Molex Corporation

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Jerry A Long

Kent E Regnier

Harold Keith Lang

Philip J Dambach

David C Bowen

Patrick R Casher

Stephen A Sampson

Joseph W Nelligan, Jr

Frank A Harwath

Craig A Bixler

Irvin R Triner

Donald J Brinkman

Paul A Reisdorf

Henry Zielke

Daniel Tillotson

Rodger W Burke

Eric A Deichmann

Justin Hoyt

Jerber Mendoza

Cheri Long

Michael P Flynn

A receptacle connector defines a port. The port is provided with spring fingers that are configured to engage a mating module. The spring fingers are thermally coupled to a heat transfer plate that can be configured to provide part of a cage that defines the port. Fins can be mounted on or integrated into the heat transfer plate. In operation, thermal energy from an inserted module is transferred from the module to spring fingers and then to the heat transfer plate and then to a thermal dissipation system.

Connector with integrated heat sink

A daughter card is constructed with a housing and a plurality of wafers retained in the housing. Each wafer includes a lead frame having a plurality of signal and ground terminals where the signal terminals are a differential pair. The lead frame includes an insulative frame portion with a conductive shield positioned on a side of the lead frame. The shield is secured to the lead frame by a projection extending from the shield to the ground terminals.

Wafer for electrical connector

A connector has a housing with a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage.

Connector with frames

A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted.

Resonance modifying connector

A guide frame is provided that can be mounted to a circuit board and includes an opening that can receive a connector therein. The guide frame can include a pair of retention members disposed on opposing sides of the opening that are configured to couple to engagement members on the connector. The guide frame may include a flange that is configured to engage a plug connector that mates with the connector.

Guide frame with two columns connected by cross pieces defining an opening with retention members

A shield is provided for use with a connector assembly that includes for sides that form an enclosure, one of the sides being a baseplate. The shield can include a plurality of guides positioned on the baseplate and the plurality of guides can be arranged in a pattern. Each guide can be formed by making two slits in the bottom plate so as to define a body portion of the guide and the body portion can be extended in the enclosure. Each guide can be supported by the baseplate at opposite ends of the body portion.

Connector having a shield mounted on a circuit board and extending through an aperture in a bracket

A connector has a housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement on a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including two grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage. A light pipe may extend toward the front face of the cage.

Dual stacked connector

The improved portable gas can includes adjustable legs along a bottom surface, which aid in stabilizing the gas can on a floor of a vehicle while in transit. The gas can includes an extension leg that is also located on the bottom surface, and which is able to secure the gas can by engaging between the truck bed surface and the tail gate. The extension leg is comprises of a lateral member and a second member pivotably engaged thereto. The second member of the extension leg is configured to extends and engage in between the truck bed and tail gate of a truck thereby securing the gas can in place while in transit. The gas can further includes a recess handle along a front surface as well as a handle positioned atop of the gas can to aid in manipulating and carrying the gas can.

Portable gas can

A connector subassembly is provided that may be utilized for both internal and external applications. The subassembly includes a housing that supports a plurality of wafers with terminals. The housing includes engagement members to secure the housing to either the shield or the guide frame. The engagement members can include an angled portion that allow the housing to form a dovetail joint with the guide frame and/or a multi-faceted portion to engage a fastener.

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Elgin, IL, United States of America

Jerry A Long