Shield Encloses Plural Connectors (i.e., Modular Or Stacked) Patents (Class 439/607.23)
  • Patent number: 11791585
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at frequencies at or above 112 GHz, with high density. Such connectors may be formed with fine features molded into portions of the connector housing to support closely spaced signal conductors. The signal conducts may nonetheless be accurately positioned, which leads to uniform impedance and other electrical characteristics that enable high frequency operation through the use of skeletal members that restrain bowing and twisting of housing components that position, directly or indirectly, the signal conductors. The skeletal members may be simply incorporated into the housing components by stamping a metal skeleton from a metal sheet in conjunction with one or more carrier strips. The housing component may be overmolded around the skeleton and then severed from the carrier strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: James J. Muha, Scott Martin, Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Jason John Ellison, Jan De Geest, Charles Copper, Mark R. Gray, William Tanis, Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 11715914
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, Donald A. Girard, Jr., David Manter, Tom Pitten, Vysakh Sivarajan, Michael Joseph Snyder
  • Patent number: 11387591
    Abstract: A plug connector module is provided for a modular industrial plug connector, wherein the plug connector module is formed from at least two independent functional units. In order to fit a holding frame with a plug connector module, a first functional unit is first of all combined with at least one second functional unit so as to form a plug connector module, and the plug connector module is then inserted into the holding frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Irina Lötkemann, Bernard Schlegel, Heiko Meier, Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11258207
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system consisting of a first plug connector module (2) and a second plug connector module (3), each of which is to be used in a modular industrial plug connector. The first plug connector module (2) has a first shield transfer element (5), and the second plug connector module (3) has a second shield transfer element (6). A cable connected to the plug connector module (2, 3) can be secured on a connection side (A) of each shield transfer element (5, 6), and the shield transfer elements (5, 6) can be brought into electric contact with each other on the plug side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jakob Dück, Christof Hermoni, Heiko Meier
  • Patent number: 11205877
    Abstract: A controlled-impedance cable assembly for removably attaching a controlled-impedance cable to a surface of a device. Signal contacts are attached to signal conductors of cables and ground members are coupled to shields of the cables. Ends of the signal conductors and of elongated appendages extending from the ground members are positioned to make a pressure contact to pads and ground lands on the surface. Pressure to make those contacts may come from deflection of the ends of the signal conductors and elongated ground appendages or from a spring. The signal contacts and elongated appendages may be positioned to provide an impedance matching an impedance with the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Ardent Concepts, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio Diaz, Gordon A. Vinther, Joseph F. DiDonna
  • Patent number: 11061843
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a case and a connector housed within the case. The connector includes a first connection interface having a plurality of connection fingers and a second connection interface having a plurality of springs. The case is positionable within a data storage device port such that the data storage device is completely disposed within the data storage device port when used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Martin Kuster
  • Patent number: 11018455
    Abstract: A connector and a transmission wafer thereof are provided. The transmission wafer includes an insulating frame, a plurality of grounding terminals fixed to the insulating frame, and a first shielding member disposed on the insulating frame. At least one of the grounding terminals includes a main segment and a parasitic segment separate from the main segment. The main segment includes a transmission portion fixed in the insulating frame and a tail portion that protrudes from the insulating frame. The parasitic segment includes a fixing portion fixed in the insulating frame and a parasitic contact portion that protrudes from the insulating frame. The first shielding member includes a plurality of first internally connecting arms respectively connected to the grounding terminals, and at least one of the first externally connecting arms is sandwiched between a first edge of the transmission portion and a second edge of the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: STARCONN ELECTRONIC (Su Zhou) Co., LTD
    Inventors: Kai Wu, Che-Ting Wu, Yueh-Lin Yang, Chung-Nan Pao, Chih-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10992084
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing having a base, a front tongue, and a rear mount; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing and exposed respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue; an insulative shell mounted to the base and including a pair of mounting lugs, each mounting lug having a hole; and a metallic shell shielding the rear mount, wherein the metallic shell has a pair of securing arms fastened to the pair of mounting lugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: FUYU ELECTRONICAL TECHNOLOGY (HUAIAN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jie Su, Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10763625
