Cable backplane system
AssigneeTyco Electonics Corporation
InventorsJared Evan Rossman, Christopher Ritter
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Abstract
A cable backplane system includes cable connectors having cables extending therefrom. Each cable connector has a header holding signal contacts at a mating end of the header configured for mating with a card connector. The cable backplane system includes a cable tray having side walls surrounding a cavity defining a raceway for the cables. The cable tray has a front edge. A plurality of connector bricks are received in the cable tray. The connector bricks each having a header frame comprising end spacers and side spacers defining a header opening receiving a plurality of the cable connectors. The end walls hold the headers of corresponding cable connectors. The side spacers have guide paddles extending from a front of the side spacers forward of the cable connectors.
Claims20
A cable backplane system comprising:
- cable connectors having cables extending therefrom, each cable connector having a header holding signal contacts at a mating end of the header, the mating end being configured to be received in a corresponding connector opening in a backplane;
- a cable tray having side walls surrounding a cavity defining a raceway for the cables, the cable tray having a front edge;
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- a plurality of connector bricks received in the cable tray, the connector bricks each having a header frame comprising end spacers and side spacers defining a header opening receiving a plurality of the cable connectors between the side spacers with the mating ends of the cable connectors being forward facing, the end spacers holding the headers of corresponding cable connectors, the side spacers having guide paddles each configured to be loaded into the backplane to guide assembly of the connector brick to the backplane, the guide paddles extending from a front of the side spacers forward of the mating ends of the cable connectors for locating the plurality of cable connectors relative to the corresponding connector opening in the backplane.
A cable backplane system comprising:
- a backplane having connector openings extending therethrough;
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- a cable rack coupled to the backplane, the cable rack comprising:
- cable connectors having cables extending therefrom, each cable connector having a header holding signal contacts at a mating end of the header;
- a cable tray having side walls surrounding a cavity defining a raceway for the cables, the cable tray having a front edge;
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- a plurality of connector bricks received in the cable tray, the connector bricks each having a header frame comprising end spacers and side spacers defining a header opening receiving a plurality of the cable connectors, the end spacers holding the headers of corresponding cable connectors, the side spacers having guide paddles extending from a front of the side spacers forward of the cable connectors;
- wherein the guide paddles are received in corresponding connector openings to guide loading of the headers into the connector openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.