Amphenol Corporation

Joseph D Magnan

Douglas M Johnescu

Stephen Punako

Leonard A Krantz

Leonard A Krantz, Jr

An interconnect device and electrical signal filtering connector is disclosed that does not require soldering. The interconnect device is an electrical contact that has a proximate or forward end with a cavity for receiving an electrical conductor of a first plug, and a distal or rear end, also called a tail, formed with a circumferentially-arranged undercut that engages the ends of one or more electrically conducting flanges that extend radially inward in a contact receptacle of a printed circuit board. The connector can be a male plug or female receptacle, including a receptacle with front and rear shells and an insert slidably engaged inside the shells, the receptacle adaptable for receiving a round, 14-conductor plug. The printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board with one or more contact receptacles.

Circuit board and socket assembly

An electrical connector filter or transient suppression component structure includes a component body, a first lead adapted to electrically contact a feedthrough contact pin in an electrical connector and a second lead adapted to engage a ground plate. The first lead may be cylindrical to extend all the way around the contact pin, the second lead including a cylindrical termination section which electrically connects the component to the ground plate by engaging an aperture provided in the ground plate. The components are housed in a dielectric insert assembly which, in one embodiment includes pairs of circular openings at one end and rectangular/circular opening pairs at the other end, the component body being inserted into a rectangular opening and the contacts and termination section extending through the circular openings. The second end of the insert may include projections surrounding one circular opening in each of the pairs of circular openings to insulate the contacts from the ground plate, the projections extending through circular openings in the ground plate and the cylindrical termination sections of the ground lead extending through and engaging additional circular openings in the ground plate.

Diode/filter connector

A transient suppression contact assembly, capable of low working voltages and high energy handling capacity, including lightning suppression, employs a multilayered varistor as the transient suppression device. The varistor is mounted in a notch in the contact and connected to ground via a ground sleeve. An insulator sleeve separates the ground sleeve from the contact, and both the insulator sleeve and ground sleeve include a gap or groove extending the length of the sleeve to permit the sleeves to be snapped onto the contact and aligned without the need for additional adhesive staking operations.

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Joseph D Magnan