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a wire harness including a primary conductor and a shield conductor configured to electromagnetically shield the primary conductor. The apparatus further includes a first connector coupled to the wire harness. The first connector includes a shield termination device electrically connected to the shield conductor. The first connector further includes a connector body defining a plurality of openings to receive a first plurality of electrical contacts. The first plurality of electrical contacts is configured to mate with a second plurality of electrical contacts of a second connector. A first electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts is positioned in a first opening of the connector body and is electrically connected to the primary conductor. A second electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts is positioned in a second opening of the connector body and is electrically connected to the shield termination device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Neal Davis Whitlock
  • Patent number: 10756491
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metallic shell and a PCB enclosed within the shell. The shell includes a base and a tongue section forwardly extending from the base, and a receiving space extending along the front-to-back direction from the base into the tongue section. The tongue section forms a pair of opposite mating faces with a plurality of openings therein to communicate with the receiving space. A plurality of ribs are formed between every adjacent openings and extend rearwardly into the receiving space in the front-to-back direction. The printed circuit board forms a plurality of notches in a front edge region to receive the corresponding ribs, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD, FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yin-Chao Xu, Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10498096
    Abstract: A combination outlet connector is disclosed. The combination outlet connector includes an outlet core having three T-shaped apertures. The outlet core has a core outer surface to mate with a first connector type, such as a C14 connector, and electrical terminals are positioned in corresponding apertures. A removable adapter sleeve is positionable around the outlet core and has a sleeve outer surface to mate with a second connector type, such as a C20 connector. The adapter sleeve includes a sleeve aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface. The electrical terminals are configured to connect with mating terminals of the first and second connector types. A removable adapter shroud can be positioned around the outlet core. The shroud includes a shroud inner surface to receive the first connector type and a shroud flange having a shroud aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Server Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Irons, Mark Ramsey
  • Patent number: 10348040
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, Donald A. Girard, Jr., David Manter, Tom Pitten, Vysakh Sivarajan, Michael Joseph Snyder
  • Patent number: 10297936
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide an electrical terminal that provides wire termination at an edge of a printed circuit board. The electrical terminal includes a terminal body having a first corner, a cage clamp in the terminal body and defining a wire insert axis and a screw insert axis, and a base supporting the terminal body on the printed circuit board. The base is angled so that the first corner is aligned along a front plane defined along the edge of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventor: Stephen George Seberger
  • Patent number: 10050363
    Abstract: A connector for electrically coupling an information handling resource to a backplane, may include a lead frame comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive traces configured to be electrically coupled to the backplane and a receptacle having a plurality of electrically-conductive pins each electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of electrically-conductive traces of the lead frame, configured to mechanically and electrically couple the respective modular information handling resource to the receptacle, and structurally oriented relative to the electrically-conductive traces of the lead frame and the backplane such that insertion and removal of the respective modular information handling resource to or from the receptacle is caused by applying force to the respective modular information handling resource in a direction substantially parallel to a surface of the backplane having a surface area substantially larger than that of at least all but one of other surfaces of the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon
  • Patent number: 9991639
    Abstract: A wafer connector is disclosed in which a plurality of twin-axial wires are terminated to the tails of ground and signal terminals of the connector. Each twin-axial wire includes a pair of signal wires enclosed in a conductive sheath. A conductive grounding clamp is provided that contacts the sheaths of the twin-axial wires and holds them together as a unit to facilitate the attachment of the wires to the connector terminal tails. The clamp has two opposing halves that cooperatively define openings which receive the twin-axial wires and flat, interconnecting portions extending between the openings that provide contact points where the grounding clamp may be attached to the connector terminal tails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Javier Resendez, Michael Rost, Christopher Wanha, Frank Keyser
  • Patent number: 9768558
    Abstract: Electrical connector includes a connector housing. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of signal conductors coupled to the connector housing. Each of the signal conductors has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an elongated conductor body extending between the first and second terminals. The first terminals are configured to engage corresponding conductive elements of an electrical component. The electrical connector also includes a ground structure coupled to the connector housing. The ground structure is positioned between adjacent signal conductors and has an exterior surface. At least a portion the exterior surface has a textured area that is configured to dampen reflected energy that propagates there along.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Chad William Morgan, David Wayne Helster
  • Patent number: 9755372
    Abstract: The connection state of contact members with respect to a wiring board can be easily visually checked by a simple configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosuke Ozeki
