Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd

Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.

International Business Machines Corporation

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Tao Song

Kun Liu

RongZhe Guo

Xiaogang Liu

Chuanqi Gong

Ming Li

Ming Liu

Guodong Zhao

Tao Ma

KaiDe Wang

XiYuan Yin

Qiuyi Yu

Tao Ding

Jinchuang Lan

WeiFeng Zhang

GuoDong Zhang

Zhongfeng Yang

Michael Benosa Monjardin

Hang Yan

Yijun Liu

Jiayu Zheng

ZhenLiang Zhang

Rui Ma

Yunfei Wang

LiCen Mu

Jun Hu

Chenhui Zeng

Jia Yu Zheng

Mingman Li

Hui Jin

Xiao Liang Hu

Zhen Wang

Wentao Wang

Bo Zhou

James D Bielick

Lin Zhao

Zhiyuan Shen

Fangfu Chen

Zanfeng Yang

Xinyu Ge

Pengcheng Xie

Hyojung Park

Xin Ni Wang

Zexin Luo

Lingle Guo

Pinhua Zhao

Jianzhong Yu

Xiaohua Zhong

Xuehui Lu

Shangfeng Zhu

Xiyuan Yin

Zhiying Fan

A shielding shell used to at least partially surround signal terminals includes a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall. The second side wall connects the first side wall and the third side wall. The first side wall and the third side wall are disposed face to face. An end of at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall and the third side wall includes a deflection portion bent inwardly. The deflection portion is used to guide insertion of the shielding shell into a mating connector. As a result, a better shielding effect on the signal terminals can be provided. Besides, it is easy to guide insertion of the shielding shell into the mating connector.

Shielding shell

A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. The conductive terminal includes a contact portion, a connection portion and a transition portion connected to the contact portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The contact portions of the differential signal terminals and the connection portions of the differential signal terminals are provided separately. As a result, the structure of the contact portions and the connection portions are simplified for easy manufacturing. The disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.

Terminal module and backplane connector having the terminal module

A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing, and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot, and the second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The housing includes a receiving groove at a bottom end of the base. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. The mounting block is made of electroplated plastic. The mounting block has an opening for the first mounting foot and the second mounting foot to extend through. As a result, the backplane connector has a better shielding effect.

Backplane connector with improved mounting block

A backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, an insulating bracket, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The first conductive terminal includes a first mating portion, a first tail portion and a first connection portion. The first conductive terminals include first differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The first mating portion, the first connection portion and the first tail portion extend along a mating direction so that the structural design of the conductive terminal is simplified. The first metal shield, the second metal shield, the first mating portion of the first grounding terminal and the first mating portion of the second grounding terminal are enclosed to form a shielding space. The first mating portions of the first differential signal terminals are located in the shielding space.

Backplane connector

An electrical connector includes a housing and a number of mating modules assembled to the housing. The mating module includes conductive terminals, metal shield surrounding members and cables. The conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a mating portion. The conductive terminal extends along a mating direction. The metal shield surrounding member includes a sleeve portion surrounding a periphery of the mating portion. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the tail portion. Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector disclosed in the present disclosure is a cable electrical connector. Besides, the conductive terminal extends along the mating direction, thereby simplifying the structural design of the conductive terminal. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector.

Electric connector and electric connector assembly

A backplane connector includes a housing and a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. The base, the first side wall and the second side wall jointly form a receiving space. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The housing includes a number of insulating protrusions integrally extending from the base. The insulating protrusions extend into the receiving space. The terminal modules are assembled in the insulating protrusions. Compared with the prior art, the insulating protrusions of the present disclosure is integrally formed with the base, thereby improving the structural strength of the housing and improving the durability of the backplane connector.

