Plural-contact Coupling Part Patents (Class 439/626)
  • Publication number: 20140030925
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing, a number of contacts, and a number of solder balls. The housing has a number of passageways extending passing through the housing and a number of protrusions located outside the passageways and corresponding the passageways one-to-one. A number of contacts partially are disposed in the passageways and each has a hole to match with the protrusion and secure the contacts on the housing. A number of solder balls are connected with corresponding contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ALBERT HARVEY TERHUNE, IV
  • Publication number: 20140027155
    Abstract: A cable assembly and a connector assembly is disclosed. The cable assembly includes a cable having a connector assembly attached on one end and a plurality of conductor pairs extending through the cable, wherein each conductor in a first conductor pair is equidistant to each conductor in a second conductor pair adjacent to the first conductor pair. The connector assembly includes a housing and a plurality of connector contact pairs extending through the housing, wherein each connector contact is associated with one of the conductors in the cable assembly and each connector contact in a first connector contact pair is equidistant to each connector contact in a second connector contact pair adjacent to the first connector contact pair. The connector assembly may be hermetically sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: AMETEK, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Smith, Christopher Scanlon, John MacIver
  • Patent number: 8636547
    Abstract: There are provided a connector and a connector module which may commonly use mutually different interface schemes, and an electronic apparatus having the same. The connector includes a body having a fixed volume; and at least one coupling hole formed inwardly in a side of the body, and electrically coupled with a pin from the outside, wherein the coupling hole includes a first coupling unit having a predetermined first depth and electrically coupled with the pin from the outside, and a second coupling unit having a second depth deeper than the first depth and electrically coupled with another pin from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Young Ha, Young An Choi, In Taek Song, Hae Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20140024260
    Abstract: A plug connector for use with a receptacle connector having at least two resilient plates has a metal shell having at least two recesses defined in a side face thereof to correspond to and receive the at least two resilient plates of the receptacle connector therein and an insulating housing securely received in the metal shell and having multiple terminals therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Fei-wu DONG, Wei WAN, Sheng-Chan LIN, Shu-lin DUAN
  • Publication number: 20140024229
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) for electrically connecting a CPU (5) with a printed circuit board (8) and includes a housing assembly (9) with a number of contacts (12) received therein and a cable connector (71) rotatably assembled to the housing assembly (9), the cable connector (71) includes a gate (712) rotatably assembled to the housing assembly (9) and a number of terminals (711) assembled in the gate (712), the gate (712) includes a shaft (7120) assembled to the housing assembly (9) and the gate (712) rotates around the shaft (7120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ALEX LON AN, DARRELL LYNN WERTZ
  • Patent number: 8633390
    Abstract: A hookup stem (48; 70) to implement an electric hookup (50; 60) of an electric heater of an injection molding nozzle (30), the hookup stem (48; 70) being designed in a manner that it can be affixed by means of at least one electrically conducting adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) and/or by a contact paste (52) to the heater, the hookup stem comprising a shank element (54; 72), and a connecting segment (56; 74) coming into contact with the minimum of one adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) or the contact paste (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Gunther Heisskanaltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Gunther, Siegrid Sommer, Christel Kretzschmar, Uwe Partsch
  • Publication number: 20140017947
    Abstract: A device-side connector (10) is connected to a wire-side connector (50) by being mounted into a shield case (14) of a device (11) including a base member (12) and the shield case (14) fixed to the base member (12), and includes first terminals (21), a first housing (25) fixed in position with respect to the base member (12) and configured to hold the first terminals (21), second terminals (22) connected to the first terminals (21) via flexible conductive members (23), and a second housing (33) configured to hold the second terminals (22) and engageable with the first housing (25) with a predetermined clearance (CL) defined therebetween by the engagement of engaging frames (30) of the first housing (25) and engaging protrusions (40A) of the second housing (33).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masafumi Uno, Manabu Uesato
  • Publication number: 20140017948
