Hazelton Cathleen Avery

6443768, Sep 3, 2002

Sep 14, 2001

09/952541

Christopher P. Dirkers - Calico Rook AR
Dennis Lee Doye - Maumelle AR
Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL
Jay H. Neer - Boca Raton FL

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R 13648

439607, 439567

An improved EMI shield assembly for transceivers is provided in the form of a metal shielding cage that has interengaging cover and base portions. The cover portion has two sidewalls that include leading edges that flare outwardly so that the cover portion sidewalls ride up and over the sidewalls of the base portion. Catches are formed in the base portion sidewalls that have curved surfaces which engage the flared portions to further facilitate the assembly of the shielding cage assembly.

6692305, Feb 17, 2004

Nov 29, 2002

10/307025

Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL
Kathleen A. Sweeney - Naperville IL
Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL
Daniel B. McGowan - Naperville IL
Galen F. Fromm - North Aurora IL

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R 13648

439608, 439701

Connector assemblies having cantilevered contact beams arranged in one or more arrays of terminals have their terminals fixed in place at a first point within insulative connector body portions. The terminals are fixed together by one or more support members within a hollow shroud, at a second point spaced apart from the first point. The present invention pertains to means for fixing the terminals and their support member to the outer shroud. In one embodiment, the shroud is square and has a series of slots formed in two opposing sidewalls. A key member has a plurality of biasing arms, or fingers that extend into the slots and into contact with the terminal support members. In a second embodiment of the inventions, the shroud is provided with a plurality of channels formed on the inner surfaces of two opposing sidewalls thereof. A retainer key is provided with a plurality of hook ends for engaging the shroud and spring arms that extend through openings into the shroud channels up against the ends of the support bar.

6746278, Jun 8, 2004

Nov 29, 2002

10/307087

Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL
Gary Humbert - Geneva IL
Kathleen A. Sweeney - Naperville IL
Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL
Daniel B. McGowan - Naperville IL
Galen F. Fromm - North Aurora IL

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R 13648

439608

A high-density connector utilizes a plurality of terminal assemblies that are assembled together into a block, or single unit, to form a connector. Each terminal assembly of the connector utilizes a plurality of conductive terminals having contact portions for mating with an opposing connector, and body portions held within an insulative body portion of the assembly. The terminal assemblies support arrays of terminals arranged in a specific order of signal-ground-signal arrays. The terminal assemblies have at least two insulative housing portions that support the signal terminal arrays and an intervening ground terminal array, which may or may not be supported by an associated insulative housing. The ground members have a series of grounding tabs formed therewith with extend out from the plane of the ground members, on opposite sides thereof into contact with ground reference terminals of the signal terminal arrays. In this manner, a ground path is enabled between the signal terminal and ground terminal arrays.

6749468, Jun 15, 2004

Nov 29, 2002

10/307026

Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R 13502

439701, 439608, 439 79

Connector assemblies having terminal assemblies which are arranged in side-by-side order are maintained in a group with a desired spacing between the terminal assemblies. The terminals fixed in place at a first point within insulative connector body portions. The terminals assemblies are fixed together by a alignment bar along their lower edges, with the bar having engagement lugs that are received within slots formed in the housings of the terminal assemblies, and they are fixed along their upper edges by a hollow retainer that has a series of slots formed in an interior surface thereof. The slots and the alignment bar are aligned together so that the spacing between adjacent terminal assemblies is even.

6851980, Feb 8, 2005

Nov 29, 2002

10/307055

Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL, US
Kathleen A. Sweeney - Naperville IL, US
Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL, US
Galen F. Fromm - North Aurora IL, US
Daniel B. McGowan - Naperville IL, US

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R013/64
H01R013/648

439608, 439246, 439439, 439625

A connector assembly is suitable for connecting circuit boards together. The connector assembly includes a series of ground and signal terminal sets assembled in composite wafers that may be held within a housing. The ground terminals include pairs of flat contact blades that are aligned together in abutting contact to form a column of ground contacts blades of double width, and the signal terminals are arranged in sets on opposite sides of the ground terminal blades and the signal terminals have general L-shapes that are arranged in sets of two pairs of contacts to form a cruciform pattern. One of the two connectors has solid L-shaped contacts, while the other of the two connectors has a pair of split contact arms that lie and extend in two different planes project from an associated terminal body in a manner so as to mate with the contact portions of the solid L-shaped contacts. The use of L-shaped contacts provides a redundant contact mating arrangement.

6979215, Dec 27, 2005

Nov 27, 2002

10/306094

Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL, US
Kathleen A. Sweeney - Naperville IL, US
Daniel B. McGowen - Naperville IL, US
Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL, US
Galen F. Fromm - North Aurora IL, US
Gary Humbert - Geneva IL, US

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R013/64

439248

A connector uses a plurality of individual terminal assemblies to form a high-density connector. The terminal assemblies all have insulative body portions that support arrays of signal terminals and ground terminals or ground members. The terminals all have their own associated body portions which are supported by the insulative body portions and contact portions that extend out from a front, or mating face, of the assemblies. The terminal contact portions and include flexing portions formed therewith which are disposed between the terminal body and contact portions. The terminals further include insulative support members that are applied to the terminals and which serve to define the contact and flexing portions of the terminals. The support members are fixed within a carrier, such as a shroud member, which is not attached to any one portion of the connector. The support members permit the terminals and shroud to move as a single unit and flex in different directions, relative to the insulative body portions that support the terminals.

7422483, Sep 9, 2008

Feb 22, 2006

11/359739

Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL, US
Patrick R. Casher - North Aurora IL, US
Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL, US
Kent E. Regnier - Lombard IL, US

Molex Incorproated - Lisle IL

H01R 13/648

439608

Stacked receptacles in a connector that each provide side-by-side differential signal contacts, are attached to a circuit board without additional width to accommodate multiple layers of differential signals by using connector wafer inserts that rotate the side-by-side positioned differential signal contacts to front-to-back contacts.

7494344, Feb 24, 2009

Dec 27, 2006

11/645916

Charles Galauner - Elburn IL, US
Gregory Menn - Naperville IL, US
Richard A. Nelson - Geneva IL, US
Hazelton P. Avery - Batavia IL, US
Timothy E. Purkis - Naperville IL, US
Richard A. Faje - Darien IL, US

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL
Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Mountain View CA

H01R 9/09

439 67

An improved heating element connector assembly includes an insulative, rectangular frame with a central opening and a plurality of conductive terminals which are press fit into openings in the frame. The terminals are spaced apart from each other lengthwise of two opposing sidewalls of the frame, and pairs of terminals are aligned with each other between the two sidewalls. A plurality of conductive strips extend across the frame opening to interconnect the pairs of terminals together. The terminals include compliant pin tail portions for receipt by corresponding holes formed in a circuit board of the assembly and deformable head portions for crimping onto the conductive strips.