US 12,248,190 B2
Biased connector system
Gianni Ryan Bardella, Maumelle, AR (US); and Dominic Steier, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,042.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/288,647, filed on Dec. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185039 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4284 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4245 (2013.01); G02B 6/4261 (2013.01); G02B 6/428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly, comprising:
a receptacle connector configured to mount to a substrate and form an electrical connection therewith, the receptacle connector comprising a cage that defines a port having a connector positioned therein, the connector comprising a card slot that is aligned with the port, the cage comprising a first biasing member and a second biasing member each at opposing sides of a distal end of the cage and extending from a bottom wall of the cage that is positioned in the port, the connector comprising at least one terminal with a contact portion positioned in the card slot; and
a plug connector comprising a pluggable transceiver module configured to be inserted into the port, the pluggable transceiver module comprising a paddle card with at least one contact pad configured to engage with the contact portion of the at least one terminal,
wherein the first biasing member and the second biasing member are configured to contact the pluggable transceiver module and bias the pluggable transceiver module away from the connector so that a stub length of the contact pad is within a predetermined range.