Title:
EDGE CONNECTOR FOR SHIELDED ADAPTER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/148917
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
Electrical connections that provide a highly manufacturable, well-shielded path from a cable to a printed circuit board. One example provides a path that includes a card and a connector. Conductors in a cable may be attached to a card. The card may be shielded with a ground plane on one or more sides and edges. The card may insert into a connector that may be attached to a printed circuit board. The connector may include a shield that may have a top portion that forms electrical contact with a ground plane on a top of a card inserted in the connector. The connector may have an opening for accepting the card that is defined by the top portion of the shield and a plurality of rows of contacts. The rows of contacts may include an outer row of ground contacts, and an inner row of signal contacts.
Inventors:
GAO ZHENG (US)
TZIVISKOS GEORGE (US)
KIM MIN C (US)
DUPERRON VINCENT D (US)
ANASTAS GEORGE V (US)
TZIVISKOS GEORGE (US)
KIM MIN C (US)
DUPERRON VINCENT D (US)
ANASTAS GEORGE V (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/034818
Publication Date:
February 28, 2013
Filing Date:
April 24, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
APPLE INC (US)
GAO ZHENG (US)
TZIVISKOS GEORGE (US)
KIM MIN C (US)
DUPERRON VINCENT D (US)
ANASTAS GEORGE V (US)
GAO ZHENG (US)
TZIVISKOS GEORGE (US)
KIM MIN C (US)
DUPERRON VINCENT D (US)
ANASTAS GEORGE V (US)
International Classes:
H01R12/72; H01R13/6594; H01R13/6597
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ZIGMANT, J. Matthew et al. (Two Embarcadero Center 8th Floo, San Francisco California, US)
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