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US 9,543,676 B2Granted
Connector adapter and circuit board assembly including the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsNicholas Lee Evans, Christopher David Ritter
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Abstract
Connector adapter includes an adapter body having a mating side and a mounting side. The mating side includes signal cavities that open to the mating side. The connector adapter also includes signal conductors extending through the adapter body. Each of the signal conductors has and extends between a pin socket positioned at the mating side and a signal tail positioned at the mounting side. The pin sockets are positioned within corresponding signal cavities. Each of the pin sockets includes first and second arms that oppose each other and define a thru-hole therebetween. The first and second arms engage a signal tail of an electrical connector when the signal tail of the electrical connector is inserted into the thru-hole.
Claims19
A connector adapter comprising:
- an adapter body having a mating side and a mounting side, the mounting side configured to be mounted to a circuit board, the mating side configured to have an electrical connector stacked thereon, the mating side including signal cavities that open to the mating side;
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- signal conductors extending through the adapter body, each of the signal conductors having and extending between a pin socket positioned at the mating side and a signal tail positioned at the mounting side, the pin sockets being positioned within corresponding signal cavities, each of the pin sockets comprising a socket body having a receiving edge and an inner surface that extend continuously around a conductor axis and to define a thru-hole, the receiving edge being closer to the mating side than the inner surface, the inner surface extending from the receiving edge and along the conductor axis, wherein the receiving edge and the inner surface of the socket body are configured to engage and compress opposite edges of a connector tail of the electrical connector as the connector tail of the electrical connector is inserted into the thru-hole in a direction along the conductor axis.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector having a mounting side and a connector array of signal and ground tails positioned along the mounting side, the electrical connector having a mating side that is configured to mate with an electrical component, wherein the signal and ground tails of the electrical connector include press-fit pins that are configured to be compressed and deformed;
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- a connector adapter including an adapter body having a mating side that is configured to interface with the mounting side of the electrical connector, the mating side including signal and ground cavities that open to the mating side, the connector adapter including a conductor assembly having signal and ground conductors that extend through the adapter body, the signal conductors forming a plurality of signal pairs, the ground conductors being positioned such that each of the signal pairs is surrounded by at least two of the ground conductors, the signal and ground conductors having signal and ground terminals, respectively, that are positioned within the signal and ground cavities, respectively, proximate to the mating side, wherein the signal and ground terminals engage the signal and ground tails, respectively, of the connector array;
- wherein the signal and ground conductors of the conductor assembly have signal and ground tails that form an adapter array at a mounting side of the adapter body, wherein the signal and ground tails of the adapter array and the signal and ground tails, respectively, of the connector array have identical positions relative to the respective mounting side.
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A daughter card assembly configured to engage a backplane or midplane circuit board of a communication system, the daughter card assembly comprising:
- a right-angle electrical connector having a mounting side and a connector array of signal and ground tails positioned along the mounting side, the electrical connector having a mating side that is configured to mate with an electrical connector of the communication system, the mating and mounting sides facing in perpendicular directions;
- a circuit board having electrical contacts;
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- a connector adapter stacked between and communicatively coupling the electrical connector and the circuit board, the connector adapter increasing an elevation of the mating side of the electrical connector relative to the circuit board, the connector adapter including an adapter body having a mating side that interfaces with the mounting side of the electrical connector, the mating side including signal and ground cavities that open to the mating side, the connector adapter including a conductor assembly having signal and ground conductors that extend through the adapter body, the signal conductors forming a plurality of signal pairs, the ground conductors being positioned to electrically separate the signal pairs, the signal and ground conductors having signal and ground terminals, respectively, that are positioned within the signal and ground cavities, respectively, proximate to the mating side, wherein the signal and ground terminals engage the signal and ground tails, respectively, of the connector array and wherein the electrical connector, the connector adapter, and the circuit board are coupled to one another such that the daughter card assembly is movable as a unit for mating with the communication system, and wherein the signal and ground conductors of the conductor assembly have signal and ground tails that form an adapter array at a mounting side of the adapter body, wherein the adapter array and the connector array are identical.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.