  • Patent number: 9735512
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an elongated insultive shell and a terminal module retained in the insultive shell. The terminal module defines a first module, a second module separated from the first module in a vertical direction and a shielding member located between the first module and the second module. The terminal module defines a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate assembled to the corresponding first and second modules respectively, the shielding member is connected together with the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Hsu, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Chun-Sheng Li, Wei Zhong
  • Patent number: 9455525
    Abstract: A connector (10) to be mounted on end portions of wires (16) includes first terminals (19) connected to the end portions of the wires (16), second terminals (23) electrically connected to the first terminals (19) via flexible conductive members (29) and connected to terminals of a mating connector (CN), and a housing (33) for accommodating the first terminals (19) and the second terminals (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, LTD., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Uno, Yoshitomo Tsujii, Katsuhiko Aizawa, Kensaku Takata, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Tomokazu Kashiwada, Kiyotaka Itsuki
  • Patent number: 9142922
    Abstract: A connector includes a cage that has two side walls, a top cover and a rear wall that are combined to form a hollow enclosure. The enclosure is separated into two module-receiving bays by at least one spacer with a top and bottom wall that extends between the sidewalls to form a central portion between a top and bottom bay, the central portion acting as an air passage between a front face and the sides of the connectors. Air openings are formed in the sidewalls of the cage assembly and they communicate with the central portion. The bottom wall of the spacer is provided with a large opening that extends a substantial distance of module-receiving bay and provides an air flow path from the air openings to the bottom module-receiving bay. An insert with apertures in communication with the central portion can be positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Harold Keith Lang
  • Patent number: 9089048
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding device includes a conductive sheet that is a sheet-shaped flexible conductive member that can be deformed into a tube shape, and an outer edge portion coupling member that keeps the conductive sheet in a tube shape in a state in which a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion of the conductive sheet are joined together, the second outer edge portion being located on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion. For example, a parallel slit group is formed in the conductive sheet, the parallel slit group being constituted by a plurality of slits that extend in a direction that crosses a first direction from the first outer edge portion toward the second outer edge portion and that are lined up in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Itani, Fujio Sonoda, Naoki Aoyama, Yuichi Kimoto, Masanori Kuwahara, Yoshinori Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150140864
    Abstract: An arrangement for contacting an electrical screen includes an armature that has at least two ring shaped contact elements, a first contact element, and a second contact element which, in the assembly position, are connected to each other by a screw connection. The first contact element has a conical outer surface which widens toward the end of the high voltage cable and surrounds the cable strand of the high voltage cable. The second contact element is attached to parts of the screw connection and has a conical inner surface which also widens toward the end of the high voltage cable and which extends in the assembly position parallel to the outer surface of the first contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Volker Aue
  • Publication number: 20150126068
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a conductive shell, a terminal module and a shielding plate. The conductive shell has a mating portion and an accommodate room. The mating portion has a first mating face. The terminal module is secured in the accommodate room and has a first insulator and a plurality of first terminals. The first insulator has a first face and a second face. Each of the first terminals has a first contacting portion protruding out of the first face of the first insulator. The shielding plate is disposed in the accommodate room and contacts with the conductive shell. The shielding plate presses on the second face of the first insulator so as to make first contacting portions be exposed to the first mating face. The disposition of the shielding plate has the function of pressing on the terminal module and preventing the interference of signal transmission between the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: AI-HONG FANG, HUO-XING JIN, CHUN-SHENG LI
  • Publication number: 20150099382
    Abstract: A multiple-in-one interface connector includes a shielding casing, an insulation body received in the shielding casing, a micro card receiving zone formed on a surface of the insulation body and a micro USB connection zone, a card ejection bar movably arranged at one side of the insulation body, and a card ejector rotatably mounted to the insulation body and operatively coupled to the card ejection bar. The insulation body includes a micro card receiving port and a micro USB connection port respectively in the micro card receiving zone and the micro USB connection zone. A micro card and a micro USB male connector can be respectively inserted to the micro card receiving zone and the micro USB connection port. To eject the micro card, the card ejection bar is pushed to move the card ejector so as to eject the micro card out of the micro card receiving zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: KUANG YING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUN-TE CHANG, HSUAN-HO CHUNG, YU-HUNG LIN, YI-HUNG YU
  • Patent number: 8992254
