Patent · US Expired

Customizable electrical connector

US6638079B1 · kind B1 · utility

26Cited by
57References
18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 2002
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 29, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/6658
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing (110; 310), a number of wafers (130; 350) accommodated in the insulative housing, and a number of inner printed circuit boards (120; 320). Each wafer has a wafer body (131; 3113), a number of electrical contacts (132; 330) mounted to the wafer body and a grounding bus (133; 340) mounted to the wafer body. Each inner printed circuit board has a mounting portion (124; 324) detachably inserted between two adjacent wafers to electrically contact with the signal contacts and the grounding buses and a mating portion (123; 323) adapted for engaging with a complementary electrical connector.

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