IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0284059
(2005-11-21)
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등록번호 |
US-7326082
(2008-02-05)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Tyco Electronics Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
3 인용 특허 :
12 |
초록
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An electrical connector includes a housing, and first and second contact modules mounted proximate one another in the housing. The first and second contact modules each include a mating edge and a mounting edge, and the first and second contact modules each include a lead frame having terminals exte
An electrical connector includes a housing, and first and second contact modules mounted proximate one another in the housing. The first and second contact modules each include a mating edge and a mounting edge, and the first and second contact modules each include a lead frame having terminals extending between the mating edge and the mounting edge. The first and second contact modules each encase corresponding terminals, and the first and second contact modules each have contact side surfaces that face one another when mounted in the housing. The side surface of the first contact module includes a void positioned therein and exposing the lead frame, and the side surface of the second contact module includes a protrusion extending outward therefrom. The void and the protrusion are aligned with one another such that the protrusion is received in the void when the first and second contact modules are mounted in the housing.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing; and first and second contact modules mounted proximate one another in said housing; said first and second contact modules each comprising a mating edge and a mounting edge, said first and second contact modules each comprising a
What is claimed is: 1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing; and first and second contact modules mounted proximate one another in said housing; said first and second contact modules each comprising a mating edge and a mounting edge, said first and second contact modules each comprising a lead frame having terminals extending between said mating edge and said mounting edge, said first and second contact modules each encasing corresponding said terminals, and said first and second contact modules each having contact side surfaces that face one another when mounted in said housing; wherein said side surface of said first contact module includes a void positioned therein and exposing said lead frame and a protrusion extending outward therefrom, and said side surface of said second contact module includes a void positioned therein and exposing said lead frame and a protrusion extending outward therefrom, said voids and said protrusions being oriented such that said protrusions are received in corresponding ones of said voids when said first and second contact modules are mounted in said housing. 2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein said side surfaces are aligned in parallel planes, said protrusions extending perpendicular to said parallel planes. 3. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising multiple voids in and multiple protrusions on said side surface of said first contact module and multiple voids in and multiple protrusions on said side surface of said second contact module, wherein most of said voids are substantially filled by corresponding ones of said protrusions. 4. The electrical connector of claim 3, said multiple voids being positioned along an axis that is aligned at an acute angle with respect to at least one of said mating edge and said mounting edge. 5. The electrical connector of claim 1, said side surfaces abut against one another. 6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein each said protrusion engages said lead frame when received within said respective void. 7. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein said voids and said protrusions are elliptical in shape. 8. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein said side surface of said first contact module comprises a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a first pattern, said side surface of said second contact module comprises a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a second pattern that is different than the first pattern. 9. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein said first contact module comprises opposed first and second side surfaces, said second contact module comprises opposed first and second side surfaces, each said first side surface comprising a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a first pattern, each said second side surface comprising a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a different second pattern, said first side surface of said first contact module facing said second side surface of said second contact module such that each said void is substantially filled by a corresponding said protrusion when said contact modules are mounted within said housing. 10. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein said first contact module comprises opposed first and second side surfaces, said second contact module comprises opposed first and second side surfaces, said first and second side surfaces of said first contact module comprising a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a first pattern, said first and second side surfaces of said second contact module comprising a set of voids and a set of protrusions arranged in a different second pattern that complements the first pattern, said electrical connector comprising a plurality of first contact modules and a plurality of second contact modules mounted within the housing and arranged in an alternating sequence such that the voids of the first contact module are filled by the protrusions of the second contact module and the voids of the second contact module are filled by the protrusions of the first contact module. 11. An electrical connector comprising: a housing; contact modules mounted in said housing, each said contact module comprising a mating edge and a mounting edge, each said contact module comprising a lead frame having terminals extending between said mating edge and said mounting edge, each said contact module encasing corresponding said terminals, each said contact module comprising a contact side surface having a plurality of voids positioned therein and exposing said lead frame; and an insert member comprising opposed side surfaces each having a plurality of protrusions extending outward therefrom, said insert member being devoid of terminals, wherein said insert member is positioned between adjacent contact modules such that each said protrusion is received in a corresponding said void when said contact modules and said insert member are mounted in said housing. 12. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein said insert member is formed integrally with said housing. 13. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein each said contact side surface and said opposed side surfaces of said insert member are aligned in parallel planes, said protrusions extending perpendicular to said parallel planes, and each said contact side surface abuts against a corresponding said side surface of said insert member. 14. The electrical connector of claim 11, wherein said insert member comprises a lead frame. 15. The electrical connector of claim 14, wherein said voids are arranged in a first pattern and said protrusions are arranged in a complementary second pattern such that said protrusions fill said voids when mourned in said housing.
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