Tyco Electronics Corporation

The Whitaker Corporation

Amp LLC

Te Connectivity Corporation

Steven Lee Flickinger

William Lamar Herb

Jeffrey A Zeiders

Bryan T Edwards

David D Sonner

Edward John Bright

John Eugene Westman

Evan Charles Wickes

Lori Ann Mayer

Jared Evan Rossman

Robert N Weber

Harold William Kerlin

James David Kevern

James R Fetterolf, Sr

Richard Dean Miller

Dennis Leroy Kemmick

Joseph P Preschutti

Andrew Charles Davison

William E Veith

Scott E Schaeffer

Lawrence Se-Jun Oh

Brian Patrick Costello

Terry P Bowen

Christopher David Ritter

Robert C Briggs

Steven Jay Millard

Edward John Howard

James Charles Shiffler

Michael Allen Blanchfield

Wilmer L Sheesley

Megha Shanbhag

John L Broschard

George Irwin Peters, Jr

Brian James Williams

Steven P Owens

Benjamin Howard Mosser

Steve Douglas Sattazahn

James Francis McIntire

Hans Arie Blom

Stephen M Yingst

Karen Paul Seubert

Pamela R Gutterman

John F D'Ambrosia

Kasthuri Sankar Damodhara

David Koller

Jeffrey Legg

Wayne B Hadley

Thomas G Schaedler

Daughter card assembly including a circuit board and leading and trailing connectors mounted to the circuit board. The leading and trailing connectors have mating ends that face in different directions along a board plane. The daughter card assembly also includes a support wall that is coupled to the circuit board and extends orthogonal to the circuit board. The support wall has a wall opening therethrough. The trailing connector is positioned on the circuit board such that the mating end substantially aligns with the wall opening. The daughter card assembly also includes a retention shroud that projects from an exterior surface of the support wall. The retention shroud defines a shroud passage that aligns with the wall opening. The shroud and wall openings form a receiving passage for receiving at least one of the trailing connector or a corresponding cable connector that mates with the trailing connector.

Daughter card assembly and communication system including the same

Power connector including a pair of discrete contact springs configured to electrically engage a conductive component. Each of the contact springs includes a contact body having opposite inner and outer side surfaces and a contact edge that extends between the inner and outer side surfaces. The contact body is shaped to form a spring base and a mating portion. The spring bases of the contact springs are joined by a locking feature. The locking feature includes a localized portion of at least one of the spring bases. The localized portion frictionally engages the other spring base to interlock the spring bases. Each of the mating portions extends from the corresponding spring base. The mating portions are separated by a receiving space and are configured to engage the conductive component when the conductive component is inserted into the receiving space.

Power connector having opposing contact springs

A card edge connector is provided for mounting to a printed circuit board (PCB). The card edge connector includes a housing having a mating side, a mounting side, and a card slot that extends into the mating side. The card edge connector also includes first and second contacts held by the housing. The first and second contacts include mounting segments that extend outwardly from the mounting side of the housing. The mounting segments include mounting interfaces. The mounting segments of the first and second contacts are configured to be electrically connected to corresponding contact pads on the PCB at the mounting interfaces. The mounting interface of the first contact is offset from the mounting interface of the second contact in a direction generally away from mounting side of the housing.

Card edge connector

A power connector system for an appliance includes a cable assembly comprising a plug having plug contacts terminated to discrete wires of the cable assembly. The power connector system also includes a receptacle assembly having a receptacle housing having a cavity that receives the plug. The receptacle housing is configured to be received in a cutout of a bezel of the appliance such that the cavity is accessible from an exterior of the appliance. The receptacle housing holds receptacle contacts that are mated to the plug contacts when the plug is received in the cavity.

Power connector system

A pluggable connector that includes a connector housing having mating and loading ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The connector housing includes an insert cavity that opens to the mating end. The pluggable connector also includes a plug insert that is disposed within the insert cavity. The plug insert has an air core that extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis. The pluggable connector also including first and second differential pairs that extend along the longitudinal axis through the plug insert. Each of the first and second differential pairs includes two mating contacts that extend parallel to each other. The air core is located directly between the first and second differential pairs to control the electromagnetic coupling between the first and second differential pairs.

Pluggable connector with differential pairs having an air core

An electrical connector including a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces that are configured to engage board edges of first and second circuit boards, respectively. The connector housing includes a contact channel that extends through the connector housing between the mating and loading faces. The electrical connector also includes a signal contact that is stamped from sheet material along a stamped edge. The signal contact includes a contact body having opposite sheet surfaces. The stamped edge defines a shape of the contact body that includes first and second contact fingers. The signal contact is disposed within the contact channel so that the stamped edge along the first contact finger electrically engages the first circuit board and so that the stamped edge along the second contact finger electrically engages the second circuit board.

