IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0559716
(2009-09-15)
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등록번호 |
US-7762846
(2010-08-13)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Whiteman, Jr., Robert Neil
- Ritter, Christopher David
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Tyco Electronics Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
9 인용 특허 :
11 |
초록
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A connector assembly includes a housing having a front and a rear and openings in an outer periphery of the housing. Contact modules are received in the housing through the rear. The contact modules extend from the rear of the housing. The contact modules have grooves in an outer periphery of the co
A connector assembly includes a housing having a front and a rear and openings in an outer periphery of the housing. Contact modules are received in the housing through the rear. The contact modules extend from the rear of the housing. The contact modules have grooves in an outer periphery of the contact modules. A back shell is coupled to the housing and the contact modules. The back shell has housing tabs extending therefrom being received in the openings of the housing to secure the back shell to the housing. The back shell also has contact module tabs extending therefrom being received in corresponding grooves of the contact modules to secure the back shell to the contact modules. The back shell peripherally surrounds the contact modules.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing having a front and a rear, the housing having openings in an outer periphery of the housing; contact modules received in the housing through the rear, the contact modules extending from the rear of the housing, the contact modules ha
What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing having a front and a rear, the housing having openings in an outer periphery of the housing; contact modules received in the housing through the rear, the contact modules extending from the rear of the housing, the contact modules having grooves in an outer periphery of the contact modules; and a back shell coupled to the housing and the contact modules, the back shell having housing tabs extending therefrom and being received in the openings of the housing to secure the back shell to the housing, the back shell having contact module tabs extending therefrom and being received in corresponding grooves of the contact modules to secure the back shell to the contact modules, the back shell peripherally surrounding the contact modules. 2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell has an upper shell and a lower shell separate and distinct from the upper shell, the upper shell and the lower shell being substantially identical to one another, the upper shell and the lower shell being coupled to one another. 3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell has two hermaphroditic shell halves coupled to one another, the shell halves each being coupled to the housing and contact modules. 4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the connector assembly comprises multiple housings arranged in a stacked configuration, each of the housings receiving a plurality of the contact modules, the back shell being coupled to the multiple housings to hold the multiple housings together as a single connector assembly. 5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell is metal and provides shielding around the entire periphery of the contact modules. 6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell has an end wall and a side wall, the end wall engaging each of the contact modules, the side wall engaging one of the contact modules. 7. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell includes an upper shell and a lower shell, the upper shell and the lower shell both having an end wall and opposite side walls extending from the end wall, the side walls each including latching features, the latching features of the upper shell cooperating with the latching features of the lower shell to secure the upper shell and the lower shell together. 8. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell includes an upper shell and a lower shell, the upper shell and the lower shell both having an end wall and opposite side walls extending from the end wall, at least one of the side walls of the lower shell includes a rail configured to engage a corresponding side wall of the upper shell, the rail preventing axial movement of the upper shell with respect to the lower shell. 9. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell extends rearward of the contact modules to create a cable chamber rearward of the contact modules, the cable connector assembly further comprising cables extending rearward from the contact modules, the back shell providing shielding around the cables in the cable chamber. 10. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a cable exit plate rearward of the contact modules, the cable exit plate securely holding cables extending from contact modules, the back shell peripherally surrounding the cable exit plate. 11. The assembly of claim 1, further comprising a cable exit plate rearward of the contact modules, the cable exit plate securely holding cables extending from the contact modules, the back shell being secured to the cable exit plate by fasteners. 12. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the housing tabs are press fit into the openings, the contact module tabs being press fit into the at least one groove. 13. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the contact modules each include contacts configured to engage mating contacts of a mating connector, the contact modules having a dielectric body encasing the contacts, the contact module having cables terminated to corresponding contacts and extending from the dielectric body. 14. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell has EMI fingers positioned rearward of the contact modules, the back shell providing shielding rearward of the contact modules. 15. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the back shell includes a wing extending inward therefrom, the wing engaging a rear of a plurality of the contact modules, the wing blocking rearward movement of the contact modules with respect to the housing. 16. A connector assembly comprising: a connector having a connector housing having openings in an outer periphery of the housing and contact modules received in the housing, the contact modules extending rearward from the housing, the contact modules having a dielectric body encasing multiple contacts, the contacts being configured to be terminated to cables extending rearward from the dielectric body, the dielectric bodies of the contact modules having grooves in an outer periphery of the contact modules; and a metal back shell coupled to the connector and providing shielding around the connector, the back shell having an upper shell and a lower shell separate and distinct from one another, the upper shell and the lower shell being coupled to one another to peripherally surround the connector, the back shell being coupled to the housing and to the contact modules to maintain the relative positions of the contact modules with respect to the housing. 17. The assembly of claim 16, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell both including housing tabs extending therefrom being received in the openings of the housing to secure the back shell to the housing, the upper shell and the lower shell both including contact module tabs extending therefrom being received in corresponding grooves of the contact modules to secure the back shell to the contact modules. 18. The assembly of claim 16, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell are substantially identical to one another, the lower shell being inverted with respect to the upper shell and coupled thereto. 19. The assembly of claim 16, wherein the connector assembly comprises multiple connectors arranged in a stacked configuration, the back shell being coupled to the multiple connectors to hold the multiple connectors together as a single connector assembly. 20. The assembly of claim 16, wherein the upper shell and the lower shell both have an end wall and opposite side walls extending from the end wall, at least one of the side walls of the lower shell includes a rail configured to engage a corresponding side wall of the upper shell, the rail preventing axial movement of the upper shell with respect to the lower shell.
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