Electrical connector having a light indicator
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorsScott Frederick Morin, Brian Patrick Costello, Michael Paul Derstine
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Abstract
This invention provides a modular jack receptacle connector (10) which has at least one light pipe (14) for transmitting light signals from a light emitting device receiving area (66) through an output face (76) along the mating face (24) of the modular jack receptacle (10).
Claims13
A board mountable electrical connector having a circuit board mounting face, and a mating face comprising:
- a plurality of indicator receiving areas disposed along the circuit board mounting face, and;
- a plurality of light transmission media extending from the indicator receiving areas to the mating face, at least one of the light transmission media being color coded to be a different color from the other light transmission media, whereby light is transmitted from a respective light emitting device mounted on the circuit board to respective positions on the mating face of the electrical connector.
A board mountable electrical connector having a circuit board mounting face, and plurality of major surfaces, comprising:
- an indicator receiving area disposed alone the circuit board mounting face, and;
- a plurality of light transmitting media extending from the indicator receiving area to one of a plurality of major surfaces, at least one of the light transmitting media being color coded to be a different color from the other light transmitting media whereby light is transmitted from a light emitting device mounted on the circuit board to the major surface.
An electrical connector being mountable to a printed circuit board having an insulative housing profiled to receive a complimentary connector, the electrical connector comprising:
- a channel formed in the insulative housing and extending from a mating face to a board mounting face, and;
- a light transmission medium disposed inside the channel and profiled to have an input face positioned near the board mounting face and an output face positioned along the mating face of the insulative housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.