US 12,444,893 B2
Optimized cable solution
Ku-Hsu Nien, Taipei (TW); Vincent Nguyen, Houston, TX (US); and Kuan-Wei Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/140,476.
Prior Publication US 2024/0364062 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 31/06 (2013.01) [H05K 1/18 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10356 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10522 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable system comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a set of connector pin pads;
a card-side connector for interfacing with an expansion card, wherein the card-side connector comprises a connector housing and a set of pins, wherein the connector housing is attached to the PCB, and wherein a first subset of the set of pins is soldered on and electrically coupled to the set of connector pin pads on the PCB; and
first and second cables electrically coupled to the card-side connector,
wherein the first cable comprises a first end soldered onto the set of connector pin pads on the PCB to couple to the first subset of the set of pins of the card-side connector and a second end coupled to a first host-side connector, and
wherein the second cable comprises a first end soldered onto a second subset of the set of pins of the card-side connector and a second end coupled to a second host-side connector, thereby facilitating electrical coupling between the card-side connector and the first and second host-side connectors.