公开(公告)号：US11108179B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-31

申请号：US15840177

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Michael James Horning ,  Arturo Pachon Munoz ,  John Joseph Consoli ,  Timothy Robert Minnick

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/6587 ,  H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/658

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and contact modules held by the housing. The contact modules include ground shields having ground contacts. The contact modules have a dielectric carrier that holds signal contacts. The ground contacts are configured for mating with corresponding ground contacts of a complementary mating connector, and are plated with a ground contact plating that includes at least one ground contact plating material. An interface between the ground contacts held and the corresponding ground contacts of the complementary mating connector has a first contact resistance. The signal contacts are configured for mating with corresponding signal contacts of the mating connector, and are plated with a signal contact plating. An interface between the signal contacts held and the signal contacts of the complimentary mating connector has a second contact resistance. The second contact resistance is lower than the first contact resistance.

公开(公告)号：US10686282B1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US16287283

申请日：2019-02-27

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Sean Patrick McCarthy ,  Leonard Henry Radzilowski ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Arturo Pachon Munoz

IPC: H01R13/6585 ,  H01R13/6471

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, signal contacts, and ground shields. The housing has a base wall that defines openings therethrough. The signal contacts are arranged in pairs and project through at least some of the openings beyond a top side of the base wall. The ground shields project through at least some of the openings beyond the top side of the base wall. Each ground shield has at least two walls and at least partially surrounds a corresponding pair of the signal contacts. Each ground shield has an inner side that faces the corresponding pair of signal contacts and an outer side that is opposite the inner side. The outer sides of the ground shields have a lossy coating to absorb electrical resonances, and the inner sides of the ground shields lack the lossy coating.

公开(公告)号：US10581190B1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16120788

申请日：2018-09-04

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION ,  Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Michael John Phillips ,  Randall Robert Henry ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Liang Huang

IPC: H01R12/73 ,  H01R13/115 ,  H01R13/6474 ,  H01R12/72 ,  H01R13/24

Abstract: A contact includes a main body having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The contact includes a terminating end extending from the main body and a mating beam extending from the main body opposite the terminating end. The mating beam has a root at the main body and a tip opposite the root. The mating beam has an elongated coupling base between the root and the tip. The elongated coupling base has a bottom surface configured to face a mating contact being generally parallel to the mating contact between the root and the tip.

公开(公告)号：US20190305486A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16180199

申请日：2018-11-05

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： David Allison Trout ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Jeffrey Byron McClinton ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Chad William Morgan ,  John Joseph Consoli

IPC: H01R13/652 ,  H01R13/6471 ,  H01R13/6587 ,  H01R13/6583

Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder holding signal contacts having mating portions extending forward of the dielectric holder. A shield structure is coupled to the dielectric holder providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The shield structure has first and second ground shields having corresponding mating portions extending forward of the mating end of the dielectric holder. The shield structure has ground blades extending between the first and second ground shields having mating portions extending forward of the mating end of the dielectric holder at least one of above or below the mating portions of the signal contacts. The ground blades electrically connect the mating portions of the first ground shield and the mating portions of the second ground shield immediately forward of the mating end of dielectric holder.

公开(公告)号：US20190229472A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16224299

申请日：2018-12-18

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Arturo Pachon Munoz ,  Sean Patrick McCarthy

IPC: H01R13/6587 ,  H01R13/6471 ,  H01R12/73

Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a substrate and a PCB connector footprint defined along a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis being subdivided into PCB column grouping footprints in columns parallel to the longitudinal axis. The PCB includes signal vias arranged in pairs along a signal pair axis. The pairs of signal vias are aligned in the columns parallel to the longitudinal axis and in rows parallel to the lateral axis. The signal pair axis is non-parallel to the lateral and longitudinal axes. The PCB includes ground vias with at least one ground via arranged between adjacent pairs of signal vias within the PCB column grouping footprints and at least one ground via is arranged between adjacent pairs of signal vias in adjacent PCB column grouping footprints.

公开(公告)号：US20190148862A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-16

申请号：US15810744

申请日：2017-11-13

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Justin Dennis Pickel ,  John Joseph Consoli ,  Chad William Morgan ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  David Patrick Orris ,  Daniel Briner Shreffler ,  David Allison Trout ,  Arturo Pachon Munoz

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/646 ,  H01R12/71

CPC classification number: H01R13/03 ,  H01R12/716 ,  H01R13/646 ,  H01R13/6587

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of conductors held within the housing. The conductors are configured to electrically connect to mating conductors of a mating connector. The conductors each extend a length between a mating end and a mounting end of the respective conductor. One or more of the conductors include a copper alloy core, a copper plating layer, and a protective outer layer. The copper plating layer surrounds the copper alloy core, and is composed of a different material than the copper alloy core. The protective outer layer is disposed on and surrounds the copper plating layer. The protective outer layer is composed of a non-conductive polymeric material.

公开(公告)号：US10186811B1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15832864

申请日：2017-12-06

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： David Allison Trout ,  Douglas Edward Shirk ,  Sean Patrick McCarthy ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Timothy Robert Minnick

IPC: H01R13/6588 ,  H01R13/506 ,  H01R13/428

Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes a contact module having signal contacts and ground contacts and a housing having a front shell and a rear shell coupled to the front shell. The front shell and the rear shell receive the signal contacts and corresponding header signal contacts of a header connector assembly in mating engagement with the signal contacts in a mating zone. The front shell and the rear shell receive the ground contacts and corresponding header ground contacts of the header connector assembly in mating engagement with the ground contacts in the mating zone. The rear shell has pockets receiving corresponding signal contacts and ground contacts. The rear shell has conductors at the front of the rear shell providing electrical shielding in the mating zone.

公开(公告)号：US20180138620A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-17

申请号：US15840177

申请日：2017-12-13

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION

Inventor： Michael James Horning ,  Arturo Pachon Munoz ,  John Joseph Consoli ,  Timothy Robert Minnick

IPC: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/658 ,  H01R13/514

CPC classification number: H01R13/03 ,  H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/658 ,  H01R13/6587

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and contact modules held by the housing. The contact modules include ground shields having ground contacts. The contact modules have a dielectric carrier that holds signal contacts. The ground contacts are configured for mating with corresponding ground contacts of a complementary mating connector, and are plated with a ground contact plating that includes at least one ground contact plating material. An interface between the ground contacts held and the corresponding ground contacts of the complementary mating connector has a first contact resistance. The signal contacts are configured for mating with corresponding signal contacts of the mating connector, and are plated with a signal contact plating. An interface between the signal contacts held and the signal contacts of the complimentary mating connector has a second contact resistance. The second contact resistance is lower than the first contact resistance.

公开(公告)号：US11018456B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-25

申请号：US16522760

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION ,  TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.

Inventor： David Allison Trout ,  Douglas Edward Shirk ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Margaret Mahoney Fernandes ,  Tetsuya Katano ,  Masayuki Aizawa

IPC: H01R13/6586 ,  H01R13/6461 ,  H01R13/514 ,  H01R107/00 ,  H01R13/6587 ,  H01R12/73 ,  H01R9/24 ,  H01R12/72 ,  H01R13/658 ,  H01R13/6473 ,  H01R13/6585 ,  H01R13/6581

Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.

公开(公告)号：US20210028582A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16522760

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION ,  TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.

Inventor： David Allison Trout ,  Douglas Edward Shirk ,  Justin Dennis Pickel ,  Timothy Robert Minnick ,  Margaret Mahoney Fernandes ,  Tetsuya Katano ,  Masayuki Aizawa

IPC: H01R13/6586 ,  H01R13/6599 ,  H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/6461

Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.