    Abstract: When terminal containing holes are slid in a direction, which intersects orthogonally with a direction along the housing central axes, from respective positions in which these holes are displaced in the direction that intersects orthogonally with the direction along the housing central axes, connection of a pair of connector housings is completed, and also top ends of the butted terminals installed into the connector housings respectively are engaged with each other and the top ends are brought into their butted state. Also, when the top ends of the butted terminals are engaged with top ends of the counter butted terminals, the top-end positioning pieces of the butted terminals are engaged with the counter butted terminals respectively, and restrict a disengagement from the counter butted terminals in the axial direction respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Terufumi HARA, Masayuki SAITOH
  • Publication number: 20140011405
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and at least one differential pair received in the insulative housing. The differential pair includes a first contact and a second contact. The first contact has a first signal transmission length and a first signal transmission path, and the second contact has a second signal transmission length and a second signal transmission path. The first signal transmission length of the first contact is equal to the second signal transmission length of the second contact, and the first signal transmission path of the first contact is different from the second signal transmission path of the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi TAI, Yi-Chang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20140011406
    Abstract: A connector includes: a plurality of connecting terminals; a resin connecting portion, formed in a protruded shape, configured to hold the plurality of connecting terminals; and a metal protecting portion, formed integrally with one of the plurality of connecting terminals and provided on a side surface of the connecting portion, configured to cover at least a part of the side surface of the connecting portion closest to the distal end portion of the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Masayoshi KATSUI, Kazuya ORUI
  • Publication number: 20140013024
    Abstract: A communication connector is described that provides an increase in the number and type of communication circuits available on an electronic device without increasing the number and type of physical connectors. The communication connector electrically includes a set of inputs to couple to both a USB 2.0 connector and a HDMI connector. A set of outputs from the communication connector provides a third connector with a pin out specification compatible with a USB 3.0 connector or a PCIe connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Peter LAMM, John Ivan SCHARKOV, Omar George Joseph BARAKE
  • Publication number: 20140011385
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly comprises a housing; a plurality of first contacts received in the housing; and cable having at least a first set of cable electrically respectively connected to the corresponding first contacts. Each of the first set of cable comprises a plurality of first wires formed therein. At least one of the first wires of one first set of cable is cut out, and the rest of the first wires of one first set of cable are electrically connected with the corresponding first contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: JERRY WU, CHIEN-CHIUNG WANG, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Publication number: 20140004745
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a plurality of beam parts having a metal plate and an insulating layer formed on the metal plate and a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the insulating layer of the plurality of beam parts. The plug connector includes a beam contact part having a metal plate and an insulating layer formed on the metal plate and a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the insulating layer of the beam contact part. A beam projection is formed between the adjacent conductive patterns of the plug connector, and the beam projection is inserted between the adjacent beam parts of the receptacle connector when the receptacle connector and the plug connector are mated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya KOMOTO, Yu Tatebe, Takuya Takahashi, Ryuzo Shimeno
  • Publication number: 20140004744
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing defining a front and a rear and a first group of contacts. The housing includes a rear base and a front mating tongue defining a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The first group of contacts is held in the first face of the front mating tongue, the contacts include grounding contacts and signal contacts, each contact includes a retained portion retained in the housing, a contacting portion exposed upon the first face and a connecting leg. The contacting portions of the grounding contacts electrically connect with each other, the retained portions of the grounding contacts electrical connect with each other to reduce electrical length of the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: HSIU-YUAN HSU, TSU-YANG WU, CHIEN-PING KAO
  • Publication number: 20140004747
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a number of power contacts received in the insulating housing, a power bus bar electrically and mechanically connecting with at least one power contact and a power contact spacer assembled within said opening of the insulating housing. Each power contact forms a first engaging portion and a first contacting portion. The power bus bar has a main section, a middle section extending from the main section, and a connecting section extending from the middle section. The power contact spacer includes a main body and a base extending downwards from the main body. The main body provides a number of protrusions along the transversal direction, and the insulating housing defines a number of grooves on a top wall thereof for correspondingly receiving the protrusions to thereby secure the power contact spacer on the insulating housing along a transversal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Wang-I YU, Hung-Chi TAI, Yung-Chih HUNG
