248 results about "Edge connector" patented technology

The present disclosure relates to a circuit board that includes a first edge connector configured to communicatively couple the circuit board to a first connector of a second circuit board. The first edge connector extends from a side of the circuit board a first length. The circuit board also includes a second edge connector configured to communicatively couple the circuit board to a second connector of the second circuit board. The second edge connector extends from the side of the circuit board a second length that is different than the first length.

A portable shelter with electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection includes a plurality of walls that define an interior space. The walls can be fixed or movable. An EMI protected edge connector joins at least two of the walls together. The EMI protected edge connector assembly can be fixed or hinged. The edge connector can include a metallic outer edge member with two legs and a separate metallic inner edge member with two legs to define an edge channel therebetween with: (i) the first outer leg and the first inner leg are arranged parallel and spaced-apart relative to each other; and (ii) the second outer leg and the second inner leg arranged parallel and spaced-apart relative to each other. The shelter walls can include an inner surface covered by a metallic foil inner layer. A first wall panel is received in a first portion of the edge channel with its metallic foil inner layer contacting the inner edge member and a second wall panel is received in a second portion of the edge channel with it metallic foil inner layer contacting the inner edge member.

The present invention provides a modular “fabric-unit” with preferred embodiments for the construction of a multitude of different self-supporting game boards of different types, sizes and shapes, wherein the fabric-unit comprises an array of 3-dimensional square “fabric-cells” for game tiles or 3D game pieces and game board accessories, mounting slots in the form of cross-connectors for attaching game board accessories and a background graphic layer, a plurality of hermaphroditic edge connectors on all sides of the fabric-unit, whereby the hermaphroditic edge connectors make a strong connection with hermaphroditic edge connectors of an adjacent inverted fabric-unit of the same construction, and the fabric-unit comprising small profile crossbars and walls and preferably high optical transparency material to increase visibility of a background graphic layer, and matching edge-panels for providing a cosmetic perimeter to the game board and for attaching a background graphic layer.

A connection system comprises a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board comprises a top face and a bottom face. The printed circuit board also comprises a first edge that is normal to the top face and bottom face. The printed circuit board also comprises a second edge that is normal to the top face and bottom face. The first edge face and second edge face intersect at an angle that is not a straight angle. The connection system also comprises a coplanar card-edge socket on the printed circuit board. The socket comprises a top section that interfaces with the top face of the printed circuit board along the first and second edge faces of the printed circuit board. The socked also comprises a bottom section that interfaces with the bottom face of the printed circuit board along the first and second edge faces of the printed circuit board.

A connector that enables electronic assemblies to be efficiently configured for any of multiple power requirements. The connector may have multiple interfaces such that when the connector is mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB), it may receive power through an interface and distribute it to components on the PCB through another interface. The connector may also have an interface that supports a connection to a conductive interconnect, which may distribute power to a second connector mounted to the same PCB. Power may be distributed to components mounted to the PCB without passing through the mounting interface of the first connector. As a result, the current density in the PCB adjacent the first connector is reduced relative to current density required to supply current to all components through the mounting interface of the first connector. The PCB may have fewer layers than a conventional PCB assembly supporting comparable functionality.

An interface apparatus for installing an add-in module to an information handling system includes the add-in module and an add-in module socket. The add-in module includes a card-edge connector on a first edge of the add-in module, and an electrical contact finger on a second edge of the add-in module. The add-in module socket is affixed to the information handling system and receives the add-in module. The add-in module socket includes a card-edge connector interface for receiving the card edge connector, and a slot channel for receiving the second edge of the add-in module. The slot channel includes an electrical contact pad configured such that, when the add-in module is installed into the add-in module socket, a current is provided between the add-in module socket and the add-in module through the electrical contact pad and the electrical contact finger.

A component for improving the performance of computers using high speed memories while retaining the flexibility to install only a subset of the memories the computer can support. The component may have a blade portion configured for insertion into the mating interface of connectors forming memory sockets in the computer. The blade portion may include absorptive material selectively placed adjacent conductive elements within the connector so as to damp or prevent undesirable electromagnetic characteristics, such as stub resonances, within memory sockets that are not populated with memories. The component may have absorptive material coupled to signal and ground conductive elements of unpopulated card edge connectors and may have insulative regions that provide isolation between the absorptive material and power conductive elements. The component may be shaped for easy insertion and retention and later removal from the connector to allow a memory card to be later added to the computer.

