Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080242127 | TRANSCEIVER RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY - A receptacle assembly for a transceiver module includes a transceiver cage that is configured to receive the transceiver module. The transceiver cage is configured to be mounted proximate a cutout in a circuit board such that a portion of the transceiver cage extends through the cutout. A connector is configured to mate with the transceiver module and is disposed within the cage. The transceiver cage and the connector are configured to be mounted on the same surface of a circuit board. | 10-02-2008 |
20080254685 | Receptacle connector assembly for reducing EMI and/or crosstalk - A contact sub-assembly is provided for a receptacle connector assembly. The contact sub-assembly includes a housing that includes a body fabricated at least partially from a dielectric material. A plurality of electrical contacts are held by the housing. Each of the electrical contacts has a mating end portion, a tail end portion opposite the mating end portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating and tail end portions. The intermediate portions of each of the electrical contacts include an edge. The edge of at least one of the intermediate portions has an indentation therein extending along a portion of a length of the edge. | 10-16-2008 |
20080285236 | Heat transfer system for a receptacle assembly - A receptacle assembly includes a housing that is configured to hold an electrical module. An energy transfer element, which is held by the housing, is positioned to directly engage the electrical module. The transfer element absorbs thermal energy produced by the electrical module. The receptacle assembly also includes a heat sink that is remotely located from the transfer element. A thermally conductive member extends between the heat sink and the transfer element to convey thermal energy therebetween. | 11-20-2008 |
20090109627 | HEAT SINK RETAINING CLIP FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly is provided that includes a guide frame having an internal compartment configured to receive an electrical component. The guide frame extends a length between a plug end portion having a plug opening and a rear end portion opposite the plug end portion. The guide frame includes a first wall that extends between the rear end portion and the plug end portion. The first wall includes a heat sink retention area that is configured to receive a heat sink. The rear end portion includes a rear wall. A clip is configured to be mounted on the guide frame. The clip is configured to extend over and engage at least a portion of the heat sink when the heat sink is received by the heat sink retention area. The clip is configured to engage the rear wall of the guide frame and extend along at least a portion of the first wall of the guide frame. | 04-30-2009 |
20090298332 | PANEL MOUNTABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly adapted for mounting to a panel having a cutout includes a connector having a body including sides defining a perimeter configured to fit within the cutout. The connector includes a flange extending outward from one of the sides of the body, and the flange is configured to engage a front surface of the panel to define a stop against the panel when the connector is in a mated position. The connector is configured to be one of either front loaded through the cutout from a front of the panel to the mated position or rear loaded through the cutout from a rear of the panel to the mated position. | 12-03-2009 |
20100022112 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ORGANIZER - An electrical connector assembly includes a housing, a receptacle and a receptacle contact. The housing has an interior chamber between a cable end and an interface of the housing. The interface is configured to receive a mating end of a mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is disposed within a slot of the receptacle and is configured to engage a corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is pivotally mounted in the receptacle and configured to pivot about a pitch axis and along the slot of the receptacle to align with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. Optionally, the receptacle is mounted so as to pivot in the interior chamber and is configured to pivot about a yaw axis within the interior chamber over a predetermined limited range of travel to align the receptacle contact with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. | 01-28-2010 |
20100099301 | CONNECTOR HAVING A SHIELD ELECTRICALLY COUPLED TO A CABLE SHIELD - A connector assembly includes a cable, a connector and a resistance weld. The cable includes a conductor and a cable shield. The connector includes a contact and a shield. The shield includes conductive walls and a cradle. The walls extend from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surround the contact to shield the contact from electromagnetic interference. The mating interface is configured to receive a mating connector to mate the connector and mating connector. The cradle includes sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall. The sidewalls and coupling wall extend from a loading interface toward the mating interface and are shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface. The resistance weld is between the cable shield and the cradle to electrically couple the shield to the cable shield. The shield is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield. | 04-22-2010 |
20110086522 | SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT - A connector assembly includes a printed circuit having a component surface, and an electrical connector having a bottom side mounted on the component surface of the printed circuit. The electrical connector extends a length from a mating face to a rear side that is opposite the mating face. The electrical connector is configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating face. The assembly includes a support member that includes a body having a connector face and a circuit face. The support member is positioned such that the connector face engages the rear side of the electrical connector and the circuit face engages the component surface of the printed circuit to support the electrical connector on the printed circuit. | 04-14-2011 |
20120258612 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A CABLE - A connector assembly includes a connector housing configured to be coupled to a primary circuit board. A connector is held within the connector housing. The connector has a connector circuit board having a mating surface and a cable surface. The mating surface has mating contacts configured to be mated to corresponding mating contacts of a secondary circuit board. The cable surface has cable contacts. Cables extend between a first end and a second end. The first end of each cable is coupled to corresponding cable contacts of the connector circuit board. The second end of each cable is configured to be coupled to a cable contact on the primary circuit board or a second connector assembly on the primary circuit board. | 10-11-2012 |