Cleaver J Brinkerhoff

US Patent:

7413461, Aug 19, 2008

Filed:

Oct 7, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/246508

Inventors:

Daniel L. Dawiedczyk - Naperville IL, US
Jaime Duran - Chicago IL, US
Jay H. Neer - Boca Raton FL, US
Cleaver Brinkerhoff - Wilmington IL, US

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 13/627

US Classification:

439357

Abstract:

A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided with a latch that engages a connector mounted on a circuit board when a mating connector is inserted into the connector on the circuit board. The guide is separate from the plug connector and serves to align contact surfaces and provide strain relief to the receptacle connector.

US Patent:

7997922, Aug 16, 2011

Filed:

Aug 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/221339

Inventors:

Daniel L. Dawiedczyk - Naperville IL, US
Jamie Duran - Chicago IL, US
Jay H. Neer - Boca Raton FL, US
Cleaver Brinkerhoff - Wilmington IL, US

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 13/627

US Classification:

439357, 4396074

Abstract:

A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided with a latch that engages a connector mounted on a circuit board when a mating connector is inserted into the connector on the circuit board. The guide is separate from the plug connector and serves to align contact surfaces and provide strain relief to the receptacle connector.

US Patent:

8162687, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Aug 4, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/535115

Inventors:

Daniel L. Dawiedczyk - Naperville IL, US
Jamie Duran - Chicago IL, US
Jay H. Neer - Boca Raton FL, US
Cleaver Brinkerhoff - Wilmington IL, US

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 13/627

US Classification:

439357, 4396074

Abstract:

A connector guide mounted in front of a receptacle connector is provided. The guide may include a press arm that helps urge a mating connector into a desired alignment. The guide is separate from the receptacle connector and serves to align contact surfaces and provide strain relief to the receptacle connector.

US Patent:

20130210269, Aug 15, 2013

Filed:

Jun 13, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/704175

Inventors:

Jay H. Neer - Boca Raton FL, US
Kent E. Regnier - Lombard IL, US
Cleaver Brinkerhoff - Park Ridge IL, US
Harold Keith Lang - Cary IL, US

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 13/66

US Classification:

439487, 403326

Abstract:

A cage can include a thermal plate positioned so as to be aligned with a bottom of a channel. An adjustable biasing system is provided to urge a module toward the thermal plate. The adjustable biasing system may be a riding heat sink. The thermal plate may include a fin to help increase its surface area. A housing with a card slot aligned with the channel can be provided in the cage to provide a receptacle that has a card slot aligned with the channel. A receptacle so configured allows for greater thermal energy to be removed from a module.

US Patent:

20160081221, Mar 17, 2016

Filed:

Nov 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/953927

Inventors:

- Lisle IL, US
Kent E. REGNIER - Lombard IL, US
Cleaver BRINKERHOFF - Park Ridge IL, US
Harold Keith LANG - Cary IL, US

Assignee:

Molex, LLC - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H05K 7/20
H01R 12/70

Abstract:

A cage can include a thermal plate positioned so as to be aligned with a bottom of a channel. An adjustable biasing system is provided to urge a module toward the thermal plate. The adjustable biasing system may be a riding heat sink. The thermal plate may include a fin to help increase its surface area. A housing with a card slot aligned with the channel can be provided in the cage to provide a receptacle that has a card slot aligned with the channel. A receptacle so configured allows for greater thermal energy to be removed from a module.