Molex Corporation

Dana Corporation

Neil A Martin

John C Laurx

Craig A Bixler

David J Schweiger

Tom Carlson

A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various structures, such as conductive inserts, plated regions and/or a conductive housing floor surrounding non-conductive inserts protecting the differential pins. Although any suitable means can be used to fasten the conductive grid into the housing floor, the grid is preferably press fitted into the top of the housing floor.

Connector with insert for reduced crosstalk

A differential pair connector includes a housing having receptacles for receiving differential pair conductors and electrically conductive shielding tabs extending away from the housing between the receptacles for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The tabs insert into a mated connector when an interconnect is formed. By inserting into the second connector, the shield tabs extend a larger ground plane around each differential pair, thus significantly reducing crosstalk within the connector. The connector can be a high density GbX&#xae; style daughter card connector mated to a GbX&#xae; style backplane connector.

Differential pair electrical connector having crosstalk shield tabs

Differential pair connector featuring reduced crosstalk

A high temperature gasket assembly comprises a plurality of identical symmetrically shaped plates with holes offset from a centerline of each plate. The plates are rotated or flipped into an orientation with the outer periphery of each plate in alignment and the holes in a first plate are skewed with respect to mating holes in a second plate. As a result, a portion of an inner periphery of each hole is in facing relation with an inner face of the other plate. The resulting aperture defines an interference orientation with a diameter greater than a minor thread diameter and less than a major thread diameter of a mating fastener. Thus, the fastener is retained within the aperture without undesirable separation.

Layer interference orientation for high temperature gasket

An insulator gasket is disclosed having gasket sections folded toward each other to form an angled gap of 1-15 degrees. Openings in the gasket sections are partially aligned and allow passage of fastener devices during assembly. The gasket includes a composite construction having a metallic backing plate connected to an insulator layer. The present invention utilizes either a continuous hinge or spaced apart straps.

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Neil A Martin