Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Eric Juntwait

Timothy Brian Billman

Chong Hun Yi

Iosif R Korsunsky

George Lee

David Tso-Chin Ko

David Tso-chin Ko

Tod M Harlan

Chih-Hsien Chou

Ken Cheng

Jerry Wu

Jim Xin Zhao

Jared Joseph Smalley, Jr

David Roque

Dennis B Jones

Joanne E Shipe

Lewis Robin Johnson

Robert William Brown

Jeng-Yih Hwang

Charles Sands Pickles

Richard Benjamin Emenheiser

Andrew C Cheng

John D Trammel

Gene Whetstone

Richard L Malehorn

Yun-Fu Tsai

Charles (Chuck) Blichasz

Dick Lee

A control module assembly () includes a module housing () defining a receiving cavity () therein having a front opening, a printed circuit board () adapted to be housed in the receiving cavity, a header connector () including a number of contacts () mounted on the printed circuit board and accessible from the front opening, and a front bezel () installed onto the header connector and attached to the module housing. The header connector includes interfaces adapted for mating with complementary connectors and interlocked with the opening. The header connector has sets of different passageways () accommodating the contacts and the front bezel includes shrouds () for sheltering the contacts therein so as to receive the complementary connectors.

Control module assembly

A connector module for receiving a signal converter and electrically connecting the signal converter to a printed circuit board mounted within an electronic system. The connector module includes a conductive cage having a plurality of press-fit type pins and a shielding lid. The connector module further defines a top opening and a cavity with an opening on a bottom portion of the conductive cage for receiving the connector which electrically connecting with the signal converter. The shielding lid covers on the top opening. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts each having a press-fit end, said press-fit ends extending toward the printed circuit board and mounting therein.

Connector module

A surface mountable retention bracket () for an electrical connector () having a housing () with outwardly extending mounting flanges () along a mounting face () thereof, each flange including two vertical enclosed channels () extending therethrough to the mounting face with a partition () therebetween, the channels being interconnected by a slot () undercutting the partition. The retention bracket includes a base () retained in the slot, a pair of mounting legs () extending through the channels and beyond the mounting face so as to be soldered onto a printed circuit board, and a retention tab () inserted into a recess () defined in the partition.

Surface mountable retention bracket for electrical connector

A module assembly includes a module cover including a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and two opposite side walls defining a receiving cavity therebetween, an electrical connector and a printed circuit board both received in the receiving cavity and a cover member covering the receiving cavity. The module cover has a mating portion with a mating space defined therein. The front wall defines passageways communicating with the receiving cavity and the mating space. The connector includes an insulating housing and a number of terminals retained in the housing. Each terminal includes an engaging portion extending beyond a front face of the housing into the mating space through a corresponding passageway and a press-tail extending upwardly beyond a top face of the housing. The printed circuit board defines plated through holes compliantly receiving the press-fit tails of the terminals.

Transmission module assembly having printed circuit board

An electrical connector () includes a unitary insulative housing () including a base () defining a number of parallel slots () and a first shroud () extending forwardly from the base, a number of parallelly arranged circuit board modules () and a metal stiffener () attached to the housing. The circuit board modules are retained by and between the metal stiffener and the housing. Each circuit board module includes a dielectric spacer (), a circuit board () attached to the dielectric spacer and received in a corresponding slot of the housing, and a row of press-fit contacts () mechanically and electrically connecting with the circuit board. The metal stiffener includes a second shroud () vertically spaced from the first shroud. The circuit boards have mating portions () disposed between the first and the second shrouds.

Electrical connector having circuit board modules positioned between metal stiffener and a housing

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing (), a number of contacts () received in the insulative housing, and a pair of securing members (). The insulative housing includes a pair of support portions () at opposite ends thereof. Each of the support portions defines a cavity () and a through hole () communicating with the cavity. The securing members are mounted on the opposite ends of the insulative housing. Each of the securing members includes a mounting boss () received in a corresponding cavity of the insulative housing and defining a threaded hole () aligning with the through hole of the insulative housing adapted for engaging with a bolt () to mount the electrical connector on a printed circuit board ().

Electrical connector having improved securing member

An electrical connector () includes a unitary insulative housing () defining a number of parallel slots (), a number of parallelly arranged circuit board modules () and a shield member () attached to the housing. The circuit board modules are retained by and between the shield member and the housing. Each circuit board module includes a dielectric spacer (), a circuit board () attached to the dielectric spacer and received in a corresponding slot of the housing, and a row of press-fit contacts () mechanically and electrically connecting with the circuit board and disposed in the corresponding slot.

Electrical connector with circuit board module

An electrical connector ( ) includes a dielectric housing ( ) defining a number of parallel slots ( ), a number of terminals ( ) arranged in rows in the housing, and a number of parallelly arranged circuit boards ( ) received in corresponding slots of the housing. The terminals have contacting beams ( ) electrically connecting with the circuit boards, and tail portions ( ) for electrical connection to a printed circuit board on which the connector is mounted. A shield member ( &prime;) substantially encloses the housing and the circuit boards. The shield member includes a number of inwardly extruded lances ( ) located between adjacent circuit boards and electrically contacting with the circuit boards.

