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US 10,950,983 B2Granted
Connector
AssigneesTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Te Connectivity Corporation
InventorsWenYu Liu, Hongqiang Han, Chenxi Wang, Jiwang Jin, Nikhil Shankar
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Abstract
A connector comprises a cage and a light pipe. The cage has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls between the top wall and the bottom wall. The light pipe is mounted on an outer surface of at least one of the pair of side walls.
Claims20
A connector, comprising:
- a cage having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls between the top wall and the bottom wall;
- and
- a plurality of light pipes arranged in sequence and separated from each other, the plurality of light pipes fixed to an outer surface of at least one of the pair of side walls by a locking structure formed on the at least one side wall and the plurality of light pipes, the locking structure including:
- a first locking structure configured to position and fix the plurality of light pipes in a first direction and including a first connection bar connecting adjacent light pipes of the plurality of light pipes, and a first clasp adapted to receive the first connection bar for securing the first connection bar thereto;
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- a second locking structure configured to position and fix the plurality of light pipes in a second direction distinct from the first direction and including a second connection bar connecting adjacent light pipes of the plurality of light pipes, and a second clasp adapted to receive the second connection bar for securing the second connection bar thereto.
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A connector, comprising:
- a cage having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls between the top wall and the bottom wall;
- a light pipe adapted to be fixed on at least one side wall of the pair of side walls;
- and
- a locking structure formed on an outer surface of the at least one of the pair of side walls, the locking structure including:
- a first connection bar extending from the light pipe and having a first groove formed therein to define a first neck on the connection bar;
- and
- a first clasp adapted to receive the first neck of the first connection bar for securing the first connection bar thereto.
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A connector, comprising:
- a cage having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls between the top wall and the bottom wall;
- and
- a plurality of light pipes mounted on an outer surface of each of the pair of side walls, the plurality of light pipes on each side wall are arranged in sequence in a vertical plane and separated from each other, and a pair of adjacent light pipes on each side wall are connected to each other, the light pipes are fixed to the outer surface of each of the pair of side walls by a locking structure formed on each of the side walls, the locking structure including:
- a first locking structure configured to position and fix the plurality of light pipes in a vertical direction and including a first connection bar extending in the horizontal direction and connecting the pair of adjacent light pipes and a first clasp having a first C-shaped slot into which the first connection bar is adapted to be locked;
- and
- a second locking structure configured to position and fix the plurality of light pipes in a horizontal direction and including a second connection bar extending in the vertical direction and connecting the pair of adjacent light pipes and a second clasp having a second C-shaped slot into which the second connection bar is adapted to be locked.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.