An information handling system peripheral display presents visual images with a display panel. A timing controller board has an edge connector that interfaces with a scalar board edge connector when the scalar board couples with slots at posts of the back side. The scalar board couples display cable ports to accept display information from an information handling system and extends the display cable ports out of openings of the midplane. The scalar board communicates visual information to the adjacent timing controller board through the edge connector without the use of a cable. A power board couples with posts and slots adjacent the scalar board to engage a power connector with power pins into a socket of the power board. Power communicates from the power board through the scalar board to the timing controller board and then to a backlight through a pogo pin and contact pad interface.

According to various embodiments, a processing subsystem includes: a first printed circuit board (PCB) that includes an edge connector that is oriented perpendicular to a first coordinate axis and is located at a first level on the first coordinate axis, and a second PCB that is perpendicular to the first coordinate axis and located at a second level on the first coordinate axis, wherein the second level is different from the first level, and the second PCB has a topside on which a processor is mounted.

A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and holding a contact assembly in the cavity. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end. The card edge connector includes a connector sleeve coupled to the connector housing movable between a retracted position and an advanced position. The connector sleeve includes an insert received in the cavity having a card slot configured to receive a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The insert includes press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board when moved to the advanced position.

A removable module, a system and a method. The removable module comprising a PCB having an OCP NIC form factor, an OCP edge connector comprising a plurality of pins on an edge of the PCB, wherein the OCP edge connector is configured to mate with an OCP board connector of a primary system board of the computing system in an installed state of the removable module in the computing system, a NIC chip mounted to the PCB and communicably connected to the OCP edge connector, at least one communication port mounted to the PCB and communicably connected to the NIC chip and a first PCIe slot mounted on the PCB and communicably connected to the OCP edge connector, wherein the NIC chip and the first PCIe slot are configured to be communicably connected to the primary system board via the OCP edge connector.

A server system includes a chassis, a primary system board, and a front drive cage. The front drive cage includes a plurality of front bays. An open compute project (OCP) storage controller module is installable within a given front bay of the plurality of front bays. The OCP storage controller module includes an OCP form factor PCB including an OCP edge connector formed in an edge therein. The OCP edge connector mates mated with an OCP connector disposed in the given front bay sch that the OCP storage controller module is electrically connected to a primary system board. Storage controller circuitry is mounted to and / or formed in the PCB, and an energy storage device is mounted to the PCB. The energy storage device comprises a housing and a battery contained in the housing and electrically connected to the storage controller circuitry.

A card edge connector with latches that improve the connector's reliability. The connector comprises a housing having a slot for receiving a card and latches on opposite ends of the slot for locking the card in the slot. Each latch includes a body and a projection extending in a transverse direction from a side surface of the body. The latch is pivotably connected to the housing by the projection. The latch may rotate about the projection between a locked position and an unlocked position. The body includes a lower body and an upper body wider than the lower body in the transverse direction. The projection is disposed on the lower body. The latch further includes a protrusion extending between the projection and the upper body. Such a configuration restricts the latches from moving in the housing and therefore improves the reliability of the connector.

A card edge connector for high bandwidth transmission. The connector may include a housing having a groove between two walls. The walls may include slots holding terminals of the connector. The terminals of the connector may each include a mating contact portion, a mounting contact portion opposite the mating contact portion, a bearing portion extending from the mounting contact portion and fixed in the housing, and a beam extending from the bearing portion. The beams may be configured to flex when the mating contact portions make contact with pads on a card. The terminals may each include a curved transition portion between the mating contact portion and the beam so as to prevent the beam from touching the card. The housing may include holes through the walls between mating contact portions of selected adjacent terminals. Such a configuration reduces impedance mismatch at the mating interface and therefore improve signal integrity.

A connector system having a first connector and a second connector. The first connector is mounted to a substrate and includes a housing and a first shell. The first shell has solder hold down posts which extend from a circuit board mounting surface of the first connector. Securing openings are provided in side walls of the first shell. The second connector includes a daughterboard and a second shell. The second shell has side plates, resilient latching projections are formed from mating connector alignment portions positioned on the side plates proximate a connector receiving surface of the second connector. The resilient latching projections of the second connector cooperate with the securing openings of the first connector to secure the second connector to the first connector. The first connector is secured to the substrate by soldering the solder hold down posts to the substrate.

According to the card edge connector, the edge connector and the connector assembly, an independent conductive terminal of a traditional edge connector is replaced by a double-sided conductive layer structure (the conductive layers are arranged on the upper side and the lower side of the conductor plate), so that two electric signals can be transmitted by the two conductive layers. Under the same volume, the layout of the conductive layers increases the number of signal transmission channels in unit space, realizes higher-density signal transmission, reduces the overall occupied space of the connector assembly, and can adapt to the requirements of compact electronic equipment. Besides, each conductive terminal is independent in function and supports self-defined pin functions, such as a power supply, a signal and a ground wire, so that the customization requirements of diversified application scenes are met, and the product suitability is improved.

