Tyco Electronics Corporation

Alexander Michael Sharf

Chad William Morgan

John Joseph Consoli

James Lee Fedder

Matthew Richard McAlonis

Lynn Robert Sipe

Richard James Long

David Wayne Helster

Brent Ryan Rothermel

Steven David Dunwoody

George R Defibaugh

Scott Keith Mickievicz

Howard W Andrews

A connector module includes a housing and a gasket. The housing is defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam. The housing includes a cable exit region extending along a cable axis. A passage through the cable exit region has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket is within the passage of the cable exit region. An outer perimeter of the gasket in an uncompressed state has a non-elliptical cross section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket has an outer side engaging the inner surface of the cable exit region and an inner side configured to engage at least one cable received within the cable exit region. As the shells are mated, the gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the at least one cable and the cable exit region.

Connector module with cable exit region gasket

A printed circuit board includes a bore having a perimeter and a total depth. An electrically conductive barrel extends around at least a portion of the perimeter of the bore and along a predetermined depth of the bore, the predetermined depth being less than the total depth of the bore. The barrel has an end that terminates at a countersunk portion of the bore. A contact includes a body having first and second ends. The first end includes a compliant section that is positioned in the barrel, thereby forming a separable interface between the contact and the circuit board. The second end extends out of the barrel and interfaces with an electrical component. Protrusion of the first end out of the barrel is minimized. The above relationships are used to decrease capacitive loading.

High speed interconnect using printed circuit board with plated bores

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Harrisburg, PA, United States of America

Alexander Michael Sharf