Electrical connector mateable in a plurality of orientations
AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
InventorsJohn H. Weaver, Jr., Timothy B. Billman
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Abstract
An interconnection system, comprising: a first connector having an arrangement of contacts therein; and a second connector, mateable with said first connector, and having an arrangement of contacts therein. The second connector can mate with the first connector in a plurality of orientations. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; and a plurality of contacts in said insulative housing. The connector has four quadrants, with each quadrant housing some of the contacts in an orientation. Each quadrant has an orientation that is different than the other quadrants.
Claims19
An electrical connector, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- and
- a plurality of signal and ground contacts in said insulative housing;
- wherein said connector has four quadrants, each quadrant housing a portion of said plurality of signal and ground contacts, all signal contacts in one quadrant being oriented different relative to an orientation of signal contacts in all other ones of said quadrants, wherein the signal contacts comprise a mating end with a general L shape, and wherein the signal contacts in each quadrant are orientated as a general mirror image to orientation of the signal contacts in the two adjacent quadrants.
An interconnection system, comprising:
- a first connector having an arrangement of signal and ground contacts therein;
- and
- a second connector, mateable with said first connector, and having a second arrangement of pairs of signal and ground contacts therein, the pairs of contacts being arranged in different parts of the second connector, each part having multiple ground contacts and the ground contacts in each respective part being orientated in a same orientation in that part;
- wherein said ground contacts comprise a mating end with a general L shaped cross section, wherein all of said ground contacts in a first one of the parts of the second arrangement are oriented different relative to said ground contacts in all other ones of the parts of the second arrangement, and wherein said second corrector is mateable with said first connector in a plurality of orientations without shorting any of said signal contacts of said first connector to any of said ground contacts of said second connector.
An interconnection system, comprising:
- a first connector having a first housing and a first arrangement of first contacts, therein;
- and
- a second connector, mateable with the first connector, and having a second housing and a second arrangement of second contacts therein;
- wherein the second connector is mateable with the first connector in a plurality of orientations without shorting any of said contacts, and wherein at least one of the first and second connectors has its contacts arranged in four quadrants, each quadrant having at least two ground contacts and two signal contacts, wherein the ground contacts comprise a mating end with a general L shaped cross section, and wherein a majority of contacts in a first one of the quadrants being oriented respectively differently relative to contacts in second, third and fourth ones of the quadrants.
A connector assembly, comprising:
- a plug connector having an arrangement of contacts therein comprising signal and ground contacts;
- and
- a receptacle connector conjugally mateable with said plug connector, and having a second arrangement of contacts therein comprising signal and ground contacts;
- wherein the signal contacts comprise a mating end with a general L shape, wherein a majority of signal contacts in the second arrangement is oriented differently relative to each other, and wherein said receptacle connector and said plug connector are conjugally mateable in a plurality of orientations without shorting any of said signal and ground contacts.
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