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US 12,597,723 B2Granted
Contact assembly having cable contacts and connector contacts
AssigneeTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
InventorsBlake Dunbar, Nitish Balakrishnan
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Abstract
A contact assembly includes a contact organizer having a central wall that includes a front slot configured to receive a card edge of a circuit card and a pass-through window through the central wall. The contact assembly includes upper and lower contact arrays of upper and lower contacts coupled to the central wall. The contacts include forward sections extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card and rearward sections with terminating ends. The contacts include cable contacts terminated to ends of cables and connector contacts terminated to a board connector. The terminating ends of the upper connector contacts pass through the pass-through window to an area below the central wall for termination to the board connector.
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A contact assembly comprising:
- a contact organizer having a central wall including an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact organizer including a front slot at a front of the contact organizer configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of a pluggable module, the contact organizer including a pass-through window through the central wall;
- an upper contact array coupled to the upper surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the upper contact array including upper contacts, the upper contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the upper contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the upper contacts including upper cable contacts and upper connector contacts, the terminating ends of the upper cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of corresponding upper cables, the terminating ends of the upper connector contacts configured to be terminated to board contacts of a board connector connected to the host circuit board, the upper connector contacts passing through the pass-through window to an area below the central wall;
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- a lower contact array coupled to the lower surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the lower contact array including lower contacts, the lower contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the lower contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the lower contacts including lower cable contacts and lower connector contacts, the terminating ends of the lower cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of corresponding lower cables, the terminating ends of the lower connector contacts configured to be terminated to the board contacts of the board connector.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a board connector mounted to a host circuit board, the board connector including board contacts electrically connected to the host circuit board;
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- a cable connector electrically connected to cables of a cable assembly, the cable connector being positioned above the board connector on the host circuit board, the cable connector including a housing and a contact assembly received in a cavity of the housing;
- the housing including a top and a bottom, the housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a first side and a second side, the bottom facing the host circuit board, the housing including the cavity at the rear, the housing including a card slot open to the cavity at the front of the housing, the card slot configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module;
- the contact assembly including a contact organizer holding an upper contact array and a lower contact array;
- the contact organizer having a central wall including an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact organizer including a front slot at a front of the contact organizer aligned with the card slot to receive the card edge of the module circuit card of the pluggable module, the contact organizer including a pass-through window through the central wall;
- the upper contact array coupled to the upper surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the upper contact array including upper contacts, the upper contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the upper contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the upper contacts including upper cable contacts and upper connector contacts, the terminating ends of the upper cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of the corresponding cables, the terminating ends of the upper connector contacts configured to be terminated to the corresponding board contacts of the board connector, the upper connector contacts passing through the pass-through window to an area below the central wall;
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- a lower contact array coupled to the lower surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the lower contact array including lower contacts, the lower contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the lower contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the lower contacts including lower cable contacts and lower connector contacts, the terminating ends of the lower cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of the corresponding cables, the terminating ends of the lower connector contacts configured to be terminated to the board contacts of the board connector.
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A receptacle connector assembly comprising:
- a receptacle cage having walls forming a module channel extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle cage, the module channel configured to receive a pluggable module through a port at the front, the receptacle cage being mounted to a host circuit board;
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- an electrical connector assembly received in the receptacle cage at the rear to electrically connect to the pluggable module, the electrical connector assembly including a board connector and a cable connector;
- the board connector mounted to the host circuit board, the board connector including board contacts electrically connected to the host circuit board;
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- the cable connector electrically connected to cables of a cable assembly, the cable connector being positioned above the board connector on the host circuit board, the cable connector including a housing and a contact assembly received in a cavity of the housing;
- the housing including a top and a bottom, the housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a first side and a second side, the bottom facing the host circuit board, the housing including the cavity at the rear, the housing including a card slot open to the cavity at the front of the housing, the card slot configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module;
- the contact assembly including a contact organizer holding an upper contact array and a lower contact array;
- the contact organizer having a central wall including an upper surface and a lower surface, the contact organizer including a front slot at a front of the contact organizer aligned with the card slot to receive the card edge of the module circuit card of the pluggable module, the contact organizer including a pass-through window through the central wall;
- the upper contact array coupled to the upper surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the upper contact array including upper contacts, the upper contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the upper contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the upper contacts including upper cable contacts and upper connector contacts, the terminating ends of the upper cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of the corresponding cables, the terminating ends of the upper connector contacts configured to be terminated to the corresponding board contacts of the board connector, the upper connector contacts passing through the pass-through window to an area below the central wall;
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- a lower contact array coupled to the lower surface of the central wall of the contact organizer, the lower contact array including lower contacts, the lower contacts including forward sections and rearward sections, the forward sections of the lower contacts extending to the front slot to mate with the module circuit card, the rearward sections having terminating ends, the lower contacts including lower cable contacts and lower connector contacts, the terminating ends of the lower cable contacts configured to be terminated to cable conductors of the corresponding cables, the terminating ends of the lower connector contacts configured to be terminated to the board contacts of the board connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.