US 12,149,020 B2
Cable interface device and mounting assembly
Alan Crighton, Austin, TX (US); and Bruce Reed, Maumelle, AR (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Appl. No. 18/571,746
Filed by MOLEX, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 14, 2023, PCT No. PCT/IB2023/057219
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 19, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/013710, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 18, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/368,438, filed on Jul. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0266778 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/518 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/518 (2013.01) [G06F 1/186 (2013.01); G06F 1/187 (2013.01); H01R 12/721 (2013.01); H01R 13/514 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data storage assembly, comprising:
a data storage media comprising a media body defining an end, the data storage media further comprising a protruding connector extending away from the media body at the end;
a cable interface housing comprising a frame and a top housing separate from the frame, the cable interface housing further comprising or defining a cable interface housing locating feature; and
a cable interface device configured to mount within the cable interface housing, the cable interface device comprising:
a body extending in a first direction between a top wall and a bottom wall and extending in a second direction perpendicular the first direction between a front side and a back side, the body defining an opening at the front side with the protruding connector of the data storage media extended through the opening;
a plurality of electrically conductive contacts at least partially disposed inside the body and exposed to the opening, the plurality of electrically conductive contacts in electrical communication with the protruding connector of the data storage media and distributed between the top wall and the bottom wall; and
a cable interface device locating feature positioned on, or defined by, the body and complementary in shape to the cable interface housing locating feature, the cable interface housing locating feature and the cable interface device locating feature locating the cable interface device within the cable interface housing.