Receptacle connector
US12424785B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 2023 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/91
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing having a mounting base at a rear configured to be mounted to a host circuit board. The receptacle connector includes a housing insert received in the receptacle housing. The housing insert includes a slot that receives a pluggable module. A flexible circuit is received in the receptacle housing and has a mating end in the housing insert for mating engagement with the pluggable module and a terminating end extending from the receptacle housing for termination to the host circuit board. A flexible circuit support is used to support the flexible circuit in the receptacle housing with support elements engage the flexible circuit to press the circuit conductors into mating engagement with the contacts of the pluggable module.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.