Backplane connector with improved structure strength

A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. A contact portion of the first signal terminal includes a first contact arm, a second contact arm and a first clamping space. The first contact arm includes a first contact end portion and a first contact arm body portion connected with the first contact end portion. The first contact arm body portion includes a first end connected to the first contact end portion and a second end opposite to the first end. From the first end to the second end, a width of the first contact arm body portion gradually increases. As a result, it is beneficial to improve the contact impedance when it is mated with a mating backplane connector. The present disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.

A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals. The conductive terminal includes a contact portion, a transition portion connected with the contact portion and a connection portion electrically connected with the transition portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The differential signal terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The terminal module further includes a fixing block fixed on the transfer portions of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. As a result, a distance between the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal can be controlled by the fixing block for improving the quality of data transmission. The present disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.

A backplane connector assembly includes a first backplane connector and a second backplane connector. The first backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, a first insulating bracket, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and a shielding space. The second backplane connector includes a second terminal module. Each second terminal module includes mating terminals mated with the first conductive terminals and a shielding shell surrounding a periphery of the mating terminals. The shielding shell is received in the shielding space. As a result, the backplane connector assembly of the present disclosure reduces crosstalk and improves the quality of signal transmission.

Backplane connector assembly with improved shielding effect

A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules, a metal shielding surrounding portion and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a receiving groove and a number of insulating protrusions integrally extending from the base. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot. The second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The metal shield surrounding member includes a first tail portion, a second tail portion and a hollow portion sleeved on the insulating protrusion. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved.

Backplane connector with improved shielding effect

The present disclosure provides a connector and a connector assembly. The connector includes a plurality of guiding blocks and at least one connection port. Each of the plurality of guiding blocks has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface adjacent to the first surface and the second surface. A first guiding groove is disposed on the first surface. A second guiding groove is disposed on the second surface. An engaging hole is inserted between the first guiding groove and the second guiding groove. A locking hole is disposed on the third surface. Each of the at least one connection port is disposed on two adjacent guiding blocks of the plurality of guiding blocks. The connector may be used with a mating connector having fixing bars to engage in the guiding grooves or alternatively with a mating connector having locking pieces to engage in the locking holes.

Connector and connector assembly

A backplane connector includes a number of wafers and a spacer for assembling the number of wafers together. Each wafer includes an insulating frame. The insulating frame includes a first protrusion. The spacer includes a body portion. The body portion has a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. A periphery of each slot is surrounded by the body portion. Compared with the prior art, the spacer of the present disclosure is provided with a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. As a result, the wafers can be easily assembled and fixed as a whole.

A backplane connector includes a housing and a number of terminal modules. Each terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals, a metal shield surrounding member, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The conductive terminal includes a mating portion and a tail portion. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The metal shield surrounding member surrounds the mating portions of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. The first metal shield and the second metal shield are in contact with the metal shield surrounding member. As a result, the shielding area is increased and the shielding effect is improved.

A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. Each conductive terminal includes a contact portion. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The contact portion of the first signal terminal includes a first contact arm, a second contact arm and a first clamping space. The terminal module includes an insulating block sleeved on the first contact arm and the second contact arm, and a metal shield surrounding member sleeved on the insulating block. The insulating block includes a limiting groove and the metal shield surrounding member includes a limiting protrusion protruding into the limiting groove. As a result, it facilitates to assemble the insulating block and the metal shield surrounding member. The present disclosure also relates to a backplane connector having the terminal module.

A pressing device includes a screw body. The screw body includes a screw head that comprises a driver interface. The screw body also includes a screw shaft that comprises a screw tip opposite the screw head with respect to the screw shaft, exterior spiral threads between the screw head and screw tip, and an interior cavity with an opening at the screw tip. The pressing device also includes a pin partially inserted into the interior cavity. The pin comprises a first pin end inserted into the interior cavity, a pin shaft that is connected to the first pin end, and a second pin end that is connected to the pin shaft and that is exterior to the interior cavity. Applying a force to the second pin end in a direction towards the screw head causes the pin shaft to advance into to interior cavity.

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