Abstract: A clamping structure is used to fix a heat-dissipating body on a chip module. The clamping structure comprises a clamping body, two clamping portions, a pivot element, a top frame and a bottom frame. The two clamping portions are respectively connected to two sides of the clamping body and are clamped to the bottom frame. The pivot element is pivotally connected to the clamping body and has a movable portion and an ear piece. The ear piece has a fixed portion and a release portion respectively formed at an end side thereof for fixing and releasing the heat-dissipating body. The clamping structure is used to eliminate a spare gap between the clamping element and the top frame, and clamping element and the bottom frame without using the elastic element. The clamping structure can also be used with a heat sink to form a heat-dissipating module.

Abstract: A flexible latch is provided for an electrical connector and includes an elongated flexible strip having front and rear ends fixed to a connector housing, with the strip being spaced from and flexible relative to the housing between the fixed ends. The flexible strip has a body portion of a given width extending forwardly from and flexibly rotatable in a given direction about the fixed rear end. A latching portion, having a total width less than the given width, extends rearwardly from and is flexibly rotatable opposite the given direction about the front end. A generally triangularly-shaped latch hook is formed on the latching portion for movement into and out of latching engagement with the mating connecting device as the latching portion and the body portion flexibly rotate in opposite directions about the fixed front and rear ends, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit which has a given width and an insertion end narrower than the given width to define at least one shoulder section at a side of the circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having opening for receiving the insertion end of the flat circuit in an insertion direction. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing at the opening. An actuator is movably mounted on the housing for movement between an open position allowing the insertion end of the flat circuit to be inserted into the opening, and a closed position to relatively bias the flat circuit against the terminals. A circuit-suppressing member projects outwardly of the housing opposite the insertion direction for engaging the shoulder section of the flat circuit to prevent the flat circuit from being bent upwardly against the actuator.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with a latching system for latching the connector to a mating connector and includes a dielectric housing having a forward mating end. A pair of latch arms are disposed at opposite sides of the housing and each latch arm includes a front latch end for latchingly engaging an appropriate latch on the mating connector. Each latch arm includes a rear engagement end and an intermediate pivot portion between the front and rear ends pivotally mounting the latch arm to the housing. Each latch arm further includes a biasing portion engageable with the housing to pivotally bias the latch arm about the pivot portion toward a latched position. A single actuating bracket is pivotally mounted on the housing and is engageable with the rear engagement ends of both latch arms for pivoting the latch arms against the biasing portions thereof toward an unlatched position.

Abstract: A side-entry, blade-receiving electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a bottom wall and a blade-receiving receptacle at a side of the housing. At least one conductive terminal is mounted on the housing and includes a contact section exposed within the receptacle for electrically engaging a terminal blade of a complementary mating connecting device inserted into the side receptacle generally parallel to the printed circuit board. A mounting section is exposed exteriorly of the housing below the bottom wall thereof for mounting the connector on the printed circuit board. A flex section joins the mounting section to the contact section and performs a dual function of (a) spacing the bottom wall of the housing above the printed circuit board and (b) providing a yielding flexibility between the connector and the board.

Abstract: A shielded electrical connector is provided for terminating a plurality of coaxial cables, each cable including an inner conductor surrounded by a dielectric cover and an outer conductive shield. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating end and a terminating end. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing and include mating portions located generally at the mating end of the housing and terminating portions terminated to the inner conductors of the cables. A conductive clamp is secured to the housing in clamping engagement with the conductive shields of the cables. A conductive shell is mounted over the housing in engagement with the conductive clamp to electrically couple the cable shields to the shell.

