公开(公告)号：US09547141B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-17

申请号：US14836626

申请日：2015-08-26

Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. ,  Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Honghao Wu ,  Zhaohai Xue ,  Eric David Briant ,  David Bruce Sarraf ,  Lucas A. Benson ,  Jian Lu

IPC: G02B6/42

CPC classification number: G02B6/4269 ,  G02B6/4277 ,  G02B6/4284

Abstract: A connector is provided and includes a cage, a plurality of partition devices, and a heat dissipation device. The cage includes a plurality of plug receiving units that are arranged in at least a two columns by two rows arrangement. The plurality of partition devices include an upper partition plate and a lower partition plate and is positioned between two adjacent plug receiving units of the plurality of plug receiving units. The heat dissipation device includes a heat conduction block positioned between the upper partition plate and the lower partition plate, and a heat conduction pipe that contacts the heat conduction block and extends beyond a rear wall of the cage.

Abstract translation: 提供一种连接器，包括保持架，多个分隔装置和散热装置。 所述保持架包括以至少两列乘以2排布置的多个插头接收单元。 多个分隔装置包括上分隔板和下隔板，并且位于多个插头接收单元的两个相邻的插头接收单元之间。 散热装置包括位于上隔板和下分隔板之间的导热块，以及与导热块接触并延伸超过保持架的后壁的导热管。

公开(公告)号：US09673570B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-06

申请号：US14861698

申请日：2015-09-22

Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  Nikhil Shankar

IPC: H01R13/62 ,  H01R13/659 ,  H01R13/66 ,  G02B6/42

CPC classification number: H01R13/659 ,  G02B6/4269 ,  G02B6/4277 ,  G02B6/4284 ,  H01R13/6587 ,  H01R13/6594 ,  H01R13/665

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a cage member having walls defining an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein through a front end of the cage member. The cage member houses a communication connector at a rear of the cage member configured to be electrically connected to the pluggable modules received in the upper and lower ports. The walls are manufactured from a conductive material and providing electrical shielding for the pluggable modules. The plurality of walls include side walls, a top wall between the side walls, a bottom wall between the side walls and a divider wall between the side walls. The divider wall separates the upper port from the lower port. The divider wall is positioned closer to the top wall than the bottom wall such that the lower port is taller than the upper port.

公开(公告)号：US09620906B1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14929883

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  James Charles Shiffler ,  Charles Jameson Valentine ,  Richard James Long

IPC: H01R13/648 ,  H01R13/6581

CPC classification number: H01R13/6581 ,  H01R12/721 ,  H01R12/722 ,  H01R13/6583

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cage member having walls defining a module cavity receiving a pluggable module. The walls extend rearward from a front end to a rear end and surround a communication connector at or near the rear end. An EMI skirt is provided at or near the mating interface between the pluggable module and the communication connector. The EMI skirt includes plural spring beams configured to surround a mating perimeter of the pluggable module forward of a mating end of the pluggable module configured to be mated with the communication connector. The spring beams are deflectable and are elastically deformed against the mating perimeter when the pluggable module is mated with the communication connector. The spring beams have mating interfaces configured to engage and electrically connect to the pluggable module.

公开(公告)号：US09210817B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-08

申请号：US14171233

申请日：2014-02-03

Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  Troy Lyndon Blazek

IPC: H05K1/14 ,  H05K5/00

CPC classification number: H05K5/0013 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/4256 ,  H01R12/721 ,  H01R13/508

Abstract: A pluggable module is provided for being pluggably received within a receptacle assembly. The pluggable module includes a circuit board configured to be terminated to a cable, and a housing extending a length from a plug end to a cable end. The housing includes complementary first and second shells that are mated together along a mating axis such that the first and second shells define an interior chamber of the housing. The circuit board is held within the interior chamber such that the circuit board is exposed at the plug end. The first and second shells includes respective first and second openings that extend into the respective first and second shells along respective first and second central axes that each extend non-parallel to the mating axis. The first and second openings are at least partially aligned. A spring pin extends within the first and second openings to hold the first and second shells together. A first segment of the spring pin extends within the first opening of the first shell and a second segment of the spring pin extends within the second opening of the second shell.

