US 12,142,861 B2
Connecting multi-conductor cables with surface contacts
Mark C. Nowell, Ottawa (CA); D. Brice Achkir, Livermore, CA (US); Joel R. Goergen, Soulsbyville, CA (US); Giovanni Giobbio, Rovellasca (IT); and Mary K. Laue, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,125.
Application 18/163,125 is a continuation of application No. 17/644,999, filed on Dec. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,916,324.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/219,652, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178915 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/6594 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/721 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6594 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a cage comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end is arranged to receive an electrical connector, and wherein the second end is arranged to receive a pluggable module such that the electrical connector forms an electrical connection with the pluggable module, wherein the electrical connector defines an interior volume and comprises (i) an external surface defining a plurality of cable openings each configured to receive a respective multi-conductor cable therethrough and (ii) a plurality of passageways, wherein each passageway corresponds to a respective cable opening of the plurality of cable openings; and
a first coil positioned on or in the cage such that the first coil is arranged to deliver electric power to the pluggable module by inducing an electric current in a second coil positioned in or on the pluggable module when the pluggable module is connected to the electrical connector in the cage.