Edge connectors having stamped signal contacts

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a base and contact towers extending forward from the base. The base has an outer perimeter defined between a front and a rear of the base, and the base has a latch extending forward from the base generally parallel to and spaced apart from the towers such that a gap is defined between a bottom of the latch and a top of the towers. Flanges extend upward from the top of the towers and at least partially block the gap. Contacts are held by the housing, where the contacts extend into the contact towers for mating with mating contacts of a mating connector.

Electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector provides electrical power to an antenna from an electrical power cable. The electrical connector includes a housing, and an electrical contact held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a mating segment and a mounting segment. The mating segment is configured to mate with a mating connector that terminates the electrical power cable. The mounting segment is configured to be electrically connected to the antenna. The electrical connector also includes a mounting flange having an opening therein. The housing is held within the opening of the mounting flange such that at least portion of the mounting flange extends outwardly from a periphery of the housing. The mounting flange includes at least one mounting component that is configured to secure the mounting flange to the antenna. The mounting flange is electrically conductive and is configured to be electrically connected to a ground shield of the electrical power cable.

Electrical connector with a flange secured to an antenna and electrically connected to a ground shield of an electrical power cable

A bracket configured to be mounted to a support wall. The bracket includes a panel that has opposing first and second sides that extend along a plane. The first side faces an exterior space and the second side facing an interior space. The bracket also includes a hub that is configured to receive an electronic device. The hub includes a first hub portion that extends from the first side and a second hub portion that extends from the second side toward the interior space. The first and second hub portions define a port through the panel to connect the interior and exterior spaces. The port extends along a central axis and is sized and shaped to receive and receive the device along the central axis. The central axis forms a non-orthogonal angle with respect to the plane of the first and second sides.

Brackets and receptacle assemblies with angled ports

Transceiver receptacles ( ) are mounted on both sides of an intermediate circuit board ( ). Each of the transceiver receptacles includes a host connector ( ) disposed within a shielding cage ( ). The host connector is electrically connected to the intermediate circuit board and is configured for electrically mating with a respective transceiver module ( ), and the shielding cage is configured to receive and guide the respective transceiver module into mating engagement with the host connector. An electrically conductive bezel spacer ( ) is disposed in gaps between the shielding cages to reduce propagation of electromagnetic interference. Mating connectors ( ) electrically connect the intermediate circuit board ( ) to a main circuit board ( ).

Stacked transceiver receptacle assembly

A receptacle for receiving a module and electrically connecting said module to a host circuit board mounted within a chassis of a host system, said chassis having a bezel opening which has an offset a certain distance above said host circuit board: (a) a housing having a front, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and side walls and defining a cavity for receiving a module, the bottom wall having a bottom opening to receive a receptacle connector, the front having a front opening to receive the module, the walls comprising a conductive material; (b) a plurality of elongated members extending down from the housing past the bottom wall and adapted for electrical connection to a host circuit board such that the walls are electrically connected to the host circuit board; and (c) at least one standoff extending down from the housing, the standoff being more toward the front of the housing than the rear, when the housing is mounted to the host circuit board, the standoff contacts the circuit board and causes the front of the housing to be raised above the rear of the housing, the front of the housing being raised above the host circuit board by a distance approximately the same as that of the offset.

Pluggable module and receptacle

A receptacle for a pluggable module includes a housing having a front, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and side walls and defining a cavity for receiving a module. The bottom wall has a bottom opening to receive a receptacle connector, and the front has a front opening to receive the module. The walls of the housing are made from a conductive material. A plurality of elongated members extend down from the housing past the bottom wall. The elongated members are adapted for electrical connection to a host circuit board such that the walls of the housing are electrically connected to the host circuit board.

Transceiver circuitry ( ) for use in a GBIC module uses readily available off the shelf components to satisfy the specifications of the GBIC standard. In both passive and active modules, a voltage divider ( ) and parallel transistors ( ) are utilized to insure that the differential voltage of the received differential signal is at an acceptable level. In active modules, a diode cross over quad ( ) is utilized to extend the input range of a low input differential receiver ( ) and a coaxial cable driver ( ) designed to drive 50 ohms is utilized to drive 150 ohms.

Signal detect circuitry for a passive GBIC module

Transceiver circuitry ( ) for use in a GBIC module uses readily available off the shelf components to satisfy the specifications of the GBIC standard. A diode cross over quad ( ) is utilized to extend the input range of a low input differential receiver ( ). A voltage divider ( ) and parallel transistors ( ) are utilized to insure that the differential voltage of the received differential signal is at an acceptable level. A coaxial cable driver ( ) designed to drive 50 ohms is utilized to drive 150 ohms.

Transceiver circuitry for a GBIC module

A shielding cover for a GBIC module (,) including a pair of cover parts (,) formed with complementary features to surround a printed circuit board (,) of the module. A pair of latch members (,) hold the two cover parts together and also provide a latching function when a module is inserted into a guide structure (,) mounted to a host board.

Shielding cover having parts held together by latch members

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Steven Lee Flickinger