Shield Formed Of Conductive And Dielectric Materials In Dielectric (e.g., Plastic Coated With Metal Or Filled With Metal Particles) Patents (Class 439/607.02)
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Patent number: 11569619Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connector including an insulating housing, a number of terminals and a lossy member. The terminals include a number of ground terminals and a number of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are set adjacently to each other but do not contact each other. The ground terminals do not directly contact the lossy member. As a result, installation consistency of the ground terminals can be achieved, thereby improving the electrical performance of the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., LtdInventors: Hongji Chen, Xiaoping Wu, Bin Huang, Haohan Chen
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Patent number: 11527862Abstract: A method of making an electrically conductive and weatherproof enclosure includes mixing and melting an electrically conductive material, a latex rubber material, and a polycarbonate material to produce a weatherproof material mixture, blending carbon black with polyethylene to produce an electrically conductive additive, positioning an injection mold of the enclosure in fluid communication with an exit end of a heating barrel, injecting the weatherproof material mixture into an entry end of the heating barrel, introducing the electrically conductive additive through a lateral port of the heating barrel proximate to the exit end to partially mix with the weatherproof material mixture to produce an injection mixture, and injecting the injection mixture into the injection mold to produce the electrically conductive and weatherproof enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: ELECTRA SHIELD, INC.Inventor: David Scott Sizemore
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Patent number: 11515675Abstract: The cable assembly includes a first wire assembly. The first wire assembly is connected to a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a shell and the shell includes an extension. The extension extends away from the rear of the connector. In one embodiment, the extension is integral with the shell. The extension includes one or more openings. The first wire assembly is bent in a controlled manner at first bend. The first opening in the extension maintains the first wire assembly in the bent position to maintain control of the radius in first bend. The radius is controlled to allow the first wire assembly to fit in a small space.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Cinch Connectivity Solutions Inc.Inventors: Maurice Sun, Hecham Elkhatib
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Patent number: 11450987Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, a first shell, and a second shell is provided. The insulating body has a front side and a rear side opposite to each other, and has a protruding portion located at the rear side. The first shell is sheathed on the insulating body to form an insertion space located at the front side. The second shell is superposed on the first shell and has a locking hole at the rear side, wherein the protruding portion is locked with the locking hole, such that the second shell is fixed to the insulating body.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.Inventor: Wen-Hui Su
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Patent number: 11355877Abstract: A power connector system for a circuit card assembly includes a board power connector and a cable power connector coupled to the board power connector. The board power connector includes a board housing having cavities that hold power contacts and signal contact channels on the bottom that hold signal contacts. The cable power connector has a cable housing having contact silos holding cable power contacts terminated to power cables. The contact silos and the cable power contacts are received in the cavities of the board housing to mate the cable power contacts with the board power contacts. The cable housing includes a platform below the contact silos holding cable signal contacts at the bottom of the cable housing outside of the contact silos for mating with the board signal contacts when the cable power connector is mated with the board power connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBHInventors: Brian Patrick Costello, Matthew Schumacher
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Patent number: 11316310Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a center ground plate fastened in the insulating housing, a strengthening ground strap, and a terminal assembly fastened in the insulating housing. The strengthening ground strap is fastened to the insulating housing. The strengthening ground strap has a front slice and two lateral slices. The front slice is fastened to a front surface of the center ground plate. The top edge of the front slice is higher than a top surface of the center ground plate. A bottom edge of the front slice projects beyond a bottom surface of the center ground plate. The two lateral slices are disposed to two opposite sides of the center ground plate. The terminal assembly includes a plurality of high speed terminals disposed among the front slice and the two lateral slices.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Wu, Hsin-Min Chao
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Patent number: 11189972Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a pair of contact wafers. Each contact wafer includes an insulative plate and a plurality of contacts. The contacts include a plurality of grounding contacts and plural differential-pair contacts. Each contact includes a contacting section extending beyond a front edge of the plate, a tail section exposed outside of a bottom edge of the plate and a connecting section linked between the contacting section and the tail section. The plate includes a plurality of first through holes formed along the connecting section of each grounding contact, and a plurality of second through holes formed along the connecting sections of each pair of the differential-pair contacts. The first through holes and the second through hole are essentially offset from each other in both the first direction and the second direction which are perpendicular to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Patrick R. Casher, Terrance F. Little
