Patent ID: 6095698
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
In combination with an electronic built-in unit having a printed circuit board with an edge and solder hole terminals formed therein, a hybrid connector having electric plug-in connections and fiber-optic demountable connections, comprising:electric receptacle modules having receptacles;fiber-optic modules having optical fiber connectors;an angular male connector strip having long walls and a plug-in collar with a plug-in collar side and a base;contact pins having ends held in said base, said ends of said contact pins protruding from said plug-in collar side of said plug-in collar and engaging said receptacles of said electric receptacle modules;optoelectric transducers having electrical connecting leads with ends held in said base, said ends of said electrical connecting leads engaging said optical fiber connectors of said fiber-optic modules, said ends of said contact pins and said ends of said connecting leads protruding outward from said male connector strip forming solder terminals of said male connector strip, said solder terminal s to be directly soldered in the solder hole terminals on the edge of the printed circuit board of the electronic built-in unit;said optoelectric transducers disposed in a row parallel to said long walls on a side of said base where said solder terminals reside for assuring that a length of said connecting leads including said solder terminals is as small as possible; anda female connector for plugging into said plug-in collar, said female connector having a cover cap with module chambers for receiving and holding said electric receptacle modules and said fiber-optic modules.