Electrical connector having enhanced electrical performance

An electrical connector ( ) comprises a dielectric housing consisting of a first housing ( ) and a second housing ( ), a spacer ( ) assembled at a bottom of the housing and a plurality of circuit boards ( ). The housing defines a plurality of parallel channels ( ) extending in a mating direction of the electrical connector. A plurality of bumps ( ) extends downward from an upper wall of the housing in alignment with the channels for abutting against with an upper face of a corresponding circuit board. The spacer consists of a plurality of identical wafers ( ) thereby each two adjacent wafers defining a slot ( ) to receive a corresponding circuit board therein. Each wafer has a dielectric base ( ), a plurality of terminals ( ) attached on a first side of the dielectric base to electrically connect with a corresponding circuit board, and a grounding bus ( ) mainly attached on an opposite second side of the dielectric base.

Electrical connector having retention system for precisely mounting plural boards therein

An electrical connector ( ) mounted on a daughter backplane circuit board is used to mate with a complementary connector ( ) mounted on the primary backplane circuit board. The connector ( ) includes a top housing ( ) and a bottom housing ( ) and inner circuit boards ( ) installed therebetween. Rows of paired signal contacts ( ) and grounding plates ( ) are arranged in an alternating sequence within the bottom housing ( ) to engage with signal trace pairs ( ) on one surface of the inner circuit boards ( ) and grounding layers on both surfaces thereof. Similar arrangement of signal contacts and grounding plates ( ) is adopted within the complementary connector ( ).

Electrical connector

An electrical connector ( ) mounted on a daughter backplane circuit board is used to mate with a complementary connector ( ) mounted on the primary backplane circuit board. The connector ( ) includes a top housing ( ) and a bottom housing ( ) and inner circuit boards ( ) installed therebetween. Rows of paired signal contacts ( ) and grounding plates ( ) are arranged in an alternating sequence within the bottom housing ( ) to engage with the inner circuit boards ( ). Two projections ( ) extend out of edges of every inner circuit board ( ) so that the inner circuit board ( ) can be positioned after the projections ( ) are inserted into corresponding holes ( ) formed respectively in the top and bottom housing ( ) when the connector ( ) is assembled.

An electrical connector assembly comprises a receptacle ( ) and a header ( ). The receptacle comprises a first interface connection piece ( ) including a plurality of first wafers ( ) assembled together to define a plurality of slots ( ) between adjacent first wafers. Each first wafer includes a plurality of signal terminals and a grounding member mounted on opposite sides of a dielectric base thereof. A plurality of daughter circuit boards ( ) each has a first mating portion ( ) and a second mating portion ( ). The mounting portions are inserted into the slots of the first interface connection piece and engage with the signal contacts and the grounding member. The header has a second interface connection piece ( ) including a plurality of second wafers ( ) assembled together to define a plurality of slots ( ) between adjacent second wafers. Each second wafer has an identical construction with that of the first wafer. The second mating portions are inserted into the slots of second interface connection piece and engage with signal contacts and grounding member of the second wafers.

High density electrical connector assembly

A method for manufacturing an electrical connector assembly ( ) comprises the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of first wafers ( ) each having a first block ( ) and a second block ( ) disposed on opposite surfaces; (b) inserting terminals ( ) into corresponding first wafers and inserting a plurality of grounding buses ( ) between every two adjacent first wafers to defines a first spacer ( ), each grounding bus including a body portion and a contacting legs ( ) on the surfaces of corresponding first spacer; (c) inserting a plurality of circuit boards ( ) into slots ( ) between the first wafers, in which the circuit boards electrically engage the grounding buses; (d) bringing the first spacer and the circuit boards into a housing ( ) to form a receptacle ( ); (e) repeating the steps (a) to (d) to form a second spacer ( ) having identical structure with the first spacer; and (f) inserting the second spacer into a second housing ( ) to form a header ( ), inserting the header into the receptacle to electrically connect each other thereby forming the electrical connector assembly.

Method for manufacturing high density electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector ( ) includes a number of individual wafers ( ) assembled together to define a number of slots ( ) therebetween for receiving a number of circuit boards ( ) in the slots. Each wafer includes a dielectric base ( ) and a number of signal contacts ( ) and a grounding bus ( ) respectively mounted on opposite sides of the dielectric base. Each grounding bus has a number of flaps ( ) adjacent to a bottom edge thereof. Each signal contact has a tail portion ( ) for electrically engaging with a printed circuit board on which the connector is mounted, and an end portion ( ) located near the tail portion and aligned with a corresponding flap of the grounding bus. The flaps are disposed between the end portions of the signal contacts of adjacent rows for functioning as shielding between the end portions, thereby ensuring better signal transmission performance of the connector.

High density electrical connector having enhanced crosstalk reduction capability

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( ), a number of wafers ( ) accommodated in the insulative housing, and a number of inner printed circuit boards ( ). Each wafer has a wafer body ( ), a number of electrical contacts ( ) mounted to the wafer body and a grounding bus ( ) mounted to the wafer body. Each inner printed circuit board has a mounting portion ( ) detachably inserted between two adjacent wafers to electrically contact with the signal contacts and the grounding buses and a mating portion ( ) adapted for engaging with a complementary electrical connector.

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Eric Juntwait