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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997934 | Connector with insert for reduced crosstalk A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various s... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7883373 | Plug component for an electrical control unit A plug component for an electrical control unit has a contact section formed with one or more compartments, in which a number of contact pins extend perpendicular to a first reference plane. The plug component can be contacted mechanically and electrically with a pl... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7811134 | Connector with insert for reduced crosstalk A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various s... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7798854 | Connector A connector which is capable of preventing degradation of transmission, and achieving downsizing. Contact portions of first and second signal contacts, and contact portions of ground contacts are arranged in a row in a contact arranging direction. Contact portions o... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7789708 | Connector with bifurcated contact arms A backplane electrical connector electrically and physically connects a daughter card printed circuit board to a backplane printed circuit board. The electrical connect can be of a two-piece construction including a daughtercard connector mateable with a pin header.... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7731537 | Impedance control in connector mounting areas A high speed connector with reduced crosstalk utilizes individual connector support frames that are assembled together to form a block of connector units. Each such unit supports a column of conductive terminals in two spaced-apart columns. The columns have differen... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7632149 | Differential pair connector featuring reduced crosstalk A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various s... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7621781 | Electrical connector with crosstalk canceling features An electrical connector system includes first and second connector assemblies. Each connector assembly includes contacts arranged in at least two differential pairs wherein one of the pairs is an aggressor pair and one of the pairs is a victim pair. A differential s... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7588462 | Covers for electrical connectors A cover for an electrical connector includes substrate mounting beams. When a force is applied to the top, the beams transfer the force to the lead frame, pressing contacts of the connector to an electrical device such as a substrate. Flat rock application may be ap... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588463 | Connector and method of producing the same A receptacle includes contact modules, each of which includes contacts, one of common ends thereof being connected to contact pins of a plug when the receptacle and the plug are connected to each other, and the other of the common ends of the contacts being connecte... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585186 | Performance enhancing contact module assemblies A contact module assembly includes a dielectric body having a mating end with a plurality of mating contacts and a mounting end with a plurality of mounting contacts. A lead frame is at least partially encased by the dielectric body, wherein the lead frame has a plu... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7581990 | High speed, high density electrical connector with selective positioning of lossy regions An electrical interconnection system with high speed, high density electrical connectors. The connectors incorporate electrically lossy material, selectively positioned to reduce crosstalk without undesirably attenuating signals. The lossy material may be molded thr... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7572148 | Coupler for interconnecting electrical connectors A coupler includes a coupler body having a first mating end defining a first mating interface configured for mating with a first mating connector and a second mating end defining a second mating interface configured for mating with a second mating connector. A conta... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7566247 | Skew controlled leadframe for a contact module assembly A leadframe for a contact module assembly includes a terminal set having first, second and third terminals configured to operate in one of a signal-signal-ground pattern and a ground-signal-signal pattern. Each of the terminals have a length that extends between a m... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7547231 | Large array connector for coupling wafers with a printed circuit board A large array connector is disclosed. The connector includes a plate comprising front, rear, top, bottom, first side, and second side portions. A plurality of guide blocks provide rigid support to at least the plate. A first guide block is mechanically coupled to a ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544096 | Differential electrical connector assembly A differential connector has a plurality of rows. Each row includes a plurality of signal conductors provided as differential pairs. Each signal conductor has a first contact end connectable to a printed circuit board, a second contact end, and an intermediate porti... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7534142 | Differential signal connector with wafer-style construction Stacked receptacles in a connector that each provide side-by-side differential signal contacts, are attached to a circuit board without additional width to accommodate multiple layers of differential signals by using connector wafer inserts that rotate the side-by-s... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7530846 | Connector insulator for female connector A connector insulator for a female connector includes a plurality of U-shaped grounding terminal openings and signal terminal openings surrounded by the grounding terminal openings. A plurality of terminal modules corresponding to the grounding terminal openings and... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524209 | Impedance mating interface for electrical connectors Electrical connectors having improved impedance characteristics are disclosed. Such an electrical connector may include a first electrically conductive contact, and a second electrically conductive contact disposed adjacent to the first contact along a first directi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7517250 | Impedance mating interface for electrical connectors Electrical connectors having improved impedance characteristics are disclosed. Such an electrical connector may include a first electrically conductive contact, and a second electrically conductive contact disposed adjacent to the first contact along a first directi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7513798 | Electrical connector having varying offset between adjacent electrical contacts Provided is an electrical connector that may reduce crosstalk between leadframe assemblies. Such a connector may have a connector housing, a first leadframe assembly contained in the housing, and a second leadframe assembly contained in the housing adjacent to the f... