US 12,294,185 B2
Electrical connector formed from a polymer composition having a low dielectric constant and dissipation factor
Young Shin Kim, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Xinyu Zhao, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Ticona LLC, Florence, KY (US)
Filed by Ticona LLC, Florence, KY (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/995,872.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/056,848, filed on Jul. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,965, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/008,983, filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/994,317, filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,202, filed on Sep. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0075162 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. H01R 13/646 (2011.01); C08G 69/26 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/646 (2013.01) [C08G 69/265 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector that comprises at least two opposing walls between which a passageway is defined for receiving a contact pin, wherein the walls have a width of about 500 micrometers or less, the walls being formed from a polymer composition that comprises a polymer matrix containing at least one liquid crystalline polymer having a glass transition temperature of about 30° C. or more in an amount of about 30 wt. % or more of the composition, wherein the polymer composition exhibits a dielectric constant of about 4 or less and a dissipation factor of about 0.02 or less, as determined at a frequency of 10 GHz, wherein the liquid crystalline polymer has a total amount of repeating units derived from naphthenic hydroxycarboxylic and/or naphthenic dicarboxylic acids of about 10 mol. % or more, repeating units derived from 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in an amount from about 1 mol. % to about 20 mol. %, and repeating units derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids in an amount from 25 mol. % to about 30 mol. %, and wherein the polymer composition comprises a fibrous filler containing glass and having a dielectric constant of about 5.5 or less at a frequency of 1 GHz.