Having Push-pull-engaging Contacts Spaced Along Planar Side Wall Transverse To Longitudinal Engagement Axis (e.g., Telephone Jack Or Plug) Patents (Class 439/676)
  • Publication number: 20140087594
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a connector body. The connector body includes an insulative housing and a contact module received in the insulative housing. The contact module includes a spacer and a plurality of contacts received in the spacer. Each of the contacts have a foot portion for being mounted onto an external printed circuit board. The insulative housing has a plurality of mating ports defined in a vertical front face. The electrical connector also includes a connector standoff assembled under the connector body to support the connector body. The connector standoff includes a base portion and four locking arms extending from the base portion along a down-to-up direction, and two of the locking arms engage with the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: DAO-KUAN ZHANG
  • Patent number: 8681510
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a first circuit area, a first processing unit and a conductive pattern. The first circuit area includes a plurality of first electrically contacts. The first processing unit, which includes a ball grid array (BGA) substrate, is disposed on the first circuit area and is electrically connected to the first electrically contacts. The BGA substrate has a plurality of solder balls and a bypass circuit. The conductive pattern is electrically connected to the first electrically contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Chan Hu, Yuan-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 8678673
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of optical USB thin card is disclosed, which includes a substrate, having a space formed inside its packaging layer; a seat, disposed at a position on the substrate while forming an opening on the substrate; a plurality of first contact elements, each being disposed on the seat to be used for connecting electrically with an external device; a plurality of second contact elements, each being disposed on the seat to be used for connecting electrically with an external device; and bidirectional optical transmission module, having a plurality of optical fiber, disposed inside an accommodation space formed by the enclosure of the seat and the substrate; a micro control unit, for processing signals, data and commands of the optical USB thin card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chien-Hong Lin, Yuan-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 8678862
    Abstract: A HomePlug having a panel replacement structure includes a HomePlug body and a panel. The HomePlug body has an operation side and a network port. The operation side has an insertion portion and a first coupling portion. The panel has an opening and second coupling portion. The second coupling portion can be coupled to the first coupling portion so as to allow the opening to correspond in position to the insertion portion. Changes in the appearance of the HomePlug are brought about by panel replacement. A heat dissipation vent is disposed at the junction of the operation side and an adjacent side, such that heat dissipation takes place at the adjacent side-neighboring portion of the heat dissipation vent when the panel is coupled to the operation side and covers the operation side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Askey Computer Corp.
    Inventors: Jing-Yi Peng, Shih-Po Lo
  • Publication number: 20140080360
    Abstract: A pin structure of an RJ connector includes a base and eight pins. The eight pins includes a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, a fourth pin, a fifth pin, a sixth pin, a seventh pin and an eighth pin. One end of each pin has a contact part, and the contact parts are aligned in sequence. The other end of each pin is bent to form an inserting part, and the inserting parts are embedded in the base. The distance between the inserting parts of the third and sixth pins is smaller than the distance between the contact parts thereof. An RJ connector module and an RJ connector system with the pin structure are also disclosed. The pin structure is advantageous for decreasing cross-talk and insertion loss generated in the RJ connector, and further increasing the signal definition and accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Chung TAI, Hua-Sheng SHIH
  • Publication number: 20140073198
    Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture in a front portion thereof and a flexible printed circuit board having a plurality of conductive paths thereon. A plurality of input contacts and a plurality of output contacts are each electrically connected to respective ones of the conductive paths on the flexible printed circuit board. A spring that is separate from the input contacts is connected to at least a first of the input contacts. Each of the input contacts comprises a separate, raised contact that is connected to the flexible printed circuit board and mounted to extend into the plug aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Bryan S. Moffitt, Yi-Teh Shih, Daniel Bertoncini
  • Publication number: 20140073195
    Abstract: A communication connector including a plurality of conductors each having a plug contact region and an opposing cable conductor termination region. The plurality of conductors are arranged in respective communication pairs. The communication connector includes a coupling zone between a first conductor of a first communication pair and a second conductor of a second communication pair. The coupling zone has at least one first conductive finger connected to the first conductor and at least one second conductive finger connected to the second conductor, each of the first conductive fingers are adjacent to at least one of the second conductive fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: PANDUIT CORP.
