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US 11,309,655 B2Granted
High density receptacle
OwnerHazelton Avery, Kent E. Regnierinventors
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Abstract
A receptacle is depicted. The receptacle can provide two rows of terminals to increase the density of the interface. If desired, a connector positioned in the receptacle can omit the use of a housing, even if the receptacle provides a stacked connector configuration. With the use of various airflow features it is possible to cool inserted plug modules that use more than 6 watts and potentially more than 8 watts of power.
Claims12
A receptacle, comprising:
- a cage with a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall, the cage defining a port;
- a wafer set positioned in the cage, the wafer set including a plurality of wafers, the wafer set not being supported by a housing that extends along a substantial portion of the wafer set, the wafer set having a first side, a second side and a third side, each of the wafers in the wafer set having an insulative frame that supports a plurality of terminals, at least one terminal from the wafer set having a folded form, the folded form orienting a contact end of the at least one terminal to face the top wall, wherein at least some of the wafers in the wafer set are arranged in a ground, signal, signal pattern;
- two retaining bars, one of the retaining bars position on the first side and the other of the two retaining bars positioned on the second side.
A receptacle, comprising:
- a cage with a top wall, two side walls and a rear wall, the cage defining a port;
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- a wafer set positioned in the cage, the wafer set including a plurality of wafers, the wafer set having a first side, a second side and a third side, each of the wafers in the wafer set having an insulative frame that supports a plurality of terminals, at least one terminal from the wafer set having a folded form, the folded form orienting a contact end of the at least one terminal to face the top wall, wherein at least some of the wafers in the wafer set are arranged in a ground, signal, signal pattern, wherein the plurality of wafers extend to the top wall.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a cage that defines a port, the cage having a top wall, the cage configured to be mounted on a supporting surface;
- a card slot member positioned in the port;
- a wafer set aligned with the card slot, the wafer set including a plurality of wafers that each support at least four terminals, wherein the terminals are arranged so that two rows of contacts are provided on a first side and a second side of the card slot, at least one terminal from the wafer set having a folded form, the folded form orienting a contact end of the at least one terminal to face the top wall, wherein the card slot member is configured to be suspended from the supporting surface and is only supported by the wafer set and the cage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.