IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0236380
(2011-09-19)
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등록번호 |
US-8376759
(2013-02-19)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Debock, Kimberly Ann
- Fabian, David James
- Showers, James Scott
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Tyco Electronics Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
7 인용 특허 :
14 |
초록
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A connector for an e-textile that has conductors that define a conductive layer of the e-textile includes a terminal subassembly that has terminals configured to be electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile. The terminal subassembly has an insulator holding the terminals. T
A connector for an e-textile that has conductors that define a conductive layer of the e-textile includes a terminal subassembly that has terminals configured to be electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile. The terminal subassembly has an insulator holding the terminals. The terminals have mating interfaces. A shell holds the terminal subassembly. The shell has a front and a rear. The rear is configured to receive the e-textile. The shell has a bottom and a top. The top is open sided to provide access to the mating interfaces of the terminals for mating with a mating connector.
대표청구항
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1. A connector for an e-textile having conductors defining a conductive layer of the e-textile, the connector comprising: a terminal subassembly having terminals electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile, the terminal subassembly having an insulator holding the terminals, t
1. A connector for an e-textile having conductors defining a conductive layer of the e-textile, the connector comprising: a terminal subassembly having terminals electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile, the terminal subassembly having an insulator holding the terminals, the terminals having mating interfaces; anda shell holding the terminal subassembly, the shell having a front and a rear, the rear being configured to receive the e-textile, the shell having a bottom and a top, the top being open sided to provide access to the mating interfaces of the terminals for mating with a mating connector. 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the insulator has a mating window proximate to a front of the terminal subassembly and a terminating window proximate to a rear of the terminal subassembly, the mating window being exposed through the open sided portion of the top of the shell, the terminals being exposed in the mating window and in the terminating window, terminating ends of the terminals configured to be electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile in the terminating window, mating ends of the terminals being exposed in the mating window for mating with a mating connector. 3. The connector of claim 1, wherein the insulator has a mating face for mating with the mating connector, the mating face being angled with respect to the top and the bottom of the shell such that the mating face is forward and upward facing. 4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the mating face defines a seal configured to engage a seal of the mating connector, the sealing engagement being in both compression and shear when the mating connector is fully mated. 5. The connector of claim 1, wherein the insulator includes an upper insulator and a lower insulator separately provided from and coupled to the upper insulator, portions of the terminals being sandwiched between the upper and lower insulators. 6. The connector of claim 1, wherein the insulator includes a terminal backer, the terminals resting on the terminal backer such that the mating interfaces are exposed above the terminal backer. 7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the shell includes side walls extending between the front and the rear and extending between the top and the bottom, the side walls having a ramp with a sloped surface, the ramp being configured to drive the mating connector into engagement with the terminal subassembly during mating with the mating connector. 8. The connector of claim 1, wherein the shell has a cavity extending along a cavity axis, the terminal subassembly received in the cavity such that the terminals generally extend along the cavity axis, the insulator having a mating face being angled transverse to the cavity axis. 9. The connector of claim 1, wherein the shell has a cavity extending along a cavity axis, the terminal subassembly received in the cavity such that the terminals generally extend along the cavity axis, the shell includes a ramp with a sloped surface angled transverse to the cavity axis, the shell being coupled to the mating connector in a direction along the connector axis, the ramp driving the mating connector into engagement with the terminal subassembly as the mating connector is loaded along the ramp. 10. The connector of claim 1, wherein the terminals are positioned at predetermined locations to achieve a target characteristic impedance for the connector. 11. A connector for an e-textile having conductors defining a conductive layer of the e-textile, the connector comprising: a shell defining a cavity extending along a cavity axis between a front and a rear of the shell, the cavity being defined by a bottom wall, a top wall and side walls that provide electrical shielding for the cavity, the top wall being shorter than the bottom wall such that the shell has an open top at the front of the shell; anda terminal subassembly received in the cavity, the terminal subassembly having a plurality of terminals held by an insulator, the terminals having mating ends and terminating ends, the insulator having a mating window proximate to a front of the terminal subassembly, the insulator having a terminating window proximate to a rear of the terminal subassembly, the terminals being exposed in the mating window and in the terminating window, the terminating ends of the terminals electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile in the terminating window, the mating ends of the terminals being exposed in the mating window for mating with a mating connector. 12. The connector of claim 11, wherein the mating window is angled transverse to the cavity axis. 13. The connector of claim 11, wherein the mating window is angled with respect to the terminals such that a front portion of the mating window is positioned below mating interfaces of the terminals and a rear portion of the mating window is positioned above the mating interfaces. 