Electrical connector with light emitting device

• US 6,663,417 B1
• Filed: 09/20/2002
• Issued: 12/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wieson Technologies Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Weison Technologies Company Limited
• Inventors: Hung, Cheng-Lung
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Lynn
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Son V.
• Application Number:
  US10/247,485
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 439/490, 439/488, 439/489, 439/676, 439/607-610
• US Class Current: 439/490
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6641 with diode with LED H01R13/7175
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/7175 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/64 for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45

Abstract

An electrical connector with light emitting device. The electrical connector includes a casing, an insulative housing disposed inside the casing. A light emitting device and a light transmitting element are disposed on top of the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes two slots disposed on top of the insulative housing. A groove is disposed on a distal front end of each of the slots. The light emitting device is fitted into the slot above the insulative housing so that a certain distance is maintained between the light emitting device in the slot and the light transmitting element. The casing covers the outer part of the insulative housing, the light transmitting device, and the light transmitting element wherein at least a front side of the insulative housing and a front side of the transmitting element are exposed.

Claims

1. An electrical connector with a light emitting device, comprising:

a casing;

an insulative housing disposed inside the casing;

a pair of spaced apart slots disposed on top of the insulative housing, each of the slots comprising an opening on an end thereof;

a pair of light emitting devices, each of the light emitting devices disposed in a respective one of the slots, each of the light emitting devices comprising a plurality of conducting stands extending thereof;

a pair of light transmitting elements, each of the light transmitting elements disposed inside a respective one of the slots and configured for receiving light from a corresponding one of the light emitting devices;

the light transmitting elements are located at a distance apart from respective ones of the light emitting devices such that a length of each of the stands of the light emitting devices is configured to extend under the insulative housing; and

the casing covers and surrounds the insulative housing, the light emitting devices and the light transmitting elements with a front side of the light transmitting elements and a front side of the insulative housing being exposed so that a signal transmission status of the electrical connector can be visualized by viewing an on/off status of the light emitting devices on a frontal visible side of the electrical connector.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein each of the slots comprises at least one groove at a front end thereof for fixing said light transmitting elements on the insulation housing.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting devices comprise light gathering emitters configured to generate and project light onto the light transmitting elements.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein each of the conducting stands has an L-shape.