Tyco Electronics Corporation

Te Connectivity Corporation

Connecteurs Electriques Deutsch

Benjamin Michael Grab

David James Fabian

Kyle Gary Annis

James Patrick Mosier

Douglas Harold Rohde

James Leo Barry

Rodney S Smith

Fabien Houvenaghel

Thierry Corriou

Frederic Duval

An electrical connector comprises a casing and a connector module. The casing has a retaining member. The connector module has an electrically insulating contact carrier and a plurality of electrically conductive contacts. The connector module is at least partially surrounded by the casing and is retained at the casing by the retaining member. The retaining member exerts a retaining force on the connector module in a direction along a mating direction of the electrical connector. The connector module is removable from the retaining member in a direction transverse to the mating direction.

Electrical connector allowing disassembly, electronic module, and assembly method

An opto-electric (OE) module having a front and back orientation and comprising a connector having a front end configured to mate with a connector, an optical interconnect comprising an optical conduit with first and second ends, the first end being terminated by at least one first ferrule, the first ferrule being disposed in the connector in a non-biased state, and the second end being optically coupled to at least one opto-electric device (OED), wherein the optical interconnect is not configured to bend to accommodate distance variations between said first ferrule and said OED, a cover being attached to the connector and having an interior, a circuit board disposed in the interior and having an electrical interface configured to connect to a daughter card, and the opto-electric device (OED) attached to the circuit board and optically connected to the second end.

Opto-electric module for backplane connector

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Annville, PA, United States of America

Benjamin Michael Grab