| Molex, LLC Patent applications |
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| 20160124158 | Connector with interface protection - An assembly includes a first cable assembly with a first housing having a first mating face and a retention member. A first ferrule has a plurality of first optical fibers positioned therein. A first beam expanding element is generally aligned with each first optical fiber, and each first beam expanding element expands an optical beam generally to a beam diameter. A second cable assembly including a second housing with a second mating face. A second ferrule has a plurality of second optical fibers positioned therein. A second beam expanding element is generally aligned with each second optical fiber, and each second beam expanding element expands an optical beam generally to the beam diameter. A second retention member interacts with the first retention member to retain the first cable assembly to the second cable assembly. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160111825 | CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A CHIP - A connection system is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line for connecting a chip mounted on a circuit board to a connector. The system has a structure that allows for high data rates from the connector to the chip. The connector includes a plurality of conductive terminals and a ground terminal arranged so that the impedance and other electrical characteristics may be maintained from the connector to the chip while reducing signal loss. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111802 | CARD HOLDING MEMBER AND CARD CONNECTOR SET - A card holding member is provided which is able to hold a card having terminal members and is able to be inserted into a card connector. The card holding member includes a card holding frame portion facing the side surfaces of the card, and a first portion including a first connecting portion. The card holding member further includes a main body portion, and a second portion including a second connecting portion connected to the first connecting portion. The card holding member further includes a first elastic member mounted on the outer periphery of the main body portion. The card holding member further includes a second elastic member mounted between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160111801 | MICRO SIM CARD CONNECTOR - An electronic card connector comprises a terminal seat and a metal shell. The terminal seat comprises an insulative body having a plurality of receiving recessed portions and a plurality of terminals. The terminals can have a fixed unit, a pair of resilient arms, a contact portion and a soldering portion. The pair of the resilient arms extend into the corresponding receiving recessed portion and are spaced apart from each other and are jointed with each other at distal ends, the contact portion is formed at the joint portion of the pair of resilient arms and the soldering portion is positioned between the pair of resilient arms. The metal shell comprises a top plate and a resilient press unit. The resilient press unit comprises a resilient piece that includes two protruding portions that each obliquely intersect a card insertion direction. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160104990 | RIGHT ANGLE ADAPTOR - A connector system includes a first housing, a second housing and a third housing. The first and second housings each include a wafer with signal terminals aligned in corresponding rows. The third housing mates to the first and second housings and supports a terminal array that connects the signal terminals in the first housings to the signal terminals in the second housing when the first and second wafer are arranged perpendicular to each other. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160081225 | STACKABLE ROTATED HEAT SINK - A cooling assembly is provided which has a heat-transferring member, a heat sink assembly, and a plurality of heat-transferring columns. The heat-transferring member has first and second sides and the first side of the heat-transferring member is configured for attachment to a heat-generating body. The heat sink assembly includes first and second heat sinks provided in a stacked configuration. The first heat sink is between the second side and the second heat sink. Each of the first and second heat sinks has first and second support portions. Each of the first and second support portions has fins extending therefrom. The second heat sink is provided at an offset angle relative to the first heat sink. Each heat-transferring column extends from the second side of the heat-transferring member. Each heat-transferring column is configured to engage the heat sink assembly and to support the heat sink assembly relative to the heat-transferring member. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160081221 | METHOD FOR COOLING A CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A cage can include a thermal plate positioned so as to be aligned with a bottom of a channel. An adjustable biasing system is provided to urge a module toward the thermal plate. The adjustable biasing system may be a riding heat sink. The thermal plate may include a fin to help increase its surface area. A housing with a card slot aligned with the channel can be provided in the cage to provide a receptacle that has a card slot aligned with the channel. A receptacle so configured allows for greater thermal energy to be removed from a module. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160079690 | MEZZANINE CONNECTOR WITH TERMINAL BRICK - A connector is provided that includes a first housing that supports first terminal bricks. The first housing can mate with a second housing that supports second terminal bricks that are configured to mate with the first terminal bricks. The first housing and first terminal bricks can be adjusted so that a variety of spacing requirements can be meet by the combination of the first and second housings while allowing for reduced tooling investment. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160056582 | VARIABLE ANGLE EMI SHIELDING ASSEMBLY - A conductive EMI shielding assembly for shielding the connection between a multi-wire cable and a corresponding circuit board connector is disclosed, and includes a housing portion for surrounding the circuit board connector and a coupling portion for mating with the housing portion and the cable. The housing portion has a base with a rectangular configuration and a collar portion that mates with a corresponding collar portion of the coupling portion. The coupling portion has an opposing end that slips over the end of the cable and attaches to the cable. The housing collar portion and coupling mating portion include associated tabs and openings arranged around them in a circular pattern at preselected angular intervals. The tabs and openings permit the coupling portion to be oriented with respect to the housing portion in a number of different patterns. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056565 | CONNECTOR - To lengthen the insulating distance from a conductive member to the outer surface of a housing while curtailing any increase in the size of a connector, a plurality of ribs are formed on a cover which protrude towards a housing and surround the outer periphery of a housing chamber in the housing. Grooves are formed in the housing for insertion of the ribs. The plurality of ribs provided in the cover include a first rib positioned in the longitudinal direction relative to the housing chamber, and a second rib positioned on the side of the housing chamber with an opening for insertion of another connector. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160056563 | CONNECTOR WITH TPA - A connector is provided with a terminal position assurance (TPA) member that secures terminal within a channel provided in a base. The TPA member can be secured to the base with a hinge that extends substantially a width of the base. The TPA member and the base can be formed as a one-piece molded part. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054526 | EXPANDED BEAM LENS ASSEMBLY - An optical fiber assembly includes a lens block with a plurality of beam expanding and collimating elements. Each beam expanding and collimating element includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a generally arcuate first lens surface and the second lens includes a generally arcuate second lens surface generally complementary in shape and in contact with the first lens. Each lens has a different index of refraction. An optical fiber assembly may include a housing with a plurality of beam expanding elements. A front portion of each beam expanding element has a generally planar front surface. A compliant layer is positioned on the generally planar front surface of each beam expanding element. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160049745 | POKE-IN CONNECTOR - The Present Disclosure relates to a poke-in connector configured so that a wire can be contacted at the same time it is locked to a terminal, solely by the action of pushing the wire into the terminal. More specifically, it relates to a poke-in connector that facilitates locking and unlocking of a wire. The poke-in connector of the Present Disclosure comprises a terminal where a wire is inserted and locked while making contact, and a housing that covers the terminal and is formed as one piece with a locking release lever that releases the wire from the locked state. The locking release lever comprises a flexible extension part that has elasticity and extends from the housing, and a pressing part that is formed on the terminus of the flexible extension part and enables the removal of the wire by spreading the locking part of the terminal to either side when pressed. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160041347 | CHIP RESISTANT FERRULE - A multi-fiber ferrule includes a ferrule body made of a first material and has at least one alignment passage in the front face. The alignment passage has first and second sections. An insert is positioned within the first section of the alignment passage and is formed of a second material that is tougher than the first material. The insert has an insert hole coaxial with a central axis of the alignment passage. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160040838 | LED ASSEMBLY - An LED assembly is provided that includes a plurality of LEDs placed along a frame. The plurality of LEDs can include red LEDs, green LEDs and blue LEDs. In an embodiment, the frame can include a common ground and a separate power trace for each color so that the output of each color can be controlled separately. A connector can be integrated into the frame. Terminals can be molded into the frame. Traces can be connected to the terminals so as to provide a three-dimensional circuit. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160036172 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector which comprises a tray, a terminal module, an upper cover and a detecting switch. The tray comprises a pushing block. The upper cover cooperates with the terminal module to define an insertion space extending along a front-rear direction for insertion of the tray. The detecting switch comprises a detecting terminal. The detecting terminal is provided at one side of the insertion space. The detecting terminal comprises a tail, an elastic arm extending forwards and an insulative pushed block provided at a front end of the elastic arm. The elastic arm comprises a contact. The pushing block of the tray pushes the insulative pushed block of the detecting terminal so as to make the elastic arm of the detecting terminal and the contact displaced elastically in an up-down direction. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160036147 | HIGH DENSITY CONNECTOR - A connector can be provided that allows for improved route-out including straight-back routing. Signal and ground terminal tails can be arranged in a single row to help facilitate such functionality. A commoning member can connect ground tails to ground terminals. Consequentially, a connector with two vertically stacked card slots can be provided that allows for straight back routing of the signal traces in four layers while still providing a compact connector design. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160036146 | TERMINAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A terminal and an electrical connector are disclosed and the terminal comprises a tail, an elastic arm, a contact and a front guiding member. The elastic arm is connected to the tail. The contact is positioned at a distal end of the elastic arm. The contact comprises a front guiding surface extending forwards and downwards. The front guiding member extends forwards from the elastic arm. The front guiding member comprises a front guiding portion that extends forwards and downwards. An extending direction of the elastic arm and an extending direction of the front guiding member intersected at an angle. The front guiding portion is positioned in front of the front guiding surface of the contact. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035525 | PRINTED MEMBRANE SWITCH ACTIVATED WITH MAGNETIC FORCE AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A magnetically actuated membrane switch shiftable between a rest or unmagnetized state, and an activated or magnetized state in the presence of a magnetic field. The membrane switch generally includes first and second conductive traces shiftable between a closed position wherein the conductive traces are electrically connected to make a circuit, and an open position wherein the conductive traces are electrically isolate to break a circuit. The membrane switch further includes a magnetic material that is activated by a magnetic field, thereby effecting a switching operation from a rest position to an activated position, and vice versa. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160028189 | INTEGRATED SIGNAL PAIR ELEMENT AND CONNECTOR USING SAME - Integrated signal pair elements are disclosed that can be inserted into and removed from a backplane connector housing as a single piece. Each element includes an insulative frame that supports a pair of conductive terminals in a spaced-apart arrangement. The frame is attached to a ground shield that provides a ground plane that extends around three sides of the signal pair. Cable wires are terminated to tail portions of the signal pair and an insulative material is molded over the cable wire termination area to form an integrated signal pair element. The individual signal pair elements may also be commoned together in a linear array of signal pair elements by a commoning member that contacts the ground shields of the array of signal pair elements. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160028172 | CARD RETENTION MEMBER AND CARD CONNECTOR - A card holding member includes: a front frame portion and a rear frame portion extending in the transverse direction, and side frame portions connecting both ends of the front frame portion and both ends of the rear frame portion, the side surfaces | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160025319 | HOLDER, HOLDER ASSEMBLY AND LED ASSEMBLY USING HOLDER ASSEMBLY - A LED assembly is disclosed. In an embodiment, the LED assembly includes a holder assembly and a circuit board assembly. The holder assembly includes a holder that is configured to support an LED array and provide electrical connection to the LED array. The circuit board assembly includes two terminals are configured to provide electrical connection to the holder assembly. The holder assembly can have a first orientation while the circuit board can have a second orientation. | 01-28-2016 |