  • Publication number: 20140004746
    Abstract: An RF connector module and associated printed circuit board providing high isolation and controlled impedance at RF frequencies. The connector module may be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, such as stamping, insert molding, multi-shot molding and interference fit between components, to provide low cost. A connector module constructed with these techniques may implement a co-planar waveguide structure, with conductive shields for isolation and lossy material to enforce co-planar propagation modes. The printed circuit board may similarly be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, including drilling to form vias. As a result, an interconnection system may be manufactured with low cost. These techniques may be applied to provide performance, including in the form of isolation between RF signals, comparable to that provided by more expensive components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, JR., David Manter, Prescott B. Atkinson, Philip T. Stokoe, Thomas S. Cohen, Mark W. Gailus
  • Publication number: 20130344741
    Abstract: A connector capable of improving the contact stability. Linear cores of contact members and wires of an insulating holder are weaved to thereby form a net. Conductive path portions of the contact members are disposed such that they extend through a mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Yu TATEBE
  • Publication number: 20130344742
    Abstract: Provided is a connector which ensures a sufficient contact pressure at a low cost and has a long connection life and also provide a fabrication method the connector. The connector 10 comprises a base member 100 and the contacts 200 projecting upwards and downwards of the base member 100. Openings 110 formed on the base member 100 extend in the direction crossing the pitch direction of the contacts 200. The contact 200 has an elastic-support member 220 and a contact film 260 pasted on the elastic-support member 220. The contact film 260 faces the opening 110 so that length of the contact film 260 can be larger than interval between the contacts 200 in the pitch direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Takashi KUWAHARA, Seiya MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20130344744
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connector comprising: a casing (1), a plurality of pins (2), comprising: a first end portion (3), extending along a first axis (A1), a second end portion (4), extending along a second axis (A2), a securing portion (5), adjacent to the first end portion (3) and secured to the casing (1), an insertion part (6), arranged between the securing portion (5) and the second end portion (4), certain pins (2) comprising at the level of their insertion part (6) at least one wavy inflected part (7) comprising at least one axial part (11) extending along the first axis (A1) or the second axis (A2) and an off-axis part (12) extending radially distant from the axial part (11), the off-axis part (12) being connected to the axial part (11) through a curved shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Continental Automotive France
    Inventor: Jerome Chastanet
  • Publication number: 20130344743
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contact pin having longitudinal surfaces bulged to define opposite contact lines extending in longitudinal direction of the contact pin, wherein in cross section of the contact pin the plane through the two opposite contact lines is offset from the cross sectional centre of the contact pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Jeroen De Bruijn, Gert Droesbeke, Winnie Heyvaert, Ludwig Lange, Stefaan Hendrik Jozef Sercu
  • Patent number: 8614883
    Abstract: A bottom cap of a housing of a hand held computer terminal is provided. The bottom cap comprises a strap mount and a releasable fastener. The releasable fastener can releasably fasten the bottom cap to a main body of the housing. The strap mount comprises an electrical connector opening for mounting an electrical connector to the bottom cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Sherri Reed, Eric Linn, Timothy R. Fitch
  • Publication number: 20130337692
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a contact module inserted into the insulative housing, a metal shell locked to the insulative housing, a number of cables and an outer shell over-molding the metal shell and the cables. The contact module includes an insulative block and a number of contacts embedded in the insulative block. The contacts include a plurality of cantilevered contacting portions extending beyond the insulative block and a plurality of soldering pads exposed on the insulative block. The cantilevered contacting portions of all the contacts overlap each other from a side view, while the soldering pads of all the contacts are alternately arranged in two parallel planes, respectively, from the side view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Wang-I YU, Hung-Chi TAI, Yung-Chih HUNG
  • Publication number: 20130337693
