A compliant contact array for interconnecting conductive components in an electrical interconnect. The compliant contact array may include a plurality of features for contacting the conductive components. These and other features of the contact array may be relatively fine, such that contact arrays may make connections in a high density interconnection system or position metal to improve signal integrity, enabling high speed connectors. Further, features of the contact array may be shaped or positioned to provide desired mechanical properties such as a desired range of compliance and/or contact pressure. Features may control wall thickness of contact regions or enable telescoping or control the direction of flow of an elastomeric base region. The contact regions may be convex on one side and concave on another side. The compliant contact array may have a conductive layer applied thereon for electrically connecting the electrical connector to the conductive components.
H01R 12/71 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
A compliant contact array for interconnecting conductive components in an electrical interconnect. The compliant contact array may include a plurality of features for contacting the conductive components. These and other features of the contact array may be relatively fine, such that contact arrays may make connections in a high density interconnection system or position metal to improve signal integrity, enabling high speed connectors. Further, features of the contact array may be shaped or positioned to provide desired mechanical properties such as a desired range of compliance and/or contact pressure. Features may control wall thickness of contact regions or enable telescoping or control the direction of flow of an elastomeric base region. The contact regions may be convex on one side and concave on another side. The compliant contact array may have a conductive layer applied thereon for electrically connecting the electrical connector to the conductive components.
High speed, high density I/O connector assemblies. An I/O connector assembly includes a cage and a heat dissipation member. The cage includes a top wall having an opening and a channel accessible from the front. The heat dissipation member includes a base disposed at the top of the cage, multiple sections separated by gaps, and a contact portion protruding from the base in a first direction into the channel through the opening of the top wall. Each section includes fins protruding from the base in a direction opposite to the first direction. The heat dissipation member comprises a layer of micro thermal interface material at a contact interface. Techniques described herein, including the structure and material composition of components, can provide sufficient heat dissipation to enable high speed, high density I/O connector assemblies that nonetheless can be economically manufactured and meet the dimensional requirements of an OSFP-XD standard.
A twin-axial cable is provided. The twin-axial cable includes a first conductor having a length along a longitudinal direction and a second conductor parallel to the first conductor along the longitudinal direction. The twin-axial cable further includes a primary insulation including a first core and a second core, the first core surrounding the first conductor and the second core surrounding the second conductor, each of the first core and the second core being shaped as a horizontal cylindrical segment comprising a surface extending along the longitudinal direction. The surfaces of the first core and the second core are disposed in contact with one another, and a ratio between a first distance, c, between the first conductor and the second conductor to a distance, a, between the first conductor and an edge of the primary insulation in the plane and opposite the second conductor is 1.8 or less.
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An interposer configured for connecting arrays of signal pads on parallel surfaces is described. Contacts of the interposer are configured to provide multiple conductive paths. A first conductive path extends through the body of the contact. A second conductive path is formed in parallel to the first conductive path when the contact is compressed between opposed substrates. The contact includes an intermediate portion, a rigid portion laterally extending from the intermediate portion, and a pair of compliant arms extending from the intermediate portion in opposite directions along the mating axis. When the contact is compressed, both arms touch and form an electrical connection with the rigid portion. The presence of the rigid portion allows for a reduction in the length of the beams in tall contacts.
An electrical interconnect for passing high speed signals through an electronic system with a high density of signals and high signal integrity. The interconnect includes an electrical connector and a transition portion of a printed circuit board to which the connector is mounted. Signal conductors are connected to pads on the surface of the PCB using edge-to-pad mounting. The pads align with intermediate portions of the signal conductors such that transitions within the connector that could degrade signal integrity are avoided. The signal conductors may be positioned as individually shielded broadside coupled pairs extending in rows within the connector. Surface traces on the PCB connect the pads to signal vias aligned for vertical routing out of the connector footprint. Ground planes underlying the surface traces facilitate a transition from the signal paths in the connector to those in the PCB with low mode conversion avoiding resonances in the connector shields.
Automotive camera assemblies include a camera back housing configured to receive a printed circuit board (PCB) having a right-angled PCB connector defining a right-angle connection with the PCB, and the camera back housing includes a back wall and at least one sidewall with an internal cavity defined therein. An interface receptacle is defined on the at least one sidewall and a connector interface assembly is configured to be installed to the interface receptacle, the connector interface assembly configured to define a cable connection on the at least one sidewall of the camera back housing.
B60R 1/20 - Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
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Automotive camera assemblies include a camera back housing defining a cavity for receiving a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB connector and a direct connector assembly configured to electrically connect a cable to the PCB connector through the camera back housing. The cable is electrically and mechanically connected to the direct connector assembly at a first end of the direct connector assembly and a second end of the direct connector assembly is configured to electrically and mechanically connect to the PCB connector, and a flex pivot point is defined at an interface between the cable and the direct connector assembly, wherein a portion of the direct connector assembly is adjustable relative to an axis of the cable about the flex pivot point when engaging with the PCB connector.