14. The connector of claim 11, wherein the mating window is surrounded by a seal configured to be sealed with a seal of the mating connector. 15. The connector of claim 11, wherein the top wall of the shell extends along and shields the terminating window, the bottom wall of the shell extends along and shields the terminating window and the mating window. 16. The connector of claim 11, wherein the terminals include a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, in a first programmable combination, the first and second terminals are ganged together and transmit a common data or power signal and the third terminal transmits a different data or power signal, and in a second programmable combination, the second and third terminals are ganged together and transmit a common data or power signal and the first terminal transmits a different data or power signal. 17. The connector of claim 11, wherein the plurality of terminals of the programmable leadframe are connected together by removable connecting segments, when the connecting segments remain between the terminals, the terminals are ganged together as a transmitting unit, different transmitting units are defined by removing the connecting segments between the terminals of the different transmitting units. 18. The connector of claim 11, wherein the multiple terminating ends are combined to feed a particular mating end. 19. The connector of claim 11, wherein at least some of the terminals are bifurcated such that at least two terminating ends share a common mating end. 20. A connector system for an e-textile wearable article having conductors defining an e-textile layer and a fabric layer holding the e-textile layer, the connector system comprising: a holder configured to be secure to an exterior of the fabric layer of the e-textile wearable article, the holder having a base and an opening in the base through which the e-textile layer extends from inside the wearable article; anda connector coupled to the holder, the connector comprising:a terminal subassembly having terminals electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile, the terminal subassembly having an insulator holding the terminals, the terminals having mating interfaces; anda shell holding the terminal subassembly, the shell having a front and a rear, the rear being configured to receive the e-textile, the shell having a bottom and a top, the top being open sided to provide access to the mating interfaces of the terminals for mating with a mating connector. 21. The connector system of claim 20, wherein the holder has a shroud extending over a portion of the base to define a chamber between the base and the shroud, the opening being aligned with the shroud, the connector being received in the chamber such that the open sided portion of the shell extends out of the chamber forward of the shroud for mating with the mating connector. 22. The connector system of claim 20, wherein the holder includes a pocket, a portion of the shell being received in the pocket to secure the connector to the holder. 23. A connector system for an e-textile having conductors defining a conductive layer of the e-textile, the connector comprising: an e-textile connector configured to be terminated to the conductors of the e-textile and a mating connector mated to the e-textile connector;the e-textile connector comprising a terminal subassembly having terminals electrically connected to corresponding conductors of the e-textile and an insulator holding the terminals, the e-textile connector further comprising a shell holding the terminal subassembly, the shell having a front and a rear, the shell having a bottom and a top, the top being open sided to provide access to the terminals;the mating connector comprising a mating terminal subassembly having mating terminals connected to corresponding terminals of the e-textile connector and a mating insulator holding the mating terminals, the mating connector further comprising a mating shell holding the mating terminal subassembly, the mating shell having a front and a rear, the mating shell having a bottom and a top that is open sided to provide access to the mating terminals;the mating connector coupled to the e-textile connector with the open sided portions of the shell and mating shell being aligned such that the terminals and mating terminals are electrically connected. 24. The connector system of claim 23, wherein the shell and the mating shell engage one another and are electrically connected to one another to electrically common the shell and the mating shell, the shell and the mating shell cooperating to provide 360° shielding around the terminals and the mating terminals. 25. The connector system of claim 23, wherein the shell and the mating shell have corresponding cavities that receive the terminal subassembly and mating terminal subassembly, respectively, the cavities extending along cavity axes, the mating connector being coupled to the e-textile connector in a direction generally along the cavity axes, the terminal subassembly and the mating terminal subassembly having mating faces that are angled transverse to the cavity axes. 26. The connector system of claim 23, wherein the terminal subassembly has an angled surface and the mating terminal subassembly has a seal that sealingly engage one another, the seal and surface being angled with respect to a mating direction of the mating connector. 27. The connector system of claim 23, wherein the shell includes a ramp having a sloped surface, the mating shell having a follower that engages and rides along the sloped surface of the ramp during mating of the e-textile connector and the mating connector to drive the mating terminal subassembly into the terminal subassembly during mating. 28. The connector system of claim 23, wherein at least one of the terminals or the mating terminals are deflected during mating of the e-textile connector and the mating connector. 29. The connector system of claim 23, wherein the mating insulator includes an upper insulator and a lower insulator separately provided from and coupled to the upper insulator, the upper insulator having a mating window therethrough with the mating terminals exposed through the mating window, the mating connector having a seal surrounding the mating window, the seal being captured between the upper insulator and the lower insulator.
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