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Patent number: 11139630Abstract: An enclosure and a method of making the enclosure is provided that includes mixing stainless steel, rubber, and polycarbonate to produce a material mixture that is electrically conductive. Carbon black powder and polyethylene are blended to produce an electrically resistive additive for dissipating static electricity. At least one injection mold for the enclosure is positioned in fluid communication with an exit end of a heating barrel. The weatherproof material mixture is injected into an entry end of the heating barrel to produce a melted weatherproof material mixture. The electrically resistive additive is introduced through a lateral port of the heating barrel proximate to the exit end to partially mix with the melted weatherproof material mixture to produce an injection mixture. The injection mixture into the at least one injection mold to produce the enclosure that is weatherproof, electrically conductive, and electrically resistive.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: ELECTRA SHIELD, INC.Inventor: David Scott Sizemore
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Patent number: 11070002Abstract: A connector with at least one guiding portion is provided along with a shell and an insulating body of the connector. The connector includes a plurality of metal terminals in addition to the insulating body and the shell. The metal terminals are fixedly provided in the insulating body. The insulating body is mounted in the shell, and the connector is characterized in that at least one plate-shaped guiding portion extends upward from a portion of the top edge of either the shell or the insulating body. While another connector is being connected to or disconnected from the connector, the guiding portion guides the another connector to facilitate electrical connection with or detachment from the connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: AMPHENOL EAST ASIA LIMITED TAIWAN BRANCH (H.K.)Inventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Szu-Ting Liao
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Patent number: 10401574Abstract: A connector body includes a connector body (111) having a main body (10) and two sub bodies (12) that project from a first side of the main body (10). A latching mechanism (14) at the first side of the main body is positioned between the sub bodies. Electrical conductors (18a, 18b) are positioned in the sub bodies and have interface ends at a forward face of the main body. First and second ferrules (16a, 16b) are mounted at the main body. The first and second ferrule are spring biased in a forward direction perpendicular to the forward face of the main body. The first and second ferrules have interface ends accessible at the forward face. Optical fibers (19a, 19b) are supported by the first and second ferrules (16a, 16b).Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Michael Lawrence Gurreri, Robert Charles Flaig, Dwight A. Bretz, Eric Ryan Chappell
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Patent number: 9904021Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes an inner shell, an outer shell, and a handle. The outer shell is fitted over the inner shell. Two clamping arms are respectively extending from two ends of a side portion of the handle. Accordingly, since the handle and the outer shell are in a point-contact configuration, when a user pulls the handle, the handle drives the outer shell to move backwardly via the configuration and further compress the spring in the inner shell. Therefore, the connector can be detached from the fiber adapter. Conversely, when the user pushes the handle, the push block on the handle pushes the tail cap due to the mating between the push block and the tail cap, so that the optical fiber connector can be inserted into the fiber adapter.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.Inventors: Jun Wu, Yang-Yang Cui
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Patent number: 9728912Abstract: An adaptor board may include a multi-layer circuit board having at least three layers, namely a first board layer, a second board layer, and a third board layer. A first plurality of cable contacts may be provided at the first board layer, and a second plurality of cable contacts may be provided at the third board layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Vijay Kasturi
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Patent number: 9634423Abstract: A micro plug connector has an insulative housing, multiple terminals, an outer casing, a front shell and a circuit board. The outer casing covers the insulative housing and has a vertical positioning slot and two stop portions to vertically and horizontally hold the circuit board. Therefore, the circuit board is firmly fabricated in the micro plug connector without disassembling out of the outer casing due to pull of wires in a transmission cable or a power cable.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ming-Lung Chien, Ming-Yung Chang, Guan-Ren Liu
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Patent number: 9543710Abstract: A connector module includes a housing and a gasket. The housing is defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam. The housing includes a cable exit region extending along a cable axis. A passage through the cable exit region has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket is within the passage of the cable exit region. An outer perimeter of the gasket in an uncompressed state has a non-elliptical cross section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket has an outer side engaging the inner surface of the cable exit region and an inner side configured to engage at least one cable received within the cable exit region. As the shells are mated, the gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the at least one cable and the cable exit region.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long, Alexander Michael Sharf
