Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080248670 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONTACTS AND CONNECTORS COMPRISING SAME - Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact. | 10-09-2008 |
20090023330 | Systems For Electrically Connecting Processing Devices Such As Central Processing Units And Chipsets - A cable assembly for electrically connecting processing devices may be provided. The cable assembly may include a cable such as a flat flexible cable. The cable may include a plurality of electrical leads at a first and second end. The electrical leads at the first end may be mounted to a respective contact in a first electrical connector. Similarly, the electrical leads at the second end may be mounted to a respective contact in a second electrical connector. The cable assembly may further include respective first and second clamps that may positioned at each end of the cable. The first and second clamps may be used to secure the first and second electrical connectors to a substrate of processing device. | 01-22-2009 |
20090117781 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH ORTHOGONAL CONTACT TAILS - Disclosed are electrical connectors and methods of assembling an electrical connector having “standard” (i.e., with electrical contacts having in-line tails), jogged (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails but not connected orthogonally to another connector through a substrate), and/or “orthogonal” (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails that are used in an orthogonal application) leadframe assemblies in the same connector. This provides the flexibility of using some of the available contacts in an orthogonal application and, at the same time, having remaining contacts available for routing on the midplane PCB. Though this could be done using only orthogonal leadframe assemblies, the combination of standard leadframe assemblies with orthogonal leadframe assemblies creates additional spacing between the PCB vias, so that signal traces can be more easily routed on the midplane PCB. | 05-07-2009 |
20090159314 | SHIELDLESS, HIGH-SPEED, LOW-CROSS-TALK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector. | 06-25-2009 |
20090221165 | CROSS TALK REDUCTION FOR HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - Example electrical connectors are provided including a plurality of electrical contacts configured to communicate between electrical devices. The plurality of electrical contacts includes a plurality of ground contacts. A ground coupling assembly is configured to electrically connect ground contacts of an electrical connector to adjust a performance characteristic of the electrical connector as desired. | 09-03-2009 |
20100048056 | Electrical Power Contacts and Connectors Comprising Same - Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact. | 02-25-2010 |
20100048067 | ORTHOGONAL HEADER - An electrically-conductive contact for an electrical connector is disclosed. Such a contact may include a lead portion, an offset portion extending from an end of the lead portion, and a mounting portion that may extend from a distal end of the offset portion. The lead portion and the distal end of the offset portion may each define an imaginary plane that may intersect at a non-zero, acute angle. An electrical connector that is suitable for orthogonal connector applications may include a connector housing securing two such electrical contacts. The distance between the respective mounting portions of the two such contacts may be defined independently of the contact pitch. | 02-25-2010 |
20100240233 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING RIBBED GROUND PLATE - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing, and a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing. The electrical signal contacts are arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs. The signal contacts further define respective mating and mounting ends. The ground plate includes a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane. The ground plate body defines first and second opposed surfaces. The ground plate includes at least one rib that defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body. The ground plate further includes a plurality of mating ends and mounting ends extending from the ground plate body and disposed in the first plane so as to be aligned with the respective mating ends and mounting ends of the electrical signal contacts. | 09-23-2010 |
20100291806 | Shieldless, High-Speed, Low-Cross-Talk Electrical Connector - An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector. | 11-18-2010 |
20110009011 | High Speed Backplane Connector with Impedance Modification and Skew Correction - Disclosed is an electrical connector that includes a dielectric leadframe housing and a differential signal pair of electrical contacts extending through the leadframe housing. The leadframe housing defines an air pocket adjacent to the pair of electrical contacts. The size of the air pocket may be predetermined to provide for no more than a predefined amount of signal skew between the pair of electrical contacts. The size of the air pocket may be predetermined to provide for a predefined connector impedance. | 01-13-2011 |
20110097918 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONTACTS AND CONNECTORS COMPRISING SAME - Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact. | 04-28-2011 |
20110113625 | ORTHOGONAL HEADER - An electrically-conductive contact for an electrical connector is disclosed. Such a contact may include a lead portion, an offset portion extending from an end of the lead portion, and a mounting portion that may extend from a distal end of the offset portion. The lead portion and the distal end of the offset portion may each define an imaginary plane that may intersect at a non-zero, acute angle. An electrical connector that is suitable for orthogonal connector applications may include a connector housing securing two such electrical contacts. The distance between the respective mounting portions of the two such contacts may be defined independently of the contact pitch. | 05-19-2011 |