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal; a housing; a rear holder; and a rubber plug. A terminal receiving chamber of the housing is provided with: a first receiving portion receiving a wire connecting portion, an electric wire connected to the wire connecting portion, and a rubber plug; a second receiving portion; and a step wall interposed between the first and second receiving portions and allowing a flange portion formed on the wire connecting portion to abut on the step wall. The rubber plug is composed of a ring-shaped packing attached to the electric wire and keeping a space between an outer peripheral wall of the electric wire and an inner wall of the first receiving portion watertight, and a resin member. The resin member is provided with a buried portion buried in the packing, and a cylinder portion extended from the buried portion and interposed between the flange and the packing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeo Mori
  • Publication number: 20130337663
    Abstract: One lane is formed by a combination of two signal pins S and adjacent one or two ground pins G of a connector that handles differential signals. When allocating differential signals to pins staggered in two rows, for pin allocation on the board soldering side, (SGS) is allocated to a left end of a first row to form a first lane and then (SGS) is allocated to odd-numbered lanes and (GSSG) to even-numbered lanes while (GSSG) is allocated to a left end of a second row to form a first lane and then (GSSG) is allocated to odd-numbered lanes and (SGS) to even-numbered lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Shiratori, Kentaro Toda
  • Publication number: 20130337676
    Abstract: A cable connector is introduced herein, which includes a conductive shell, a plurality of rows of terminals and at least one insulated body, wherein an elastic contact section formed on each of the terminals is extended into a central slot of the at least one insulated body to electrically contact with an electronic device, and the conductive shell is positioned outside the at least one insulated body and has at least one grounding finger extended toward at least one passage in the at least one insulated body and thereby being electrically connected with either the elastic contact section or a soldering section of corresponding terminal accommodated within the at least one passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: ANT PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-yu Hsueh
  • Publication number: 20130330971
    Abstract: A connector capable of realizing a narrower pitch of contact members, and suppressing displacement of the contact members. A connector comprises a frame and a plurality of contact members held by the frame. The contact members held by the frame are elastically deformed by being sandwiched between an IC package and a printed board. At this time, terminal portions of the IC package and terminal portions of the printed board are electrically connected via a plurality of conductive path portions of each contact member. The frame is formed by a frame portion, a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending in a manner bridging the frame portion, and a plurality of transverse ribs extending orthogonal to the longitudinal ribs in a manner bridging the frame portion. The contact members are held in slits formed by the longitudinal ribs and the transverse ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeru KOJIMA, Osamu HASHIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130330939
    Abstract: An electric plug includes an end block and a power cord. The end block includes a plurality of first connectors and the power cord includes a plurality of second connectors which correspond to the first connectors and detachably connected thereto. The first connectors and second connectors are electrically conductive. One or more first connectors are connected to the second connectors by press-fitting and are retained therewith by friction. Alternatively, the first connectors may be a terminal screw assembly and the second connectors are wires of the power cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Andy Yu, Ji Han, Chepur P. Rao, Victor V. Aromin
  • Publication number: 20130330972
    Abstract: A connector comprises a first contact, a housing and an arrangement member other than the housing. The first contact has a contact portion and a terminal portion. The housing holds the contact portion of the first contact so that the contact portion extends along a first direction. The housing is provided with an engaged portion. The arrangement member holds the terminal portion of the first contact so that the terminal portion extends along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The arrangement member is provided with an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages the engaged portion in a direction intersecting the second direction so that the arrangement member is held by the housing and the terminal portion of the first contact is bent to extend along the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Takeharu NAITO
  • Publication number: 20130323978
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal positioning seat. The housing has an upright base and a tongue plate. Each first terminal has a first fixed portion, a first extension portion and a first tail portion. Each second terminal has a second fixed portion, a second extension portion and a second tail portion. The first and second extension portions are bent and extend laterally, and are arranged as two rows in a front-rear direction behind an upright portion of the housing. The terminal positioning seat is assembled with the base of the housing, and has a base portion and an assembly portion extending upwardly from the base portion. The assembly portion has a partition plate, and the partition plate is positioned between the first extension portions and the second extension portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Yi-Tse HO
