Patent ID: 11929568
Assignee: AVX CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A solderless wire-to-board single pair Ethernet (SPE) connector system comprising:
a female connector portion comprising:
a first contact comprising a first pin,
a second contact comprising a second pin, and
a first insulative housing comprising a first contact retention recess and a second contact retention recess; the first contact positioned at least partially within the first contact retention recess, and the second contact positioned at least partially within the second contact retention recess;
wherein the first pin and the second pin extend from the first insulative housing and are configured to electrically connect to respective contacts of a printed circuit board; and

a male connector portion comprising a first insulation displacement contact (IDC) and a second IDC, the first IDC configured to connect to a first wire of an SPE cable, and the second IDC configured to connect to a second wire of the SPE cable, wherein the first IDC comprises a first blade and a second blade that extend along a first plane perpendicular to a second plane that extends between the female connector portion and the male connector portion upon connection of the female connector portion and the male connector portion.