H01R 12/71 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 13/631 - Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure for engagement only
Automotive camera assemblies include a camera back housing configured to receive a printed circuit board (PCB) having a right-angled PCB connector defining a right-angle connection with the PCB, and the camera back housing includes a back wall and at least one sidewall with an internal cavity defined therein. An interface receptacle is defined on the at least one sidewall and a connector interface assembly is configured to be installed to the interface receptacle, the connector interface assembly configured to define a cable connection on the at least one sidewall of the camera back housing.
Automotive camera assemblies include a camera back housing defining a cavity for receiving a printed circuit board (PCB) having a PCB connector and a direct connector assembly configured to electrically connect a cable to the PCB connector through the camera back housing. The cable is electrically and mechanically connected to the direct connector assembly at a first end of the direct connector assembly and a second end of the direct connector assembly is configured to electrically and mechanically connect to the PCB connector, and a flex pivot point is defined at an interface between the cable and the direct connector assembly, wherein a portion of the direct connector assembly is adjustable relative to an axis of the cable about the flex pivot point when engaging with the PCB connector.
A high frequency, high density electrical connector with structures that shorten ground loops in regions of the connector in which shorter ground loops results in less crosstalk and/or less insertion loss at high frequencies. The structures may be members connecting ground conductors adjacent signal conductors configured for carrying high speed signals. The members may be integrated into the mating contact portions of the conductive elements and may be used in connectors with mating contact portions parallel to the ground structure of a mating component. The members may be one or more bars attached to portions of ground conductors that extend beyond the distal ends of the signal conductors. The extending portions of the ground conductors may fold back towards the proximal ends of beams forming the mating contact portions of the ground conductors. Alternatively or additionally, the members may be portions of a clip coupled to the ground conductors.
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Cable connectors; Computer cables; Connection cables; Connections for electric lines; Connectors for electronic circuits; Data processing equipment, namely, couplers; Electric plugs; Electrical cables for use in connections; Electrical connectors; Power connectors
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Cable connectors; Computer cables; Connection cables; Connections for electric lines; Connectors for electronic circuits; Data processing equipment, namely, couplers; Electric plugs; Electrical cables for use in connections; Electrical connectors; Power connectors
27.
HIGH RELIABILITY CO-PACKAGED ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AND BGA-SUPPORT
An assembly operable with a large number of high-speed signals and including a heat sink and a plug connector pressure mounted to an electronic component that is also attached to a circuit board via an array of solder connections. A stack may be formed with the electronic component, a first component above, and a second component below the electronic component. Forces pressure mounting the plug to the electronic component and pressing the heat sink against the electronic component may be generated. The location of the solder masses may be optimized. A bottom support plate may be included as well as one or more stiffeners. A cable fence may secure one or more cables of the plug connectors in some embodiments. A cam assembly may generate a uniform force on multiple connectors pressure mounted to the electronic component.
H05K 3/34 - Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistor electrically connecting electric components or wires to printed circuits by soldering
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
H01L 23/367 - Cooling facilitated by shape of device
A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, each of the via patterns including first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; ground vias extending through at least the attachment layers, the ground vias including ground conductors; and shadow vias located adjacent to each of the first and second signal vias, wherein the shadow vias are free of conductive material in the attachment layers. The printed circuit board may further include slot vias extending through the attachment layers and located between via patterns.
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
H05K 3/00 - Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
H05K 3/40 - Forming printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
Electrical connectors and assemblies may include a housing and a contact member therein. The contact member includes electrical contacts. A contact barrier is connected to the housing and movable between a closed state and an open state. In the open state, the contact member is exposed and, in the closed state, the contact member is protected by the contact barrier. The contact barrier is biased into the closed state. Electrical connectors and assemblies may include a housing with a core assembly having at least one electrical contact. A rotatable coupling member is rotatably attached to an end of the housing and includes a coupling housing, at least one latching element coupled to an inner surface of the coupling housing, and at least one center biasing element configured to bias and self-center the rotatable coupling member relative to the housing into a ready-to-connect orientation.
A high speed, high density electrical connector. The connector includes wafers disposed side-by-side, each including a wafer subassembly with multiple mechanically interconnected units. Each unit includes one or more signal conductors and an insulative portion, which includes an inner portion and one or more outer portions supporting signal conductors. The inner and/or outer portions are connected by elongated members such that those portions can be molded in one piece. Each wafer subassembly includes conductive material substantially surrounding each unit and having apertures through which the elongated members extend, at least some of which are staggered. The conductive material for each unit may be connected through a lossy wafer housing, but may otherwise be electrically separated. Such techniques facilitate manufacture of closely spaced signal units that each carry a signal with high signal integrity and low crosstalk at 100 GHz or above to support data rates of 224 Gbps and beyond.