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing positioned in a cage. A vertical wall is positioned around the housing and is soldered to a printed circuit board that is supporting the connector. The vertical wall includes a plurality of fingers that are configured to engage the cage. The fingers are positioned at intervals such that the distance between the fingers acts to control the frequencies of EMI that emit from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Emanuel G. Banakis, Jerry D. Kachlic
  • Patent number: 8992256
    Abstract: An electrical connector adapter includes an electrical insulating terminal holder including a holder body defining a plurality of elongated openings and an abutment surface, a front extension and a front tongue, a conducting terminal set including conducting terminals suspending in the elongated openings, transmission terminals supported on the abutment surface, signal terminals formed integral with the transmission terminals and suspending in the front extension and mating terminals formed integral with the conducting terminals and suspending in the front tongue, and an EMI shielding shell including a main shell part surrounding the holder body, a first sub shell part surrounding the front extension and a second sub shell part surrounding the front tongue. Thus, the electrical connector adapter saves much installation space, facilitates convenient use without causing interference, and provides a wide range of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Ting-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 8992255
    Abstract: A connector receptacle includes an insulation body defining a plurality of terminal slots formed thereon, multiple terminals securely received in the plurality of terminal slots of the insulation body and a metal shell which covers the insulation body and includes an upper metal shell and a lower metal shell wherein the lower metal shell is connected to the upper metal shell via a connection portion which is formed on corresponding sides of the upper metal shell and of the lower metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Young Chang
  • Publication number: 20150079844
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes insulating portions arranged side by side, terminal sets, shield sets, and a casing. Each terminal set includes signal terminals and ground terminals. Each signal/ground terminal includes a fixing section disposed in the insulating portion, an assembling section downwardly stretching from the fixing section to protrude from the insulating portion, and a contacting section forwardly stretching from the fixing section to protrude from the insulating portion. Each shield set including shields is disposed on a lateral surface of the insulating portion. Each shield is spacedly arranged and connected to the ground terminal. Each shield includes a body section having at least one bending section, and a protrusion section protruding from the body section. The body section and the protrusion section shield the assembling section and the contacting section of the signal terminal respectively. It can effectively suppress crosstalk between the signal terminals by the shield sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Lee, Yao-Te Wang, Ya-Ping Liang
  • Patent number: 8961221
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20150024614
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a lower inserting port, an upper inserting port stacked thereon, and a mounting port located behind the lower and upper inserting ports. The inserting module is assembled from the mounting port to the inserting ports. The inserting module comprises a set of upper mating contacts each having a contacting portion extending into the upper inserting port, a set of lower mating contacts each having a contacting portion extending into the lower inserting port, a first magnetic module received in the mounting port and electrically connecting with the upper mating contacts, a second magnetic module received in the mounting port and electrically connecting with the lower mating contacts, and a conductive shielding member disposed between the first and second magnetic modules for shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) therebetween. The conductive shielding member is a flexible member and connecting with the PCBs through pressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: SHENG-PIN GAO
  • Publication number: 20140364008
    Abstract: Connector receptacles may be provided, where a multiple of such connector receptacles may be readily aligned to openings in a device enclosure, particularly where the openings are located on a curved or otherwise non-planar surface of the device enclosure. One example may provide a connector assembly that includes a plurality of connector receptacles. The connector receptacles in a connector assembly may be accurately aligned or registered to each other, and the connector assembly may be accurately aligned to a device enclosure. In this way, several connector receptacles may be accurately aligned to openings in the device enclosure. In another example, two or more connector receptacles may have faces that are at an oblique angle relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: George Marc Simmel, Chia Chi Wu, Daniel A. Bergvall
  • Patent number: 8888538
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating face, a plurality of openings therein configured as pairs of aligned openings and a receptacle for receiving a plurality of internal modules therein. A plurality of electrically conductive contacts are positioned within the housing with a portion of each contact extending into one of the openings for engaging contacts of a mateable connector. At least one conductive inter-module shield is located within the receptacle and extends generally towards the mating face to define a plurality of module receiving cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Kent E. Regnier
  • Publication number: 20140329393
