SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENCY SHIFTING RESONANCE OF CONNECTOR STUBS

• US 20170264040A1
• Filed: 03/11/2016
• Published: 09/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Farkas, Sandor, Mutnury, Bhyrav M., Heistand, II, Raymond Dewine
• Granted Patent: US 10,522,930 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2478 spherical
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/26 Pin or blade contacts for sliding co-operation on one side only for modular jack type connectors H01R24/62
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/28 Contacts for sliding cooperation with identically-shaped contact, e.g. for hermaphroditic coupling devices H01R24/84 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6474 by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/16 for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/20 for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a connector may include a housing and an electrically-conductive pin housed in the housing and configured to electrically couple to a corresponding electrically-conductive conduit of an information handling resource comprising the connector. The pin may include a beam extending from the housing and a stub terminating the pin, the stub having a per-unit-length surface area greater than that of the beam.

Claims

1. A connector comprising:

a housing; and

an electrically-conductive pin housed in the housing and configured to electrically couple to a corresponding electrically-conductive conduit of an information handling resource comprising the connector, the pin comprising;

a beam extending from the housing; and

a stub terminating the pin, the stub having a per-unit-length surface area greater than that of the beam.

2. The connector of claim 1, wherein the stub shares a common dimension with the beam, and is larger in size than the beam with respect to at least one other dimension.

3. The connector of claim 2, wherein the stub is elliptical or polygonal in shape.

4. The connector of claim 1, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a hemispheroid or a portion thereof.

5. The connector of claim 4, wherein the stub is formed with respect to the housing such that a concave surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

6. The connector of claim 4, wherein the stub is formed with respect to the housing such that a convex surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

7. The connector of claim 1, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a spheroid or a portion thereof.

8. An information handling system comprising:

an information handling resource; and

a connector coupled to the information handling resource and comprising;

a housing; and

an electrically-conductive pin housed in the housing and configured to electrically couple to a corresponding electrically-conductive conduit of an information handling resource comprising the connector, the pin comprising;

a beam extending from the housing; and

a stub terminating the pin, the stub having a per-unit-length surface area greater than that of the beam.

9. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the stub shares a common dimension with the beam, and is larger in size than the beam with respect to at least one other dimension.

10. The information handling system of claim 9, wherein the stub is elliptical or polygonal in shape.

11. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a hemispheroid or a portion thereof.

12. The information handling system of claim 11, wherein the stub is formed with respect to the housing such that a concave surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

13. The information handling system of claim 11, wherein the stub is formed with respect to the housing such that a convex surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

14. The information handling system of claim 8, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a spheroid or a portion thereof.

15. A method for forming an electrically-conductive pin for a connector, comprising:

providing a beam of the pin; and

terminating the beam with a stub having a per-unit-length surface area greater than that of the beam.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the stub shares a common dimension with the beam, and is larger in size than the beam with respect to at least one other dimension.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the stub is elliptical or polygonal in shape.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a hemispheroid or a portion thereof.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising coupling the pin to a housing for housing the pin such that a concave surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising coupling the pin to a housing for housing the pin such that a convex surface of the hemispheroid or the portion thereof is configured to physically contact a corresponding pin of a corresponding connector when the corresponding connector is engaged with the connector.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the stub has a shape comprising a spheroid or a portion thereof.