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Electrical and fiber optic connector assembly

Details

Inventors: Bowen, Terry P.; Glover, Douglas W.; Hoover, Charles D.; Huber, John H.; Schaffer, Ronald R.;
Assignee: AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA)
Primary Examiner: Sikes; William L.
Assistant Examiner: Ullah; Akm E.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: LaRue; Adrian J., Ness; Anton P.

An electrical and fiber optic connector assembly terminates the electrical conductors and fiber optic transmission members of a cable so that the electrical conductors are electrically connected to electrical terminals latchably mounted in a housing member and for electrical connection to electrical paths of a circuit board and the fiber optic transmission members are optically connected to transmitting and sensing photoelectric devices which are mounted in the housing member and also electrically connected to electrical terminals latchably mounted in the housing member for electrical connection to electrical paths of the circuit board.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An electrical and fiber optic connector assembly is needed to terminate the electrical conductors and fiber optic transmission members of such a cable so that the electrical conductors are electrically connected to electrical terminals latchably mounted in a housing member and for electrical connection to electrical pads of a circuit board, and the fiber optic transmission members are optically connected to transmitting and sensing photoelectric devices which are mounted in the housing member and also electrically connected to electrical terminals latchably mounted in the housing member for electrical connection to electrical pads of the circuit board.
The connector assembly can also take the form of terminating the electrical conductors and fiber optic transmission members of the cable to electrical terminals and fiber optic terminals of a first housing member which is matable with a second housing member mounted onto a circuit board.
The connector assembly can further take the form of a stacking arrangement with a first housing member mounted on a mother board in which second housing members are latchably mounted, the second housing members are terminated to respective cables, and the electrical conductors and fiber optic transmission members thereof are terminated to respective electrical terminals and fiber optic terminals in the second housing members.
Photoelectric members are mounted in a third housing member located on a daughter board and the third housing member is matable with the first housing member so that the photoelectric members are coupled with the respective fiber optic terminals of the second housing members.

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