Abstract translation: 提供可插拔模块，用于可插拔地容纳在插座组件内。 可插拔模块包括被配置为端接到电缆的电路板，以及从插头端到电缆端延伸长度的壳体。 壳体包括互补的第一和第二壳体，其沿配合轴线配合在一起，使得第一和第二壳体限定壳体的内部腔室。 电路板被保持在内部室内，使得电路板在插头端部露出。 第一和第二壳包括各自的第一和第二开口，其各自的第一和第二中心轴线延伸到相应的第一和第二壳体中，每个第一和第二中心轴线各自延伸不平行于配合轴线。 第一和第二开口至少部分对齐。 弹簧销在第一和第二开口内延伸以将第一和第二壳保持在一起。 弹簧销的第一段在第一壳体的第一开口内延伸，弹簧销的第二段在第二壳体的第二开口内延伸。

公开(公告)号：US09391407B1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-12

申请号：US14737585

申请日：2015-06-12

Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Alan Weir Bucher ,  Nikhil Shankar ,  Eric David Briant

IPC: H01R13/6581 ,  H01R12/70 ,  H01R13/66

CPC classification number: G02B6/4201 ,  H01R13/659

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a cage member having a plurality of walls defining a port configured to receive a pluggable module therein through a front end of the cage member. The pluggable module is configured to be electrically connected to a communication connector housed within the cage member at a rear end of the cage member. The walls are manufactured from a metal material and provide electrical shielding for the pluggable module and the communication connector. The walls include side walls and a top wall between the side walls. The top wall is non-planar and includes an upper step and a lower step. The lower step is aligned above the communication connector at or near the rear end and the upper step is aligned above the pluggable module at or near the front end.

Abstract translation: 电连接器组件包括具有多个壁的保持架构件，所述壁限定了构造成通过所述保持架构件的前端容纳可插拔模块的端口。 可插拔模块被配置为电连接到在笼构件的后端处容纳在笼构件内的通信连接器。 墙壁由金属材料制成，并为可插拔模块和通信连接器提供电气屏蔽。 墙壁包括侧壁和侧壁之间的顶壁。 顶壁是非平面的并且包括上部台阶和下部台阶。 下部台阶在通信连接器的上方或后端对齐，上部台阶在前端或其前端对准可插拔模块上方。

公开(公告)号：US09048581B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13933933

申请日：2013-07-02

Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Eric David Briant

IPC: H01R13/627 ,  H01R13/639

CPC classification number: H01R13/639 ,  H01R12/725 ,  H01R13/4361

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing extending from a mating face to an opposite face, and first and second side walls that extend between the mating face and the opposite face. The housing has a contact cavity that includes opposing sides. The first side wall includes a side opening that extends through the first side wall into communication with the contact cavity. The contact cavity is accessible through the mating face for receiving a mating connector therein. Electrical contacts are held by the housing and arranged in opposing rows that extend along the opposing sides of the contact cavity. A retention insert is received within the side opening. The retention insert includes fingers that extend into the contact cavity and engage in physical contact with corresponding electrical contacts of one of the rows of the electrical contacts to hold the corresponding electrical contacts within the contact cavity.

Abstract translation: 电连接器包括从配合面延伸到相对面的壳体，以及在配合面和相对面之间延伸的第一和第二侧壁。 壳体具有包括相对侧面的接触腔。 第一侧壁包括侧开口，该侧开口延伸穿过第一侧壁与接触腔连通。 接触腔可通过配合面接近，用于在其中接收配合连接器。 电触头由壳体保持并且布置成沿着接触腔的相对侧延伸的相对的行。 保持插入物容纳在侧开口内。 保持插入件包括延伸到接触腔中并且与电触头中的一列的相应电触点物理接触的手指，以将相应的电触头保持在接触腔内。

公开(公告)号：US20170125952A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14929883

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  James Charles Shiffler ,  Charles Jameson Valentine ,  Richard James Long

IPC: H01R13/6581

CPC classification number: H01R13/6581 ,  H01R12/721 ,  H01R12/722 ,  H01R13/6583

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cage member having walls defining a module cavity receiving a pluggable module. The walls extend rearward from a front end to a rear end and surround a communication connector at or near the rear end. An EMI skirt is provided at or near the mating interface between the pluggable module and the communication connector. The EMI skirt includes plural spring beams configured to surround a mating perimeter of the pluggable module forward of a mating end of the pluggable module configured to be mated with the communication connector. The spring beams are deflectable and are elastically deformed against the mating perimeter when the pluggable module is mated with the communication connector. The spring beams have mating interfaces configured to engage and electrically connect to the pluggable module.

