US 2026/0074474 A1 · WIRE TO WIRE JUNCTION CONNECTOR

Abstract

A single pair Ethernet connector includes first and second housings, first and second electrical contacts, and a shield to encase the connected first and second housings. The first and second housings each include a first mating portion and a conjoined second mating portion, the first mating portion having a female interface on a first side and the second mating portion extending in a direction opposite the first side. The first and second electrical contacts each include a base having opposing first and second ends, a first portion extending from the first end, and a second portion extending from the second end. The female interface on the first side of the first housing receives the first portion of each of the first and second electrical contacts and the female interface on the first side of the second housing receives the second portion of each of the first and second electrical contacts.

Claims15

Dependent claims

An electrical contact comprising:

a base having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the base further comprises at least one retention feature;
a first contact portion extending from the first end of the base;
and
a second contact portion extending from the second end of the base;
wherein a first plane defined by the first and second portions is offset from a second plane defined by the base.

2 more elements

A method of forming a single pair Ethernet (SPE) connector comprising:

inserting each of a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact into a female interface of a first housing such that a first contact portion of each of the first and second electrical contacts is respectively received within a first opening and a second opening within the first housing;
inserting each of the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact into a female interface of a second housing such that a second contact portion of each of the first and second electrical contracts is respectively received within the first housing;
wherein each of the first housing and the second housing include at least one recess;
and
enclosing the first housing and the second housing within a shield, the shield having a shape that is complementary to a shape of each of the first housing and second housing, wherein the shield includes a first retention feature at a first distance from a first end and a second retention feature at a second distance from a second end, and wherein the first retention feature engages with the recess of the first housing and the second retention feature engages with the recess of the second housing to retain the shield over the first and second housings.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/391,064Filed 17 Nov 2025

Priority

23 Sep 2021

Published

12 Mar 2026

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

H01R 24/64
Sliding engagements with one side only, e.g. modular jack coupling devices: for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45
H01R 13/6581
High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]: shield structure
H01R 24/54
Specially adapted for high frequency: intermediate parts, e.g. adapters, splitters or elbows
H01R 31/06
Coupling parts supported only by co-operation with counterpart: intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter

Family

Application63/247,599Us provisional application · filed 23 Sep 2021

Application17/950,833Division · filed 22 Sep 2022

Application19/391,064Division

US 12,476,428 B2Related patent

US 2023/0087659 A1Published application

US 2026/0074474 A1This patent

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Wire to wire junction connector

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Wire to wire junction connector

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Abstract

Claims15