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/518 - Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
A modular electrical connector with broad-side coupled signal conductors in a right angle intermediate portion. Broadside coupling provides balanced pairs for very high frequency operation. The connector may be assembled with multiple subassemblies, each of which may have multiple pairs of signal conductors. The subassemblies may be formed from an insulative portion having grooves in opposite sides into which the intermediate portions of signal conductors. Covers, holding the signal conductors in the grooves, may establish the position of the signal conductors relative to reference conductors at the exterior of subassembly, so as to provide a controlled impedance. Lossy material may be positioned between the pairs in a subassembly and/or may contact the reference conductors of the subassemblies, and the lossy material of the subassemblies may in turn be connected with a conductive structure.
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/518 - Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
H01R 13/6585 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/6599 - Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal
H01R 43/24 - Assembling by moulding on contact members
An electrical connector, such as an interposer, for a high density of high-speed interconnects. Conductive elements, configured as signal conductors, are held in multiple contact regions of an insulative housing. The contact regions are separated with gaps between them. An insert with may have regions inserted into the gaps. In some examples, the insert includes conductive elements in the regions. In some examples, at least portions of the insert may be conductive, supporting conduction in a direction parallel to the conductive elements extending through the insulative housing. The insert, for example, may have an insulative or lossy substrate with a conductive plating or may be formed from die cast metal. When the insert includes conductive elements, they may be electrically coupled to the conductive portion of the insert.
H01R 13/24 - Contacts for co-operating by abutting resilientContacts for co-operating by abutting resiliently mounted
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/6471 - Means for preventing cross-talk by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal]
A miniaturized high-speed connector. The connector may include signal and ground conductors within each of multiple columns that are mounted to a PCB using different techniques. Multiple ground conductors may be indirectly connected to the PCB though a conductive contact member, enabling multiple ground conductors within the connector to be coupled to ground structures withing the PCB. Space within the interconnection system for individual ground tails may therefore be saved. Alternatively or additionally, ground structures may be constructed from components of different properties, such as thickness or yield strength, to provide desired mechanical property. Lossy material may be coupled to portions of those components where they bound a gap resulting from joining two of the components.
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 12/71 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 13/514 - BasesCases formed as a modular block or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
H01R 13/652 - Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices with earth pin, blade or socket
H01R 13/6594 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
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Electrical, electronic, optical, radio, power, and radio frequency connectors, cables, cable assemblies, harnesses, and switches; electrical, radio, and radio frequency wires; optical couplers; electrical resistance, transformers, circuit boards, and penetration assemblies; printed circuits; electrical, optical, and radio sockets; transceivers; transducers; antennas; radio frequency antennas; antenna filters; radio-frequency tappers; splitters, combiners and couplers; amplifiers; USB charging ports; wireless chargers; battery chargers; electrical signal attenuators; patch panels for housing electrical connectors and electrical switches; cable splices and harnesses; connector hoods; electrical and radio plugs, receptacles, and caps; adapters; terminal blocks; tube shields; plug and receptacle inserts; electric and optical sensors; weather sensors; pressure sensors; temperature sensors; current sensors; humidity sensors; position sensors; light sensors; movement sensors; gas sensors; moisture sensors; vibration sensors; level sensors; quality sensors; ultrasonic sensors; proximity sensors; accelerometers; passive entry passive start sensors; torque sensors; voltage sensors; dust sensors; air quality sensors; speed sensors; tilt sensors; wind speed sensors; liquid concentration sensors; force sensors; load sensors; acoustic sensors; infrared sensors; fluid velocity sensors; flow sensors; battery health sensors; catch sensors; busbars; power distribution connectors; power conversion devices; electricity conduits; electric contacts; electrical power distribution blocks; electrical power distribution units; electrical power supplies; electric control panels; electric converters, fuses and switches; fuse panels; breaker panels; inverters; electrical outlets; lighting controls; enclosures, cabinets, pedestals, racks, housings; distributed antenna systems
43.
MOUNTING INTERFACE FOR HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
Described herein are mounting interfaces for electrical connectors capable of supporting high speed signals and having high density, including up to 70 GHz and higher. Some embodiments provide a connector footprint for a substrate having a pair of signal contact pads on a surface of the substrate and a pair of connecting traces that are interior to the substrate and electrically couple the signal contact pads to a first pair of signal vias (e.g., to a routing layer of the substrate). In some embodiments, a second pair of signal vias may electrically couple the signal contact pads to the connecting traces interior to the substrate. In some embodiments, a portion of a ground layer of the substrate may separate the signal contact pads in the pair. Mounting interfaces described herein enable operation at high frequencies without resonances or other degradation of signal integrity.
Described herein are mounting interfaces for electrical connectors capable of supporting high speed signals and having high density, including up to 70GHz and higher. Some embodiments provide a connector footprint for a substrate having a pair of signal contact pads on a surface of the substrate and a pair of connecting traces that are interior to the substrate and electrically couple the signal contact pads to a first pair of signal vias (e.g., to a routing layer of the substrate). In some embodiments, a second pair of signal vias may electrically couple the signal contact pads to the connecting traces interior to the substrate. In some embodiments, a portion of a ground layer of the substrate may separate the signal contact pads in the pair. Mounting interfaces described herein enable operation at high frequencies without resonances or other degradation of signal integrity.
