Single pair ethernet connection system
AssigneeKYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
InventorXin Jin
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a method and apparatus for a single pair Ethernet (SPE) wire-to-board connector. The SPE connector may include a female connector portion and a male connector portion. The female connector portion may include a first electrical contact having a first contact tine and a first receiving portion, a second electrical contact having a second contact tine and a second receiving portion. The male connector portion includes a third electrical contact comprising a first insulation displacement contact (IDC) portion and a third contact tine, a fourth electrical contact comprising a second DC portion and a fourth male portion, and a second inner housing having a first wire retention groove, a second wire retention groove, and an opening structured to allow an SPE cable to extend therethrough.
Claims20
A single pair Ethernet (SPE) connector comprising:
- a female connector portion comprising:
- a first electrical contact comprising a first contact tine and a first receiving portion, the first electrical contact positioned partially within a first insulative housing;
- a second electrical contact comprising a second contact tine and a second receiving portion, the second electrical contact positioned partially within the first insulative housing;
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- a first outer housing, the first outer housing mechanically secured to the first insulative housing;
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- a male connector portion structured to be selectively coupled to the female connector portion, the male connector portion comprising:
- a third electrical contact comprising a first insulation displacement contact (IDC) portion and a third contact tine;
- a fourth electrical contact comprising a second IDC portion and a fourth contact tine;
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- a second inner housing comprising:
- a first wire retention groove on a first side of the second inner housing;
- a second wire retention groove on a second side the second inner housing;
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- an opening extending a length of the second inner housing.
A single pair Ethernet (SPE) connector comprising:
- a female connector portion comprising:
- a first contact comprising a first contact tine and a first receiving portion,
- a second contact comprising a second contact tine and a second receiving portion, and
- a first insulative housing comprising a first contact retention recess and a second contact retention recess;
- the first contact positioned at least partially within the first contact retention recess, and the second contact positioned at least partially within the second contact retention recess;
- wherein the first contact tine and the second contact tine extend from the first insulative housing and are configured to electrically and mechanically connect to respective openings of an electrical component;
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- wherein each of the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion are hollow and include a tapered edge;
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- a male connector portion structured to be selectively coupled to the female connector portion, the male connector portion comprising:
- a first insulation displacement contact (IDC);
- a second IDC contact;
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- a second inner housing comprising a first slot intersecting a first wire retention groove and structured to receive blades from the first IDC contact and a second slot intersecting a second wire retention groove structured to receive blades from the second IDC contact.
A method comprising:
- extending an SPE cable through a second inner housing;
- positioning a first wire of the SPE cable within a first wire retention groove of the second inner housing and a second wire of the SPE cable within a second wire retention groove of the second inner housing;
- compressing a first housing onto the second inner housing such that a first electrical connection is made between the first wire and a first IDC contact and a second electrical connection is made between the second wire and a second IDC;
- adjoining an outer housing and a pressure nut together over the first housing and the second inner housing such that the first housing and the second inner housing are mechanically secured within the outer housing and the pressure nut;
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- adjoining the outer housing to a female connector such that the first IDC contact mechanically and electrically connects to a first female contact and the second IDC contact mechanically and electrically connects to a second female contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.