    Inventors: Robert E. Fransen, Louann M. Devine, Frank M. Straka
  • Publication number: 20140073197
    Abstract: Communications jacks include at least first through third jackwire contacts and a flexible substrate that has a first finger and a second finger. The first jackwire contact and the third jackwire contact are each mounted on the first finger and the second jackwire contact is mounted on the second finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Brian J. Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20140073196
    Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating RJ-45 plug along a longitudinal axis and eight jackwire contacts that are arranged as four differential pairs of jackwire contacts, each of the jackwire contacts including a plug contact region that extends into the plug aperture. A first of the jackwire contacts is configured to engage a longitudinally extending surface of a first blade of a mating RJ-45 plug when the mating RJ-45 plug is fully received within the plug aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Amid Hashim, Wayne D. Larsen, Brian J. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 8662912
    Abstract: An RJ-type plug mating with an RJ-type housing includes a plug body. The plug body includes a latching block and a latching beam respectively protruding from two opposite surfaces thereof. The latching block includes a resisting end connecting to the first surface, a front end opposite to the resisting end, and a guiding surface connecting the resisting end and the front end. The guiding surface is operable to guide the latching block to be latched into or be separated from a top of the RJ-type housing. The latching beam is operable to latch a bottom of the RJ-type housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lu He, Yun-Shan Xiao
  • Publication number: 20140051306
    Abstract: An annular signal feed module is composed of a jack and a plug. The annular signal feed module includes the signal feed function of the traditional headphone. Besides, there is no jack hole in construction so that the moisture, water and dust intrusion are incapable to corrode and immerse the contacts and internal circuit parts, therefore, prolong the durability of the headphone signal feed device and the related electronic apparatuses such as televisions, stereos, cell phones and so forth. The present annular signal feed module is designed to integrate the features pertaining to no jack hole in construction of previous model patent certification no. M419356, and simplify the structural complexity, more than those, less modifications from traditional molds make it easier and convenient to be manufactured than product of patent no. M419356.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Inventor: BING YOU
  • Publication number: 20140051305
    Abstract: A modular plug includes a plug housing having a mating end and a cable end and plug contacts at the mating end. The plug housing and the plug contacts are shaped and positioned to define an RJ-45 modular plug mating interface. The plug contacts are arranged into a first group and a second group with each of the plug contacts in the first group being electrically commoned to form a first power circuit and each of the plug contacts in the second group being electrically commoned to form a second power circuit. The first and second power circuits are terminated to different wires of a cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Patent number: 8650750
    Abstract: A data cable connector module with a fixation element for the positioning and fixation of the cable conductors of a multi core cable, conductor receiving units for bent IDCs, IDC receiving units for fixation of connected IDCs; a centric metallic shield star electrically conductively connected with a fixation element housing; and a contact module with a contact module metal housing, an isolation socket for the reception of bent slide circuit board contacts; at least one circuit board, a front connector face; and a fixation element connector face with at least one end isolator block guided plug-in contacts, the fixation element and the contact module being developed so that they can be brought into contact with the IDCs, causing the cable conductors of the fixation element to be electrically conductively connected with the slide contacts of the contact module; and a process for the assembly of the module to a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: LEONI Kabel Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Yvan Engels, Ernst Klees, Joachim Zellner, Wolfgang Schuh
  • Publication number: 20140038468
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing a front opening cavity a front-to-back direction, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a spacer attached to the insulative housing. Each of the contacts incudes a contacting portion exposed in the cavity, a soldering portion protruding from the insulative housing and a bridge portion connecting with the contacting portion and the soldering portion. A first row of the solder portions of the contacts extend rearward and a second row of soldering portions of the contacts extend forwards. The spacer comprises a horizontal section under the insulative housing and a vertical section at back of the insulative housing to press against the bridge portions of the second contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: AI-HONG FANG, HUA LI, HUO-XING JIN
  • Patent number: 8641456