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Patent number: 9490587Abstract: A contact module stack includes signal contact modules and ground contact modules flanking the signal contact modules in a ground-signal-signal-ground contact module arrangement. The signal contact modules each include signal leadframes and signal dielectric bodies. The ground contact modules each include ground leadframes and ground dielectric bodies. The ground leadframes each have at least one ground contact. Each ground dielectric body has a low loss layer on a first side of the ground leadframe and a lossy layer on a second side of the ground leadframe. The lossy layer and the low loss layer substantially enclose a transition portion of the ground contact. The lossy layers are manufactured from lossy material having conductive particles in a dielectric binder material. The lossy layers absorb electrical resonance propagating through the contact module stack.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Michael John Phillips, Thomas Taake de Boer, Bruce Allen Champion, John Joseph Consoli, Sandeep Patel, Linda Ellen Shields
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Patent number: 9419382Abstract: A cable connector assembly including: a cable including a number of wires, an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and soldered to corresponding wires of the cable, a spacer assembled to the insulative housing and retaining respective rear portions of the contacts, a metal case enclosing the insulative housing and having a slit, a copper foil enclosing the metal case and covering the slit, and an insulative member over-molded on the copper foil and a front end of the cable, wherein the spacer defines a sustaining portion extending into the slit for supporting a portion of the copper foil located above the slit.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Xiao Fan, Zhi-Yong Zhou
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Patent number: 9225085Abstract: An RF connector module and associated printed circuit board providing high isolation and controlled impedance at RF frequencies. The connector module may be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, such as stamping, insert molding, multi-shot molding and interference fit between components, to provide low cost. A connector module constructed with these techniques may implement a co-planar waveguide structure, with conductive shields for isolation and lossy material to enforce co-planar propagation modes. The printed circuit board may similarly be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, including drilling to form vias. As a result, an interconnection system may be manufactured with low cost. These techniques may be applied to provide performance, including in the form of isolation between RF signals, comparable to that provided by more expensive components.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., David Manter, Prescott B. Atkinson, Philip T. Stokoe, Thomas S. Cohen, Mark W. Gailus
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Patent number: 9054462Abstract: An electrical connector having a generally tubular housing connects the conductors of an electrically-shielded cable with an electrical component, including a injection-molded electrically-conductive synthetic plastic bridge arrangement connecting the cable shield layer at a stripped end of the cable with a connector shield member arranged on the connector housing into one end of which the conductors are introduced. An injection-molded annular carrier layer of insulating synthetic plastic material is molded concentrically about the conductor ends, one end of the carrier layer extending within the conductive bridging layer, and the other end extending within the bore of the connector housing into which the conductor ends extend. Consequently, the connector is structurally reinforced to resist the forces and stresses of vibration and shock.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2011Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Weidmueller Interface GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Marcell Nickol
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Publication number: 20150111428Abstract: An electrical connector plug has resilient contact terminals for electrical connection to an electrical connector socket. The electrical connector plug has an electrically conductive housing, and a dielectric shell and resilient contact terminals are mounted in the electrically conductive housing. The dielectric shell has a base portion and a front edge portion extending from the base portion. Two groups of resilient contact terminals are mounted on the dielectric shell and axially symmetrical to each other in the longitudinal direction, with each of the resilient contact terminals having a flat section and an upwardly protruding contact section. A metallic shield frame surrounds the front edge portion and is electrically connected to the electrically conductive housing, with the metallic shield frame having a front section and two lateral protective sections. The lateral protective sections have a height no less than that of the upwardly protruding contact sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Yu Wang, Wen-Hsien Tsai
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Publication number: 20150072557Abstract: A dual orientation plug connector having a tab portion with first and second opposing exterior surfaces that are substantially identical, parallel and opposite each other. Each exterior surface may have a plurality of electrical contacts. A substantially u-shaped metallic band surrounds a portion of the periphery of the plug connector. A contact assembly having an upper contact carrier, intermediate conductive plate and lower contact carrier may be disposed within the tab portion of the plug connector. A circuit assembly may be disposed within a body portion of the plug connector and electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Ibuki Kamei, Albert J. Golko, Eric S. Jol, Eric T. SooHoo
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Publication number: 20150064968Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a contact module having a conductive holder and a frame assembly held by the conductive holder. The conductive holder has a first holder member and second holder member coupled to the first holder member. The conductive holder has a chamber between the first and second holder members divided into a plurality of channels by first tabs of the first holder member and second tabs of the second holder member. The first tabs have posts extending therefrom and the second tabs have holes receiving the posts of the first tabs. Each post has a plurality of termination points with the corresponding tab. The first and second holder members are electrically connected to one another at the termination points. The first and second tabs pass between contacts of the frame assembly to provide electrical shielding therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Wayne Samuel Davis, Robert Neil Whiteman, JR., Kyle Gary Annis, Alex Michael Sharf, Dave Helster, Dharmendra Saraswat, Timothy Robert Minnick
