Abstract:
The present invention determines and monitors the connection pattern of data ports which are connected by multiconductor cables. An adapter jacket having an external contact is placed over a standardized cable such as an RJ45 cable which connects the data ports. An adapter board having a plurality of socket contacts is placed adjacent a plurality of data ports. An output and input module are coupled to the socket contacts. A micro-processor which is coupled to the output and input module scans the socket contacts to determine the connection pattern of the data ports.
Abstract:
A transceiver module is adapted to be plugged into a port cage within a host system. The transceiver module includes transceiver electronics and a connector attached to the transceiver electronics. The transceiver electronics are sized to fit within the port cage. The connector includes a module portion and a connector jack attached to the module portion. The module portion is sized to fit along with the transceiver electronics within the port cage. The connector jack is sized with dimensions too big to fit within the port cage. The connector jack remains out of the port cage when the transceiver module is placed within the port cage. The connector jack occupies an area larger than an opening of the port cage.
Abstract:
An electrical adapter includes a first electrical connector unit, and a second electrical connector unit coupled electrically to the first electrical connector unit. A foldable housing includes first and second housing parts. The first electrical connector unit is mounted in the first housing part, whereas the second electrical connector unit is mounted in the second housing part. The foldable housing further includes a pivot joint that interconnects the first and second housing parts and that permits relative rotation between the first and second housing parts about a pivot axis.
Abstract:
A connector includes contacts each having a contact portion, an elastic portion and a fulcrum portion between the contact portion and a connection portion, and a pressure receiving portion; a housing fixing the contacts; and a slider having urging portions pivotally moved between the connection and pressure receiving portions of the contacts to urging the contact portions against the circuit board, thereby achieving reliable connection and miniaturization of the connector. In an aspect, the housing is formed on the side of a board insertion opening with a recessed portion for conducting the board. In another aspect, the contact includes upper and lower contact portions one above the other arranged alternately staggered so as to be connected to a circuit board having contact portions alternately staggered, so that no defective connection occurs, even if the circuit board is inserted erroneously upside down. In a further aspect, the connector further includes locking members having an engaging portion which engages an anchoring portion of the circuit board to prevent the circuit board from being removed. In one aspect, contacts of two kinds are inserted into the housing from opposite sides, respectively so that these contacts of the two kinds are into contact with the contact portions on respective surfaces of the circuit board. In a further aspect, moreover, a plate-shaped piece is provided in opposition to the contact portions of the contacts to prevent the housing from being deformed.
Abstract:
A surge protector for highspeed data networks is provided wherein a circuit board having a ground plane formed on one side of the circuit board, has respective pairs of conductive traces forming impedancematched transmission lines on the other side of the circuit board. Surge protection devices are connected in series with the conductors and with the ground plane. A compensating reactance may be provided along the transmission lines to correct for parasitic capacitance introduced by the threshold voltage conductor devices. Shielded and isolated connectors may be provided at either end of the circuit board to minimize insertion loss and provide isolation between respective transmission lines.
Abstract:
An axial latch actuator includes: a mating portion having a latch surface for engaging a jack; and a slidable housing that slides along the mating portion and engages the mating portion, wherein when the slidable housing slides in a first direction, the mating portion is in a latched position and when the slidable housing slides in a second direction, the mating portion is in an unlatched position.
Abstract:
A grounding structure for network card, particularly the network card for notebook computers, mainly includes a grounding member connected to a top of a connector of the network card. The grounding member is provided at an edge with a plurality of pins for welding to or contacting with a circuit board of the network card. The grounding member has an upper grounding plane that is exposed from a front edge of an upper case of the network card to flush with a top of the upper case. A plurality of conductive dots are equally spaced on the grounding plane for the grounding member to function as a grounding conductor and thereby protect electronic elements on the circuit board against burning out.
Abstract:
A multi-purpose modular connector having a female housing and a male plug, the female housing defining an open end, a first internal cavity, four interior surfaces, an interior end surface a first contact terminal positioned adjacent to at least one of the four interior surfaces, and a second contact terminal positioned adjacent to any remaining one of the four interior surfaces.
Abstract:
An RJ45 type network socket connector consists of a dielectric housing and a unit body inserted into the housing so as to increase the manufacturing efficiency of the connector. The unit body has a base with a bracket extending horizontally from a front side thereof, a PCB secured on a top of the base, a transformer positioned on the PCB, an inner contact portion arranged on the bracket and an outer contact portion extended through the base. The unit body is easily inserted from a step-shaped entry into a rear space of the housing and the bracket is extended into a receiving groove defined in a socket cavity formed in a front space of the housing and then securely positioned in the housing.
Abstract:
A LAN connector is connected with a LAN cable connector inserted thereinto. The LAN connector comprises a flexible portion formed outside a modem-cable-connector occupied space within a housing having a size accommodating the LAN cable connector being inserted thereinto, and a stopper portion formed within the modem-cable-connector occupied space. The stopper portion is displaceable together with the flexible portion. When the modem cable connector is inserted into the housing, the flexible portion is not pushed and bent by the modem cable connector, and the stopper portion stops the modem cable connector. When the LAN cable connector is inserted into the housing, the flexible portion is pushed and bent by the LAN cable connector so as to cause the stopper portion to be withdrawn out of the modem-cable-connector occupied space.