US 12,244,084 B2
Interconnection system, case assembly, electrical connector, assembly and connector assembly using detachable, cabled front-panel connector
Christina Kozlovsky, New Albany, IN (US); Jignesh H. Shah, New Albany, IN (US); and Eric J. Zbinden, New Albany, IN (US)
Assigned to Samtec, Inc., New Albany, NY (US)
Appl. No. 17/768,681
Filed by Samtec, Inc., New Albany, IN (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/060186
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/097062, PCT Pub. Date May 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,187, filed on Nov. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299520 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 13/6583 (2011.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01)
CPC H01R 12/7082 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H01R 13/6583 (2013.01); H04B 1/38 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interconnection system configured to be carried by a substrate, the interconnection system comprising:
a cage that is configured to be connected to the substrate, that includes a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, and that is configured to receive an interconnection module; and
an electrical connector located at the second end of the cage, wherein
the electrical connector includes a fixed connector that is configured to be rigidly attached to the substrate and a detachable connector that is configured to be mated and unmated from the fixed connector in a direction not parallel to a receiving direction of the interconnection module.