Housing having different dielectric constants

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12470010-B2
Application number	US-202117408838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2021
Priority date	Aug 23, 2021
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A housing of a connector includes a first section and a second section connected to the first section and extending from the first section. The first section has a first dielectric constant. The second section has a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A housing of a connector, comprising:
a first section having a first dielectric constant; and a second section connected to the first section and extending from the first section, the second section having a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant, at least a portion of the first section and a portion of the second section are monolithically formed together in a single piece from a housing material.

2 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the first section is disposed at a mating end of the housing.

3 . The housing of claim 2 , wherein the second section is separated from the mating end by the first section.

4 . The housing of claim 1 , further comprising a pair of halves connected to each other to form the housing, each of the halves has a part of the first section and a part of the second section, each of the halves is monolithically formed in a single piece from the housing material.

5 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the first section and the second section are entirely monolithically formed together in the single piece from the housing material.

6 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the first section is a solid member formed of the housing material and the second section has a plurality of structural members each with a plurality of openings extending through the structural members.

7 . The housing of claim 6 , wherein the structural members are each a tubular member and the plurality of openings are circular openings.

8 . The housing of claim 6 , wherein the structural members are each a lattice structure and the plurality of openings are polygonal openings.

9 . The housing of claim 8 , wherein an outer contour of the lattice structure has a circular outer cross-sectional shape or a variable outer cross-sectional shape.

10 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric constant is greater than or equal to 3.0.

11 . The housing of claim 10 , wherein the second dielectric constant is greater than to equal to 2.0.

12 . The housing of claim 6 , wherein a total opening volume of the openings is greater than 0% and less than or equal to 40% of a total surface area of the housing.

13 . A connector, comprising:
a housing including a first section having a first dielectric constant and a second section connected to the first section and extending from the first section, the second section having a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant, the first section is disposed at a mating end of the housing and the second section is separated from the mating end by the first section.

14 . The connector of claim 13 , further comprising an inner contact held within the housing, a mating portion of the inner contact is disposed adjacent to or protrudes beyond the first section.

15 . The connector of claim 13 , wherein the first section is a solid member and the second section has a plurality of structural members each with a plurality of openings extending through the structural members.

16 . The connector of claim 13 , wherein the first section is formed of a first material and the second section is formed of a second material different than the first material.

17 . A connector system, comprising:
a connector having a housing, the housing having a first section with a first dielectric constant and a second section connected to the first section and extending from the first section, the second section having a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant; and a mating connector having a mating housing, the mating housing having a third section with a third dielectric constant and a fourth section connected to the third section and extending from the third section, the fourth section having a fourth dielectric constant that is less than the third dielectric constant, the first section is disposed adjacent to and facing the third section in a mated position of the connector with the mating connector.

18 . A housing of a connector, comprising:
a first section having a first dielectric constant; and a second section attached to the first section and extending from the first section, the second section having a second dielectric constant that is less than the first dielectric constant, the first section is formed of a first material and the second section is formed of a second material different than the first material.

Assignees

• TE Connectivity Services Gmbh
• Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh
• Te Connectivity Solutions Gmbh Et Al

Inventors

• Yun Hyo Chang (Chris)
• Nikfal Mohammad
• Luo Xiaoming

Classifications

• H01R13/42

  Securing in a demountable manner · CPC title

• H01B3/00

  Insulators or insulating bodies characterised by the insulating materials; Selection of materials for their insulating or dielectric properties · CPC title

• H01R13/65914

  Connection of shield to additional grounding conductors · CPC title

• H01R24/28

  Coupling parts carrying pins, blades or analogous contacts and secured only to wire or cable · CPC title

• H01R2103/00

  Two poles · CPC title