower contact modules arranged at two opposite sides of the metallic frame main part, each contact module having a row of contacts, each contact having a contacting portion, an intermediate portion, and a tail; an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; a shielding shell accommodating the board of the metallic frame and enclosing the insulative housing, the contact tails of at least one of the upper and lower contact modules extending rearward beyond a rear end of the shielding shell; wherein the upper shield of the metallic frame shields the contact tails of the at least one contact module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10084257
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing with a plurality of electrically conductive terminals therein. Some terminals may include a terminal support projection that engages the housing to maintain the position of a contact section of the terminals relative to the housing. Other terminals may have a tool engaging shoulder configured to be engaged by a tool to force press-fit tails of all of the terminals into a circuit member. The housing may include a locking structure for certain the terminals that permits the terminals to be inserted into the housing with little or no force and then securely lock the terminals in the housing. One or more ground plates may be included for electrically connecting a plurality of the terminals. The ground plates may have resilient tabs that contact at least some of the terminals and the tabs may be thinner than a body portion of the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk B. Peloza, Michael Rowlands, Daniel Tillotson, Eric Scharping, Jeanine Madison, Adam Stanczak
  • Patent number: 10063015
    Abstract: A receptacle includes a first and a second insulating housing, and a shielding plate. The first housing has a first base and a first tongue extending forwardly, the first tongue having a slant connection portion located close to the first base. The second housing has a second base and a second tongue extending forwardly, the second tongue has a slant connection portion located close to the second base. A plurality of first contacts is carried within the first housing, a plurality of second contacts is carried within the second housing. Each contact has a contacting portion, an affixed portion, and a soldering portion. The plate is sandwiched between the first and second housing and has a slant connection portion sandwiched between the connection portions of the two housing. The first housing defines a first stepping portion going through an opening on the plate and pressing against the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: 10020619
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprise: an insulative body comprising a body portion and a tongue portion extending forwards from the body portion; a plurality of conductive terminals divided into a group of first conductive terminals and a group of second conductive terminals, a mating portion of each first conductive terminal is exposed on a first surface of the tongue portion, a mating portion of each second conductive terminal is exposed on the second surface of the tongue portion; an outer shielding shell fixed on the insulative body, having at least a grounding soldering leg and enclosing an outer space of the tongue portion to form a mating cavity; and a grounding metal plate comprising a main plate and at least an extending portion extending from the main plate, the main plate is embedded in the tongue portion and spaces the first conductive terminals apart from the second conductive terminals, the extending portion extends out from at least a side of the insulative body and electrically contacts the outer
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Xue-Hai Zhang
  • Patent number: 10008796
    Abstract: A connector structure includes an upper connecting component, a lower connecting component, a shielding plate, a metal housing, an upper insulating component, an upper grounding component, a lower insulating component and a lower grounding component. The upper/lower connecting component includes an upper/lower main body and a plurality of upper/lower terminals. The shielding plate is disposed between the upper connecting component and the lower connecting component. The metal housing covers the upper main body, the shielding plate and the lower main body and covers the plurality of upper/lower terminals to form a docking space. A docking opening is formed on a side of the docking space, and the metal housing includes a stopping portion disposed around the docking opening. The upper/lower insulating component is disposed in the docking space and restrained between the stopping portion and the upper/lower main body. The upper/lower grounding component is disposed on the upper/lower insulating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Chien-Chun Wang, Chih-Ping Chung
  • Patent number: 9999121
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of board level shields with virtual grounding capability. In an exemplary embodiment, a board level shield includes one or more resonators configured to be operable for virtually connecting the board level shield to a ground plane or a shielding surface. Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of methods relating to making board level shields having virtual grounding capability. Additionally, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components on a substrate by using a board level shield having virtual grounding capability. Further exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to making system in package (SiP) or system on chip (SoC) shielded modules and methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components of SiP or SoC module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammadali Khorrami, Paul Francis Dixon, George William Rhyne
  • Patent number: 9985389
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and contact modules having signal contacts with signal pins and a ground shield providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts with ground pins. The connector assembly includes a conductive pin organizer coupled to the contact modules having a plurality of ground pin holes receiving ground pins and signal openings receiving signal pins. The conductive pin organizer substantially fills a space between the bottoms of the contact modules and the circuit board to provide electrical shielding for the signal pins between the bottoms of the contact modules and the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Justin Dennis Pickel, David Allison Trout
  • Patent number: 9923286
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion with opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of upper terminals and a plurality of lower terminals with contacting sections exposed upon the corresponding upper surface and lower surface, respectively. A metallic shielding plate located between upper terminals and the lower terminals. The tongue portion forms a first type hole in which the upper power terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower power terminal, and a second type hole in which either the upper grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to an upper face of the shielding plate or the lower grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower face of the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Wen He, Quan Wang, Ke-Hao Chen, Xiao-Qin Zheng, Ke-Hua Wu
  • Patent number: 9882316
