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US 8,523,581 B2Granted
Header connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsGalen M. Martin, Joe Sakai, Naomi Ishikawa, Matthew Bryan Hitchcock
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Abstract
A header connector assembly and a process of fabricating a header connector assembly is disclosed. The header connector assembly includes a header subassembly and a module. The header subassembly includes an outer housing and an inner housing, the inner housing having contacts and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is attached to the header subassembly.
Claims21
A header connector assembly, comprising:
- a module;
- and
- a header subassembly arranged and disposed to be mounted with the module, the header subassembly comprising an outer housing and an inner housing;
- wherein the outer housing having a mating end and a mounting end through which the inner housing is positioned in an interior chamber of the outer housing, the outer housing includes a shroud which surrounds the outer housing proximate the mounting end and a seal positioned entirely within the shroud, the outer housing having keying features;
- and
- wherein the inner housing includes contacts inserted therein and being secured to a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is attached to the header subassembly by being one or more of wave soldered and surface mounted, the inner housing having alignment channels which cooperate with the keying members to properly position the inner housing in the interior chamber of the outer housing;
- wherein the module and the header subassembly are separate components of the header connector assembly.
4 more elements
A header connector assembly having a header subassembly and a module, wherein the header subassembly comprises:
- a header housing having an interior chamber with one or more engagement features positioned in the interior chamber;
- and
- one or more internal connectors having one or more securing mechanisms;
- wherein the one or more internal connectors are secured within the header housing by the engagement of the one or more engagement features of the interior chamber of the header housing with the one or more securing mechanisms of the one or more internal connectors;
- wherein the header subassembly further comprises a seal positioned entirely within a shroud of the header housing, the header subassembly is a unitary structure, or a combination thereof;
- wherein the module and the header subassembly are separate components of the header connector assembly.
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A process of fabricating a header connector assembly, the process comprising:
- assembling a circuit board on an inner housing of a header subassembly;
- assembling the inner housing in an outer housing of the subassembly, the assembling of the inner housing in the outer housing comprising:
- aligning keying features of the outer housing with alignment members of the inner housing;
- engaging securing members of the inner housing to engagement features of an interior chamber of the outer housing to secure the inner housing to the outer housing;
- inserting the header subassembly into a module, the header subassembly including the inner housing and an outer housing, the outer housing having mating interfaces;
- wherein the header subassembly further comprises a seal positioned entirely within a shroud of the outer housing, the header subassembly is a unitary structure, or a combination thereof.
3 more elements
A header connector assembly, comprising:
- a module;
- and
- a header subassembly arranged and disposed to be mounted with the module, the header subassembly comprising an outer housing and an inner housing;
- wherein the outer housing includes a shroud and a seal positioned entirely within the shroud;
- and
- wherein the inner housing includes contacts inserted therein and being secured to a circuit board, wherein the circuit board is attached to the header subassembly by being one or more of wave soldered and surface mounted;
- wherein the module and the header subassembly are separate components of the header connector assembly;
- wherein a module end of the inner housing, a mounting end of the outer housing and an end of the seal are approximately coplanar.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.