US7083468B2 — Stacked electrical connector assembly

Claim 1

Independent Claim 241 words

An electrical connector assembly adapted to be mounted on a main circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing defining a universal serial bus (USB) plug-receiving cavity and a modular plug-receiving cavity-stacked beneath the USB plug-receiving cavity; an array of conductive USB terminals having USB contacting portions exposed in the USB plug-receiving cavity; an array of conductive modular terminals having modular contacting portions disposed in the modular plug-receiving cavity; a metal outer shell substantially surrounding the insulative housing; an internal circuit board and a magnetic module electrically connecting with the modular terminals via the internal circuit board; and a grounding contact fixed in the insulative base and electrically connecting with the internal circuit board; wherein the internal circuit board has a plurality of signal conditioning components mounted thereon for reducing or eliminating noise; wherein the magnetic module includes an insulative base, a plurality of upper contacts arranged on an upper portion of the base for electrically connecting with the internal circuit board, a plurality of lower contacts adapted for connecting with the main circuit board, and a plurality of magnetic coils interconnecting the upper and lower contact; and wherein the grounding contact includes a horizontal beam fixed in the insulative base, a first vertical beam extending upwardly from one end of the horizontal beam to connect with the internal circuit board, and a second vertical beam extending downwardly from the other end of the horizontal beam to connect with the main circuit board.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 241 words

An electrical connector assembly adapted to be mounted on a main circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing defining a universal serial bus (USB) plug-receiving cavity and a modular plug-receiving cavity-stacked beneath the USB plug-receiving cavity; an array of conductive USB terminals having USB contacting portions exposed in the USB plug-receiving cavity; an array of conductive modular terminals having modular contacting portions disposed in the modular plug-receiving cavity; a metal outer shell substantially surrounding the insulative housing; an internal circuit board and a magnetic module electrically connecting with the modular terminals via the internal circuit board; and a grounding contact fixed in the insulative base and electrically connecting with the internal circuit board; wherein the internal circuit board has a plurality of signal conditioning components mounted thereon for reducing or eliminating noise; wherein the magnetic module includes an insulative base, a plurality of upper contacts arranged on an upper portion of the base for electrically connecting with the internal circuit board, a plurality of lower contacts adapted for connecting with the main circuit board, and a plurality of magnetic coils interconnecting the upper and lower contact; and wherein the grounding contact includes a horizontal beam fixed in the insulative base, a first vertical beam extending upwardly from one end of the horizontal beam to connect with the internal circuit board, and a second vertical beam extending downwardly from the other end of the horizontal beam to connect with the main circuit board.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 184 words

A stacked electrical connector assembly, for engaging with mating plugs, comprising: an insulative housing including a first and second plug-receiving cavities stacked vertically, a front mating face configured to be allowed to confront the mating plugs and a rear space; a first array of conductive terminals having first contacting portions exposed in the first plug-receiving cavity; a second array of conductive terminals, dissimilar from said first terminals, having second contacting portions disposed in the second plug-receiving cavity; a middle shell disposed between the first and the second array of conductive terminals, the middle shell being rearwardly inserted into the housing from said front mating face the housing and between the first and second plug-receiving cavities in the vertical direction; and an insert module received in the rear space of the housing, the insert module including an internal circuit board connecting with at least one array of the first and second conductive terminals, a magnetic module connecting with the at least one array of first and second conductive terminals via the internal circuit board and a grounding contact electrically connecting with the internal circuit board.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 184 words

A stacked electrical connector assembly, for engaging with mating plugs, comprising: an insulative housing including a first and second plug-receiving cavities stacked vertically, a front mating face configured to be allowed to confront the mating plugs and a rear space; a first array of conductive terminals having first contacting portions exposed in the first plug-receiving cavity; a second array of conductive terminals, dissimilar from said first terminals, having second contacting portions disposed in the second plug-receiving cavity; a middle shell disposed between the first and the second array of conductive terminals, the middle shell being rearwardly inserted into the housing from said front mating face the housing and between the first and second plug-receiving cavities in the vertical direction; and an insert module received in the rear space of the housing, the insert module including an internal circuit board connecting with at least one array of the first and second conductive terminals, a magnetic module connecting with the at least one array of first and second conductive terminals via the internal circuit board and a grounding contact electrically connecting with the internal circuit board.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 55 words

The stacked electrical connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first plug-receiving cavity is stacked over the second plug-receiving cavity, and wherein the first array of conductive terminals are adapted to mate with a USB type plug, and the second array of conductive terminals are adapted to mate with a modular type plug.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 31 words

The stacked electrical connector assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the second array of conductive terminals are mounted on the internal circuit board and electrically connect with the magnetic module.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 42 words

The stacked electrical connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the magnetic module includes an insulative base, a plurality of upper contacts and lower contacts mounted on the base, and a plurality of magnetic coils interconnecting the upper and lower contacts.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 19 words

The stacked electrical connector assembly according to claim 2 , further including a metal outer shell surrounding the housing.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 160 words

A stacked electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing defining first and second receiving cavities, respectively in a vertical direction; an insert module attached to a rear portion of the housing, said insert module including a magnetic module and a printed circuit board attached to said magnetic module, a plurality of first contacts attached to the printed circuit board and extending into the first cavity; and a plurality of second contacts retained by said magnetic module and extending into the second cavity but spaced from the printed circuit board; wherein the number and the configuration of the first contacts are dissimilar from those of the second contacts the insert module is inserted into the forwardly from the rear portion of the housing, while an inner shield is rearwardly inserted into the housing from a front face of the housing and between the first and second cavity in the vertical direction, and the second cavity is located above the first cavity.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 160 words

A stacked electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing defining first and second receiving cavities, respectively in a vertical direction; an insert module attached to a rear portion of the housing, said insert module including a magnetic module and a printed circuit board attached to said magnetic module, a plurality of first contacts attached to the printed circuit board and extending into the first cavity; and a plurality of second contacts retained by said magnetic module and extending into the second cavity but spaced from the printed circuit board; wherein the number and the configuration of the first contacts are dissimilar from those of the second contacts the insert module is inserted into the forwardly from the rear portion of the housing, while an inner shield is rearwardly inserted into the housing from a front face of the housing and between the first and second cavity in the vertical direction, and the second cavity is located above the first cavity.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2009-07-31	2010-01-30	2010-08-01	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2013-07-31	2014-01-30	2014-08-01	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2017-07-31	2018-01-30	2018-08-01	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

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