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513797 | Connector apparatus A header connector includes a header body having an internal surface and an external surface. A plurality of first openings and a plurality of second openings extend from the internal surface to the external surface of the header body. A plurality of signal pins are... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7503804 | Backplane connector Disclosed herein is an organizer for a backplane connector. The organizer includes a first extending portion and a second extending portion. The first extending portion includes a plurality of first openings. The plurality of first openings are configured to receive... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7497735 | High speed connectors that minimize signal skew and crosstalk The invention is an electrical connector that minimizes signal skew caused by varying propagation times through different transmission paths within the connector, minimizes crosstalk caused by intermingling electric fields between signal contacts, and maximizes sign... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7497734 | Reduced crosstalk differential bowtie connector A connector is provided. A plurality of parallel pins is mounted in a connector. A circuit board is connected to the connector. Some of the pins are configured to communicate signals from the circuit board and others of the pins are configured to communicate corresp... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7497736 | Shieldless, high-speed, low-cross-talk electrical connector An electrical connector may include a first connector with electrically-conductive contacts. The contacts may have blade-shaped mating ends, and may be arranged in a centerline. The electrical connector may include a second connector with electrically-conductive rec... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7494379 | Connector with reference conductor contact An electrical connector with a reference contact for improved shielding. The contact provides multiple points of contact between members in the ground structure of two mating connectors. The points of contact are arranged to provide desirable current flow in the sig... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485001 | Grounding terminal for electrical connector A grounding terminal for electrical connector, which can reduce noise, includes a main body, a wing portion and a coupling portion. A connector insulator includes signal terminal openings and L-shaped or U-shaped grounding terminal openings. The wing portion and the... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7473137 | Right-angle coaxial connector An electrical connector and connection system are disclosed having an array of conductive coaxial pairs. Each pair consists of a cylindrical electrical conductor surrounded by a tubular electrically conductive shield with a dielectric insulator disposed there-betwee... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473138 | Electrical connector An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing provided with a plurality of contact modules. Each of the contact modules is provided with a lead frame having mounting contacts electrically connected to mating contacts by signal conductors and ground conductor... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470149 | Conductive-contact holder and conductive-contact unit A conductive-contact holder accommodates at least a signal conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for performing input and output of a signal for a predetermined circuit configuration and a ground conductive-contact that is a conductive contact for supplyin... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7465195 | Circuit board connector A mezzanine connector is used to connect two circuit boards. A connector frame includes a first frame member secured to the first circuit board and a second frame member secured to the second circuit board. The first and second frame members are brought together and... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462071 | Cable connector with anti cross talk device A cable connector (100) includes an insulated housing (2) defining a receiving space (20), a plurality of terminals (3) being arranged into an upper and a lower terminal rows and received in the receiving space (20) of the insulate... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458854 | Electrical connector and transmission line for maintaining impedance An electrical connector for controlling impedance is provided. The electrical connector includes a lead frame that has a mounting edge and a mating edge and a dielectric support disposed therein. The electrical connector also has a signal conductor that is held with... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448909 | Preferential via exit structures with triad configuration for printed circuit boards A circuit board design is disclosed that is useful in high-speed differential signal applications uses either a via arrangement or a circuit trace exit structure. A pair of differential signal vias in a circuit board are surrounded by an opening that is formed withi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7442054 | Electrical connectors having differential signal pairs configured to reduce cross-talk on adjacent pairs An electrical connector according to the invention may include a first signal contact that defines a first side and a first edge, wherein the first side is greater in length than the first edge, the first edge having a first edge width, and a second signal contact t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442083 | Electrical connector An electrical connector for connecting an electrical device and a circuit board of the present invention comprises an insulating body having a plurality of terminal receiving holes and a plurality of conductive terminals. A plurality of metal-film layers are respect... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438600 | Memory card connector A memory card connector includes an insulating housing defining conductive terminal grooves and a switch terminal groove. A metallic shell coupling with the insulating housing to form a card cavity therebetween has a top section and two side sections. The front of a... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431616 | Orthogonal electrical connectors A connector may include lead frame assemblies that each includes contacts arranged in a column. Differential signal pairs may be formed from contacts of adjacent lead frame assemblies. A contact of such differential signal pairs may be staggered along the lead frame... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422484 | Midplane especially applicable to an orthogonal architecture electronic system A midplane has a first side to which contact ends of a first differential connector are connected and a second side opposite the first side to which contact ends of a second differential connector are connected. The midplane includes a plurality of vias extending fr... | 09/09/2008 |