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulative housing, and upper contacts, lower contacts and a shielding plate embedded in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines an upper surface, a lower surface and a front face thereof. The upper and lower contacts includes contacting sections exposing to the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue and soldering sections out of the base and connecting section jointing the contacting sections and the soldering sections, respectively. The shielding plate is disposed between the upper and lower contacts and includes a pair of side latches. The housing includes an insulative sub-housing and an insulative coat, the whole upper surface and the whole front face of the mating tongue and part of the lower surface of the mating tongue are formed with the coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chao-Chieh Chen, Chih-Pi Cheng
  • Patent number: 9768567
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing comprising a rear base and a mating tongue extending forward from the base; a row of upper terminals and a row of lower terminals retained on the housing, each terminal including a contacting section exposed to mating tongue and a pin leg section from the base, and the contacting sections of the upper and lower terminals being aligned with each in a vertical direction. The contacting sections of each row terminals are arranged in different central pitch, the pin leg sections of the upper and lower terminals are aligned with each in a front and back direction and the pin leg sections of each row are arranged with a same central pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Wen He, Quan Wang, Chao-Chieh Chen, Yue Zhou, Feng Zeng, Lu Dai, Hao Zhou
  • Patent number: 9748700
    Abstract: A gasket for use with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding cage for a connector includes a conductive body having an opening configured to receive a first end of the EMI shielding cage near a gasket mating wall incorporated on the EMI shielding cage. The conductive body has a first face designed to face away from the gasket mating wall, a second face designed to face the gasket mating wall, an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter. A plurality of engagement tabs are disposed along the outer perimeter and extend away from the first face. A plurality of spring tabs are disposed along the inner perimeter and extend away from the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: YunLong Qiao
  • Patent number: 9748714
    Abstract: The present device is an electrical connector to provide electrical communication between electrical devices. The electrical connector has a reinforced member to protect the electrical connector from external damaging forces. The electrical connector has a shell with a cavity defined by a back wall, four inner side walls and an open front side. The electrical connector has a dielectric tongue which has a plurality of electrical contacts projecting into the cavity. The reinforced member is a stiffener assembly which is fixed to the back wall and aligned with the tongue. The stiffener assembly includes an insulating sleeve and an internal rigid stiffener. The stiffener assembly is fixed with the tongue or as an alternative within the tongue. At least one of the contacts is reinforced with an additional layer of conductive material to provide further protection from damaging external forces when a plug is inserted into the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: Vincent Paul DeVito
  • Patent number: 9742122
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module including an insulative housing, and upper contacts, lower contacts and a shielding plate embedded in the housing. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defines an upper surface, a lower surface and a front face thereof. The upper and lower contacts includes contacting sections exposing to the upper and lower surfaces of the mating tongue and soldering sections out of the base and connecting section jointing the contacting sections and the soldering sections, respectively. The shielding plate is disposed between the upper and lower contacts and includes a pair of side latches. The housing includes an insulative sub-housing and an insulative coat, the whole upper surface and the whole front face of the mating tongue and part of the lower surface of the mating tongue are formed with the coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chao-Chieh Chen, Chih-Pi Cheng
  • Patent number: 9680254
    Abstract: A connector includes a holding member which is formed with two accommodation portions, a middle portion and regulating portions. Flat plate portions which form a mid-plate are accommodated by the accommodation portions, respectively. Each of the flat plate portions has a base portion, a press-fit portion, a spring portion, a lock portion and a regulated portion. The press-fit portion protrudes from the base portion in a pitch direction and is pressed against the holding portion. The spring portion extends forward from the base portion and has resilience. The spring portion is apart from the regulating portion in the pitch direction. The lock portion is supported by the spring portion and protrudes outside the mating portion in the pitch direction. The regulated portion extends forward from the base portion and is situated inward of the regulating portions in the pitch direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Nishikata, Masayuki Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9666996
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing and a shielding member being retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a tongue portion extending forwardly. And each conductive terminal defines a contacting portion exposed on a surface of the tongue portion and a soldering portion extending outside of the insulative housing, the conductive terminals includes a plurality of first conductive terminals and a plurality of second conductive terminals of which the contacting portions disposed on opposite surfaces of the tongue portion. The shielding member is disposed between the first conductive terminals and the second conductive terminals. The shielding member is touching the conductive terminals but insulated with the conductive terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9647351
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a temporary electrical grounding connection is described. The apparatus comprises a cable electrically joining first and second conductive couplings, the first and second conductive couplings each electrically coupled to a conductive surface using a clamp, magnetic component, or other connection component. A conductive coupling may be connected to the magnetic component using a clamp connected to a stub extending from the magnetic component, and there may be multiple clamps or magnetic components used in different combinations or series to provide an electrical bypass between two or more conductive surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Shelton, Kandis L. Moser
  • Patent number: 9525243
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a middle shielding plate integrally molded to the insulating housing, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a base portion and a tongue portion. A front section of the tongue portion has two fixing portions. The middle shielding plate has a base plate, an extending plate, and two bending portions formed at two opposite sides of a front end of the extending plate. The two bending portions are respectively molded in the two fixing portions. Outer side surfaces of the two bending portions are exposed outside from two opposite sides of the two fixing portions. A thickness of each of the bending portions is greater than a thickness of the extending plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Tsung Yuan, Sheng-Nan Yu
