Abstract:
A MALE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL (40) INCLUDES AN ELONGATED PLANAR BODY PORTION (42), A TERMINATING PORTION (26) EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE BODY PORTION AND A CONTACT PORTION (24) EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE BODY PORTION. THE BODY PORTION INCLUDES AN ENLARGED RETENTION SECTION (44) THAT IS TWISTED RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF THE BODY PORTION. AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR (12) INCLUDES A HOUSING (14) WITH TERMINAL-RECEIVING PASSAGES (41) EACH INCLUDING OPPOSING SIDE WALLS (41A) FOR EMBRACING OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE BODY PORTION (42) OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE TERMINALS (40). EACH PASSAGE (41) ALSO INCLUDES AN OBLIQUE PORTION (41B) INTERSECTING THE OPPOSING SIDE WALLS FOR EMBRACING THE TWISTED RETENTION SECTION (44) OF THE RESPECTIVE TERMINAL. (FIGURE 4)
Abstract:
A connector uses a plurality of individual terminal assemblies to form a high-density connector. The terminal assemblies all have insulative body portions that support arrays of signal terminals and ground terminals or ground members. The terminals all have their own associated body portions which are supported by the insulative body portions and contact portions that extend out from a front, or mating face, of the assemblies. The terminal contact portions and include flexing portions formed therewith which are disposed between the terminal body and contact portions. The terminals further include insulative support members that are applied to the terminals and which serve to define the contact and flexing portions of the terminals. The support members are fixed within a carrier, such as a shroud member, which is not attached to any one portion of the connector. The support members permit the terminals and shroud to move as a single unit and flex in different directions, relative to the insulative body portions that support the terminals.
Abstract:
An electrical connector (10) includes a dielectric housing (12) having a forwardly projecting mating portion (28). A plurality of terminals (32) are mounted on the housing with contact portions (36) in a side-by-side array and exposed on the forwardly projecting mating portion for engagement by the contacts (44,46) of the appropriate complementary mating connector. The forwardly projecting mating portion (28) includes a section (50) thereof extending rearwardly over the forward end of at least one but not all of the contact portions (36) of the terminals (32) such that the at least one contact portion is engageable by a respective one (44) of the contacts of the mating connector after engagement of the other contact portions by their respective contacts (46).
Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly (10) is disclosed which includes a shield and frame member (12, 36) wherein at least a portion thereof is conductive, a plurality of modular sub-assemblies (30) with each module having a dielectric housing (82) in which a plurality of terminals (42) are mounted, and a conductive shield member (84) is secured to conductive shielding (96) of at least one shielded cable (28). Each terminal is electrically connected to a conductor contained within one of the at least one shielded cable. A latch mechanism (34, 86, 90) is provided for removably securing each modular sub-assembly to the shield and frame member. An interconnection mechanism (32, 34, 84 86) is also provided for electrically connecting the electrically conductive portion of the shield and frame member to the conductive shield member to complete the ground circuit between the conductive shielding of the shielded cable and the conductive portion of the shield and frame member.
Abstract:
A slot transmission line patch connector, capable of bridging one or more slot transmission lines is comprised of an elongated dielectric connector body. The dielectric connector body is formed to have one or more slot transmission lines. Each transmission line formed in the dielectric body has first and second ends, each of which mates with corresponding first and second slot transmission lines. Alternate embodiments contemplate a dielectric body to which is attached one or more slot transmission line substrates, each of which supports one or more slot transmission lines. Each of the slot transmission line substrates provide one or more slot transmission lines that each bridge or "patch" together two, separate slot transmission lines together.
Abstract:
A connector assembly is suitable for connecting circuit boards together. The connector assembly includes a series of ground and signal terminal sets assembled in terminal assemblies held within a housing. The ground terminals sets include a set of flat contact blades that are aligned together in abutting contact to form a line of ground contacts blades and the signal terminals are arranged in sets on opposite sides of the ground terminal contact blades. The signal terminals have general L-shapes that are arranged in sets of two pairs of contacts to form a cruciform pattern with an associated ground contact blade in the midst of the pattern of four. The terminal assemblies are formed from housings that have interfitting projections on their exterior sides, and the ground terminal housing is plated with a conductive material. This effectively surrounds each signal terminal in its extent through the signal terminal housing.
Abstract:
Connector assemblies having cantilevered contact beams arranged in one or more arrays of terminals have their terminals fixed in place at a first point within insulative connector body portions. The terminals are fixed together by one or more support members within a hollow shroud, at a second point spaced apart from the first point. The present invention pertains to means for fixing the terminals and their support member to the outer shroud. In one embodiment, the shroud is square and has a series of slots formed in two opposing sidewalls. A key member has a plurality of biasing arms, or fingers that extend into the slots and into contact with the terminal support members. In a second embodiment of the inventions, the shroud is provided with a plurality of channels formed on the inner surfaces of two opposing sidewalls thereof. A retainer key is provided with a plurality of hook ends for engaging the shroud and spring arms that extend through openings into the shroud channels up against the ends of the support bar.
Abstract:
A connector uses a plurality of individual terminal assemblies to form a high-density connector. The terminal assemblies all have insulative body portions that support arrays of signal terminals and ground terminals or ground members. The terminals all have their own associated body portions which are supported by the insulative body portions and contact portions that extend out from a front, or mating face, of the assemblies. The terminal contact portions and include flexing portions formed therewith which are disposed between the terminal body and contact portions. The terminals further include insulative support members that are applied to the terminals and which serve to define the contact and flexing portions of the terminals. The support members are fixed within a carrier, such as a shroud member, which is not attached to any one portion of the connector. The support members permit the terminals and shroud to move as a single unit and flex in different directions, relative to the insulative body portions that support the terminals.
Abstract:
A connector uses a plurality of individual terminal assemblies to form a high-density connector. The terminal assemblies all have insulative body portions that support arrays of signal terminals and ground terminals or ground members. The terminals all have their own associated body portions which are supported by the insulative body portions and contact portions that extend out from a front, or mating face, of the assemblies. The terminal contact portions and include flexing portions formed therewith which are disposed between the terminal body and contact portions. The terminals further include insulative support members that are applied to the terminals and which serve to define the contact and flexing portions of the terminals. The support members are fixed within a carrier, such as a shroud member, which is not attached to any one portion of the connector. The support members permit the terminals and shroud to move as a single unit and flex in different directions, relative to the insulative body portions that support the terminals.