  • Publication number: 20130323976
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of first terminals, disposed side by side in the insulating body. The insulating body is formed with at least two bridging-portion removal holes. Bridging portions between the first terminals are capable of being removed through the bridging-portion removal holes. The at least two bridging-portion removal holes are respectively formed through plate surfaces of the insulating body, and the at least two bridging-portion removal holes are arranged in a staggered manner in a front-to-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Ju Tsai, Yan Xian Yuan, Yao Li
  • Publication number: 20130323977
    Abstract: Provided is a technique for achieving a narrower pitch without causing any problem in terms of contact force and strength at each contact point. A socket includes a frame body including an outer peripheral frame and a plurality of elongated slit frames arranged in parallel with each other on the inside of the outer peripheral frame; a plurality of contact blocks inserted between the adjacent slit frames and held on the frame body; and a reinforcement frame formed separately from the frame body and mounted on the frame body so as to intersect the slit frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi TAKAHASHI, Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Publication number: 20130323979
    Abstract: Each terminal member of a first connector includes a protruding terminal, and each terminal member of a second connector includes an opening able to accommodate a protruding terminal. The terminal members form a plurality of rows at a fixed interval in the width direction of the main body portion, and each terminal member is staggered in the width direction with respect to the terminal member in the adjacent row. At least the terminal members on the first connector or the second connector are connected to the tip of the plurality of parallel wiring provided in a different layer than the terminal member in the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Ayako Ida, Akira Sagayama, Akinori Mizumura
  • Patent number: 8597055
    Abstract: An I/O connector has a housing that contains a plurality of individual terminal wafers containing terminal dedicated to either ground signals or differential signals. The terminals are arranged in widthwise order to define broadside coupled differential signal terminal pairs. The ground terminals are wider than the signal terminals to provide shielding to the differential signal pairs. The body portions of the ground terminals can include notches that provide for increased retention of the ground terminals in the wafer and provide increased flow for molding material during the formation of the wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Patrick R. Casher
  • Publication number: 20130309910
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for interconnecting circuit boards. One such connector includes an integral flange for mounting a guidance pin in any of multiple orientations. A corresponding keying block may have a polarization component that can be mounted in a corresponding number of positions. The connector can accept conductive elements with different shapes for signals and grounds, but the housing may be adapted to receive either type of contact in any contact location. Protection of contact elements from excessive yield is provided within the insulative housing of the backplane connector. On the daughter card connector, height difference between ground and signal contacts in wafer assemblies protects components from electrostatic discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph M. Gulla
  • Publication number: 20130306345
    Abstract: Provided is a dead front cable terminal comprising a cable assembly and connector device in which the cable insulation shield and cable metallic ground of the cable assembly are electrically isolated from the portion of the outer semi-conductive layer of the connecting device that forms part of a chamber in which at least a portion of the cable assembly is located. The terminal is suitable for cross bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventors: Carl J. Wentzel, William L. Taylor, Brian C. Inberg
  • Patent number: 8585440
    Abstract: The connector has an insulating base, a plurality of terminals, and at least two conductive plastic blocks. The insulating base has a tongue plate configured with at least an indentation. The terminals contains a first signal terminal set, a second signal terminal set, and a power terminal set configured on the tongue plate. The terminals are either positive or negative terminals, and each terminal has a contact section. The contact sections of the first signal terminal set are configured at a distance above the indentation. The conductive plastic blocks are in contact with the contact sections of the negative terminals of the first and second signal terminal sets, respectively. The distance provides additional contact area with the air so that the electrical property is improved and higher transmission speed is achieved. The shielding effect of the conductive plastic blocks reduces cross interference between adjacent terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd.