    Abstract: A stacked connector component includes a housing, connectors at a front opening of the housing and arranged in a stacked formation within one or more columns, and a for and exposed at the connectors. The pins include high-speed pins routed within the housing to a bottom side thereof and low-speed pins routed within the housing to a back side or a top side thereof. A circuit board includes pin pads connectable to the pins and disposed on a substrate. The pin pads include high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed signal pins. The substrate includes contiguous high-speed areas in which the high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed pins are located, between which no pin pads are located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jian Ming
  • Patent number: 8864522
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of first terminals, second terminals and third terminals disposed to the insulating housing, an insulating cover disposed to a rear end of the insulating housing, a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing and the insulating cover. Each of the first terminals has a first soldering portion. Each of the second terminals has a second soldering portion. Each of the third terminals has a third soldering portion. The insulating cover defines one row of first insertion slots and one row of second insertion slots. Rear ends of the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions, and the third soldering portions are respectively inserted into the first insertion slots and the second insertion slots. The rear ends of the first soldering portions, the second soldering portions and the third soldering portions are abreast arranged in two rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong-Qin Lan, Yin-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20140256181
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of first terminals, second terminals and third terminals disposed to the insulating housing, an insulating cover disposed to a rear end of the insulating housing, a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing and the insulating cover. Each of the first terminals has a first soldering portion. Each of the second terminals has a second soldering portion. Each of the third terminals has a third soldering portion. The insulating cover defines one row of first insertion slots and one row of second insertion slots. Rear ends of the first soldering portions and the second soldering portions, and the third soldering portions are respectively inserted into the first insertion slots and the second insertion slots. The rear ends of the first soldering portions, the second soldering portions and the third soldering portions are abreast arranged in two rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong-Qin Lan, Yin-Lung Wu
  • Patent number: 8821186
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals disposed to the insulating housing, a dielectric base, a first shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing, and a second shielding shell. Each of the terminals has a fastening portion, and a soldering portion slantwise extending upward and rearward from a rear end of the fastening portion to be exposed behind the insulating housing. The dielectric base disposed to a rear end of the insulating housing defines a plurality of rows of insertion slots and resisting surfaces exposed behind the insulating housing. The soldering portions are inserted into the insertion slots and abut against the resisting surfaces. The second shielding shell disposed to rear ends of the insulating housing and the first shielding shell includes a first main board and a second main board parallel with the soldering portions abutting against the resisting surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rong Qin Lan
  • Patent number: 8758056
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting an I/O connector includes a base having a chamber for accommodating the I/O connector, a cover engaged with the base thereby fixing the I/O connector in the chamber, a shielding case for receiving the base and the cover, and a resilient piece having a first end abutting the shielding case and a second end abutting a housing of the I/O connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Chao Geng, Biao Zeng
  • Patent number: 8747149
    Abstract: An electrical connector plug includes a casing an output/input port mounted having multiple upper terminals and multiple lower terminals, a trough defined between the upper terminals and the lower terminals, a circuit board inserted in the trough of the casing and having, a metal plate electrically connected to the ground terminal and a metal housing to entirely enclose the casing and to electrically connect to the metal plate such that the metal plate is able to transmit electromagnetic interference out via the metal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Hua Yan Wu, Wei Wan, Shu Lin Duan, Fu Yi Xu
  • Patent number: 8740643
    Abstract: A low profile connector having a first mating slot and a second mating slot vertically stacked above and backwardly offseted from the first mating slot, and a complementary electrical plug. The electrical plug has a first mating card and a second mating card horizontally stacked above the first mating card forwardly offseted from the first mating card. The electrical connector is matable with an existing SFP or QSFP plug, and the first mating slot are used to receive a front card edge of the existing SFP or QSFP plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Qi Kuang, Qing-Man Zhu, Chien-Chiung Wang, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8708743
    Abstract: A shield for an electrical connector comprises a conductive housing configured to enclose an exposed portion of at least one electrical connector. The shield further comprises at least one opening formed in the conductive housing configured to allow a corresponding mating portion of each of the at least one electrical connectors to be exposed. The shield further comprises and a plurality of conductive points located along at least one circumferential path within the conductive housing remote from the at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel González Perello, David Soriano Fosas
  • Publication number: 20140099823
    Abstract: 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 an ad hoc distribution center, custom to each user, and the programmability allows for identical cables/stacking connectors to be used in different configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Choiniere, Mark P. Devins, David A. Richards, Kevin D. Galli
