Connector system having a vibration dampening shell
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsHung Thai Nguyen, Brent D. Yohn
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Abstract
A connector system is provided that includes electrical connectors, a substrate and a vibration dampening shell. The connectors each have first and second sides. The substrate has an upper surface with the connectors mounted thereon. The shell limits movement of the connectors with respect to one another and is coupled to the first sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors toward and away from the upper substrate. The shell also is coupled to the second sides of the connectors to limit the movement of the connectors in directions transverse to the upper substrate surface.
Claims18
A connector system comprising:
- electrical connectors each holding one or more card modules, each of the connectors having a top side, a rear side and a bottom side configured to be mounted on an upper surface of a substrate;
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- a vibration dampening shell having an upper body and a rear body, the upper body coupled to the top sides of the connectors to limit lateral movement of the connectors in lateral directions with respect to the upper surface of the substrate, the rear body coupled to the rear sides of the connectors to limit transverse movement of the connectors in directions that are transverse to the lateral directions, wherein the rear body of the shell is disposed transverse to the upper surface of the substrate, the rear body continuously spanning the rear sides of the connectors to interconnect the connectors with one another.
A connector system comprising:
- mounted connectors each including one or more card modules and joined to an upper surface of a substrate, the mounted connectors including top and rear transverse sides;
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- a vibration dampening shell including an upper body and a separate lower body electrically coupled with one another and to an electric ground reference, the upper body continuously spanning across and coupled to at least one of the top and rear sides of the connectors to limit individual movement of the mounted connectors, the lower body mounted to a lower surface of the substrate and separated from the upper body by a loading opening that receives mating connectors that mate with the mounted connectors, wherein the shell is joined with the electric ground reference to discharge electrostatic energy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.