    Inventors: Fu'an Jiang, Lei Liao, Danren He
  • Publication number: 20130303028
    Abstract: Provided is a connector comprising a plurality of rows of contacts and minimized in a front-rear direction. A first contact 30 positioned in an upper-row has a special shape constituted by a held portion 32 held by a housing 20, a connection portion 33 extending in a width direction from a rear end of the held portion 32, a first bent portion 35 extending from a front end of the connection portion 33 and being bent downward, and a first contact portion 36 extending downward from the first bent portion 35. A second contact 40 positioned in a lower-row has an L-shape. A second contact portion 44 of the second contact 40 is positioned obliquely rearward of the first contact portion 36 of the first contact 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Toshihiro OKA, Nobuhiro OGAWA, Shigeyasu KITAMURA
  • Publication number: 20130303027
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal shell defining several walls and a mating cavity formed by the walls commonly, an insulative housing shielded by the metal shell, and a plurality of contacts set in the housing. The housing has a base portion and mating tongue disposed in the mating cavity, the plurality of contacts provide contacting portions exposed upon a mating face of the mating tongue. A first wall of the metal shell parallel to the mating face defines a latching arm extending into the mating cavity, and the latching arm defines a latching portion and a rigid grounding section for improving EMI shielding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: KUO-CHUN HSU, TERRANCE F. LITTLE
  • Publication number: 20130303026
    Abstract: A memory connector with an increased pin interval is disclosed including a main body and a plurality of pins. The body includes a bottom, and the pins are disposed on the bottom along a longitudinal direction in an interlaced way. A recess is formed on the bottom of the main body corresponding to each of the pins at one end of the pin. The arrangement of the pins therein solves the problem of insufficient space for wiring lines of the main board, which is occurred frequently when the pins are fabricated by an SMD process, without increasing any manufacturing cost in particular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Tse Hsine Liao, Hui Ling Chung, Chung Wei Chiang, Ju Yi Hung
  • Publication number: 20130294061
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a luminaire with an elongated luminaire body and at least one longitudinal luminaire flange each of which extend longitudinally from one end of the luminaire body. The luminaire body being shorter than the luminaire length measured from the ends of both longitudinal luminaire flanges. The luminaire body can include a channel with a plurality of light sources, optical elements, power lines, and/or control lines. A connector is also disclosed according to some embodiments of the invention that can be used to physically and/or electrically couple two luminaires together. The connector can couple the luminaires at a T-bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Chris Sorensen, Peter K. Nelson, Carl Gould
  • Publication number: 20130288528
    Abstract: A connecting device is configured to be fitted into twp mating electrode connectors having power source electrodes, so that the power source electrodes are electrically connected. The connecting device for connecting the power source electrodes includes a housing member having an engaging portion having a recessed shape capable of engaging with the mating electrode connector. The connecting device includes a flat terminal with a flat plate shape being held with the housing member and a flexible braided wiring member connected to the flat terminal. The flexible braided wiring member is connected to a rear end portion of another flat terminal at both end portions thereof. The flat terminals at the both end portions of the flexible braided wiring member are held at middle portions thereof with separate housing members. Both surfaces of a front end portion of the flat terminal are exposed in the engaging portion of the housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadashi SAKAIZAWA, Akihiro KODAMA
  • Publication number: 20130288529
    Abstract: A two-piece mezzanine connector for high speed, high density signals. One piece of the connector may have conductive elements with beam-shaped mating contacts. The beams may include openings to control mechanical properties while allowing edge to edge spacing between adjacent beams to be selected to provide desired electrical properties. The openings may be teardrop shaped, with a larger width at a distal end of the beams. Beams associated with signal conductors may have openings that are shaped differently from openings of beams associated with ground conductors. For a first connector piece, mating contact regions of signal conductors may be wider than mating contact regions of ground conductors. For a second connector piece adapted to mate with the first connector piece, mating contact regions of signal conductors may be narrower than mating contact regions of ground conductors. These contact shapes may provide float while maintaining a high contact density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: David M. McNamara, Brian Kirk
  • Publication number: 20130280927
    Abstract: A straddle mount electrical connector with fusible elements is provided. The electrical connector can include a connector housing including a housing body that supports element support members that define a receptacle configured to receive a complementary electrical component therein. Each element support member can support a respective plurality of fusible elements, and each fusible element can be connected to a respective electrical contact supported by the connector housing. The pluralities of fusible elements can define a mounting interface of the electrical connector. The mounting interface can be configured to receive printed circuit boards of varying thicknesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: John P. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20130276856
