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20090221192 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED TERMINAL CONFIGURATION - An electrical terminal of the type to be inserted into an aperture of an electrical panel member is provided. The electrical terminal may include a base, an insertion portion extending from the base to a first end, a slit formed through the insertion portion and defining a compliant portion having a first leg and a second leg. A segment of the first leg may be deformed in one direction, while a segment of the second leg may deformed in the opposite direction. Midpoints of each or both legs may be offset from the midpoint of the slit to achieve improved mechanical and electrical performance within a connector. Also provided is an electrical terminal having a tip that facilitates alignment with a panel member aperture and provides tactile feedback to a user, as well as an electrical terminal having a mounting end that is substantially smaller than its mating end, and connectors containing such terminals. Methods of routing electrical traces between adjacent electrical terminals are also provided. | 09-03-2009 |
20100144167 | Electrical Connector System - High-speed backplane connectors systems for mounting a substrate that are capable of operating at speeds of up to at least 25 Gbps, while in some implementations also providing pin densities of at least 50 pairs of electrical connectors per inch are disclosed. Implementations of the high-speed connector systems may provide ground shields and/or ground structures that substantially encapsulate electrical connector pairs, which may be differential electrical connector pairs, in a three-dimensional manner throughout a backplane footprint, a backplane connector, and a daughtercard footprint. These encapsulating ground shields and/or ground structures prevent undesirable propagation of non-traverse, longitudinal, and higher-order modes when the high-speed backplane connector systems operates at frequencies up to at least 30 GHz. | 06-10-2010 |
20100144201 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM - High-speed backplane connectors systems for mounting a substrate that are capable of operating at speeds of up to at least 25 Gbps, while in some implementations also providing pin densities of at least 50 pairs of electrical connectors per inch are disclosed. Implementations of the high-speed connector systems may provide ground shields and/or other ground structures that substantially encapsulate electrical connector pairs, which may be differential electrical connector pairs, in a three-dimensional manner throughout a backplane footprint, a backplane connector, and a daughtercard footprint. These encapsulating ground shields and/or ground structures prevent undesirable propagation of non-traverse, longitudinal, and higher-order modes when the high-speed backplane connector systems operates at frequencies up to at least 30 GHz. | 06-10-2010 |
20130217260 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY CONFIGURED TO ALIGN COMMUNICATION CONNECTORS DURING A MATING OPERATION - A connector assembly including an assembly housing having a leading end, a back end, and an interior cavity extending therebetween. The interior cavity opens to the leading end. The connector assembly also includes a communication connector that is disposed in the interior cavity proximate to the leading end and movably held therein. The connector assembly also includes a board connector located a distance away from the communication connector. The connector assembly also includes a flexible cable assembly that has communication cables extending between and communicatively coupling the board connector and the communication connector. The communication connector is configured to engage a mating connector when the communication connector and the mating connector are mated along a mating axis. The communication connector and the cables are permitted to float relative to the assembly housing when the communication connector mates with the mating connector. | 08-22-2013 |
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20080316729 | Skew controlled leadframe for a contact module assembly - A leadframe for a contact module assembly includes a terminal set having first, second and third terminals configured to operate in one of a signal-signal-ground pattern and a ground-signal-signal pattern. Each of the terminals have a length that extends between a mating end and a mounting end, wherein a difference in lengths between the first terminal and the second terminal is the same as a difference in lengths between the second terminal and the third terminal such that the terminal set has the same amount of skew between the terminals defining signal contacts in both the signal-signal-ground pattern and the ground-signal-signal pattern. | 12-25-2008 |
20110244705 | ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAVING CONTACTS CONFIGURED TO ENGAGE THRU-HOLES USING AXIAL FORCES - An electrical component configured to engage a circuit board having a thru-hole. The thru-hole has a plated portion of conductive material that includes an outward facing contact pad. The component includes a housing having a mounting surface that is configured to be mounted to the circuit board. The component also includes an electrical contact that is coupled to the housing and projects away from the mounting surface. The contact is configured to engage the thru-hole of the circuit board. The contact includes an elongated body that extends along a contact axis to a leading end that is configured to be inserted into a passage of the plated portion. The contact also includes an engagement projection that extends away from the body and is biased against the contact pad to maintain an electrical connection. | 10-06-2011 |
20130020121 | SUBSTRATE HAVING A PLURAL DIAMETER VIA - A substrate is provided that includes a plurality of substrate layers and a plural diameter via having a first via portion and a second via portion. The first via portion is formed in a first substrate layer, has a first diameter, and extends along a first axis. The second via portion is formed in a second substrate layer, has a second diameter that is different than the first diameter of the first via portion, and extends along a second axis that is offset from the first axis of the first via portion. Optionally, the first via portion and the second via portion may have a common edge that is spaced the same distance from an edge of another via extending through the substrate. | 01-24-2013 |