The invention relates to a device and a kit that can be assembled into a structure. Apparatus and methods provide tower assemblies that can be reconfigured to provide a substantially infinite number of configurations. Floor panels may be reformed. Inner and outer walls, including portions with doors and windows, may be added or removed. The multi-floor assembly may be built from each further floor supported by the underlying floor. A complex roof can be built and placed on the top of each floor. Such roofs and floors can be easily removed for viewing the interior scene. However, when removed, the roof and the underlying floor maintain their shape because the roof and floor are joined together by dowels. The floor portions may also be connected by edge connectors around the floor portions.

The invention provides an expansion assembly which can be applied to the technical field of circuit boards. The expansion assembly comprises a power supply control board which comprises a first signal connector and a second signal connector; the power supply control board is used for receiving a power supply signal from the server mainboard through the first signal connector, processing the power supply signal to obtain a target power supply signal, and outputting the target power supply signal through the second signal connector; the wire board comprises a wire board connector and a signal output groove; the line board connector is connected to the second signal connector and is used for transmitting a target power supply signal from the second signal connector to the signal output groove; the card edge connector comprises a plug wire; and the card edge connector is used for transmitting a target power supply signal from the signal output slot to an expansion circuit board of the card edge connector under the condition that the plug wire is inserted into the signal output slot, so as to supply power to the expansion circuit board.

A riser card includes a circuit board, first and second riser edge connectors, and first and second riser socket connectors that are configured to mate with first and second drive connectors respectively, of first and second storage drives. Each of the first and second riser edge connectors has a first form factor. Further, the first and second riser edge connectors are positioned at a first edge and a second edge respectively, of the circuit board. The first riser socket connector is mounted to a first face of the circuit board and electrically connected to the first riser edge connector. The second riser socket connector is mounted to a second face of the circuit board and electrically connected to the second riser edge connector. The first riser socket connector has a second form factor, and the second riser socket connector has a third form factor different from the second form factor.

The present invention discloses a reinforced card edge connector, comprising an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and two locking latches. The insulating body has a slot for inserting a memory stick and two turrets integrally formed on either side of the slot in the longitudinal direction. A receiving guide groove communicating with the slot is also formed on the inner side of each of the two turrets. The plurality of terminals are mounted side by side on the slot in the longitudinal direction, and the two locking latches are rotatably mounted on the outer sides of the two turrets. In particular, metal reinforcements A are embedded in both locking latches, each of which has two latching portions arranged opposite to each other and extending from the outside of the latch. The two latching portions can be connected or disconnected with a turret latch as the latch rotates. The reinforced card edge connector has high strength, can effectively prevent the latch and turrets from wearing out, breaking, and other adverse phenomena, and greatly improves the quality stability and service life of the entire product.

A card edge connector for transmitting signal and power simultaneously. The connector has two or more types of conductors held by a housing. First and second types of conductors are configured for transmitting signal and power, respectively. The housing has a slot for receiving a mating component. The housing has first and second types of grooves for holding the first and second types of conductors, respectively, such that the conductors can sustain a similar amount of force generated when mating with the mating component. The conductors have mating ends with contact portions curving into the slot and mounting ends opposite the mating ends and extending out of the housing. The mating and mounting ends of the first and second types of conductors are configured such that they can be deflected by the mating component simultaneously and mounted to a printed circuit board using a same process.

A circuit board assembly for a pluggable module includes upper and lower interface printed circuit boards that includes first and second data channels, respectively. The interface printed circuit boards includes mating pads at corresponding mating edges thereof forming portions of the data channels and configured to be plugged into corresponding card edge connectors. The circuit board assembly includes a main printed circuit board that includes an active device electrically connected to the first and second data channels restoring signals transmitting along the data channels. The circuit board assembly includes upper and lower flexible circuits connected between the interface printed circuit boards and the main printed circuit board.

The invention provides a substrate housing capable of easily accommodating a card edge substrate. A substrate housing for housing a card edge substrate having a contact portion at an end portion of a substrate main body includes: a housing main body forming a housing space of the substrate main body; and a fitting cylinder capable of accommodating the contact portion and forming a fitting space of the card edge connector, the housing main body being formed so as to be divided into a first divided housing and a second divided housing, the fitting cylinder being formed so as to be divided into a first divided cylinder portion and a second divided cylinder portion, a first split housing supports a substrate main body passing through a substrate passing opening in a posture parallel to one surface, a second split housing closes the substrate passing opening, and a first split cylinder portion supports a contact portion passing through a contact passing opening as the substrate main body passes through the substrate passing opening. The second split cylinder portion closes the contact passage opening.

