Customizable electrical connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsTimothy B. Billman, Eric D. Juntwait
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (110; 310), a number of wafers (130; 350) accommodated in the insulative housing, and a number of inner printed circuit boards (120; 320). Each wafer has a wafer body (131; 3113), a number of electrical contacts (132; 330) mounted to the wafer body and a grounding bus (133; 340) mounted to the wafer body. Each inner printed circuit board has a mounting portion (124; 324) detachably inserted between two adjacent wafers to electrically contact with the signal contacts and the grounding buses and a mating portion (123; 323) adapted for engaging with a complementary electrical connector.
Claims18
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of wafers being accommodated in the insulative housing, each wafer comprising an insulative wafer body, a plurality of electrical contacts mounted to the wafer body and a grounding bus mounted to the wafer body;
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- a plurality of inner printed circuit boards being substantially enclosed in the insulative housing, each inner printed circuit board being detachably received between two adjacent ones of the wafers to electrically contact with the electrical contacts and the grounding buses.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of wafers being accommodated in the insulative housing, each wafer comprising an insulative wafer body, a plurality of electrical contacts mounted to the wafer body, and a grounding bus mounted to the wafer body;
- and
- a plurality of inner printed circuit boards each comprising a mounting portion to be inserted between two adjacent wafers, the mounting portion of each inner printed circuit board electrically contacting with the electrical contacts of one of the wafers and the grounding buses of two adjacent ones of the wafers.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- first and second wafers arranged in the housing defining a receiving space therebetween, the first wafer comprising a signal contact extending into the receiving space, the second wafer comprising a grounding bus comprising a tab extending into the receiving space;
- and
- an inner printed circuit board being detachably received between the first and the second wafers to electrically contact the signal contact and the tab of the grounding bus of the first and the second wafers, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.