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Publication number: 20140235102Abstract: A signal transmission cable comprises a cable including a dielectric layer and a metallic layer; and a connector having a chip with a terminal. The connector includes a substrate having an organic layer, and a portion of the organic layer extends from the substrate so as to form the dielectric layer of the cable. The metallic layer is located on the dielectric layer and is directly connected to the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akira Akiba, Mitsuo Hashimoto, Shinya Morita, Shun Mitarai, Mikihiro Taketomo, Kazunao Oniki, Koichi Ikeda
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Patent number: 8801460Abstract: A connector with a capacitively coupled connector interface for interconnection with a female portion is provided with an annular groove, with a sidewall, open to an interface end of the female portion. A male portion is provided with a male outer conductor coupling surface at an interface end, covered by an outer conductor dielectric spacer. A waveguide path between the male outer conductor coupling surface and the female portion, while in the interlocked position, may extend from the outer conductor dielectric spacer to an exterior of the interconnection through an s-bend in a radial direction, to improve RF isolation. Alternatively and/or additionally an overbody may be provided as an RF absorbing chamber including RF absorbing material and which may include a plurality of RF absorbing chambers isolated from one another, where multiple interconnections are present.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, Jeffrey Paynter, Ronald Vaccaro
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Patent number: 8696381Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for electrically connecting an IC package with a substrate includes a number of conductive contacts (4), a number of grounding terminals (5), an insulative member (32) made of insulation materials locates around the conductive contacts (4) with insert-molded method and an electrical member (1) made of electrical resin locates around the insulative member (32) and the grounding terminals (5) with insert-molded method, the conductive contacts (4) are insulated from the electrical member (1) and the grounding terminals (5) are electrically connected with the electrical member (1).Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen
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Publication number: 20140099822Abstract: A header assembly includes a center contact, a dielectric body surrounding the center contact and an outer housing holding the center contact and the dielectric body. The outer housing has a rear shell mounted to a circuit board and positioned interior of the casing. The outer housing has an outer contact extending from the rear shell that extends through an opening in the casing with a portion of the outer contact positioned exterior of the casing. The dielectric body is received in the outer contact. A shield member is coupled to the outer housing. The shield member engages the outer contact to electrically connect the shield member to the outer housing. The shield member has spring fingers that engage the casing at the opening. The spring fingers electrically connect the outer housing to the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventor: Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft
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Publication number: 20140087589Abstract: An electrical connector (1000) includes a number of frames (10). The frame includes a dielectric holder (3) holding a number of signal contacts (23), and a ground shield (2) including a base plate (20) coupled to the dielectric holder. The ground shield includes a number of mating sections (221) extending forwardly from a front edge of the base plate and parallel to a mating portion (231) of the signal contact. A number of grounding tails (214) are separately mounted into the bottom side of the holder and aligned to the mounting portion of the signal contacts. The ground shield further includes a front tail (211) extending downwardly along the base plate, and a number of connecting legs (213) each extending sideward adjacent a bottom edge of the base plate into the holder for electrically connecting with the grounding tail.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: JIAN YU
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Patent number: 8668522Abstract: An electrical connector can be provided having a plurality of connector pins, and an electrically conductive connector housing with a bottom wall and a receiving opening for receiving a counter-connector. A plurality of pin receiving openings formed in the bottom wall accommodate a dielectric insert. At least one of the connector pins extends through the dielectric insert and is fastened by the dielectric insert within the respective pin receiving opening. A slide-in module can be provided with such an electrical connector, and a method for producing such an electrical connector may also be provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbHInventors: Milena Becker, Gregor Slatosch, Dieter Acker, Michael Hirzler
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Publication number: 20140017940Abstract: A layered connector includes a transmission unit having a supporting dielectric cell and an exposing dielectric cell. The supporting dielectric cell has a first surface supporting a signal conductor extending to a mating end of the supporting dielectric cell. The exposing dielectric cell is laminated to the first surface such that the signal conductor is positioned between the supporting dielectric cell and the exposing dielectric cell. The exposing dielectric cell is positioned on the first surface such that a portion of the first surface at the mating end and a portion of the signal conductor is exposed for direct electrical connection of the signal conductor to a mating component.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Bicheng Chen, Sean Patrick McCarthy, Charles Dudley Copper
