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Connector assembly for printed circuit boards
Assignee: FCI USA LLC
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Filing: 1992-03-02
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Granted: 1993-03-30
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Expires: 2012-03-02
Abstract
Abstract A connector assembly for printed circuit boards, comprises a first connector element with a first housing of insulating material and regularly arranged male signal and ground contacts connectable to a printed circuit board, and a second connector element with a second housing of insulating material, which can be inserted with an insertion side into the first housing, and with regularly arranged female signal and ground contacts with a connection element. These female contacts will contact the corresponding male contacts when the second housing is received in the first housing. The second connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, each of said outer conductors mainly enclosing at least one signal contact in a circumferential direction and each of said outer conductors being adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts of the/each corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Inventors
- 👤 Danny L. C. Morlion
- 👤 Luc Jonckheere
- 👤 Geert A. Lips
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-24 23:28
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/73; H01R12/735; H01R12/737; H01R12/712; H01R12/716; H01R12/722; H01R12/724; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585; H01R13/6586; H01R13/6587; H01R13/6591; H01R13/6592; H01R24/00; H01R24/38; H01R24/40; H01R24/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
Connector assembly for a printed circuit board, comprising: a first connector element with a first holding of insulating material and regularly arranged male signal and ground contacts connectable to a printed circuit board, and a second connector element with a second housing of insulating material, said second connector element having a mating side which can be inserted into the first housing, and with regularly arranged female signal and ground contacts with a connection element, which female contacts will contact the corresponding male contact when the second housing is received in the first housing, characterized in that said second connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, selected ones of said outer conductors substantially entirely circumferentially enclosing at least one of said signal contacts, and each of said outer conductors having contact spring sections at opposite sides of said outer conductor adapted to contact the ground contacts adjacent to the corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
Connector assembly for a printed circuit board, comprising: a first connector element with a first holding of insulating material and regularly arranged male signal and ground contacts connectable to a printed circuit board, and a second connector element with a second housing of insulating material, said second connector element having a mating side which can be inserted into the first housing, and with regularly arranged female signal and ground contacts with a connection element, which female contacts will contact the corresponding male contact when the second housing is received in the first housing, characterized in that said second connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, selected ones of said outer conductors substantially entirely circumferentially enclosing at least one of said signal contacts, and each of said outer conductors having contact spring sections at opposite sides of said outer conductor adapted to contact the ground contacts adjacent to the corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein each outer conductor of the second connector element is provided with a dielectric insert, the corresponding signal contact being mounted in said insert.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the male and female contacts are arranged in parallel rows and columns, and wherein the first connector element comprises at least one row with signal contacts, wherein a row with only ground contacts is provided at both sides of each row with signal contacts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first connector element is provided with a column with only ground contacts at both sides of each column with one or more signal contacts and ground contacts.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
73 words
Connector assembly according to claim 1 characterized in that seen in the direction of the respective row of signal contacts each outer conductor is provided with opposite contact tongues for contacting ground contact plates which can be mounted at both sides of each outer conductor in the second housing, said ground contact plates being provided with female contact elements at the mating side for contacting the ground contacts of the first connector element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
Connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein a ground contact plate is provided at both sides of each outer conductor, said ground contact plate having ground connection elements at a side opposite of the mating side.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
Connector assembly according to claim 6, wherein each ground contact plate extends at the side opposite of the mating side beyond the connection elements of the signal contacts.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
Connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein the first connector element comprises two rows with ground contacts between two rows with signal contacts, wherein each ground contact plate of the second connector element can only contact the ground contacts of the rows with ground contacts at both sides of the corresponding row with signal contacts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
Connector assembly according to claim 5, wherein each outer conductor of the second connector element has an extension opposite of the mating side, said extension having ground connection elements.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
87 words
Connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein a ground contact plate can be provided adjacent to each of the outer conductors of each row with signal contacts of the second connector element, which ground contact plate is adapted to contact a ground contact of rows with ground contacts which are not adjacent to other rows of signal contacts, wherein a ground contact can be provided or not, as desired, in each column with two or more signal contacts of the first connector element between two signal contacts.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
69 words
Connector assembly according to claim 10, wherein in the absence of a ground contact plate an insulation plate or a ground contact plate with an insulation layer at one side is provided adjacent an outer conductor of the second connector element and in that at the absence of a ground contact between two signal contacts in the same column of the first connector element an insulating pin is provided.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
66 words
Connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein each outer conductor of the second connector element has two connection pins for connection to a printed circuit board, which connection pins are located diagonally with respect to the longitudinal direction of the outer conductor, wherein opposite of each connection pin a recess is provided in the outer conductor for receiving the connection pin of an adjacent outer conductor.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
55 words
Connector assembly according to claim 12, wherein the ground contacts of the first connector element are united in groups in each row into ground contact lips, wherein each outer conductor of the second connector element is adapted to contact only those ground contact lips which are adjacent the corresponding signal contact on both sides thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
Connector assembly according to claim 13, one or more outer conductors and corresponding signal contacts of the second connector element are provided with connection elements for connecting a coaxial cable.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
77 words
Connector assembly according to claim 14, wherein the first connector element is provided with a plurality of outer conductors, each of said outer conductors mainly enclosing at least one signal contact in a circumferential direction along at least the part of the/each signal contact extending in the insulating material of the first housing and each of said outer conductors being adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts of the/each corresponding signal contact of the first connector element.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
Connector assembly according to claim 15, wherein each outer conductor of the first connector element is provided with a dielectric insert, the/each corresponding signal contact being mounted in said insert.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
Connector assembly according to claim 16, wherein each outer conductor is provided with contact tongues for contacting the ground contacts.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
Connector assembly according to claim 17, wherein the ground contacts of the first connector element each comprise a plate-like part for contacting a contact tongue of the outer conductor of the/each adjacent signal contact.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
61 words
Connector assembly according to claim 18, wherein each outer conductor of the first connector element is provided with an extension at its side opposite of the second connector element, said extension being provided with ground connection elements for connecting the ground contacts to a printed circuit board, said ground connection elements extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the outer conduct.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
117 words
A connector assembly comprising: a first connector element having a first housing with first signal and ground contacts; and a second connector element having a second housing with second signal and ground contacts and a plurality of outer conductors, the second connector element being removably connected to the first connector element with the first signal contacts contacting the second signal contacts and at least some of the first ground contacts contacting the second ground contacts, each of the outer conductors substantially entirely circumferentially enclosing at least one of the second contacts and having contact spring sections at opposite sides of the outer conductor contacting the first ground contacts located at the opposite sides of the outer conductor.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
117 words
A connector assembly comprising: a first connector element having a first housing with first signal and ground contacts; and a second connector element having a second housing with second signal and ground contacts and a plurality of outer conductors, the second connector element being removably connected to the first connector element with the first signal contacts contacting the second signal contacts and at least some of the first ground contacts contacting the second ground contacts, each of the outer conductors substantially entirely circumferentially enclosing at least one of the second contacts and having contact spring sections at opposite sides of the outer conductor contacting the first ground contacts located at the opposite sides of the outer conductor.
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