EXTENDER MODULE FOR MODULAR CONNECTOR

摘要

A modular electrical connector with modular components suitable for assembly into a right angle connector may also be used in forming an orthogonal connector or connector in other desired configurations. The connector modules may be configured through the user of extender modules. Those connector modules may be held together as a right angle connector with a front housing portion, which, in some embodiments, may be shaped differently depending on whether the connector modules are used to form a right angle connector or an orthogonal connector. When designed to form an orthogonal connector, the extender modules may interlock into subarrays, which may be held to other connector components through the use of an extender shell. The mating contact portions on the extender modules may be such that a right angle connector, similarly made with connector modules, may directly mate with the orthogonal connector.

主权项

1. An extender module for a connector, comprising:
a pair of elongated signal conductors having a first end and a second end, each signal conductor of the pair comprising a first mating contact portion at the first end and a second mating contact portion at the second end; wherein:
the first mating contacts of the signal conductors are positioned along a first line;the second mating contacts of the signals conductors are positioned along a second line; andthe first line is orthogonal to the second line.