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Communication cables; RF cables; electric cables and cable
assemblies comprised of electrical cables and connectors;
cable connectors and cable connector assemblies comprised of
connection cables and electrical cables for use in
connections; coaxial cables; coaxial cable connectors;
coaxial microwave cable assemblies comprised of electrical
cables and connectors; electric and electronic connectors.
A miniaturized high-speed connector. The connector may include signal and ground conductors within each of multiple columns that are mounted to a PCB using different techniques. Multiple ground conductors may be indirectly connected to the PCB though a conductive contact member, enabling multiple ground conductors within the connector to be coupled to ground structures within the PCB. Space within the interconnection system for individual ground tails may therefore be saved. Alternatively or additionally, ground structures may be constructed from components of different properties, such as thickness or yield strength, to provide desired mechanical property. Lossy material may be coupled to portions of those components where they bound a gap resulting from joining two of the components.
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/6599 - Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal
A connector for use with high speed signals. The connector may include lead frame assemblies in a connector housing. A lead frame assembly may include signal conductive elements and ground conductive elements disposed in a repeating pattern, and one or more corrugated sheets attached to the ground conductive elements. The corrugated sheets may extend more than half of the length of the signal conductive elements. Valleys of the corrugated sheets may be welded to the ground conductive elements with line welds. The line welds may extend over a large percentage of the length of the conductive elements. Such a configuration enables accurately and repeatedly establishing signal to ground spacing and therefore promotes high signal integrity, even for miniaturized connectors. Such a connector may be used to meet signal integrity requirements in connectors designed for 112 GBps and beyond.
H01R 13/6597 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a contact of the connector
H01R 25/00 - Coupling parts adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts, e.g. for distributing energy to two or more circuits
A high frequency cable may include at least one insulative strip wrapped around its cable shield with a non-uniform pitch. Cables may include at least one signal conductor, an insulator around the at least one signal conductor, and a cable shield that surrounds the at least one signal conductor. Pitch of an insulative strip may indicate a distance between edges of successive wrappings about the cable. Cables described herein may be manufactured with a non-uniform pitch, and the non-uniform pitch reduces signal attenuation at certain high frequencies. Because the cables described herein have lower attenuation at those high frequencies, the cables may transmit higher bit rate signals, allowing the cable to transfer more data between high performance electronic components.
A cable assembly comprising a connector with a termination that enables high density and high signal integrity. Shields of cables are terminated to a paddle card via a conductive structure attached to a surface of the paddle card. The signal conductors of the cables are terminated to pads on the paddle card that are exposed within openings of the conductive structure. Such a structure creates a ground structure per cable that provides low insertion loss and low crosstalk, even when multiple cables are aligned side by side and terminated in one or more rows. The cables may be drainless, enabling a large number of cables, such as eight cables, to be packed within the width of a paddle card specified in high density standards such as QSFP-DD or OSFP. The cables may nonetheless have large diameter signal conductors, enabling 2.5 or 3 meter assemblies with less than 17 dB insertion loss.
H01R 13/6592 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a shielded cable
H01R 13/6594 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
H05K 1/11 - Printed elements for providing electric connections to or between printed circuits
A high frequency cable may include at least one insulative strip wrapped around its cable shield with a non-uniform pitch. Cables may include at least one signal conductor, an insulator around the at least one signal conductor, and a cable shield that surrounds the at least one signal conductor. Pitch of an insulative strip may indicate a distance between edges of successive wrappings about the cable. Cables described herein may be manufactured with a non-uniform pitch, and the non-uniform pitch reduces signal attenuation at certain high frequencies. Because the cables described herein have lower attenuation at those high frequencies, the cables may transmit higher bit rate signals, allowing the cable to transfer more data between high performance electronic components.
An interconnection system with lossy material of a first connector adjacent a ground conductor of a second connector. The lossy material may damp resonances at a mating interface of the first and second connectors. In some embodiments, the lossy material may be attached to a ground conductor of the first connector. In some embodiments, the lossy material may be shaped as horns that extend along a cavity configured to receive a ground conductor of a mating connector.
H01R 13/6471 - Means for preventing cross-talk by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal]
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/40 - Securing contact members in or to a base or caseInsulating of contact members
H01R 13/652 - Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices with earth pin, blade or socket
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/6591 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
H01R 43/24 - Assembling by moulding on contact members
An interposer configured for creating multiple connections between electrical components is described. Contacts of the interposer are configured to produce a nonlinear force when compressed. A high spring rate is achieved from zero force to an acceptable force for establishing sufficient electrical connection between the electrical components; and then a lower spring rate is achieved for the remainder of the deflection to minimize the maximum force at the maximum designed compression. The contact includes a curved beam, a tail, and a landing strip. It may also include a solder ball connected to the tail. When the contact is compressed, the curved beam traces an arc in one direction, while the part of the contact touching the landing strip slides along the landing strip in the other direction, thereby reducing the force produced by the contact.
