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Cable assembly with equalizer board

a technology of equalizer board and cable assembly, which is applied in the direction of coupling device details, coupling device connection, and association of printed circuit non-printed electric components, etc., to achieve the effect of improving the time expended for connection

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-06-16
TE CONNECTIVITY CORP
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a cable assembly with a circuit board that has signal conditioning circuitry. This circuit board replaces individual circuit elements, which saves time and makes it easier to connect the circuit elements with the cable assembly. The circuit board is designed to align with the electrical contacts and cable conductors, which makes the connection process faster. The technical effect of this invention is to improve the efficiency and speed of connecting signal conditioning circuitry with the contacts and cable conductors.

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A problem to be solved is to improve the manner in which signal conditioning circuit elements are incorporated into a housing and connected to electrical contacts and multiple cable conductors.

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[0030]With reference to the FIGS. 1-3 an electrical cable assembly 1 comprises, a housing 2, electrical contacts 3 (see FIGS. 13-15) in the housing 2 connected to a circuit board 4, multiple conductors 5 of an electrical cable 6 connected to the circuit board 4, signal conditioning circuitry 7 on the circuit board 4, the circuitry 7 being interposed between the electrical contacts 3 and the conductors 5, and an insulating holder 8 (see FIGS. 9-12) mounted on the circuit board 4, the contacts 3 extending on the holder 8, and the holder 8 being mounted in a cavity 43 in the housing 2.

[0031]The circuit board 4 is of multi-layer circuit board construction, comprising: a flat insulating substrate 9 having an upper layer 10, a central layer 11 and a bottom layer 12 (see FIGS. 20-22). The central layer 11 is separated from the other layers 10, 12 by insulating material of the substrate 9.

[0032]The central layer 11 comprises, a conducting ground plane 13, referenced to electrical ground, wi...

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Abstract

An electrical cable assembly 1 comprising: a housing 2, electrical contacts 3 in the housing 2 connected to a circuit board 4, multiple conductors 5 of an electrical cable 6 connected to the circuit board 4, signal conditioning circuitry 7 on the circuit board 4, the circuitry 7 being interposed between the electrical contacts 3 and the conductors 5, and an insulating holder 8 mounted on the circuit board 4, the contacts 3 extending on the holder 8, and the holder 8 being mounted in a cavity in the housing 2.

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[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 009,488, filed Dec. 21, 1995 <?insert-start id="INS-S-00001" date="20090616" ?>and this application is a continuation of Reissue Patent RE 37,893, filed Jun. 16, 2000 and issued on Oct. 22, 2002, the subject matter of each of which is herein incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to an electrical cable assembly, and more particularly, to an electrical cable assembly in which signal conditioning circuit elements terminate multiple electrical cable conductors.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]An electrical cable assembly as disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,358,426 and 4,023,879, comprises, an electrical cable with multiple electrical conductors, and a housing attached to the cable, and electrical contacts in the housing. For a cable assembly without signal conditioning circuit elements, the electrical contacts connect directly to respe...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H05K1/00H01R13/66H01R24/62H05K1/11H05K1/18
CPCH01R13/6658H05K1/11H05K1/18H01R24/62H01R13/66
Inventor FOGG, MICHAEL W.
Owner TE CONNECTIVITY CORP