Tvm Group, Inc.

Molex Corporation

Methode Electronics, Incorporated

Beta Phase, Inc.

Russell G Larsen

John E Lopata

Gary Yasumura

Rodolfo F Aguilar

Gregory Thomas Mark

Henry Zielke

Walter William Wurster

Gregory D Spanier

Michael D Perry

Andrew Wallace

Michael Allen Gustafson

Hannah Han

Wayne McNinch

Mike Perry

Charles Byer

An electrical connector adapted for connection to a bus bar includes a dielectric housing, a conductive insert, and a cable interface. The cable interface may include a cable crimp lug and clinch nut, a combined cable crimp and crimp nut, or an integral cable crimp.

Electrical connector

An electrical connector includes a first and second array of flexible beams that are overlapped within a hood and that define a substantially cylindrically cavity for receiving a mating connector. Contact areas of each of the flexible beams may be shaped to define multiple contact points, thus increasing the overall area available for current to pass.

Stamped beam connector

Ten position power socket connector

Pin connector with central power pins

Ten position power pin connector

Socket connector with power and signal sockets

Pin connector with power and signal pins

A circuit card connector utilizes flexible circuitry and a card-engagement assembly which applies a normal force to the contact pads of the circuit card. The connector includes two opposing connector end portions and a card-engagement assembly extending therebetween, the card-engagement assembly including two opposing spring members which are seated upon a pair of fulcrums. The spring members are spaced apart from each other on opposite sides of a centerline of a card-receiving slot of the connector. The spring members have lower leg portions and upper contact arm portions. The leg portions of the spring members project into the card-receiving slot such that an insertion edge of the circuit card will impinge thereupon and cause them to spread apart, which in turn, will cause the contact arm portions of the spring members to rotate around their associated fulcrums so that the contact arm portions will contact and exert a normal force upon contact pads located on opposing sides of the circuit card near the circuit card insertion edge.

Circuit card connector utilizing flexible film circuitry

A circuit card connector that utilizes flexible circuitry includes one or more isolator portions attached to its base that serve to substantially isolate the base of the connector from the circuit board to which the connector is mounted. The isolator portions include feet that extend out from the connector and which partially support the flexible circuitry. These isolator portions are made from thermally insulative material and serve to prevent heat transfer to the connector base from occurring during soldering of the flexible circuitry conductive portions to the circuit board.

Circuit card connector with isolation base assembly

A connector assembly for electrically interconnecting first and second printed circuit board like members having electrical contacts thereon includes an elongated biasing member for being mounted on the first printed circuit board like member and flexible circuitry mounted on the biasing member. The biasing member possesses arm portions which are spaced apart to define therebetween a longitudinal opening for receiving a second printed circuit board like member. The flexible circuitry mounted on the biasing member includes a plurality of generally parallel-spaced electrical conductors for being electrically connected with the electrical contacts on the first printed circuit board like member when the biasing member is mounted on the first printed circuit board like member. The electrical conductors on the flexible circuitry each terminate at a contact pad and the flexible circuitry is positioned on the biasing member so that the contact pads are positioned on opposite sides of the longitudinal opening to effect an electrical connection with the electrical contacts on the second printed circuit board like member when the second printed circuit board like member is received within the longitudinal opening. An elastomer sheet is positioned between the contact pads of the flexible circuitry and the arm portions of the biasing member for allowing individual contact pads to move relative to other contact pads so as to compensate for height variations of the various electrical conductors on the second printed circuit board like member and thickness variations in the second printed circuit board like member.

Connector assembly for electrically interconnecting two printed circuit

A connector assembly for a electrically interconnecting two printed circuit board like members comprises a connector member for being mounted on a first printed circuit board like member. The connector member includes generally parallel-spaced electrical conductors for being electrically connected to electrical circuitry positioned on the first printed circuit board like member when the connector member is mounted on the first printed circuit board like member. The electrical conductors are positioned along at least one side of an opening which extends along the connector member and which is adapted to receive a second printed circuit board like member having electrical circuitry thereon. The connector member and/or the second printed circuit board like member are configured in such a way that the second printed circuit board like member can be rotated relative to the connector member during insertion into and withdrawal from the opening in the connector member without breaking or otherwise damaging the connector member or the second printed circuit board like member. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an alignment block is mounted on the connector member and is positionable in a slot in the second printed circuit board like member upon insertion of the second printed circuit board like member into the opening in the connector member.

Connector assembly

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Russell G Larsen