System having a cable assembly and plug and receptacle connectors
AssigneesCreganna Unlimited Company, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
InventorsThomas Medina, Yohichi Sasaki, Makiya Kimura
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Abstract
Catheter assembly includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly includes first and second cable segments that are interconnected by a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes an elongated plug substrate and a mating array of electrical contacts supported by the plug substrate. The receptacle connector includes a system array of electrical contacts. The receptacle housing is sized and shaped to receive the plug substrate during a mating operation.
Claims21
A system comprising:
- a control system and a modular device communicatively coupled through a cable assembly and a connector assembly, the modular device configured to be inserted into a body and configured to at least one of detect external signals or emit energy, the connector assembly having a plug connector and a receptacle connector, wherein a centerline extends through the cable assembly;
- the plug connector comprising an elongated plug substrate and a mating array of electrical contacts supported by the plug substrate, the plug substrate projecting in an axial direction along the centerline;
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- the receptacle connector comprising a receptacle housing and a system array of electrical contacts, the receptacle housing having an enclosed slot that is sized and shaped to receive the plug substrate during a mating operation in which the plug substrate is inserted into the enclosed slot in the axial direction, wherein the system array and the mating array engage each other along a mating zone within the enclosed slot, the mating zone extending essentially parallel to the centerline.
A cable segment of a catheter assembly, the cable segment comprising:
- an elongated cable extending between an operating end and a mating end, the elongated cable having conductive pathways extending between the operating end and the mating end, wherein a centerline extends through a center of the elongated cable;
- a plug connector coupled to the elongated cable at the mating end, the plug connector including a plug housing having a mating cavity that is configured to receive another connector, the mating cavity being defined by an interior wall surface that surrounds the centerline, the plug connector also including a plug substrate extending along the centerline within the mating cavity such that a connector-receiving space circumscribes the plug substrate, the plug substrate supporting a two-dimensional (2D) mating array of electrical contacts that are oriented parallel to the centerline.
A cable segment of a catheter assembly, the cable segment comprising:
- an elongated cable extending between an operating end and a mating end, the elongated cable having conductive pathways extending between the operating end and the mating end, wherein a centerline extends through a center of the elongated cable;
- a receptacle connector comprising a receptacle housing and a system array of electrical contacts, wherein the receptacle housing defines an enclosed slot that is sized and shaped to receive a plug substrate from another connector, the enclosed slot opening in an axial direction that is parallel to the centerline, wherein the system array is configured to engage a mating array along the plug substrate within the enclosed slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.