US 12,136,953 B2
Contactless connector and contactless connector assembly
Hai-Jun Xu, Kunshan (CN); and Tung-Lou Lin, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed by FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., Kunshan (CN); and FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, Grand Cayman (KY)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/696,666.
Claims priority of application No. 202110291407.4 (CN), filed on Mar. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0303015 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/07 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 10/501 (2013.01) [G02B 19/0009 (2013.01); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01); G02B 27/30 (2013.01); H04B 10/11 (2013.01); H05K 1/0274 (2013.01); G01R 33/07 (2013.01); H05K 2201/08 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10121 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contactless connector for mating with another contactless connector to transmit signals, comprising:
a circuit board, having a first side and a second side being opposite to each other;
a light emitter arranged on the first side of the circuit board and capable of converting electrical signals into optical signals;
a light emitter control chip arranged on the first side of the circuit board for controlling the operation of the light emitter; and
a light-transmitting member, having a first surface and a second surface being opposite to each other, the first surface being mated with the another contactless connector, the second surface being partially concaved to cover the circuit board, the light emitter, and the light emitter control chip;
wherein the light-transmitting member includes a first lens formed on the second surface and a second lens formed on the first surface, the first lens faces the circuit board and is arranged to positionally corresponded to the light emitter, and the second lens faces transfers light signals from the first lens to the another contactless connector.