Compact cable couplers connecting cables of different wire gauges without disturbing electrical performances up to very high frequencies. Each cable coupler has a pair of conductive elements with first and second contact portions on opposite ends terminating wires of first and second cables. A housing encloses the conductive elements, including the cable attachments. A conductive layer extends from the first cable to the second cable and conforms to underlying surfaces. The housing has regions of lower dielectric constant adjacent the cable attachments. Parameters of the cable coupler in each of multiple portions may be selected to provide a matched impedance through the coupler. Such a coupler enables small diameter cables to make dense connections to a connector, while larger diameter cables provide low loss routing to a remote location, enabling high density signal connections with high signal integrity at frequencies high enough to support 224 Gbps.
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Data communication cables; RF cables, namely, coaxial cables; Electric cables and cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and electrical connectors; cable connectors and cable connector assemblies comprised of connection cables and electrical cables for use in connections; coaxial cables; coaxial cable connectors; coaxial microwave cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and electrical connectors; electric and electronic connectors
58.
HIGH CURRENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED HANDLING
A high current electrical connection system with a plug and receptacle can be quickly and reliably connected or disconnected and simply assembled or disassembled for repair. Such connection systems may be used in applications requiring multiple connections that can be quickly made or broken, such as grid scale battery facilities. The electrical connection system may have features that enable easy, one-handed latching and/or unlatching of plug and receptacle connectors. Operation of the latch may ensure that the plug and receptacle are fully and reliably mated. Alternatively or additionally, one or both of the connectors may include features that provide visual, audible and/or tactile feedback when the connectors are reliably engaged. The plug and/or receptacle connectors may include features that enable power and/or signal terminals to be easily installed or removed from the connector housing, such that the housing or the terminals can be easily replaced, even in the field.
A high frequency cable connector with a plug connector terminating shielded cables via a plurality of cable connection modules attached to a paddle card. The terminations do not significantly disrupt the high integrity signal paths within the cables, even at high frequencies. Various techniques may be used, alone or in combination, to form the termination, including that the wire insulators and shields of the cables extend almost to the point of termination, with a relatively small length of wire extending beyond the insulator and shield; welding of cable wires to signal terminals in the modules; signal terminals and ground terminals held within the modules with a controlled relative spacing; signal terminals of the modules surface mount soldered to pads on the paddle card; narrow pads approximating the width of traces in the paddle card; and short pads, approximating the length of mounting ends of the signal terminals.
H01R 24/28 - Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable
H01R 12/53 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
H01R 24/60 - Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement
H02G 1/14 - Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines for joining or terminating cables
H02G 15/06 - Cable terminating boxes, frames or other structures
60.
HIGH CURRENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SERVICEABILITY
An electrical connection system with high current carrying capacity that can be simply assembled or disassembled for repair. Such connection systems may be used in applications with a high risk of damage to a connector, such as in vehicle charging cords. The plug and/or receptacle connectors may include features that enable power and/or signal terminals to be easily installed or removed from the connector housings, such that the housings or the terminals can be easily and quickly replaced, even in the field, if damaged. Such features may include a clip captured between a terminal and a housing with compliant portions that engage the housing and the terminal. A compliant portion of the clip may be aligned with an opening in the connector housing through which the terminal is inserted such that insertion of a tool through that opening enables the terminal to be disengaged for removal.
B60R 16/02 - Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided forArrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric
H02G 3/06 - Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution boxEnsuring electrical continuity in the joint
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Data communication cables; RF cables, namely, coaxial cables; Electric cables and cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and electrical connectors; cable connectors and cable connector assemblies comprised of connection cables and electrical cables for use in connections; coaxial cables; coaxial cable connectors; coaxial microwave cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and electrical connectors; electric and electronic connectors
A coaxial tap in a hybrid fiber coaxial cable distribution system includes a hardline circuit with a bridge and a drop circuit with a directional coupler, the tap for serving subscribers with an RF signal and optionally an equipment supply voltage while passing the RF signal to devices downstream of the tap.
A modular electrical connector with modular components suitable for assembly into a right angle connector may also be used in forming an orthogonal connector or connector in other desired configurations. The connector modules may be configured through the user of extender modules. Those connector modules may be held together as a right angle connector with a front housing portion, which, in some embodiments, may be shaped differently depending on whether the connector modules are used to form a right angle connector or an orthogonal connector. When designed to form an orthogonal connector, the extender modules may interlock into subarrays, which may be held to other connector components through the use of an extender shell. The mating contact portions on the extender modules may be such that a right angle connector, similarly made with connector modules, may directly mate with the orthogonal connector.
H01R 13/514 - BasesCases formed as a modular block or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
H01R 12/71 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/6471 - Means for preventing cross-talk by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal]
H01R 13/6474 - Impedance matching by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by variation of dimensions
H01R 13/6477 - Impedance matching by variation of dielectric properties
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/659 - Shield structure with plural ports for distinct connectors
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
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HIGH SPEED, HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SHIELDED SIGNAL PATHS
A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members.