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Patent number: 8414332Abstract: A shielded connector. In one embodiment, the shielded connector includes: a seat, including an insulating body with a plurality of through slots and a plurality of positioning slots, in which a shielding body is disposed in the through slot and no shielding body is disposed in the positioning slot, at least one conductive body connected to the shielding bodies, and at least one lead-out portion electrically connecting the conductive body to a motherboard; and a plurality of conductive terminals, each including a contact portion, a body portion extending from the contact portion, and a connecting portion, in which the body portion includes a positioning section extending from the contact portion and in interference fit with the positioning slot, and a conducting section extending from the positioning section into the through slot and not in interference fit with the through slot.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ted Ju, Shang Ju Tsai
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Patent number: 8377340Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave suppression sheet obtained by mixing metallic magnetic particles into a resin and formed into a sheet shape. In the electromagnetic wave suppression sheet, a coercive force is 320 [A/m] or more and a saturation magnetization is 0.35 [Wb/m2] or more at a time when an external magnetic field of 1 kOe in an in-plane direction is applied.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Yoshihiro Kato, Yoshito Ikeda
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Patent number: 8371875Abstract: An electrical connector with electrically lossy materials bridging ground members. The lossy conductive members may be formed by filling a settable binder with conductive particles, allowing the partially conductive members to be formed through an insert molding process. Connectors assembled from wafers that contain signal conductors held within an insulative housing may incorporate lossy conductive members by having filled thermal plastic molded onto the insulatative housing. The lossy conductive members may be used in conjunction with magnetically lossy materials. The lossy conductive members reduce ground system do resonance within the connector, thereby increasing the high frequency performance of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2010Date of Patent: February 12, 2013Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventor: Mark W. Gailus
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Patent number: 8337238Abstract: A connector assembly includes a shielded housing having a cavity. The shielded housing has a mating end and a cable end configured to receive a cable therethrough. A plug is received in the cavity that has terminals extending between mating ends and wire terminating ends. The wire terminating ends being configured to be terminated to corresponding wires of the cable. A cable clip is received in the shielded housing proximate to the cable end. The cable clip has a base and a bonding arm extending from the base. The base engages and is electrically connected to the shielded housing. The bonding arm is positioned in the cavity and is configured to engage a cable shield of the cable to electrically connect the cable shield and the shielded housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Shawn Phillip Tobey, Robert Jeffrey Burwell
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Patent number: 8333909Abstract: The invention provides an electrolyte comprising an ester-cured alkaline phenolic resole resin containing conducting alkaline salts and methods for the use of the resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: BAC2 LimitedInventor: Graham Simpson Murray
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Publication number: 20120214342Abstract: A connector having a sealing member is provided, wherein the sealing member prevents environmental elements, such as rainwater from entering the connector. Furthermore, a sealing member placed on the inner surface of a post forming a barrier against moisture and other contaminants proximate the second end of the post is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2012Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES INC.Inventor: Roger D. Mathews
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Patent number: 8221654Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic wave interference (EMI)/radio frequency interference (RFI) shielding resin composite material including (A) a thermoplastic polymer resin, (B) a tetrapod whisker, and (C) a low melting point metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Sung-Jun Kim, Chang-Min Hong
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Publication number: 20120156929Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a daughter card connector formed of a plurality of wafers. Each wafer is formed with cavities between the contacts of the signal conductors. The cavities are shaped to receive lossy inserts whereby crosstalk is reduced. The connector system may also or alternatively include a front housing formed with shield plates also to aid in reducing cross-talk. The front housing is adapted to mate between the wafers of the daughter card connector and a backplane connector of the electrical connector system. In an alternative embodiment, the front housing portion may include lossy conductive portions for cross-talk reduction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: David Paul MANTER, Thomas S. Cohen
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Patent number: 8187035Abstract: A connector assembly includes contact modules each having a dielectric body and plurality of contacts. The dielectric body includes windows internal of the dielectric body and located between adjacent contacts. Holders support corresponding contact modules and the holders are coupled together such that the contact modules are stacked parallel to one another. The holders are electrically grounded and include a support wall and tabs extending outward from the support wall. The contact modules are coupled to the holders such that the tabs are received in the windows to provide shielding within the contact modules.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Wayne Samuel Davis, Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr.