    Abstract: A connector comprises an insulative housing having a main body with an inserting cavity and a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing. The contacts have two grounding contacts and two power contacts, each grounding contact is formed with a plurality of first contacting portion, and each power contact is formed with a plurality of second contacting portion. The first contacting portions of the first and the second grounding contacts are alternately disposed within the inserting cavity and located in a first row, the second contacting portions of the first and the second power contacts are alternately disposed within the inserting cavity and located in a second row, the first row is closer to a front opening of the inserting cavity than the second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Publication number: 20140024264
    Abstract: The portable electronic device contains an electronic module and an insulating member slidably configured on the electronic module. The electronic module has a contact set on a major side which contains a first contact set, a second contact set, a third contact set, and a fourth contact set. The insulating member has at least a terminal set which contains a first terminal set, a second terminal set, a third terminal set, and a fourth terminal set, corresponding to the contacts of the first, second, third, and fourth contact sets, respectively. When the insulating member is slid on the electronic module, the terminals of the terminal set thereby establish contact with the corresponding contacts of the contact set. The friction between the terminals and the contacts rubs their oxidization off. The sliding configuration between the insulating member and the electronic module requires no soldering and as such prevents the reliability issue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: HSUAN-HO CHUNG, Yu-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20140024265
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contact terminals and a signal processing module. The housing has a receiving hole for receiving a plug. The plurality of contact terminals are disposed in the housing for being connected with the plug. The signal processing module is electrically connected with the contact terminals and has a first magnetic component, wherein the first magnetic component comprises a base and a plurality of magnetic cores, the base has a plurality of through holes, each of which has substantially the same size as that of the magnetic core so that the magnetic core is fixed in the through hole, and distances between adjacent two through holes are the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ying-Chian Kang, Chin-Chung Tai, Shou-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8632368
    Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a printed circuit and an array of mating contacts. Each mating contact includes a terminating end portion and a mating interface. The contact sub-assembly also includes an array of circuit contacts that is discrete from the array of mating contacts. Each circuit contact is engaged with and electrically connected to the printed circuit. Each circuit contact is separably engaged with and electrically connected to the terminating end portion of a corresponding one of the mating contacts such that the array of circuit contacts electrically connects the array of mating contacts to the printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Paul John Pepe, Steven Richard Bopp
  • Patent number: 8632367
    Abstract: A communication jack is provided with plug interface contacts that have inner and outer contact members. A flexible printed circuit board is connected and supported between the inner and outer members. This results in a short conductive signal pathway between a plug-jack interface and crosstalk compensation provided on the flexible printed circuit board. The plug interface contacts of the jack are specially designed to provide good normal force to plug contacts of a plug inserted into the jack, as well as to securely hold the flexible printed circuit. Standard plug interface contacts may be utilized in combination with a flexible printed circuit board that is connected by welding or soldering to the plug interface contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Jack E. Caveney
  • Publication number: 20140017926
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly for mating with a complementary connector comprises: an insulative housing defining a receiving space and a plurality of receiving slots communicated with the receiving space; a wire management received into the receiving space; a twisted-pair cable having a plurality of first and second conductive wires assembled to the wire management and located on different planes; a metallic piece assembled to the wire management and disposed between the plurality of first and second conductive wires; and a plurality of terminals received into the plurality of receiving slots and pierced into the plurality of first and second conductive wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, ZHUANG-ZHI WU
  • Publication number: 20140017956
    Abstract: Communications connectors include a housing and a plurality of substantially rigid conductive pins that are mounted in the housing. The conductive pins are arranged as a plurality of differential pairs of conductive pins that each include a tip conductive pin and a ring conductive pin. Each conductive pin has a first end that is configured to be received within a respective socket of a mating connector and a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Amid I. Hashim, Richard Y. Mei, Golam M. Choudhury
  • Publication number: 20140017933