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 12/73 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/518 - Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing for holding or embracing several coupling parts, e.g. frames
H01R 13/6585 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
H01R 13/6599 - Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal
H01R 43/24 - Assembling by moulding on contact members
71.
BACKPLANE FOOTPRINT FOR HIGH SPEED, HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and columns of via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, wherein via patterns in adjacent columns are offset in a direction of the columns, each of the via patterns comprising: first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; and at least one conductive shadow via located between the first and second signal vias of the differential pair. In some embodiments, at least one conductive shadow via is electrically connected to a conductive surface film.
A compact connector operable at data rates up to and beyond 200 Gbps includes a component that presses on high speed signal contact beams to deflect them into a preloaded state. The component may be attached to ground and/or low speed signal contact beams. Those contact beams may be preloaded by engaging their tips to features within the connector. When those contact beams are deflected into a preloaded state, the component presses against the high speed signal contact beams, deflecting them into a preloaded state. Tips on the high speed signal contact beams are not required for preloading and may be shortened relative to a conventional design to reduce stubs on high speed signal paths, which increases operating frequency of the connector. The component may include a conductive portion that connects ground contacts associated with the high speed signal terminals, which improves high frequency performance without additional components.
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/424 - Securing in a demountable manner in base or case composed of a plurality of insulating parts having at least one resilient insulating part
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including conductive layers separated by dielectric layers; and at least one via configured for solder attachment to a connector lead of a surface mount connector, the at least one via including a conductive element that extends from an upper surface of the printed circuit board through one or more of the plurality of layers, the conductive element having a recess in a surface thereof. The recess is configured to receive a tip portion of the connector lead of the surface mount connector. The printed circuit board may have via patterns including signal vias and ground vias.
Connector assemblies for making connections to a subassembly, such as a processor card, may include signal contact tips formed of a material different than that of an associated cable conductor. The signal contact tips may be formed of a super elastic material, such as nickel titanium. The connector assembly may include ground contact tips that similarly make a pressure contact to the electrical component may be electrically connected to a shield of the cable shield Housing modules that interlock or interface with a support member may be employed to manufacture connectors with any desired quantity of signal and ground contact tips in any suitable number of columns and rows. Each module may terminate a cable and provide pressure mount connections between signal conductors and the shield of the cable and conductive pads on the subassembly, and conductive or lossy grounded structures around the conductive elements carrying signals through the module.
H01R 12/79 - Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 12/77 - Coupling devices for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
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Power connectors; Plug-in connectors; Cable connectors; Electric connectors; Electrical connectors; Electrical power connectors; Electrical cables for use in connections; Connectors for electronic circuits; Connection cables; Connections, electric; Electric connections and connectors; Wire connectors; Electric cables, wires, conductors and connection fittings therefor; Connections for electric lines; Electric connections; Electrical connections; Fiber optic connectors; Electrical and electronic connectors; Optical fiber connectors; Optical fiber cables; Optical cables; Electronic cables; Electric cables; Coaxial cables; Power cables; Electrical cables; Cables, electric; Fibre-optic cables; Fiber optic cables; Electrical interconnect cables; Electric cables and wires; Electric wire and cable; Electrical and optical cables; Ethernet cables; Fibre optic cables; Electric wires and cables; Electric wires; Wires, electric; Electric wire; Power wires; Electrical wires; Electric conductors; Electrical conductors; Conductors, electric; Electric contacts; Contacts, electric; Couplings, electric; Fibre optic couplings; Electric couplings
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Power connectors; Plug-in connectors; Cable connectors; Electric connectors; Electrical connectors; Electrical power connectors; Electrical cables for use in connections; Connectors for electronic circuits; Connection cables; Connections, electric; Electric connections and connectors; Wire connectors; Electric cables, wires, conductors and connection fittings therefor; Connections for electric lines; Electric connections; Electrical connections; Fiber optic connectors; Electrical and electronic connectors; Optical fiber connectors; Optical fiber cables; Optical cables; Electronic cables; Electric cables; Coaxial cables; Power cables; Electrical cables; Cables, electric; Fibre-optic cables; Fiber optic cables; Electrical interconnect cables; Electric cables and wires; Electric wire and cable; Electrical and optical cables; Ethernet cables; Fibre optic cables; Electric wires and cables; Electric wires; Wires, electric; Electric wire; Power wires; Electrical wires; Electric conductors; Electrical conductors; Conductors, electric; Electric contacts; Contacts, electric; Couplings, electric; Fibre optic couplings; Electric couplings
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Power connectors; Plug-in connectors; Cable connectors; Electric connectors; Electrical connectors; Electrical power connectors; Electrical cables for use in connections; Connectors for electronic circuits; Connection cables; Connections, electric; Electric connections and connectors; Wire connectors; Electric cables, wires, conductors and connection fittings therefor; Connections for electric lines; Electric connections; Electrical connections; Fiber optic connectors; Electrical and electronic connectors; Optical fiber connectors; Optical fiber cables; Optical cables; Electronic cables; Electric cables; Coaxial cables; Power cables; Electrical cables; Cables, electric; Fibre-optic cables; Fiber optic cables; Electrical interconnect cables; Electric cables and wires; Electric wire and cable; Electrical and optical cables; Ethernet cables; Fibre optic cables; Electric wires and cables; Electric wires; Wires, electric; Electric wire; Power wires; Electrical wires; Electric conductors; Electrical conductors; Conductors, electric; Electric contacts; Contacts, electric; Couplings, electric; Fibre optic couplings; Electric couplings
A high frequency cable assembly with a plug connector terminating shielded cables via cable termination assemblies mounted to a paddle card. Cable termination assemblies provide paths for ground current between the cable shield and paddle card providing low insertion and return loss and crosstalk at frequencies up to at least 53 GHz, which supports data rates of 224 Gbps and above. Disclosed features of the cable termination assemblies may be used alone or in combination and include: termination of a row of cables, structures configured based on angle of arrival of cables to the cable termination assembly, ground members that align with individual cables, and upper and lower ground members coupled to the cable shield and ground structures of the paddle card that at least partially encircle signal paths outside the cable shields. The upper and lower ground members provide ground current paths paralleling those signal paths with substantially uniform spacing.
