BACKPLANE CABLE INTERCONNECTION
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1. A backplane cable interconnection comprising:
- a shroud for surrounding contacts of a backplane;
cable end modules installed in slots of the shroud, wherein each of the cable end modules includes;
a printed circuit board having contact pads for engaging the contacts of the backplane;
one or more cables having conductors that are coupled to the contact pads; and
an overmold on the printed circuit board that mechanically couples the one or more cables to the printed circuit board; and
holddowns that are mechanically coupled to the shroud to retain the cable end modules in the slots;
wherein the holddowns disable a release feature of the cable end modules that would allow release of the cable end modules from the slot.
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Abstract
A backplane cabling interconnect scheme is provided that includes a wafer based cable termination and an organizer shroud. The shroud complements existing backplane connectors and provides positioning and polarization for the cable terminated wafer. The wafer cable ends can be stacked or arranged in various arrays and are held in place with an integral latch. A permanent latch is provided for high vibration environments.
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20 Claims
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1. A backplane cable interconnection comprising:
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a shroud for surrounding contacts of a backplane; cable end modules installed in slots of the shroud, wherein each of the cable end modules includes; a printed circuit board having contact pads for engaging the contacts of the backplane; one or more cables having conductors that are coupled to the contact pads; and an overmold on the printed circuit board that mechanically couples the one or more cables to the printed circuit board; and holddowns that are mechanically coupled to the shroud to retain the cable end modules in the slots; wherein the holddowns disable a release feature of the cable end modules that would allow release of the cable end modules from the slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A cable end module comprising:
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a printed circuit board having contact pads; one or more cables having conductors that are coupled to the contact pads; and an overmold on the printed circuit board that mechanically couples the one or more cables to the printed circuit board; wherein the overmold includes a protrusion and a protrusion-receiving recess on opposite sides; and wherein the protrusion snaps into the protrusion-receiving recess of an adjacent of an adjacent cable end module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A shroud for surrounding contacts of a backplane, the shroud comprising:
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a main body having slots therein for receiving stacked cable end modules; and a pair of side brackets at opposite ends of the main body; wherein the main bodies has pairs of latch windows corresponding to respective of the slots, for receiving protrusions of the cable end modules when the modules are inserted into the slots; and wherein the side brackets keep the main body away from the backplane when the shroud is installed on the backplane. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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