  • Patent number: 9525241
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a middle shielding plate, a lower terminal module, an upper terminal module mounted on a top surface of the middle shielding plate, an insulation module and a shielding shell. The middle shielding plate is mounted on the lower terminal module. The lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower terminals which include two lower ground terminals. A front end of an outer side of each of the lower ground terminals is connected with a lower connecting piece. The upper terminal module includes a plurality of upper terminals which include two upper ground terminals. A front end of an outer side of each of the upper ground terminals is connected with an upper connecting piece. The shielding shell is mounted outside the lower terminal module, the upper terminal module and the insulation module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Su, Chin-Chou Wang
  • Patent number: 9525251
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a casing configured with a piecing gap and at least one solder adhering cavity. An imaging soldering line occurs in part of the piecing gap and in part of the solder adhering cavity. An insulative base includes a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, an upper internal conductive sheet, and a lower internal conductive sheet. Thereafter, an improving electrical connector is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Hui Yen, Chun-Hsiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9461415
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a contact module comprising two rows of contacts retained therein and a shielding plate, the contacts module defining a main base, a middle step and a mating tongue and, the middle step being located between the main base and the mating tongue in a mating direction, the contacts comprising contacting portions exposed on opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; a metallic shell retained on the main base and surrounding the mating tongue and the middle step to define a mating cavity thereamong and a one piece grounding collar. The grounding collar includes a collar portion fitly surrounding the middle step and a grounding plate extending from the collar portion to mechanically and electrically connect with the metallic shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Bin Guo, Chun-Ming Yu, Guo-Hua Zhang, Qi-Sheng Zheng, Yu-Long Mao
  • Patent number: 9413111
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector in a mating direction. The first connector includes a mating portion defining two long walls opposite to each other and two short walls disposed oppositely, the long and short walls are connected to each other together to form a mating cavity. The second connector includes a mating tongue extending forwardly and a second shielding shell defining a mating frame surrounding the mating tongue. Wherein one of the long walls defines a pair of fool-proof portions extending outwardly from both sides thereof, the mating frame defines a pair of fool-proof slots and engaging with the fool-proof portions so as to prevent the first connector from mismating the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Qiu Qian
  • Patent number: 9379499
    Abstract: A connector comprising: a first insulator substrate; a first contact configured by arranging a plurality of contact pins including contact pins for differential signals as an array, on a top surface of the first insulator substrate; a second insulator substrate; a second contact configured by arranging a plurality of contact pins including contact pins for differential signals as an array in the same direction as the array direction of the first contact, on an undersurface of the second insulator substrate; and a metal plate sandwiched by an undersurface of the first insulator substrate and a top surface of the second insulator substrate; and one or more holes are formed in an area on the metal plate, the area being sandwiched by the contact pins for differential signals of the first and second contacts facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Miyoshi, Hayato Kondo
  • Patent number: 9356406
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an external conductive sheet, an upper internal conductive sheet, a lower internal conductive sheet and the necessary others. An insulative base is disposed within a casing and includes a top complex, a center complex, and a bottom complex in sequential connection. The upper internal conductive sheet and the lower internal conductive sheet are fixed to the insulative base. Thereafter, an improving electrical connector interface is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Hui Yen, Chun-Hsiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 9337588
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes a shielding case, an insulating main body, a first terminal group, a second terminal group and a grounding sheet. The insulating main body is accommodated and installed in the shielding case. The first terminal group is accommodated in the insulating main body. The second terminal group is accommodated in the insulating main body. The grounding sheet is fixed on the insulating main body. A surface of the shielding case has at least one bump. The bump is recessed inwards from the surface, such that the bump is electrically connected with the grounding sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: SPEED TECH CORP.
    Inventor: Hua-Chun Chang
  • Patent number: 9331433
    Abstract: A connector includes at least one contact, a ground plate formed of a metal plate of a predetermined thickness, an insulator that holds the at least one contact and the ground plate, and a metal shell that covers an outer periphery portion of the insulator, the metal shell having a window section formed facing the ground plate and having a thickness greater than the thickness of the metal plate which forms the ground plate, the ground plate having a shell fixing section formed by folding and overlapping the metal plate and located to contact the window section from inside the metal shell, a periphery of the window section of the metal shell and the shell fixing section of the ground plate being welded to each other inside the window section of the metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouhei Ueda, Yohei Yokoyama, Masaaki Takaku, Takushi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9306336
    Abstract: A high frequency connector includes an insulator, a plurality of terminals, a shielding case and a grounding conductor. The insulator includes a tongue plate portion and a base portion. The terminals respectively have a contact portion arranged on a surface of the tongue plate portion. The contact portion is electrically connected with a docking connector. The shielding case covers outside the tongue plate portion and the base portion. A surface of the base portion is closer to the shielding case than the surface of the tongue plate portion. The grounding conductor is formed to a shielding plate and a first flat plate from a metal sheet. The shielding plate is at least partially fixed within the tongue plate portion. The first flat plate is at least partially exposed from the base portion. The shielding plate and the first flat plate are located in a region covered by the shielding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SPEED TECH CORP.
    Inventors: Hua-Chun Chang, Hsien-Chang Lin