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US 12,646,889 B2Granted
Vertical interconnect system for high-speed data transmission
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorEric Zbinden
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Abstract
A vertical interconnect module and mating receptacle are described. The vertical interconnect module may be a transceiver, transmitter, or receiver that is part of an optical communication system. The vertical interconnect module has a low profile and small footprint. The interconnection system is capable of transferring information at high data rates.
Claims15
A host electrical connector comprising:
- an electrically insulative host connector housing;
- a plurality of host connector electrical contacts supported by the electrically insulative host connector housing, wherein the host electrical connector is configured to be mounted to a major surface of a host substrate, and the host electrical connector is configured to mate with a vertical interconnect module along a mating direction perpendicular to the major surface when the host electrical connector is mounted to the major surface;
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- a latch that is slideable along a plane that is perpendicular to the mating direction between an engaged position and a disengaged position while the host electrical connector is mated with the vertical interconnect module, whereby the latch in the engaged position prevents the vertical interconnect module from unmating from the host electrical connector, and the latch in the disengaged position allows the vertical interconnect module to unmate from the host electrical connector,
- wherein the latch has two flexible arms.
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A vertical interconnect system comprising:
- a vertical interconnect module that includes an optical engine;
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- a receptacle connector that includes a slideable latch configured to secure the vertical interconnect module into the receptacle connector,
- wherein the receptacle connector includes a receptacle connector housing that guides sliding of the slideable latch between an engaged position and a disengaged position, and
- wherein the receptacle connector housing includes two detents that engage with the slideable latch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.