IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0236282
(2011-09-19)
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등록번호 |
US-8529300
(2013-09-10)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Ritter, Christopher David
- Carns, Ronald A.
- Fowler, David K.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Tyco Electronics Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
6 인용 특허 :
5 |
초록
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An electrical connector assembly includes a front housing that has a mating interface. Contact modules are loaded into the front housing and extend rearward from the front housing. Each contact module has a plurality of conductors that are held by a dielectric contact module body. The conductors hav
An electrical connector assembly includes a front housing that has a mating interface. Contact modules are loaded into the front housing and extend rearward from the front housing. Each contact module has a plurality of conductors that are held by a dielectric contact module body. The conductors have mating portions that extend from the contact module body and mounting portions that extend from the contact module body. The contact modules have channels formed therein. An organizer bar is received in the channels of the contact modules. The organizer bar is manufactured from a dielectric material. The organizer bar holds the positions of the contact modules relative to one another.
대표청구항
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1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a front housing having a mating interface;contact modules held by the front housing and extending rearward from the front housing, each contact module having a plurality of conductors held by a dielectric contact module body, the conductors having mati
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a front housing having a mating interface;contact modules held by the front housing and extending rearward from the front housing, each contact module having a plurality of conductors held by a dielectric contact module body, the conductors having mating portions extending from the contact module body and mounting portions extending from the contact module body, the contact modules having channels formed therein, the channels being defined by interior surfaces of the contact module bodies, the interior surfaces being stepped and including one or more flanges extending from the interior surfaces into the channels; andan organizer bar received in the channels of the contact modules, the organizer bar being manufactured from a dielectric material, the organizer bar including grooves extending circumferentially around the organizer bar, the flanges being received in corresponding grooves to hold the positions of the contact modules relative to one another. 2. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the organizer bar engages all of the contact modules held by the front housing. 3. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the channels are open sided, the organizer bar being snapped into the channels through the open sides thereof. 4. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the organizer bar is circular in cross-section. 5. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the organizer bar includes an outer surface, the outer surface of the organizer bar being stepped and including a plurality of shoulders, the channels including shoulders, the shoulders of the organizer bar engaging corresponding shoulders of the channels to maintain the relative positions of the contacts modules with respect to the organizer bar. 6. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein each contact module body includes a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and opposite sides, the mating portions extending from the front, the mounting portions extending from the bottom, the contact modules being held in the front housing such that the sides of adjacent contact modules face one another. 7. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6, wherein the channels are located at the intersection of the tops and rears of the contact module body. 8. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6, wherein the channels are located at the intersections of the tops and the rears of the contact module bodies, the organizer bar being received in the channels such that an outer surface of the organizer bar is positioned below the top and forward of the rear. 9. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6, wherein the contact module body includes an outer perimeter defined by the front, the top, the rear and the bottom, the organizer bar being contained entirely within the outer perimeter of the contact module body. 10. The electrical connector assembly of claim 6, wherein the channels are located at the intersection of the tops and the rears of the contact module bodies, each channel being bounded by an upper wall and a rear wall, an opening extending between the upper wall and the rear wall, the organizer bar being received in the channels through the openings between the upper walls and the rear walls, the openings being narrower than a diameter of the organizer bar such that the organizer bar is retained within the channels by the upper walls and the rear walls. 11. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the organizer bar is manufactured from a material having a dielectric constant approximately equal to a dielectric constant of the contact module body. 12. The electrical connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the contact modules are overmolded lead frames, the channels being formed during the molding of the contact module body in an area of the contact module body devoid of the conductors. 13. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a front housing having a mating interface;contact modules held by the front housing and extending rearward from the front housing, each contact module having a plurality of conductors held by a dielectric contact module body, the contact module body having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear and opposite sides, the contact module body having a channel extending therethrough between the sides, the channel being located at the intersection of the top and the rear of the contact module body, each channel being bounded by an upper wall and a rear wall, an opening extending between the upper wall and the rear wall, the conductors having mating portions extending from the front of contact module body and mounting portions extending from the bottom of the contact module body; andan organizer bar received in the channels of the contact modules through the openings between the upper walls and the rear walls, the organizer bar being retained within the channels by the upper walls and the rear walls, the organizer bar holding the positions of the contact modules relative to one another. 14. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer bar includes an outer surface, the outer surface of the organizer bar being stepped and including a plurality of shoulders, the channels including shoulders, the shoulders of the organizer bar engaging corresponding shoulders of the channels to maintain the relative positions of the contacts modules with respect to the organizer bar. 15. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer bar is received in the channels such that an outer surface of the organizer bar is positioned below the top and forward of the rear. 16. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the contact module body includes an outer perimeter defined by the front, the top, the rear and the bottom, the organizer bar being contained entirely within the outer perimeter of the contact module body. 17. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the organizer bar is manufactured from a material having a dielectric constant approximately equal to a dielectric constant of the contact module body. 18. The electrical connector assembly of claim 13, wherein the channels are defined by interior surfaces of the contact module bodies, the interior surfaces being stepped and including one or more flanges extending outward from the interior surfaces into the channels, the organizer bar including grooves extending circumferentially around the organizer bar, the flanges being received in corresponding grooves. 19. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a front housing having a mating interface;contact modules held by the front housing and extending rearward from the front housing, each contact module having a plurality of conductors held by a dielectric contact module body, the conductors having mating portions extending from the contact module body and mounting portions extending from the contact module body, the contact modules having channels formed therein, the channels being defined by interior surfaces of the contact module bodies, the interior surfaces being stepped and including one or more grooves formed in and extending into the interior surfaces of the channels; andan organizer bar received in the channels of the contact modules, the organizer bar being manufactured from a dielectric material, the organizer bar including flanges extending circumferentially around the organizer bar, the flanges being received in corresponding grooves in the channels to hold the positions of the contact modules relative to one another. 20. The electrical connector assembly of claim 19, wherein the organizer bar engages all of the contact modules held by the front housing.
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