US 11,721,928 B2
Extender module for modular connector
Allan Astbury, Milford, NH (US); John Robert Dunham, Windham, NH (US); Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Dover, NH (US); Mark W. Gailus, Concord, MA (US); and Daniel B. Provencher, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed by Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/135,753.
Application 17/135,753 is a continuation of application No. 16/200,372, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,879,643.
Application 16/200,372 is a continuation of application No. 15/216,254, filed on Jul. 21, 2016, granted, now 10,141,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/196,226, filed on Jul. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0119371 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01); H01R 13/6477 (2011.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/6474 (2011.01); H01R 13/659 (2011.01); H01R 43/20 (2006.01); H01R 13/6461 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/514 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 13/6471 (2013.01); H01R 13/6474 (2013.01); H01R 13/6477 (2013.01); H01R 13/659 (2013.01); H01R 13/6587 (2013.01); H01R 43/20 (2013.01); H01R 13/6461 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A first connector, comprising:
a connector module comprising a pair of signal conductors;
an extender module comprising a pair of signal conductors, wherein the pair of signal conductors of the extender module is coupled to the pair of signal conductors of the connector module and is configured to be received by a pair of signal conductors of a second connector; and
a mating path comprising the pairs of signal conductors of the connector module and the extender module; and
a plurality of conductive shield elements positioned around the signal conductors of the mating path to provide individual shielding for the signal conductors of the mating path,
wherein:
the signal conductors of the mating path are positioned along a first line within a first portion of the mating path and along a second line within a second portion of the mating path; and
the first line is angularly offset with respect to the second line.