US 10,257,955 B2 · Cable backplane system having individually removable cable connector assemblies

Abstract

A cable backplane system includes cable backplanes each including a tray configured to be coupled to a chassis and a plurality of cable connector assemblies mounted to the tray. The tray has a plate extending between a front and a rear with mounting locations receiving corresponding cable connector assemblies. The trays are oriented parallel to each other with front openings between the fronts of the plates and rear openings between the rears of the plates. Each cable connector assembly has a housing holding contacts terminated to corresponding cables. Each cable connector assembly has a holder mounted to the corresponding mounting location of the plate. The holder is mounted to the plate and removable from the plate through the rear opening at the rear of the plate.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A cable connector assembly configured to be mounted to a tray, the cable connector assembly comprising:

a housing holding contacts terminated to corresponding cables and configured for mating with mating contacts of a corresponding card connector when mated to the cable connector assembly;
a holder including a top plate, a bottom plate and side plates defining a cavity with the housing disposed therein, the bottom plate having a plurality of mounting tabs extending therefrom below the bottom plate, the mounting tabs being configured to locate the cable connector assembly relative to the tray;
and
a fastener coupled to the bottom plate, the fastener configured to engage the tray to secure the cable connector assembly to the tray.

1 more element

A cable connector assembly configured to be mounted to a tray having a plate with slots therethrough, the cable connector assembly comprising:

a housing holding contacts at a front of the housing terminated to corresponding cables extending from a rear of the housing, the contacts configured for mating with mating contacts of a corresponding card connector when mated to the cable connector assembly in a mating direction;
a holder including a top plate, a bottom plate and side plates defining a cavity with the housing disposed therein, the bottom plate having a plurality of mounting tabs extending therefrom below the bottom plate, the mounting tabs configured to be received in corresponding slots in the plate of the tray to locate the cable connector assembly relative to the tray, the mounting tabs having engagement surfaces configured to engage a bottom of the plate of the tray to secure the bottom plate of the holder to a top surface of the plate of the tray, the engagement surfaces being parallel to the bottom plate of the holder and being upward facing to engage the bottom of the plate of the tray;
and
a fastener coupled to the bottom plate of the holder, the fastener configured to engage the plate of the tray to secure the cable connector assembly to the tray.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/711,419Filed 21 Sep 2017 · continuation

Priority

23 May 2016

Published

US 2018/0014424 A111 Jan 2018

Granted

9 Apr 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H05K 7/1447
Back panels or connecting means therefor; Terminals; Coding means to avoid wrong insertion: external wirings; Wiring ducts; Laying cables
H01R 12/727
Coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits: coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
H01R 13/631
Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical…:…
H01R 13/6461
Specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match: means for preventing cross-talk

Cable backplane system having individually removable cable connector assemblies

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Cable backplane system having individually removable cable connector assemblies

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Abstract

Claims19