US 2019/0245288 A1Published application

Wire to board connectors suitable for use in bypass routing assemblies

AssigneeMolex Incorporated

InventorsBrian Keith LLOYD, Gregory B. WALZ, Bruce REED, Gregory FITZGERALD, Ayman ISAAC, Kent E. REGNIER, Brandon JANOWIAK, Darian R. SCHULZ, Munawar AHMAD, Eran J. JONES, Javier RESENDEZ, Michael ROST

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Abstract

A wire to board connector is provided for connecting cables of cable bypass assemblies to circuitry mounted on a circuit board. The connector has a structure that maintains the geometry of the cable through the connector. The connector includes a pair of edge coupled conductive signal terminals and a ground shield to which the signal terminals are broadside coupled. The connector includes a pair of ground terminals aligned with the signal terminals and both sets of terminals have J-shaped contact portions that flex linearly when the connector is inserted into a receptacle. In another embodiment, the signal terminal contact portions are supported by a compliant member that may deflect when the connectors engage contact pads on a substrate.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A connector assembly, comprising:

a port positioned on a front face of a box, the port including a first connector positioned in the port;
a cable including a pair of signal conductors positioned in an insulative layer, the cable including an outer conductive covering, the cable having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the first connector;
a second connector positioned on the second end of the cable, the second connector including a housing that supports a pair of signal terminals and a ground terminal, each signal terminal having a contact portion and a termination portion and a body portion extending therebetween, the termination portion being connected to the signal conductors in the cable and the contact portions being disposed exterior of the connector housing, the contact portions including curved surfaces that are configured to be pressed against a contact positioned on a substrate.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/386,294Filed 17 Apr 2019
Priority: 11 Jan 2015
Published: 8 Aug 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

H01R 12/714
Co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit: with…
H01R 12/71
Coupling devices: for rigid printing circuits or like structures
H01R 12/716
Co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit:…
H01R 12/75
For rigid printing circuits or like structures: connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables

Family

Application62/102,045Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2015
Application62/102,046Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2015
Application62/102,047Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2015
Application62/102,048Us provisional application · filed 11 Jan 2015
Application62/156,602Us provisional application · filed 4 May 2015
Application62/156,708Us provisional application · filed 4 May 2015
Application62/167,036Us provisional application · filed 27 May 2015
Application62/182,161Us provisional application · filed 19 Jun 2015
Application15/541,208Continuation · filed 30 Jun 2017
Application16/386,294Continuation
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