# US 2019/0245288 A1 · Wire to board connectors suitable for use in bypass routing assemblies > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0245288 A1 - Document ID: US20190245288A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/386,294 - Filed: 2019-04-17 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-11 - Assignees: Molex Incorporated - Applicants: Molex, LLC - Inventors: Brian 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 - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190245288A1 ## CPC - H01R 12/714: {with contacts abutting directly the printed circuit; Button contacts therefore provided on the printed circuit} - H01R 12/71: for rigid printing circuits or like structures - H01R 12/716: {Coupling device provided on the PCB} - H01R 12/75: connecting to cables except for flat or ribbon cables - H01R 13/113: {co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section} - H01R 13/6275: {Latching arms not integral with the housing (H01R13/6276, H01R13/6277, H01R13/6278 take precedence)} - H01R 24/22: with additional earth or shield contacts - H01R 24/60: Contacts spaced along planar side wall transverse to longitudinal axis of engagement - H01R 13/567: {Traverse cable outlet or wire connection} - H01R 13/639: Additional means for holding or locking coupling parts together, after engagement, {e.g. separate keylock, retainer strap} - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing is configured to be retainably inserted into a receptacle connector. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The connector assembly of claim 2, wherein the housing includes a stop surface configured to retain the housing in the receptacle when, in operation, the housing is inserted into the receptacle connector. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The connector assembly of claim 3, wherein, when the receptacle is mounted on a substrate the receptacle is inserted into the receptacle in a direction is that orthogonal to the substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The connector assembly of claim 3, wherein the stop surface is a first stop surface and the housing further includes a second stop surface, both of the first and second stop surfaces configured to retain the housing in the receptacle when, in operation, the housing is inserted into the receptacle connector. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The connector assembly of claim 5, wherein the first and second stop surfaces are on opposite sides of the housing. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the contact portions are configured to be deflected when, in operation, they are pressed against corresponding contact. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The connector of claim 7, wherein the second connector further includes a ground contact that is arranged to extend in a direction similar to the signal contacts, the ground contact configured to deflect when pressed against a corresponding contact. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The connector of claim 8, wherein the ground contact includes a curved surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The connector of claim 9, wherein the curved surface of the signal contacts curves in a first direction and the curved surface of the ground contact curves in a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite.