Patent ID: 11916324
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electrical connector for connecting to an array of surface contacts, the electrical connector comprising:
a connector body defining an interior volume, the connector body comprising:
an external surface defining a plurality of cable openings each configured to receive a respective multi-conductor cable therethrough; and
a first plurality of passageways, wherein each passageway corresponds to a respective cable opening of the plurality of cable openings and comprises:
a respective first section extending into the interior volume from the respective cable opening, wherein the first sections of the first plurality of passageways are parallel with each other; and
a respective second section extending from the respective first section toward a first plane of the surface contacts when the array is received into a connection position in the interior volume; and

a plurality of cable terminators each configured to couple with a respective multi-conductor cable exiting the second section of a respective passageway, wherein each cable terminator comprises a first pin and a second pin, wherein the first pin is configured to couple with a first conductor of the respective multi-conductor cable and to extend to a first contact surface, wherein the second pin is configured to couple with a second conductor of the respective multi-conductor cable and to extend to a second contact surface, wherein the first contact surface and the second contact surface extend to a second plane,
wherein the first plane and the second plane are coplanar when the array is in the connection position.