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Patent number: 8145258Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes housings that are connected via a hinge unit in an openable/closeable manner, and circuit boards in the housings. The circuit boards are connected via circuit connecting lines functioning as an inductor. One end of the hinge unit is connected to an end portion of the housing and the other end thereof is connected to a portion located farther inside than an end portion of the housing. When the housings are unfolded, a region extending from the portion to the end portion of the housing overlaps a region near the end portion of the housing in a projection domain. A high dielectric member is provided in this overlapped region, and a capacitor is constituted by the high dielectric member and ground areas.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Sato, Kengo Onaka
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Patent number: 8133404Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding material and a sheet using the same are described. Also described is a gel state electromagnetic wave shielding material including an ionic liquid, and fine particles capable of reflecting, suppressing or absorbing an electromagnetic wave suspended in the ionic liquid. The electromagnetic wave shielding material may provide both high electromagnetic interference shielding ability and flexibility when used in sheet form, and in some applications, may provide flame and heat resistance.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Haruhiko Miyazawa, Haruyoshi Kakitani, Atsushi Toyota
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Patent number: 8092254Abstract: A wire to board connector has improved contact reliability and includes a receptacle connector for mounting to a circuit board and a plug connector with a mating blade for insertion into an opening of the receptacle connector. Both connectors have shields that are formed around their exterior and the receptacle connector has an interior shield member that envelops the insertion opening of the receptacle connector. Individual connect legs are formed with this interior shield member and they are spaced apart from each other widthwise of the insertion opening. A contact spring is disposed within the interior of the receptacle connector to exert a contact force on the mating plug connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Molex IncorporatedInventors: Tatsuya Miyazaki, Tomonari Kaneko
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Patent number: 8083546Abstract: An electric assembly includes a circuit board and an electric connector. The circuit board comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto. The electric connector includes a metallic case, an insulating base, first leads and second leads. The insulating base is connected with the metallic case. The first leads are disposed on the insulating base and soldered to the first surface. The first leads includes a pair of first differential signal leads, a pair of second differential signal leads and a ground lead located between the pair of first differential signal leads and the pair of second differential signal leads. The second leads are disposed on the insulating base and soldered to the second surface. The second leads include a power lead, a second ground lead and a pair of third differential signal leads located between the power lead and the second ground lead.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: VIA Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sheng-Yuan Lee
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Patent number: 8077887Abstract: There is provided an electrical connector especially suitable for a condenser microphone, which connector is, though being small in size, provided with an electromagnetic wave shielding unit that is capable of easily being installed in the connector and is equivalent to an EMI core. The electrical connector includes a cylindrical connector housing 10; a connector element 20; and a connection cable 30, and is configured so that the connector element 20 is supported on one end side of the connector housing 10, and the connection cable is drawn into the connector housing 10 through a cable insertion part 10b on the other end side of the connector housing 10 and thereby connected electrically to the connector element 20. In this electrical connector, a magnetic fluid 62, and a permanent magnet 61 for magnetically attracting the magnetic fluid 62 are housed in an excess space between the connector element 20 and the cable insertion part 10b in the connector housing 10.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 13, 2011Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-TechnicaInventor: Hiroshi Akino
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Patent number: 7909622Abstract: A cassette includes a shell having a plurality of shielded channels extending between a front and a rear of the shell. Communication modules are loaded into the shielded channels. The communication modules have front mating interfaces configured for mating with corresponding first plugs and rear mating interfaces configured for mating with corresponding second plugs. The communication modules are loaded into the corresponding shielded channels such that the communication modules are individually shielded from one another. Optionally, the shell may have interior walls defining the shielded channels that extend between the front and the rear.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2009Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Paul John Pepe, Steven Richard Bopp, Neil Ktul Nay