    Abstract: An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Russell Lee Machado, Victor Renteria, Thuyen Dinh
  • Patent number: 8628360
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing crosstalk compensation in a jack are disclosed. According to one method, the crosstalk compensation is adapted to compensate for undesired crosstalk generated at a capacitive coupling located at a plug inserted within the jack. The method includes positioning a first capacitive coupling a first time delay away from the capacitive coupling of the plug, the first capacitive coupling having a greater magnitude and an opposite polarity as compared to the capacitive coupling of the plug. The method also includes positioning a second capacitive coupling at a second time delay from the first capacitive coupling, the second time delay corresponding to an average time delay that optimizes near end crosstalk. The second capacitive coupling has generally the same overall magnitude but an opposite polarity as compared to the first capacitive coupling, and includes two capacitive elements spaced at different time delays from the first capacitive coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: David Patrick Murray, Bernard Harold Hammond, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140011407
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes mateable receptacle connector and plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a first insulative housing, a number of first contacts retained in the first insulative housing and a first metallic shell. The first metallic shell includes a pair of cantilevered claws extending downwardly from opposite sides thereof. When the plug connector is mated with the receptacle connector along a bottom-to-top direction, the pair of cantilevered claws are deformable so as to clamp the plug connector in position and prevent the plug connector from falling off from the receptacle connector along a top-to-bottom direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Tai, Yung-Chih Hung
  • Publication number: 20140004754
    Abstract: A connector has a fixture with multiple slits defined therein, multiple terminals, a metal housing and a metal casing. One ends of the terminals are received in corresponding slits and the other ends of the terminals are exposed from the fixture. The metal housing encloses the exposed other ends of the terminals and connected to the metallic baffle. The metal casing encloses the fixture and a part of the metal housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ping-Chuan CHU, Shun-Hua ZHANG, Zhong-Wu ZHU, Xiang-Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20140004753
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, and contacts received in the housing. The contacts include first contacts and second contacts alternatively arranged with the first contacts. The first contacts include a ground contact and two pairs of differential pair. Each first contact includes a first contacting portion, a first termination portion extending beyond the housing and a first intermediate portion. The second contact includes a second contacting portion, a second termination portion extending beyond the housing and a second intermediate portion. The distance between the first intermediate portion of the differential pair of the first conductive contact and the second intermediate portion of and adjacent second conductive contact is bigger than or equal to the width of the first intermediate portion of the differential pair, and the width of the first intermediate portion is bigger than that of the second intermediate portion of the second conductive contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi TAI, Yi-Chang CHEN
  • Patent number: 8616923
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a plurality of mating conductors. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion. The engagement portions of the mating conductors are configured to engage contacts of the mating connector. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to the engagement portion of a first mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to the interior portion of a second mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region. The first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: 8610000
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate having upper and lower sides, and first and second conductive vias extending between the upper and lower sides. The first and second conductive vias include circular outer profiles. The circuit board also includes a differential pair of conductive traces, which includes a first conductive trace having first upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The first upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the first conductive via. The first upper segment is curved around the second conductive via such that the first upper segment follows the circular outer profile of the second conductive via. The differential pair of conductive traces also includes a second conductive trace having second upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The second upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the second conductive via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Allen Champion
  • Publication number: 20130330940