  • Patent number: 8668523
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly comprises an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2), a cable (6) electrically connected with the contacts, and a metallic shell (3) enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion. The metallic shell comprises a bottom shell (32) and a top shell (31) combined with each other, the top shell includes a frame shaped portion (321) in the front thereof and a shielding portion (322) connected with the frame shaped portion unitarily, and the frame shaped portion is located in a vertical plane perpendicular to an upper surface of the shielding portion, the bottom shell is inserted into and enclosed in a frame shaped opening (324) disposed in the frame shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 8657628
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) connector includes a main body and a conductive member. The main body is fastened to an enclosure. The main body includes at least one USB interface. The conductive member includes an engaging portion for engaging with the main body and abutting against each housing of the at least one USB interface, and a connection tab abutting against the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: Hon Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ze-Liang Xie
  • Publication number: 20130323972
    Abstract: A shield for an electrical connector comprises a conductive housing configured to enclose an exposed portion of at least one electrical connector. The shield further comprises at least one opening formed in the conductive housing configured to allow a corresponding mating portion of each of the at least one electrical connectors to be exposed. The shield further comprises and a plurality of conductive points located along at least one circumferential path within the conductive housing remote from the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel González Perello, David Soriano Fosas
  • Publication number: 20130237092
    Abstract: A shielded interposer assembly includes an electrically conductive plate, an electrically conductive EMI cage, and an interposer. The cage is configured to be supported by the electrically conductive plate and defines a cage interior. The interposer that defines first and second opposed mating interfaces. The interposer is configured to be supported by the electrically conductive plate such that each of the first and second mating interfaces is disposed in the cage interior. The EMI cage has front and rear ends that at least partially define front and rear mating paths that are configured to receive respective first and second electrical devices so as to mate the first and second electrical devices to the first and second mating ends, respectively, of the interposer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Paul Andrew Rubens
  • Patent number: 8512076
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) connector assembly includes an I/O connector module and a holder for accommodating the I/O connector module. The I/O connector module includes a plurality of I/O connectors and an Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) shielding member located below each of the plurality of I/O connectors. The EMI shielding member includes a flat piece, a first resilient piece extending slantingly upwards from the flat piece, and a second resilient piece extending slantingly downward from the flat piece. A plurality of receiving holes is defined in the holder. The plurality of I/O connecters extends through and protrudes out from the plurality of receiving holes. The first resilient piece abuts a corresponding one of the plurality of I/O connectors. The second resilient piece abuts the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiang Zhang, Chao Geng, Li-Fu Xu
  • Publication number: 20130130550
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to an electrical connector assembly for interconnecting printed circuit boards. More specifically, this invention relates to a high speed, high density electrical connector and connector assembly having wafers with an improved pin conductor. The connector contains a shield plate having at least one contact end that is bent in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the shield plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventor: Brian WOZNIAK
  • Patent number: 8435074
    Abstract: A low-profile, right angle connector assembly comprises six cable connectors and six board-mount connectors housed within a PCIe bracket and EMI shell. The PCIe bracket and EMI shell are braced to a low profile PCIe card. Each board-mount connector is designed to receive a cable connector and allows for the transmission and processing of high-speed data with lower latency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: AirBorn, Inc.
    Inventors: John Grant, Emad Soubh, Jason Smith, Emillio Billi
  • Patent number: 8262420
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a first housing (1) and a second housing (3) retained to the first housing (1). The first housing (1) has a mating surface (11) and a mounting surface (12) at two sides thereof. The second housing (3) has a joint surface (31) to joint with the mounting surface (12). The first housing (1) defines a locking slot (131) recessed from the mounting surface (12). The second housing (3) is formed with a pair of spring arms (34) extending out of the joint surface (31) to resist opposed two inner walls of the locking slot (131).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Xiong, Zi-Qiang Zhu, Lun-Song Hu, Hong-Qiang Han
  • Patent number: 8226304
    Abstract: An SFP transceiver with two subassemblies each having an optical coupling member with a polygonal cross section is disclosed. The polygonal cross section has a flat surface facing the flat surface of the other subassembly. Between flat surfaces is put with a metal partition plate that comes in contact with a metal frame and a metal cover of the transceiver. Two sub-assemblies are electrically shielded by the partition plate, and the polygonal cross section of the subassembly makes the total width of the two assemblies added with the thickness of the partition plate minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Yoshikawa