H01R 13/6597 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a contact of the connector
H01R 12/53 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
H01R 13/40 - Securing contact members in or to a base or caseInsulating of contact members
H01R 43/20 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
A modular high speed, high density electrical connector configurable for use in multiple configurations, including a direct attach orthogonal configuration. The connector is assembled with modules that include shielded pairs of signal conductors with mating ends that are rotated approximately 45 degrees with respect to intermediate portions of the signal conductors. The connector may have a mating interface with receptacles in one connector and pins in the mating connector. The pins may be small diameter and may be implemented with superelastic wires so as to resist damage despite having very small effective diameter. A compact mating interface resulting from small diameter mating contact portions may enable other portions of the connector, including the shielding surrounding the signal conductors to be smaller, which may raise the resonant frequency of the connector and extend its bandwidth.
A high frequency cable assembly with a plug connector terminating shielded cables via cable termination assemblies mounted to a paddle card. Cable termination assemblies provide paths for ground current between the cable shield and paddle card providing low insertion and return loss and crosstalk at frequencies up to at least 53 GHz, which supports data rates of 224 Gbps and above. Disclosed features of the cable termination assemblies may be used alone or in combination and include: termination of a row of cables, structures configured based on angle of arrival of cables to the cable termination assembly, ground members that align with individual cables, and upper and lower ground members coupled to the cable shield and ground structures of the paddle card that at least partially encircle signal paths outside the cable shields. The upper and lower ground members provide ground current paths paralleling those signal paths with substantially uniform spacing.
H01R 12/53 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables
H01R 12/57 - Fixed connections for rigid printed circuits or like structures characterised by the terminals surface mounting terminals
H01R 13/6592 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a shielded cable
H01R 13/6594 - Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members
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cable glands and fittings being cable connectors; connectors, namely, cable connectors, connectors for electronic circuits; cable connectors; circular cable connectors; coaxial connectors in the nature of cable connectors; coaxial cable connectors; electrical connectors; electronic connectors being connectors for electronic circuits; ethernet cable connectors; fiber optic connectors; modular cable connectors; power connectors; cables, namely, electric cables, ethernet cables, coaxial cables; electric cables; cable assemblies being cable kits comprising electric cables, cable connectors; cable connector assemblies being cable connectors kits comprising electric cables, cable connectors; electric cable assemblies being electric cable kits comprising electric cables, cable connectors; cable assemblies consisting of electric cables, wires, conductors and connection fittings therefor; electric contacts; electrical couplings
88.
MATING BACKPLANE FOR HIGH SPEED, HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
A printed circuit board includes: a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and via patterns formed in one or more of the plurality of layers, each of the via patterns including: first and second signal vias configured to accept contact tails of signal conductors of a connector; ground vias configured to accept contact tails of ground conductors of the connector; ground shadow vias located adjacent to each of the first and second signal vias; and non-plated holes located between each of the ground shadow vias and the signal vias. Different layers of the plurality of layers may have different antipad configurations.
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Cables of metal, non-electric Electric cables; cable connectors; optical fiber cables and cable connectors for optical fiber networks; transition enclosures for enclosing transitions between different configurations of optical fiber cables, namely, protective sheaths for fiber optical cables Transition enclosures for enclosing transitions between different configurations of optical fiber cables , namely, plastic ducts and couplings for organizing and holding fiber optic cables
An electrical socket includes a socket body defining a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of contact beams that are spaced from each other and that extend between a first end section and a second end section, the plurality of contact beams including a middle section positioned between the first end section and the second end section. Each of the plurality of contact beams has a contour extending between the first end section and the second end section such that a cross-section of the middle section of the plurality of contact beams taken in a plane oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis has a curved shape extending toward an interior of the socket body. The socket body is configured to receive a mating pin. The middle section comprises an inner contact area configured to contact the mating pin.
