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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
George M. Hubbard, Morgantown, IN (US);
David Brearley, Jr., Naperville, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A solder-less printed circuit board edge connector ( ) translates construction and impedance characteristics associated with a coaxial cable ( ) to construction and impedance characteristics associated with a micro-strip transmission line formed on a printed circuit board ( ). The solder-less printed circuit board edge connector ( ) comprises a first edge connector ( ), a second edge connector ( ), and a “C-shaped” ground contact ( ). The first edge connector ( ) receives a first coaxial cable ( ) having a first signal potential and a first ground potential, and has a first slot formed therein having the first ground potential. The second edge connector ( ) receives a second coaxial cable ( ) having a second signal potential and a second ground potential. The second edge connector ( ) has a second slot formed therein having the second ground potential. The “C-shaped” ground contact ( ) is electrically and mechanically coupled to the first slot having the first ground potential and the second slot having the second ground potential. The “C-shaped” ground contact ( ) has multiple “V-shaped” spring members ( ) for contacting multiple ground contacts ( ) on a printed circuit board ( ) when the printed circuit board ( ) is positioned in the first slot and the second slot. Multiple “C-shaped” ground contacts ( ) may be electrically and mechanically coupled together using an extension member ( ), integrally formed as a unitary unit with the multiple “C-shaped” ground contacts ( ). The extension member ( ) has a notch ( ) formed therein to permit the extension member ( ) to bypass a signal contact ( ) carrying the second signal potential.