    Abstract: An improved electrical connector for connecting bus lines to a card such as a memory card or media card, including a multi-level connector comprising a latching device having a plurality of insertable latch positions that advantageously allows for selectively connecting or isolating an electrical path to an adjoining connector. The connectors of unpopulated DIMM slots are disconnected from the network along with the traces that would normally form a stub with associated undesirable signal reflections that would otherwise disturb the signal transmitted to the receiving end if not properly terminated. The contacts of the edge connector itself are used as a means to selectively connect or disconnect adjacent/downstream cards in a serially cascaded architecture. The burden of the stubs due to unpopulated card slots and the need to place one card at the far end of the network are thus eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael D. Hasse, Nanju Na, Nam H. Pham, Lloyd A. Walls
  • Patent number: 8597054
    Abstract: A network interface includes a receptacle configured to receive a plug, a first contact and a second contact each disposed in the receptacle, and a combination of a resistive element and a normally closed switch arranged in series with each other. The combination is coupled between the first contact and the second contact, and has a first configuration in which the switch is opened responsive to a presence of the plug within the receptacle, and a second configuration in which the switch is closed responsive to an absence of the plug from the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Schneider Electric IT Corporation
    Inventors: Ross E. Dozier, Jeffrey Stephen Beam, Eric Topp
  • Publication number: 20130316595
    Abstract: A connector includes a plug connector including a projecting part and a plurality of plug electrodes, each plug electrode includes a first surface and a second plug surface that are substantially parallel to each other, and a jack connector including a plurality of jack electrodes, each jack electrode contacts to one of the plug electrodes when the plug connector is engaged with the jack connector, that includes a first jack contact part that contacts with the first plug surface, a second jack contact part that contacts with the second plug surface, and a third jack contact part that contacts with the projecting part. The projecting part is configured to exert a force to the third jack contact part to move the first jack contact part toward the first plug surface when engaging the plug connector and the jack connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Koichi Kiryu, Kohei Takahashi, Manabu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8591261
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a plug cavity configured to receive a modular plug therein. A terminal assembly is coupled to the housing. The terminal assembly has a plurality of terminals configured to engage corresponding terminals of the modular plug. The electronic connector includes a magnetic assembly that has a circuit board. The terminals are terminated to the circuit board. The magnetic assembly has magnetic circuits coupled to the circuit board. Each magnetic circuit has a ferrous portion and conductors circumferentially wrapped around the ferrous portion. At least one of the magnetic circuits is coated with a coating material that includes a matrix and filler. The filler can have a higher or lower dielectric constant than the matrix. The dielectric characteristics of the nano-composite can be tuned by varying the concentrations of the filler and matrix material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jaydip Das, Jian Wang, Na An, Randy K. Rannow, Mark W. Ellsworth
  • Publication number: 20130309915
    Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a printed circuit and an array of mating contacts. Each mating contact includes a terminating end portion and a mating interface. The contact sub-assembly also includes an array of circuit contacts that is discrete from the array of mating contacts. Each circuit contact is engaged with and electrically connected to the printed circuit. Each circuit contact is separably engaged with and electrically connected to the terminating end portion of a corresponding one of the mating contacts such that the array of circuit contacts electrically connects the array of mating contacts to the printed circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Paul John Pepe, Steven Richard Bopp
  • Publication number: 20130309916
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a plurality of mating conductors. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion. The engagement portions of the mating conductors are configured to engage contacts of the mating connector. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to the engagement portion of a first mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to the interior portion of a second mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region. The first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Paul John Pepe
  • Patent number: 8585437
    Abstract: An angle panel having openings cut through a flat base thereof for holding network jacks individually, and a backwardly extending retaining structure located on one side of each opening for securing one respective network jack for receiving a respective mating network plug to keep the plug hole of the installed network jack in an oblique position relative to the flat base. When attaching a network jack to the angle panel, opposing upper hook and lower hook of the attached network jack are respectively hooked on the retaining structure at the corresponding opening and the flat base of the angle panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Jyh Eng Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yen-Lin Lin
  • Publication number: 20130303029