H01R 24/86 - Parallel contacts arranged about a common axis
H01R 43/16 - Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
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(1) Communication cables being data cables; RF cables; Electric cables and cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and connectors; cable connectors and cable connector assemblies comprised of cable connectors and electrical cables for use in connections; coaxial cables; coaxial cable connectors; coaxial microwave cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and connectors electrical coaxial cables and connectors adapted for use with microwaves; electric connectors; electronic connectors for circuit board.
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(1) Communication cables being data cables; RF cables; Electric cables and cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and connectors; cable connectors and cable connector assemblies comprised of cable connectors and electrical cables for use in connections; coaxial cables; coaxial cable connectors; coaxial microwave cable assemblies comprised of electrical cables and connectors electrical coaxial cables and connectors adapted for use with microwaves; electric connectors; electronic connectors for circuit board.
A high frequency, high density electrical connector with structures that shorten ground loops in regions of the connector in which shorter ground loops results in less crosstalk and/or less insertion loss at high frequencies. The connector may multiple conductive elements including one or more signal conductors in line with ground conductors. The structures may be near the distal ends of the ground conductors and may divide larger ground loops into smaller ground loops in regions of the connector where the ground conductors are separated from a ground conductor in the complementary mating structure by a small distance. These structures may include a ground strip attached to extensions from a shield within the connector and/or a secondary beam extending from the ground conductors and positioned to contact the ground conductors in the complementary mating structure.
H01R 12/71 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 12/72 - Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
H01R 13/6471 - Means for preventing cross-talk by special arrangement of ground and signal conductors, e.g. GSGS [Ground-Signal-Ground-Signal]
H01R 13/6587 - Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
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Optical fiber connector system comprised of outdoor optical fiber connectors and fiber optic multiport service terminal featuring input ports and drop ports; optical fiber connectors; fiber optic connectors; electronic connectors; power connectors; contacts, electric; electronic cables and electronic cable assemblies sold as a unit
Disclosed herein is a High Voltage Power Outlet (HVPO) module for a vehicle. The HVPO may have a GFCI, over temperature protection and sensing, or a fuse assembly. A high voltage power outlet module for use on a ground vehicle comprises a housing and the housing supports one or more vehicle attachments, a service power connection, a printed circuit board electrically connected to the service power connection, a HVPO circuit including one or more high voltage conductive tracings on the PCB, at least one high voltage power outlet in electrical connection with the one or more high voltage conductive tracings and a circuit interrupt disposed between the service power connection and the at least one high power outlet.
B60L 3/00 - Electric devices on electrically-propelled vehicles for safety purposesMonitoring operating variables, e.g. speed, deceleration or energy consumption
B60L 1/00 - Supplying electric power to auxiliary equipment of electrically-propelled vehicles
H01R 13/66 - Structural association with built-in electrical component
H01R 13/713 - Structural association with built-in electrical component with built-in switch the switch being a safety switch
The techniques described herein relate to dust tolerant connectors. An example electrical connector includes at least one contact having a plurality of protrusions, individual protrusions of the plurality of protrusions having a trunk member, and a head portion extending from the trunk member, wherein a thickness of the trunk member is less than a thickness of the head portion.
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power connectors; electrical and electronic connectors; clamps in the nature of wire connectors in the form of clamps for connecting electrical and electronic connectors; electrical fuses; fuses for electric current; data processing equipment, namely, electronic couplers
An antenna includes a radiating structure configured to radiate electromagnetic waves in a first direction, and a lens spaced from the radiating structure in the first direction and configured to pass at least some of the electromagnetic waves therethrough. The lens includes a first region proximate a focal axis of the lens and aligned, at least in part, with the radiating structure along the first direction. A second region of the lens at least partially surrounds the first region about the focal axis. The lens includes a substrate having a surface transverse to the first direction and conductive scattering elements on the surface within the second region. The first region of the substrate is configured to apply a first phase shift to a first portion of the electromagnetic waves passing through the first region, and the plurality of conductive scattering elements is configured to apply a second phase shift to a second portion of the electromagnetic waves passing through the plurality of conductive scattering elements that is greater than the first phase shift.
H01Q 15/02 - Refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens, prism
H01Q 19/06 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens
H01Q 19/10 - Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces
H01Q 1/24 - SupportsMounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
A Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) gateway splitter that includes a directional coupler (including a first transmission path and a second transmission path), a gateway port and a cable television (CATV) input port each electrically connected to the first transmission path, and a MoCA port electrically connected to the second transmission path such that the MoCA port is isolated from the CATV input port and coupled to the gateway port. Multiple MoCA ports may be electrically connected to the second transmission path (e.g., via a resistive splitter). The second transmission path may be electrically connected to ground. The MoCA gateway splitter may include multiple (e.g., two or three) gateway ports, each electrically connected to the CATV input port via a directional coupler (and, e.g., one or more hybrid splitters). In those embodiments, each directional coupler may be electrically connected to the MoCA port(s), for example, via a common microstrip node.