Abstract: An electrical power connector is mountable on a printed circuit board. The connector includes an outer terminal and an inner terminal, both of which are of generally inverted U-shaped configurations, with the inner terminal nested in the outer terminal. Solder tails project downwardly from bottom edges of side walls of the two terminals. Both terminals have a pair of blade portions projecting forwardly from the respective side walls of the terminals, whereby the blade portions of each terminal are spaced from each other. The blade portions of one terminal are generally coplanar with the blade portions of the other terminal. A dielectric housing is overmolded about the side walls of the outer terminal, leaving the solder tails and the outside surfaces of the blade portions exposed. The housing has a projecting portion extending into the spacing between the blade portions of the two terminals against the inside surfaces of the blade portions, leaving the outside surfaces of the blade portions exposed.

Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a panel having a front face, a rear face, a hole through which a connector can mate with a complementary connecting device at the front face of the panel, and an opening spaced from the hole. A connector includes a dielectric housing insertable into the hole in the panel and mateable with the complementary connecting device at the front face of the panel. The housing mounts a plurality of terminals and is sized smaller than the hole to allow for controlled floating movement of the connector relative to the panel. At least one locking arm projects from the housing and has a locking protrusion for engagement in the opening in the panel to prevent excessive movement of the connector in a direction generally parallel to the panel. The opening is larger than the locking protrusion to allow for said controlled floating movement of the connector relative to the panel.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board which includes a mounting surface, an opposite mating surface, a locating hole and a terminal-receiving aperture. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a front board-mounting face for mounting against the mounting surface of the printed circuit board. At least one terminal-receiving passage in the housing has a front opening in the front board-mounting face of the housing, with the front opening alignable with the terminal-receiving aperture in the printed circuit board. An alignment boss projects from the front board-mounting face of the housing and is insertable into the locating hole in the printed circuit board. The alignment boss has a guide hole for receiving a guide post from a complementary mating connector at the mating surface of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided for mounting on a circuit board. The assembly includes a first connector having a first dielectric housing fixed to the circuit board. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing and are electrically connected to appropriate circuit traces on the circuit board. A second connector includes a second dielectric housing mateable with the first dielectric housing. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the second housing for engaging the terminals of the first connector when the connectors are mated. At least one locking member is provided on the second dielectric housing and is lockable with the circuit board when the connectors are mated. Therefore, extraneous forces applied to the second connector are passed directly to the circuit board to protect the first connector and its connections to the board.

Abstract: A compressible pin assembly includes a barrel, a contact pin and an elastic element. The contact pin is arranged within the barrel. The contact pin has a contact element. The elastic element is arranged within the barrel to bias the contact pin, so that the contact element is flexibly extended out the front end of the barrel. The barrel has aperture formed therein, which allows superfluous gold plating liquid within the barrel to be eliminated smoothly, after the gold plating process. Thus, the barrel will obtain a more uniform and complete electroplated layer with the use of less gold plating liquid. A stopper will then be inserted into the aperture to prevent impurities from entering the hollow chamber of the barrel. This invention will provide a less expensive compressible pin assembly having greater conductivity.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a board mounting face and a mating face generally perpendicular to the board mounting face. The housing includes a plurality of terminal-receiving passages and at least one insert groove located between a pair of the passages. A plurality of terminals are inserted into the passages and each terminal includes a contact end projecting from the mating face and a generally flat terminating end exposed at the board mounting face with a mounting portion therebetween. At least one reinforcing member has a body portion for mounting in the insert groove and a generally flat fixing portion exposed at the board mounting face of the housing generally coplanar with the flat terminating ends of the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle for receiving a complementary mating connector. A plurality of conductive terminals are mounted on the housing and have contact portions exposed in the receptacle for engaging appropriate contacts of the mating connector. A metal shell is disposed about at least a portion of the housing. A shutter plate is movably mounted on the housing for movement between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position, the shutter plate substantially closes the receptacle to prevent inadvertent engagement of foreign objects with the contact portions of the terminals. In the open position, the shutter plate allows mating of the complementary mating connector. At least a portion of the shutter plate is conductive to dissipate static electricity at the receptacle. At least one spring is mounted on the housing for biasing the shutter plate toward its closed position.