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a base, a skid base, a housing and an electrode. The base is formed with a first inclined plane. The skid base is formed with a second inclined plane opposing the first inclined plane, where the second inclined plane is disposed on the first inclined plane in a slidable manner. The skid base is formed with a load plane opposite to the second inclined plane, and an inclined angle is between the load plane and a first inclined plane. The housing and the base are assembled with each other to accommodate the skid base in the housing. Opposing sides of the housing are formed with an insertion port, respectively, allowing an electrode and a strip to be inserted and connected to the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ACTHERM INC
    Inventors: Min-Ying CHEN, Ching-Tai TSENG
  • Publication number: 20130303030
    Abstract: The high-voltage connector comprises an insulating body (1, 2) with a first internal channel (3) and a second internal channel (4), configured to receive a bushing or a fixed base of a high-voltage equipment. The connector comprises at least one sensor (5, 6, 7, 8) of an electric feature at least partially embedded inside the insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Iñaki GARABIETA ARTIAGOITIA
  • Patent number: 8579661
    Abstract: A modular jack (100) is adapted to be mounted onto a horizontal mother printed circuit board (PCB). The modular jack comprises a housing (200) defining an upper row of ports and a lower row of ports vertically stacked in columns, a number of vertical PCBs (46, 47) extending along a front-to-rear direction and being aligned laterally, a number of shield modules (500, 54) each having a vertical shield plate (50, 548) and an insulating portion (48 and 49, 55) at least partially encapsulating the vertical shield plate. Each of the vertical PCB electrically connecting with a set of mating contacts extending into one of the upper row of ports and the lower row of ports. The vertical PCBs and the shield modules are stacked side by side in an alternating manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhi-Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8579660
    Abstract: A modular jack (100) comprising a housing (200) defining an upper cavity and a lower cavity vertically stacked under the upper port, and a contact module (400) assembled to the housing. The contact module further comprises an upper row of mating contacts (42) extending into the upper cavity for mating with a module plug inserted therein, a horizontal upper PCB (43) bearing the upper row of contacts, a vertical right PCB (47) electrically connecting the upper PCB, a number of right transferring contacts (524) electrically connecting the right PCB, a lower row of mating contacts (44) extending into the lower cavity for mating with another module plug inserted therein, a horizontal lower PCB (45) bearing the lower row of contacts, a vertical left PCB (46) electrically connecting the lower PCB, a number of left transferring contacts (522) electrically connecting the left PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: John Chow, Yueh-Shan Shih, Zhi-Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8574014
    Abstract: A datacommunication interconnection system includes (a) an extension trunk cable-connector assembly and (b) a trunk cable-connector assembly. The extension trunk cable-connector assembly comprises: a first cable including a plurality of first subunits, each of the first subunits comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors; a jack attached to one end of the cable; and a plug attached to an opposite end of the cable. Each of the jack and the plug includes a contact for each of the conductors of the cable. The trunk cable-connector assembly comprises: a second cable including a plurality of second subunits, each of the second subunits comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors; a plug attached to one end of the second cable and connected with the jack of the extension trunk cable; and a plurality of RJ-45 connectors attached to subunits at an opposite end of the second cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Richard Y. Mei, Daniel W. Macauley, Michael German
  • Publication number: 20130288538
    Abstract: A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to faun a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Satish I. Patel
  • Patent number: 8568176
    Abstract: A terminal module used in an RJ45 female connector in which the first transmission terminal includes a triangle support portion having a downward bent downwardly extended from the bonding portion and an upward bent connected with the lower end thereof to the downward bent and the upper end thereof to the contact portion. The eighth transmission terminal includes a support portion obliquely upwardly from the bonding portion and terminating in the contact portion. Further, the contained angle defined between the inner end of the bonding portion of the eighth transmission terminal and the support portion and the contained angle defined between the contact portion of the eighth transmission terminal and the support portion are arc guide angles. These terminal shapes are used to prevent terminal deformation upon insertion of a non-matching male connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Telebox Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Su-Hui Huang, Fu-Wen Wu, Chien-Ming Tu
  • Patent number: 8568177
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Richard Bopp, Neil Ktul Nay
  • Patent number: 8562358
