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US 12,136,953 B2Granted
Contactless connector and contactless connector assembly
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsHai-Jun Xu, Tung-Lou Lin
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Abstract
A contactless connector includes: a circuit board; a light emitter arranged on the circuit board and capable of converting electrical signals into optical signals; a light emitter control chip arranged on the circuit board for controlling the operation of the light emitter; and a light-transmitting member at least partially covering the circuit board, the light emitter, and the light emitter control chip.
Claims14
A contactless connector for mating with another contactless connector to transmit signals, comprising:
- a circuit board, having a first side and a second side being opposite to each other;
- a light emitter arranged on the first side of the circuit board and capable of converting electrical signals into optical signals;
- a light emitter control chip arranged on the first side of the circuit board for controlling the operation of the light emitter;
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- a light-transmitting member, having a first surface and a second surface being opposite to each other, the first surface being mated with the another contactless connector, the second surface being partially concaved to cover the circuit board, the light emitter, and the light emitter control chip;
- wherein the light-transmitting member includes a first lens formed on the second surface and a second lens formed on the first surface, the first lens faces the circuit board and is arranged to positionally corresponded to the light emitter, and the second lens faces transfers light signals from the first lens to the another contactless connector.
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A contactless connector assembly comprising:
- a first contactless connector comprising:
- a first circuit board;
- a light emitter arranged on the first circuit board and capable of converting electrical signals into optical signals;
- a light emitter control chip arranged on the first circuit board for controlling operation of the light emitter;
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- a first light-transmitting member forming a first receiving portion, wherein the first circuit board, the light emitter, and the light emitter control chip are received in the first receiving portion;
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- a second contactless connector cooperating with the first contactless connector to transmit signals, the second contactless connector comprising:
- a second circuit board;
- a light receiver disposed on the second circuit board and capable of receiving optical signals emitted by the light emitter and converting the received optical signals into electrical signals;
- an amplifier chip for amplifying the electrical signals;
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- a second light-transmitting member forming a second receiving portion, wherein the second circuit board, the light receiver, and the amplifier chip are received in the first receiving portion;
- wherein the first light-transmitting member forms a pair of outer positioning posts, the second light-transmitting member forms a pair of positioning recessed potions, the pair of outer positioning posts are inserted in the pair of positioning recessed potions, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.