20130288525 | RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY FOR A MIDPLANE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A receptacle assembly includes a contact module having a conductive holder and a frame assembly received in the conductive holder and electrically shielded by the conductive holder. The frame assembly has a plurality of receptacle signal contacts having mating portions extending from the conductive holder. The receptacle signal contacts are arranged in differential pairs carrying differential signals. Ground shields are received in the conductive holder between the frame assembly and the conductive holder. The ground shields have grounding beams extending along the mating portions of the receptacle signal contacts. The grounding beams are arranged on four sides of each differential pair of the receptacle signal contacts. | 10-31-2013 |
20140194004 | GROUNDING STRUCTURES FOR A RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY - A receptacle assembly includes a contact module including a holder having a first side and an opposite second side. The holder holds a plurality of contacts. The contacts extend from the holder for electrical termination. A first ground shield is coupled to the first side. The first ground shield has grounding beams extending forward of the holder for electrical connection to a header assembly. The first ground shield has ground skewers extending into the holder. A second ground shield is coupled to the second side. The second ground shield has grounding beams extending forward of the holder for electrical connection to the header assembly. The second ground shield has ground skewers extending into the holder and the frame assembly. The ground skewers of the second ground shield engage and electrically connect to corresponding ground skewers of the first ground shield. | 07-10-2014 |
20150064968 | RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF TERMINATION POINTS - A receptacle assembly includes a contact module having a conductive holder and a frame assembly held by the conductive holder. The conductive holder has a first holder member and second holder member coupled to the first holder member. The conductive holder has a chamber between the first and second holder members divided into a plurality of channels by first tabs of the first holder member and second tabs of the second holder member. The first tabs have posts extending therefrom and the second tabs have holes receiving the posts of the first tabs. Each post has a plurality of termination points with the corresponding tab. The first and second holder members are electrically connected to one another at the termination points. The first and second tabs pass between contacts of the frame assembly to provide electrical shielding therebetween. | 03-05-2015 |
20150236448 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a housing holding an array of contacts. The housing has opposite first and second sides and opposite first and second ends. The housing has a base. The housing has side walls extending from the base at the first and second sides of the housing with a cavity defined between the side walls. The contacts are arranged in the cavity. The cavity is configured to receive a mating connector along a mating axis in a vertical direction. The housing includes a first end wall at the first end of the housing extending between the opposite side walls. The housing includes a second wall at the second end of the housing extending between the opposite side walls. The second end wall may be vertically offset with respect to the first end wall. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090043800 | Safe Multi-Stream Versioning in a Metadata Repository - A method for managing metadata in a metadata repository that includes parsing metadata to determine an identity of the metadata and individual items associated with the metadata; converting the identity of the metadata and the individual items associated with the metadata into corresponding object structures; storing the object structure representing the identity of the metadata into a first table of the metadata repository and storing the object structures that represent the individual items associated with the metadata into a second table of the metadata repository; and responsive to receiving a request to modify a row in the first table or a row in the second table, logically deleting the row being modified without actually deleting or modifying the row, and creating a new row within the first table or the second table having the modified row, in which the new row further includes a link to the logically deleted row. | 02-12-2009 |
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20090012432 | State Based Birth Monitoring System - A method of monitoring a birth process, comprising: receiving, over time, a plurality of position signals from one or more positioning elements or tissue areas located at least one of a cervix and a fetal head; and determining a discrete state of labor of a fetus that is wholly inside a body responsive to said position signals, with a temporal resolution of better than 15 minutes, said discrete state being other than a start or stop of labor and encompassing more than a single contraction, said state including a state other than an abnormal fetal head position. | 01-08-2009 |
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20140107435 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AIMING SENSOR(S) FOR MEASURING CARDIAC PARAMETERS - A placement mechanism for placing a sensor for non invasive measurement of at least one parameter. The placement mechanism comprises a angling unit which angles a sensor in relation to a sensor positioning site on a skin of a target patient in proximity to the ribs while maintaining a front side contact zone of the sensor in contact with the sensor positioning site and an attachment element for attaching the placement mechanism to a body of the target patient so that the front side contact zone being in contact with the sensor positioning site. | 04-17-2014 |