20110159743 | EYE-OF-THE-NEEDLE MOUNTING TERMINAL - An electrical contact is provided having an eye-of-the-needle (EON) mounting terminal that has a reduced stub capacitance with respect to conventional eye-of-the-needle mounting terminals. | 06-30-2011 |
20110256763 | MITIGATION OF CROSSTALK RESONANCES IN INTERCONNECTS - In an electrical connector, a non-grounded, electrically conductive material (such as copper foil or other sheet of metal) may be located adjacent to at least one differential signal pair. An example includes a ring of material that circumscribes a leadframe assembly. Ring-shaped structures placed around, but not in contact with, the signal and ground contacts effectively mitigate cross-talk resonances in the interconnection structure. | 10-20-2011 |
20110318945 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH GROUND PLATES - An electrical connector and leadframe assemblies for use therein are provided. Each leadframe assembly can be constructed with at least one electric contact having a ground plate. A first type of leadframe assembly includes an uppermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. A second type of leadframe assembly includes a lowermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. The ground plates can reduce the level of crosstalk exhibited by the electrical connector. | 12-29-2011 |
20120045915 | ELECTRICAL POWER CONTACTS AND CONNECTORS COMPRISING SAME - Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058684 | LOW-CROSS-TALK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a plurality of leadframe assembly, each having a leadframe housing and a plurality of contacts carried by the leadframe housing. At least a pair of adjacent leadframe assemblies includes respective first and second conductive member portions that are seated in the leadframe housing at a desired location with respect to the corresponding electrical contacts. | 03-08-2012 |
20120083155 | SHIELDLESS, HIGH-SPEED, LOW-CROSS-TALK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector. | 04-05-2012 |
20130149881 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING RIBBED GROUND PLATE - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing, and a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing. The electrical signal contacts are arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs. The signal contacts further define respective mating and mounting ends. The ground plate includes a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane. The ground plate body defines first and second opposed surfaces. The ground plate includes at least one rib that defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body. The ground plate further includes a plurality of mating ends and mounting ends extending from the ground plate body and disposed in the first plane so as to be aligned with the respective mating ends and mounting ends of the electrical signal contacts. | 06-13-2013 |
20130183869 | SHIELDLESS, HIGH-SPEED, LOW-CROSS-TALK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive receptacle contacts, which may also be arranged in a centerline. The connectors may be mated such that the mating portion of a first contact in the second connector may physically contact of a corresponding blade-shaped mating end of a contact in the first connector. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189858 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONDUCTIVE HOUSING - An electrical connector includes a conductive connector housing that supports a plurality of contact modules that includes electrical ground contacts and electrical signal contacts electrically isolated from each other in the respective contact modules. The electrical ground contacts are in electrical communication with the connector housing so as to electrically common the ground contacts together. | 07-25-2013 |
20130273756 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING RIBBED GROUND PLATE WITH ENGAGEMENT MEMBERS - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts supported by the dielectric housing, and an electrically conductive ground plate supported by the dielectric housing. The dielectric hosing defines at least one protrusion, and the ground plate defines at least one aperture that receives the protrusion. The apertures can define a first dimension along a select direction and a second dimension along the select direction, wherein the first dimension is greater than the second dimension so as to define a lead-in for the protrusion. The protrusion can be press-fit to the electrically conductive ground plate at the second dimension of the aperture so as to secure the ground plate to the dielectric housing. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273781 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent. | 10-17-2013 |
20140335707 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING RIBBED GROUND PLATE - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing, and a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing. The electrical signal contacts are arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs. The signal contacts further define respective mating and mounting ends. The ground plate includes a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane. The ground plate body defines first and second opposed surfaces. The ground plate includes at least one rib that defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body. The ground plate further includes a plurality of mating ends and mounting ends extending from the ground plate body and disposed in the first plane so as to be aligned with the respective mating ends and mounting ends of the electrical signal contacts. | 11-13-2014 |