公开(公告)号：US09166317B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-20

申请号：US14181233

申请日：2014-02-14

Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  Michael John Phillips

IPC: H01R24/00 ,  H01R12/73

CPC classification number: H01R12/737 ,  H01R12/7082 ,  H01R12/721

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a housing having a socket configured to receive a plug connector. The housing includes a cavity having datum surfaces therein. The receptacle connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity and located in a fixed location relative to the datum surfaces. The contact assembly has a dielectric base holding a plurality of contacts configured to mate with the plug connector received in the socket. The dielectric base has datum surfaces. At least one of the housing or the dielectric base comprising crush ribs forcing the datum surfaces of the dielectric base to engage corresponding datum surfaces of the housing.

Abstract translation: 插座连接器包括具有被配置为接收插头连接器的插座的壳体。 壳体包括其中具有基准表面的空腔。 插座连接器包括容纳在腔中并位于相对于基准面的固定位置的接触组件。 接触组件具有电介质基底，其保持多个触点，其被配置为与插入插座中的插头连接器配合。 电介质基底具有基准面。 壳体或电介质基底中的至少一个包括压溃肋，迫使电介质基底的基准表面接合壳体的对应的基准面。

公开(公告)号：US20150236437A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-20

申请号：US14181233

申请日：2014-02-14

Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  Michael John Phillips

IPC: H01R12/73

CPC classification number: H01R12/737 ,  H01R12/7082 ,  H01R12/721

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a housing having a socket configured to receive a plug connector. The housing includes a cavity having datum surfaces therein. The receptacle connector includes a contact assembly received in the cavity and located in a fixed location relative to the datum surfaces. The contact assembly has a dielectric base holding a plurality of contacts configured to mate with the plug connector received in the socket. The dielectric base has datum surfaces. At least one of the housing or the dielectric base comprising crush ribs forcing the datum surfaces of the dielectric base to engage corresponding datum surfaces of the housing.

Abstract translation: 插座连接器包括具有被配置为接收插头连接器的插座的壳体。 壳体包括其中具有基准表面的空腔。 插座连接器包括容纳在腔中并位于相对于基准面的固定位置的接触组件。 接触组件具有电介质基底，其保持多个触点，其被配置为与插入插座中的插头连接器配合。 电介质基底具有基准面。 壳体或电介质基底中的至少一个包括压溃肋，迫使电介质基底的基准表面接合壳体的对应的基准面。

公开(公告)号：US08636544B1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-28

申请号：US13687158

申请日：2012-11-28

Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation

Inventor： Eric David Briant ,  Brian Keith McMaster, Jr. ,  Daniel Lee Gorenc ,  John Eugene Westman

IPC: H01R13/648

CPC classification number: H01R13/514 ,  H01R13/658

Abstract: Plug assembly including first and second plug connectors that are configured to be stacked with respect to each other. Each of the first and second plug connectors has a mating side that extends between leading and trailing ends along a plug axis. The mating side includes an attachment area and an exposed area that are laterally adjacent to each other. Each of the first and second plug connectors also has an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield section coupled to the mating side at the attachment area. The mating sides of the first and second plug connectors interface with each other when the first and second plug connectors are stacked. The EMI shield section of the first plug connector engages the mating side of the second plug connector at the exposed area. The EMI shield section of the second plug connector engages the other mating side at the exposed area.

Abstract translation: 插头组件包括被构造为相对于彼此堆叠的第一和第二插头连接器。 第一和第二插头连接器中的每一个具有沿插头轴线在前端和后端之间延伸的配合侧。 配合侧包括彼此横向相邻的附接区域和暴露区域。 第一和第二插头连接器中的每一个还具有在附接区域处联接到配合侧的电磁干扰（EMI）屏蔽部分。 当第一和第二插头连接器堆叠时，第一和第二插头连接器的配合侧面彼此接合。 第一插头连接器的EMI屏蔽部分在暴露区域处接合第二插头连接器的配合侧。 第二插头连接器的EMI屏蔽部分在暴露区域处与另一配合侧接合。