SEALED FFC ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220158385A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17529468

    申请日:2021-11-18

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    发明人: Charles M. Gross

    摘要: A sealable FFC connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, a sealing member, and an actuator. The housing includes a slot configured to receive a mating component. The contacts are held in the housing and are configured to be in electrical contact with the mating component when the mating component is in a mated position in the slot. The sealing member includes at least a portion supported by the housing. The actuator is coupled to the housing and is movable from an opened position, in which the mating component may be inserted in the slot, to a closed position, in which a biasing force is applied on the sealing member such that, when the mating component is in the mated position in the slot, the sealing member provides a seal to prevent moisture and debris from entering the slot.

    Electrical cable assembly
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11063379B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-13

    申请号:US16841491

    申请日:2020-04-06

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    发明人: Charles M. Gross

    摘要: An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical cables, and a plurality of interposers configured to be mounted to a substrate at a first end, and mounted to electrical conductors of the electrical cables at a second end that is offset from the first end. The electrical cable assembly further includes an alignment housing that supports the interposers, and further defines a conduit to receive the drain wires of the electrical cables that are mounted to the substrate.

    Safe, robust, compact connector
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11233345B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16936847

    申请日:2020-07-23

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    摘要: An interconnection system that is safe, reliable and compact. Mating connectors include complementary projections. Terminals in each connector have opposed beams, with portions of the beams of each terminal embedded in adjacent projections. In mating connectors, the terminals are oriented 90 degrees with respect to each other, such that the terminals of one connector fit between beams of the other. Two beams of each terminal press on opposing sides of a mating terminal, creating four points of contact, for reliable operation. The projections extend beyond the distal tips of the terminals and preclude accidental contact between the terminals and a human finger. Contact force may be controlled by altering the shape of openings cut in the terminals near the base of the beams, enabling the terminals to be formed simply by stamping a sheet of metal and further enabling the beams to be short to provide a compact connector.

    Sealed FFC electrical connectors
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11677179B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-13

    申请号:US17529468

    申请日:2021-11-18

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    发明人: Charles M. Gross

    摘要: A sealable FFC connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, a sealing member, and an actuator. The housing includes a slot configured to receive a mating component. The contacts are held in the housing and are configured to be in electrical contact with the mating component when the mating component is in a mated position in the slot. The sealing member includes at least a portion supported by the housing. The actuator is coupled to the housing and is movable from an opened position, in which the mating component may be inserted in the slot, to a closed position, in which a biasing force is applied on the sealing member such that, when the mating component is in the mated position in the slot, the sealing member provides a seal to prevent moisture and debris from entering the slot.

    SAFE, ROBUST, COMPACT CONNECTOR
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210028563A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-28

    申请号:US16936847

    申请日:2020-07-23

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    IPC分类号: H01R12/70 H01R13/422

    摘要: An interconnection system that is safe, reliable and compact. Mating connectors include complementary projections. Terminals in each connector have opposed beams, with portions of the beams of each terminal embedded in adjacent projections. In mating connectors, the terminals are oriented 90 degrees with respect to each other, such that the terminals of one connector fit between beams of the other. Two beams of each terminal press on opposing sides of a mating terminal, creating four points of contact, for reliable operation. The projections extend beyond the distal tips of the terminals and preclude accidental contact between the terminals and a human finger. Contact force may be controlled by altering the shape of openings cut in the terminals near the base of the beams, enabling the terminals to be formed simply by stamping a sheet of metal and further enabling the beams to be short to provide a compact connector.

    ELECTRICAL CABLE ASSEMBLY
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200373692A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-26

    申请号:US16841491

    申请日:2020-04-06

    申请人: FCI USA LLC

    发明人: Charles M. Gross

    摘要: An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical cables, and a plurality of interposers configured to be mounted to a substrate at a first end, and mounted to electrical conductors of the electrical cables at a second end that is offset from the first end. The electrical cable assembly further includes an alignment housing that supports the interposers, and further defines a conduit to receive the drain wires of the electrical cables that are mounted to the substrate.