IP Library Granted Patent US 11,664,626
Granted Patent B2
US 11,664,626 · App. 17/388,214 · Granted May 30, 2023

Staggered press-fit fish-eye connector

Inventors: Sandburg Hu (Shanghai, CN); Bhyrav Mutnury (Austin, TX); Lynn Kong (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
H01R13/6471H01R12/712H01R13/05H01R12/707
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Patent No.
US 11,664,626
App. No.
17/388,214
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A staggered press-fit fish-eye connector for an information handling system includes multiple ground press-fit connectors and multiple signal press-fit connectors. The ground press-fit connectors include first, second, and third ground press-fit connectors. The signal press-fit connectors include first, second, third and fourth signal press-fit connectors. The ground press-fit connectors are substantially longer than the signal press-fit connectors. The first and second signal press-fit connectors are located between the first and second ground press-fit connectors, and the third and fourth signal press-fit connectors are located between the second and third ground press-fit connectors.

Claims (30)

1. A staggered press-fit fish-eye connector for an information handling system, the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector comprising:

a plurality of ground press-fit connectors including first, second, and third ground press-fit connectors, wherein each of the ground press-fit connectors includes multiple fish-eye structures; and

a plurality of signal press-fit connectors including first, second, third and fourth signal press-fit connectors, wherein each of the signal press-fit connectors includes a single fish-eye structure, wherein the ground press-fit connectors are substantially longer than the signal press-fit connectors, wherein the first and second signal press-fit connectors are located between the first and second ground press-fit connectors, and the third and fourth signal press-fit connectors are located between the second and third ground press-fit connectors.

2. The staggered press-fit fish-eye connector of claim 1 , wherein all of the signal press-fit connectors are substantially a same length.

3. The staggered press-fit fish-eye connector of claim 1 , wherein each of the ground press-fit connectors includes multiple fish-eye structures.

4. The staggered press-fit fish-eye connector of claim 1 , wherein the first and second signal press-fit connectors are differential pairs.

5. The staggered press-fit fish-eye connector of claim 1 , wherein a length of the ground press-fit connectors provides strength to the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector.

6. An information handling system comprising:

a staggered press-fit fish-eye connector including:

a plurality of ground press-fit connectors including first, second, and third ground press-fit connectors, wherein each of the ground press-fit connectors includes multiple fish-eye structures; and

a plurality of signal press-fit connectors including first, second, third and fourth signal press-fit connectors, wherein each of the signal press-fit connectors includes a single fish-eye structure, wherein the ground press-fit connectors are substantially longer than the signal press-fit connectors, wherein the first and second signal press-fit connectors are located between the first and second ground press-fit connectors, and the third and fourth signal press-fit connectors are located between the second and third ground press-fit connectors; and

a printed circuit board including a plurality of vias, wherein each ground press-fit connectors and each signal press-fit connector is pressed into a corresponding via of the vias.

7. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein all of the signal press-fit connectors are substantially a same length.

8. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein each of the ground press-fit connectors includes multiple fish-eye structures.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the multiple fish-eye structures of each of the ground press-fit connectors provides retention of the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector within the vias of the printed circuit board.

10. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein the first and second signal press-fit connectors are differential pairs.

11. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein a length of the ground press-fit connectors provides strength to the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector.

12. The information handling system of claim 6 , wherein each via in a subset of the vias include a working zone that is substantially less than an entire length of the respective via.

13. The information handling system of claim 12 , wherein a minimum overall length of a first working zone in a first via is based on a length of the first signal press-fit connector pressed in the first via.

14. The information handling system of claim 13 , wherein the first working zone of the first via includes a stub extending from a layer of the printed circuit board to an end of the first working zone.

15. The information handling system of claim 14 , wherein a length of the stub is affected by the length of the first signal press-fit connector, and a signal integrity of the first signal press-fit connector improves as the length of the stub is shorter.

16. An information handling system comprising:

a staggered press-fit fish-eye connector including:

first, second, and third ground press-fit connectors, wherein each of the ground press-fit connectors includes multiple fish-eye structures; and

first, second, third and fourth signal press-fit connectors, wherein each of the signal press-fit connectors includes a single fish-eye structure, wherein the ground press-fit connectors are substantially longer than the signal press-fit connectors, wherein the first and second signal press-fit connectors are located between the first and second ground press-fit connectors, and the third and fourth signal press-fit connectors are located between the second and third ground press-fit connectors; and

a printed circuit board including a plurality of vias, wherein each ground press-fit connectors and each signal press-fit connector is pressed into a corresponding one of the vias, wherein the multiple fish-eye structures of each of the ground press-fit connectors provides retention of the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector within the vias of the printed circuit board, wherein a length of the ground press-fit connectors provides strength to the staggered press-fit fish-eye connector within the via of the printed circuit board.

17. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein all of the signal press-fit connectors are substantially a same length.

18. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein each via in a subset of the vias include a working zone that is substantially less than an entire length of the respective via.

19. The information handling system of claim 18 , wherein a minimum overall length of a first working zone in a first via is based on a length of the first signal press-fit connector pressed in the first via.

20. The information handling system of claim 16 , wherein the first working zone of the first via includes a stub extending from a layer of the printed circuit board to an end of the first working zone.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (058014/0560) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0473 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (057931/0392) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 062022/0382 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (057758/0286) Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
To: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 061654/0064 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058014/0560 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 057758/0286 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 057931/0392 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.; EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
Reel/Frame 057682/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2021
From: HU, SANDBURG; MUTNURY, BHYRAV; KONG, LYNN
To: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
Reel/Frame 057017/0190 →
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