    Abstract: A patch panel (100) for use with infrastructure management systems that utilizes a plurality of cables interconnected to end-user devices and work area outlets, and integrated circuits to monitor the status of these end-user devices and outlets includes a pair of circuit boards. A plurality of connective jacks (31) are mounted on the first (36) of the two circuit boards, and are interconnected to other network devices. Wires from the jacks extend to and connect with network devices and the first circuit board has a plurality of first integrated circuits (45) mounted thereon which monitor the status of the network devices connected to the jacks. The second circuit board (49) is spaced apart from the first circuit board and it includes a plurality of second integrated circuits (52) that convey the status information obtained from the network work area outlets on the network to network devices, such as switches and scanners of the network (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Augusto P. Panella, Elliot A. Baines, Jeng-De Lin
  • Publication number: 20130263910
    Abstract: A solar module and a solar module connector which is less susceptible to invasion of foreign materials, such as sea salt particles, into the connector without putting the solar module in an output short-circuit state. The connector 22 and 26 of solar module 3 comprising: a pin insert 31 configured to electrically connect with one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode; a jack housing 32 configured to surround the pin insert 31; a socket insert 35 configured to electrically connect with another of the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a plug housing 36 configured to surround the socket insert 35 and to be engageable with the jack housing 32 in a first engagement state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Hirofumi Shinohara
  • Patent number: 8550850
    Abstract: A communication jack having crosstalk compensation features for overall crosstalk interference reduction is disclosed. In one embodiment, the jack is configured to receive a plug to form a communication connection, and comprises jack contacts disposed in the jack, with each contact having at least a first surface and a second surface. Upon the plug being received by the jack, the plug contacts interface with the first surface of the jack contacts. The jack further includes a first capacitive coupling connected between two pairs of jack contacts to compensate for near end crosstalk, with the first capacitive coupling being connected to the pairs of jack contacts along the second surface adjacent to where the plug contacts interface with the jack contacts. A far end crosstalk compensation scheme is also set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Masud Bolouri-Saransar
  • Publication number: 20130260615
    Abstract: Connector receptacles having a contoured form factor that allows their use in stylized enclosures. These receptacles may also be contoured to avoid circuitry internal to the device enclosure. The contoured form factor may also simplify the assembly of the connector receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Eric S. Jol, Trent K. Do
  • Publication number: 20130244495
    Abstract: An electrical connector for reducing high frequency crosstalk interferences is provided to insert with at least two mating elements. The electrical connector includes a first joint, a first signal terminal, a second joint, a second signal terminal and a ground terminal. The first joint and second joint are respectively used to be inserted by the mating elements. The first signal terminal is electrically connected with the mating element inserted within the first joint. The second signal terminal is electrically connected with the mating element inserted within the second joint. The ground terminal is electrically connected with the first joint and the second joint, and disposed between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. Signal flow spaces located between the ground terminal and respectively the first signal terminal and second signal terminals are used as signal flow paths for the first signal terminal and second signal terminal respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Inventors: Li-Chen LI, Yi-Hui Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20130244496
    Abstract: Connector receptacles having a contoured form factor that allows their use in stylized enclosures. These receptacles may also be contoured to avoid circuitry internal to the device enclosure. The contoured form factor may also simplify the assembly of the connector receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scritzky, George V. Anastas, Eric S. Jol, Erik A. Uttermann, John B. Ardisana, II, Jason S. Sloey, Trent K. Do, Albert J. Golko
  • Publication number: 20130244494
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are simple to assemble, provide good shielding, and consume a reduced or limited amount of space inside a device enclosure. To simplify assembly, these receptacles may include a subassembly that is inserted into a hollow tongue. The subassembly may include a first number of contacts that are insert molded in a first overmold, as well as a second number of contacts that may be inserted into a second overmold. To improve ground shielding, one or more ground contacts at a front of the receptacle may be split to provide shielding in a back of the receptacle. The tongue may further include ground contacts on its sides and top. The contacts may terminate in through-hole portions to reduce the space consumed by the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: George Tziviskos, Zheng Gao, Jason Minahan