Linda E Shields

US Patent:

7628656, Dec 8, 2009

Filed:

Mar 10, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/372957

Inventors:

Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US
Paul John Pepe - Clemmons NC, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 24/00

US Classification:

439676, 439941

Abstract:

A receptacle assembly comprises a housing having front and rear ends. The front end receives a plug and the rear end accepts wire termination contacts. A circuit board has a plurality of contact holes and is held within the housing. A plurality of array contacts is arranged in a contact array within the housing. Each of the plurality of array contacts comprises a main section and a contact tail. The main section runs generally perpendicular to the circuit board. The contact tail has a first bend forming a first tail sub-section extending parallel to the circuit board and a second bend forming a second tail sub-section extending perpendicular to the circuit board. The second tail sub-section of each of the plurality of array contacts is received by one of the plurality of contact holes in the circuit board.

US Patent:

7955093, Jun 7, 2011

Filed:

Feb 5, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/366053

Inventors:

David Stanley Szczesny - Hershey PA, US
Candace Eileen Gillette - Fremont CA, US
Randy K. Rannow - Reno NV, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

International Classification:

H01R 12/00

US Classification:

439 74

Abstract:

A connector assembly configured to be mounted to a device substrate is provided. She connector assembly includes a connector substrate, an electronic component. contacts, and conductive wires. The connector substrate has a mounting side and an opposite supporting side interconnected by an edge. The mounting side is used to mount the connector substrate to the device substrate. The electronic component is disposed on the supporting side of the connector substrate. The contacts are provided on the mounting side of the connector substrate and are used to electrically couple the electronic component with the device substrate. The wires are joined to the electronic component and to the contacts. The wires extend along the supporting and mounting sides and wrap around the edge of the connector substrate. The conductive wires are separated from one another by a separation gap along the supporting side and the mounting side of the connector substrate.

US Patent:

8007318, Aug 30, 2011

Filed:

Mar 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/728639

Inventors:

Steven David Dunwoody - Middletown PA, US
Candace Eileen Gillette - Fremont CA, US
David Stanley Szczesny - Hershey PA, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US
Randy K. Rannow - Reno NV, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

International Classification:

H01R 9/03

US Classification:

43960755, 439676

Abstract:

An electrical connector assembly is provided for mating with electrical plugs. The electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a top wall and a bottom wall that is opposite the top wall. The housing includes a mating face having ports that are configured to receive the electrical plugs therein. A jack sub-assembly is held by the housing. The jack sub-assembly includes jacks having electrical contacts held within the ports for engagement with the electrical plugs. The jack sub-assembly includes a signal pin array having signal pins for connection to a host circuit board. The signal pin array includes a front side extending along the bottom wall of the housing. An electrically conductive outer shield covers the top wall of the housing. The outer shield includes a bottom flap covering an end of the bottom wall of the housing. An electrically conductive bottom shield covers the bottom wall of the housing between the bottom flap of the outer shield and the front side of the signal pin array.

US Patent:

7407417, Aug 5, 2008

Filed:

Apr 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/411380

Inventors:

Paul John Pepe - Clemmon NC, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US
Ned Sigmon - Mooresville NC, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 4/24

US Classification:

439676, 439941

Abstract:

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a cavity configured to receive a mating connector therein and a contact subassembly having an array of contacts. Each of the contacts define a mating interface configured to engage the mating connector, and each of the contacts have a beam portion extending downstream of the mating interface to a contact terminating end. Contact plates are arranged within the cavity, such that each of the contact plates engage a corresponding one of the contacts at the beam portion of the contacts.

US Patent:

20210126392, Apr 29, 2021

Filed:

Oct 25, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/663614

Inventors:

- Schaffhausen, CH
Christopher David Ritter - Hummelstown PA, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Mechanicsburg PA, US

International Classification:

H01R 12/78
H01R 12/71
H01R 13/514
H01R 12/72
H04L 25/02

Abstract:

A stacked receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage configured to be mounted to a circuit board, a lower communication connector assembly received in the receptacle cage, and an upper communication connector assembly stacked in the receptacle cage above the lower communication connector assembly. The receptacle cage has a divider between an upper and lower module channels receiving upper and lower pluggable modules. The lower communication connector assembly includes a lower communication connector. The upper communication connector assembly includes a paddle card, an upper communication connector mounted to the paddle card, and a cable assembly having cables electrically connected to the paddle card and extending from the paddle card.

US Patent:

20200227847, Jul 16, 2020

Filed:

Mar 27, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/831983

Inventors:

- Berwyn PA, US
David Patrick Orris - Middletown PA, US
Chad William Morgan - Carneys Point NJ, US
Lucas Arthur Benson - Camp Hill PA, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Mechanicsburg PA, US

International Classification:

H01R 12/73
H01R 13/516
H01R 12/70
H01R 13/6461
H01R 25/00
H01R 24/60

Abstract:

An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the electrical conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector. The housing defines a nesting cavity extending rearward from the front wall along the bottom end. The nesting cavity is disposed between the mating shroud and the termination area along a longitudinal axis of the electrical connector. The nesting cavity is configured to accommodate a discrete, second connector that is mounted to the circuit board.

US Patent:

20190214756, Jul 11, 2019

Filed:

Jan 10, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/867163

Inventors:

- Berwyn PA, US
David Patrick Orris - Middletown PA, US
Chad William Morgan - Carneys Point NJ, US
Lucas Arthur Benson - Camp Hill PA, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US

International Classification:

H01R 12/73
H01R 13/516
H01R 13/6461
H01R 12/70

Abstract:

An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of signal conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the signal conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector. The housing defines a nesting cavity extending rearward from the front wall along the bottom end. The nesting cavity is disposed between the mating shroud and the termination area along a longitudinal axis of the electrical connector. The nesting cavity is configured to accommodate a discrete, second connector that is mounted to the circuit board.

US Patent:

20170207579, Jul 20, 2017

Filed:

Jan 15, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/996692

Inventors:

- Berwyn PA, US
Bruce Allen Champion - Camp Hill PA, US
Linda Ellen Shields - Camp Hill PA, US
Michael John Phillips - Camp Hill PA, US
Thomas Taake de Boer - Hummelstown PA, US
John Joseph Consoli - Harrisburg PA, US

International Classification:

H01R 13/6473
H01R 12/72

Abstract:

An interconnect system includes a circuit board including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors including respective contact pads in a mating area of the substrate for engaging corresponding contacts of an electrical connector, and a plurality of ground vias extending at least partially through the substrate between the first and second surfaces. The ground vias are coupled to corresponding ground conductors. The ground vias include lossy plugs at least partially filling the ground vias. The lossy plugs are manufactured from lossy material capable of absorbing electrical resonance propagating through the substrate.