The present application relates to the processing field of circuit boards. Disclosed are a method for plating edge connectors on a circuit board with gold, and a circuit board. The method comprises the following steps: filling gaps between edge connectors on a circuit board with a conductive medium, wherein the height of the conductive medium is greater than the height of each edge connector; enabling a tip of a first probe to be tangent to an upper surface of the conductive medium, and placing a tip of a second probe above the edge connector, wherein the tip of the second probe and the tip of the first probe are located in the same horizontal plane; connecting the first probe and the second probe to a loop on / off detection device; plating an upper surface of the edge connector with gold, and stopping gold plating when the loop on / off detection device detects the connection of a loop; and removing the conductive medium. In the present application, the gaps between the edge connectors are filled with the conductive medium, the height of which is greater than that of the edge connector, the tip of the first probe is tangent to the upper surface of the conductive medium, the tip of the second probe is flush with the tip of the first probe, and gold plating is stopped when each gold-plated layer comes into contact with the tip of the second probe, such that the gold-plated layers on all the edge connectors are equal in thickness; and there is no need to manufacture a lead wire.

A vertical card edge connector is used for plugging an electronic card with a gap and comprises a connector main body, an extension body and a card locking member. The extension body is formed by extending from the connector main body; the locking and clamping component is provided with a locking plate and is provided with one of a movable groove and a convex shaft, the extending body is provided with the other one of the movable groove and the convex shaft, the movable groove is provided with a locking hole and an unlocking groove which are communicated with each other, and the convex shaft is located in the movable groove. The convex shaft is positioned in the unlocking groove to be unlocked through the side zipper clamping component; by laterally pushing the card locking component, the convex shaft is positioned in the locking hole, and the locking plate enters the notch to lock the electronic card. Therefore, the effect of reducing the occupied space of the locking and clamping component and the effect of preventing the locking and clamping component from slipping can be achieved.

It is aimed to provide a card edge connector capable of improving electrical conduction between a terminal and a board. A card edge connector (1) is provided with a housing (12) and a terminal fitting (13) including a base portion (13A) to be fixed to the housing (12), a contact portion (13D) to be brought into electrical contact with a circuit board (62) assembled with the housing (12) and a spring portion (13C) provided between the base portion (13A) and the contact portion (13D) for displaceably supporting the contact portion (13D).

The invention relates to a card edge connector which is used for plugging a first butt joint card board and a second butt joint card board. The card edge connector comprises a rubber core, a rear cover piece, a floating piece and a plurality of contact units. The rubber core comprises a first body, a first opening, a plurality of first containing grooves and a plurality of stopping pieces. The first body and the first containing grooves jointly define a first containing space. The rear cover piece is clamped to the rubber core, and the rear cover piece and the rubber core jointly define a second containing space. The floating piece is arranged in the second containing space in a floatable mode and comprises a second body, a second opening, a plurality of second containing grooves and at least one protruding part. The contact unit comprises a plurality of first contact pieces, a plurality of second contact pieces and a plurality of connecting pieces.

The utility model discloses an optical transceiver module socket housing, an optical transceiver module and an optical transceiver module combination. The optical transceiver module socket housing comprises a housing body and a liquid cooling member. A module slot is formed in the shell body. The liquid cooling piece is provided with a flow channel structure for working fluid to flow through. The liquid cooling piece is fixedly arranged in the shell body and exposed out of the module slot. An optical transceiver module comprises a module shell and a board edge connector exposed out of one side of the module shell. The module shell comprises a main shell and two vertical plates, the main shell is provided with a flat heat conduction surface, and the two vertical plates protrude from the two opposite sides of the flat heat conduction surface. A structure-free space is formed between the two vertical plates and the flat heat conduction surface. An optical transceiver module combination comprises an optical transceiver module socket with the optical transceiver module socket shell and an optical transceiver module matched with the optical transceiver module socket.

A card edge connector includes a housing having a card slot at a mating end that receives a card edge of a circuit card. The card edge connector includes a contact assembly having first and second contact subassemblies each including contacts held by a contact holder including signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts located between the pairs. The contact subassembly includes a shield structure coupled to the ground contacts. The shield structure and the ground contacts provide circumferential shielding around each pair of the signal contacts through the contact holder.