Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc.

Wells Electronics, Inc.

Leonard K Espenshade

Kevin E Walker

David F Givens

Yakov Belopolsky

James H Hyland

Michael Anthony Yeomans

Richard L Marks

Charles S Blichasz

Donald W Milbrand, Jr

Ted R Meckley

Mark J Zitto

Iosif R Korsunsky

Robert Colantuono

Ronald P Locati

Joel Jyh-Haur Yeh

John Matthew Hess

David H Gutter

Brian Simmering

A stacked RJ21 receptacle () for mating with a mating connector includes a first RJ21 receptacle () and a second receptacle (). An outer shield () shields the first and second receptacle. The first and second RJ21 receptacle each has a projecting portion projecting beyond the outer shield. The stacked RJ21 receptacle () further includes at least a printed circuit board () and a noise suppressing element () respectively electrically connecting with the first and second receptacles.

Electrical connector

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () and an electrical subassembly disposed with in the insulative housing. The electrical subassembly includes a first and a second printed circuit boards () each having a plurality of terminals (), a third printed circuit board () disposed above and spaced a distance from the first and second printed circuit board, a first and second magnetic modules () electrically connected with the first, second and third printed circuit boards, and a pair of over current protectors () electrically attached to the first and second magnetic modules.

Electrical connect having integrated over current protector

An electrical connector () for being mounted on a motherboard, includes an insulative housing () having a front mating face providing a receiving cavity () extending rearwardly thereinto, an internal circuit board () containing a safety insulating and filtering circuitry and a telephone line-side modem controller (), a pair of conductive contacts () retained to the insulating housing, and a number of footer contacts () connected with the internal circuit board for connecting to the motherboard. The safety insulating and filtering circuitry and the telephone line-side modem controller perform partial functions of a modem card assembly. The conductive contacts electrically connect with the internal circuit board and extend into the receiving cavity for contacting with a complementary connector.

Electrical connector with an integrated modem

An electrical connector ( ) mounted on a main printed circuit board (PCB), includes an insulative housing ( ) having a front mating face providing a receiving cavity ( ) extending rearwardly thereinto. A number of ramps ( ) raised from a bottom portion of the receiving cavity, thereby forming a number of slots ( ) positioned between the adjacent ramps. A number of conductive contacts ( ) exposed in the receiving cavity. Each contact includes a base portion ( ) having a front nose ( ) in a front portion thereof, a contacting portion ( ) angled rearwardly from the front nose and a pair shoulder ( ) extending transversely from opposite sides of the base portion adjacent to the front nose. The base portions of the contacts are held in the corresponding slots. The shoulders are engaged and latched with the raised ramps.

Electrical connector with improved contacts

An electrical connector ( ) has a metal shell ( ), a main housing ( ), a pair of LEDs ( ) received in the main housing, a subassembly ( ) assembled to the main housing, a stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) , and a plastic part ( ) assembled to the subassembly. The shell has a pair of side walls ( ), a top wall ( ), a front wall ( ) and a shielding plate ( ) extending rearwardly from the front wall. The main housing has a partitioner ( ) dividing an interior space thereof into a first and second receiving cavities ( ). The partitioner defines a channel ( ) receiving the shielding plate of the shell.

Electrical connector with improved shell

A connector assembly ( ) mounted on a printed circuit board for mating with a network cable includes a housing ( ) configured to form two mating ports ( ) for receiving their complementary connectors. A conditioning unit ( ) is mounted into the housing ( ) to be disposed between the mating ports ( ), and includes a circuit board ( ) having conditioning components ( ) and two terminal modules ( ) surface mounted thereon. Each of the terminal modules ( ) has terminals ( ) insert-molded therein and is mounted on a different side of the circuit board ( ) from each other. At least one flexible latch ( ) is formed on the middle portion of one sidewall of the housing ( ) and a notch ( ) is formed at one edge of the circuit board ( ) to be engaged with the latch ( ) to fix the conditioning unit ( ) in position. Thus, the conditional unit ( ) is easily secured to the housing ( ) and the latch ( ) is easily detached from the notch ( ) by a tool.

Connector assembly

An electrical connector ( ) for being mounted to a mother PCB includes an insulative housing ( ) defining at least one receiving slot ( ) for receiving at least one mating connector, a plurality of conductive terminals ( ) received in the insulative housing and extending into the receiving slot, and an LED subassembly ( ) attached to the housing. The LED subassembly includes an internal PCB ( ), which is electrically isolated from the conductive terminals before being mounted to the mother PCB, and a pair of LEDs ( ), which are electrically mounted to the internal PCB and which terminate to the mother PCB via the internal PCB.

Electrical connector with LEDs mounted on an internal PCB

An electrical connector ( ) has a metal shield ( ), a main housing ( ), a pair of LEDs ( ) received in the main housing, a subassembly ( ) assembled to the main housing, a stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) , and a molded assembly ( ) assembled to the subassembly. The LED ( ) has three leads ( ), a left free end ( ) is longer than a right free end ( ), and a middle free end ( ) is bent perpendicularly and extending horizontally thereafter below the free ends. The molded assembly comprising a plastic part ( ), and a first and second connections ( ) insert molded in the plastic part. The free ends of the leads are respectively soldered to soldering sections ( ) of the first and second connections.