Abstract: A low profile blade receiving electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a blade insertion cavity which extends generally parallel to the printed circuit board. A pair of generally U-shaped terminals are mounted on the housing, with one terminal nested within the other terminal. Each terminal includes a pair of side walls joined by a connecting beam. The side walls are generally perpendicular to and electrically connected to the circuit board. The connecting beams are generally parallel to the circuit board. The connecting beams of the two terminals are spaced from each other for receiving a terminal blade therebetween. The connecting beams have contact portions exposed in the blade insertion cavity of the housing for engaging opposite sides of the terminal blade.

Abstract: A female terminal with a mating end suited for receiving a male pin with flat surfaces and a circuit-connecting end for connection to a wire. A terminal-receiving passageway at the mating end has two spaced apart sidewalls, which may be in the form of U-shaped channels, extending lengthwise along the passageway with one or more slots separating the U-shaped channels. Enlarged flat contacting surfaces are formed in the opposing sidewalls and are disposed at an angle to the sidewalls. The sidewalls resiliently flex apart from each other as the male pin is inserted into the passageway such that the angled contacting surfaces become coplanar with the flat surfaces of the male pin and electrically contact the male pin over a greater area than that provided by dimples. One or more notches may be disposed at selected points in the sidewalls of the female terminal to better define and control the flexing characteristics of the spaced apart sidewalls.

Abstract: An electrical signal transmission system includes a plurality of elongated conductors extending in a generally parallel array. The conductors have input ends at one end of the array and output ends at an opposite end of the array. Each conductor includes an elongated intermediate section and transition sections at opposite ends of the intermediate section joining the intermediate section to the input and output ends of the conductor. The array of conductors define two outside pairs of conductors and at least one inside pair of conductors. The elongated intermediate sections of the conductors in the inside pair thereof being spaced apart wider than the elongated intermediate sections of the conductors in each outside pair thereof.

Abstract: A connector equipped with a terminal protection device including an insulated housing and terminals. The insulated housing includes a plurality of terminal cavities to receive the terminals, and the two ends of the terminals extend beyond the insulating housing. The terminal protection device fixed at the rear portion of the insulated housing has terminal slots characterized by a shape corresponding to the tail portion of the terminal so that the tail portion of the terminal can penetrate the terminal slot and can be locked by the terminal slot. The terminal slot can be either open on both sides or covered by a seal layer. The surface of the terminal protection device facing the rear portion of the insulated housing is provided with fixing protuberances for fixing the terminal protection device to the rear of the insulated housing. In addition, fixing protuberances and a filling protuberance are disposed on the same surface, with a view to fixing and filling, respectively.

Abstract: An electric connector formed of an electrically insulative housing and terminals installed in respective terminal slots of the housing is disclosed in which each terminal has a U-shaped springy supporting portion supported inside one terminal slot of the housing, a vertical arm downwardly extended from one end of the U-shaped springy supporting portion, and a contact tip extended from the bottom end of the vertical arm suspended outside the housing for the contact of a corresponding contact of a circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having first and second spaced-apart faces with at least one terminal-receiving passage communicating between the faces. The passage includes a terminal mounting portion and a terminal securing portion. A conductive terminal is received in at least one of the passages and includes a body portion for engaging the terminal mounting portion of the passage. The terminal includes a first contact portion extending from one side of the body portion for establishing electrical connection with a first electrical device at the first face of the housing. The terminal includes a second contact portion extending from a second side of the body portion for establishing an electrical connection with a second electrical device at the second side of the housing. The terminal includes a securement portion for engaging the terminal securing portion of the passage.

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with an integral switch. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating end. A fixed switch contact is immovably mounted on the housing. A movable switch contact is mounted on the housing and includes a contact portion movable into and out of switching engagement with the fixed switch contact. The movable switch contact includes a movable terminal portion at the mating end of the housing for engaging an appropriate terminal of a complementary mating connector. The movable terminal portion is integral with the contact portion for moving the contact portion relative to the fixed switch contact in response to mating of the connectors.