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Patent number: 7896708Abstract: An electrical connector system provides both electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling, and includes at least one electrically conductive member adapted to provide electrically conductive connection to another electrically conductive member, an infrared member adapted to provide infrared member coupling with another infrared member, and wherein the at least one electrically conductive member and the infrared member being held in positional relation to each other to be positioned with respect to a further electrical connector for electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling with respect thereto. A method of connecting electrical signals uses a pair of electrical connectors, each having an electrically conductive connection portion and an infrared coupling portion to provide for both electrically conductive connection and infrared coupling between the electrical connectors. The invention may be used in portable electronic equipment, including mobile phones, for example.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ABInventor: Markus Agevik
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Patent number: 7892026Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug-type connector (1) having a socket-like contact element (6), which is arranged in a contact chamber (2), which comprises at least two chamber parts (3, 4), which bear against one another with in each case at least one abutting face (24, 25), is made from plastic and has a plug-in opening (8). The invention provides for the outer face (5) of the contact chamber (2) to be completely coated with a conductive layer and for the abutting faces (24, 25) to be overlapped laterally by an overlapping wall section (27) on the outside of the contact chambers (2), and for that side of the overlapping wall section (27) which faces the abutting faces (24, 25) to likewise be coated with a conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Langhoff, Michael Knödler
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Patent number: 7878824Abstract: A cassette includes a housing having a plurality of plug cavities that are separated from adjacent plug cavities by shield elements. The cassette also includes a contact subassembly having a circuit board and a plurality of contacts arranged in contact sets coupled to the circuit board. The contact sets are configured to mate with different plugs. The contact subassembly is loaded into the housing such that the contact sets are received in different plug cavities, wherein the contact sets are separated from adjacent contact sets by the shield elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Paul John Pepe, Sheldon Easton Muir
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Patent number: 7850467Abstract: A connecting element between a first electric shielding assembly that surrounds a cable feedthrough and includes at least one tubular insulating barrier that surrounds the cable feedthrough and at least one second electric shielding assembly that surrounds the cable feedthrough and includes at least one tubular insulating barrier that surrounds the cable feedthrough. A continuous barrier system around the cable feedthrough is provided by a connecting element with at least two interconnecting insulating barriers, which can be inserted into the shielding assemblies, even if the shielding assembly is configured from sub-segments. The disclosure also relates to an electric shield for a cable feedthrough and to a method for producing an electric shield for a cable feedthrough.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2007Date of Patent: December 14, 2010Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Peter Heinzig, Jens Hoppe, Thomas Kuderna, Lambert Schummer
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Patent number: 7841889Abstract: Locking device for a shielded sub-miniature connection assembly having two sub-miniature connectors with housings made of two molded thermoplastic half-shells, a high contact density miniature sub-assembly with a molded thermoplastic insulating body provided with contact cavities for the positioning and retention of contacts, wherein one of the housings includes on at least one of its faces a movable metal latch able to co-act with a slot made in at least one of the outside faces of the complementary housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2008Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: SouriauInventors: Philippe Gerard, Philippe Mallet
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Patent number: 7837503Abstract: A pluggable optical/electrical module is disclosed. One or more features operate to decrease electromagnetic interference are implemented, which features include deforming the portions that mate together to form the housing, placing elbow deformities on extending fingers to more properly seal the housing convex shape to housing to seal gaps between multiple sections, and placing an EMI insulating material within an opening that is formed for the latch that locks the module in place in a chassis.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2008Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Opnext, Inc.Inventors: Robert Hartzell, Zining Huang, Frank David Yashar, Henri Li
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Patent number: 7771232Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10) comprising a fitting room (13) for receiving a mating connector and a pair of side walls, a plurality of terminals (30) arranged along a longitudinal direction, and a shell (20) coupled to the insulative housing. One side wall of the shell (20) comprises a middle portion (23) received in corresponding one side wall (11a) of the insulative housing and a pair of connecting strips (25) integrally connecting with the middle portion and a part of the shell shielding an outside of the insulative housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Dong Si, Chi Zhang, Guo-Jian Shen