US 12,469,991 B2
Twinax routing for tight bend radius
Gianni Ryan Bardella, Maumelle, AR (US); and Michael McGee, Maumelle, AR (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,193.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/350,869, filed on Jun. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0402772 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 9/03 (2006.01); H01R 9/053 (2006.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01); H01B 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 9/031 (2013.01) [H01R 9/053 (2013.01); H01R 13/65914 (2020.08); H01B 7/0807 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A twinax cable assembly comprising:
a first assembly end section, a second assembly end section, and a cable lacing section between the first and second assembly end sections;
a plurality of twinax cable sets, each comprising a plurality of twinax cables, each twinax cable comprising a pair of conductors spaced apart in a lateral direction and surrounded by an insulating material, each of the twinax cable sets having opposite cable end sections corresponding to the first and second assembly end sections, and connector ends where each of the twinax cables in the twinax cable sets connect to a terminal component; and
a first tie bar mounted on the first assembly end section and a second tie bar mounted on the second assembly end section between the cable lacing section and the connector ends of the twinax cables, the tie bars configured to orient the plurality of twinax cable sets such that each twinax cable set is stacked on each next twinax cable set; and
where the twinax cables in at least one twinax cable set lace with at least one other twinax cable set with the pair of conductors in each of the twinax cables substantially aligned in the lateral direction such that when the twinax cable assembly bends substantially around a bend axis in the lateral direction the pairs of conductors in each of the twinax cables remain substantially aligned in the lateral direction.