    Abstract: A junction box for a solar panel comprises a housing, a lid, a first connector and a second connector. The housing comprises sidewalls and a top wall defining an interior space. The first coupling comprises a first contact element and the second coupling comprises a second contact element. Said contact elements penetrate at least one of the sidewalls, so that the contact elements provide an electrical contact from external contact elements to internal contact elements, such as solder tails. Internal contact elements are arranged at least partially in said interior space. The top wall comprises an opening extending only partially in said top wall. Said opening is located such in the top wall that access to said solder tails in a substantially perpendicular direction to the surface of a solar panel for connecting the solder tail to the solar panel is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Brian Wade MILLS, Robert D. STREET, Danny Cam Toan LU, Yacov ELGAR, Ian Worthington WEATHERLEY, Dustin Delmar Reede CARVER, Jeffrey S. SULLIVAN, Ian McKay PRATT
  • Publication number: 20130280946
    Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device for a solar module, comprising a housing, at least one contact rail which is arranged in the housing, and at least one contacting device for contacting an electrical conductor, the contacting device being able to be fitted to the contact rail and being able to be moved at least between an initial position (AS) and an end position (ES).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Kristopher SALZMANN, Norbert GEISTER, Andreas WOEBER
  • Publication number: 20130273782
    Abstract: For obtaining a terminal capable of being soldered to a substrate without causing trouble such as a short circuit or poor connection, a lead part 13 is plated with tin in a state joined to a joining part 42 of a carrier, and a notch part 44, whose thickness is thinned, cut by a cutter 51 from a soldering surface side for making connection to a conductor pattern is formed between the lead part 13 and the joining part 42. The notch part 44 is provided with a guide part for guiding the cutter 51 to a side of the joining part 42 and forming a fillet forming piece 17 made of a part of the notch part 44 on a side of the lead part 13 after cutting by the cutter 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Muro
  • Publication number: 20130273781
    Abstract: Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Stuart C. Stoner, Steven E. Minich, Douglas M. Johnescu, Stephen B. Smith, Arkady Y. Zerebilov, Deborah A. Ingram, Hung-Wei Lord, Robert Douglas Fulton
  • Publication number: 20130273778
    Abstract: The connector has an insulating base, a plurality of terminals, and at least two conductive plastic blocks. The insulating base has a tongue plate configured with at least an indentation. The terminals contains a first signal terminal set, a second signal terminal set, and a power terminal set configured on the tongue plate. The terminals are either positive or negative terminals, and each terminal has a contact section. The contact sections of the first signal terminal set are configured at a distance above the indentation. The conductive plastic blocks are in contact with the contact sections of the negative terminals of the first and second signal terminal sets, respectively. The distance provides additional contact area with the air so that the electrical property is improved and higher transmission speed is achieved. The shielding effect of the conductive plastic blocks reduces cross interference between adjacent terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Fu'an Jiang, Lei Liao, Danren He
  • Publication number: 20130273779
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body provided with a plurality of receiving holes, and a plurality of terminals respectively received in the receiving holes. Each of the terminals has a base and at least one elastic arm bent upwards and extending from the base. The elastic arm is provided with a contact portion. When the contact portion receives a force in a first stage, the elastic arm is deformed mainly due to compression, and when the contact portion continuously receives a force in a second stage, the elastic arm is deformed mainly due to bending. The normal force received by the terminal is rapidly increased in the first stage, and is reduced and maintained at the low level in the second stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Yong Quan Wu
  • Publication number: 20130273780
    Abstract: A connector has contacts, a housing holding the contacts, and a holder member fixed to the housing and is adapted to be fitted with a mating connector along a predetermined fitting direction. The housing has a first lateral portion on a side fitted with the mating connector and a second lateral portion on the other side opposite thereto. Each of the contacts has contact press-fit portions press-fitted into the housing from the side of a second lateral portion. The holder member has a restricting portion which is arranged adjacent to the contact on the side of the second lateral portion in the fitting direction and which restricts movement of the contact toward the second lateral portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: JAE TAIWAN, LTD., JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaki KIMURA, Koji KAWASE