Stacked connector with leds

An electrical connector assembly ( ) includes an insulative main housing ( ) defining an upper cavity ( ), a contact module ( ) received in the upper cavity, and an electronic module ( ) electrically connecting with the contact module for transmitting signals and eliminating undesirable noises. A pair of posts ( ) projects from the main housing. The electronic module includes a receptacle portion ( ). A pair of cutouts ( ) are defined in the receptacle portion corresponding to and engaging with the post of the main housing, thereby mounting the electronic module on the main housing.

Stacked electrical connector assembly having easily detachable electronic module

An electrical connector assembly ( ) includes an insulative main housing ( ), a stacked Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector ( ) having a shell, a daughter printed circuit board (PCB) ( ) carrying a plurality of signal conditioning components ( ) and a ground member ( ). The main housing defines a cavity ( ) for receiving the USB connector. The ground member comprises a body portion ( ) and a retention portion ( ). The body portion electrically connects with the shell of the USB connector. The retention portion is mounted to the daughter PCB.

Electrical connector assembly having ground member

An electrical connector assembly ( ) includes an insulative main housing ( ), a contact module ( ), a daughter printed circuit board (PCB) ( ) carrying a plurality of signal conditioning components ( ) and a shield ( ). The main housing defines a cavity ( ) for receiving the contact module. The contact module includes a plurality of conductive terminals ( ) electrically connecting with the daughter PCB. The daughter PCB includes a pair of contact pads ( ) formed on opposite faces thereof. The shield defines a chamber ( ) substantially enclosing the main housing and the daughter PCB therein. The shield includes two pairs of contacting legs ( ) projecting into the chamber. Each pair of contacting legs clamp the daughter PCB therebetween and electrically connect connecting with corresponding contact pads of the daughter PCB.

Shielded electrical connector assembly having reliable grounding capabilities

An electrical connector ( ) has a metal shield ( ), a main housing ( ), a pair of light-emitting devices (LEDs, ) received in the main housing, a subassembly ( ) assembled to the main housing, a stacked Universal Serial Bus connector (USB) , and a molded assembly ( ) assembled to the subassembly. Each LED ( ) has a plurality of leads ( ), a free end ( ) of the middle lead of the LED is bent perpendicularly and extending horizontally thereafter below the other leads. The molded assembly comprising a plastic part ( ), and a first and second contact elements ( ) insert molded in the plastic part. The free ends of the leads are respectively electrical connecting soldering sections ( ) of the first and second contact elements.

Stacked connector with LEDs and method of producing the same

A high frequency modular electrical connector assembly including contact/terminal members arranged in such a manner to reduce crosstalk during use. The connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle and an insert assembly arranged therein. The insert assembly includes an insert housing and first, second and preferably third sets of contact/terminal members, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a terminal portion extending beyond the bottom surface of the insert housing and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contact portion and the terminal portion. The contact/terminal member(s) in each set are geometrically different than the contact/terminal members in the other set(s) and are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The insert housing has passageways in each of which a respective contact/terminal member is received. To reduce crosstalk, the contact/terminal members are arranged such that each contact/terminal member is different from any adjacent contact/terminal member(s).

High frequency electrical connector assembly such as a multi-port multi-level connector assembly

An electrical connector ( ) includes an insulative housing ( ) defining a receiving cavity ( ), a contact insert ( ), a conductive outer shield ( ) enclosing the insulative housing, and a number of LED elements ( ) assembled to the insulative housing. The contact insert extends in the receiving cavity and divides the receiving cavity into a pair of plug-receiving cavities. The contact insert has a printed circuit board ( ), a pair of contact modules ( ) respectively mounted to a first and a second surfaces of the printed circuit board, a pair of magnetic modules ( ) electrically mounted to the first surface of the printed circuit board and a pair of footers ( ) mounted to the second surface of the printed circuit board. The contact modules respectively have electrical contacts ( ) extending into the plug-receiving cavities and electrically connected with the footers through the printed circuit board.

Electrical connector having printed circuit board mounted therein

A modular jack ( ) comprises an insulative housing ( ), a terminal module ( ) received in the housing, and a pair of LEDs ( ). The insulative housing comprises a top wall ( ), a bottom wall ( ) and a pair of side walls ( ). The top wall, the bottom wall and the side walls together define a receiving cavity ( ) for receiving a complementary plug connector. The bottom wall defines a pair of recesses ( ) at a front end thereof adjacent to corresponding side walls and two pairs of slits ( ) respectively communicating with corresponding recesses. Each LED is received in one of the recesses of the housing, and comprises an indicator ( ) and a pair of leads ( ) extending from the indicator. The leads are received in the slits for electrically connecting the indicator with a mating printed circuit board.

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Leonard K Espenshade