Abstract: In a connector having a conductive contact held by an insulator, a lock spring is held by the insulator and adapted to lock a connected state with a mating connector. A conductive shell covers the contact and the insulator. A lever is disposed adjacent to the lock spring. The lever is adapted to operate the lock spring and surrounded by a lever protecting portion serving as an operation inhibiting portion which is for limiting an operating direction of the lever and prevents an excessive displacement of the lever.

Abstract: In a floating connector (101) including a fitting portion (20) and a fixed portion (40), a supporting mechanism (1) is connected to the fitting portion and the fixed portion to support the fitting portion to the fixed portion so that the fitting portion may float in a fitting direction (26) of a mating connector (102). A floating control mechanism (22, 25) is arranged between the fitting portion and the fixed portion. When the mating connector is not fitted to the floating connector, the floating control mechanism locks or inhibits the floating of the fitting portion. However, the floating control mechanism enables the floating of the fitting portion in response to a fitting operation of the mating connector to the floating connecter. Use of the mating connector causes motion of a slide plate (22) and rotation of a stopper (25) about an axis (25a, 13) and results in release of the fitting portion (20) to enable it to float in a selected direction.

Abstract: In a connector, an insulator has a mount portion. Signal and ground contacts are held by the insulator, each having a terminal portion placed on the mount portion. A shell member surrounds the insulator. The mount portion includes a groove portion corresponding to the terminal portion of the ground contact. The shell has a terminal portion inserted into the groove portion and clamped between the terminal portion of the ground contact and a bottom of the groove portion.

Abstract: In an electrical connector, a shell includes a body portion and a folded portion extending from the body portion and folded inward of the body portion. The body portion surrounds an outer peripheral surface of an insulator having a fitting portion for receiving a mating member and holding a contact adapted to be electrically connected to the mating member. The folded portion includes a contact point portion to be contacted with the mating member in the fitting portion and a spring portion coupled to the contact point portion to make the contact point portion be elastically movable.

Abstract: In a card fitting mechanism for receiving a card fitted thereto, a plurality of card receiving portions are arranged parallel to one another. Each of the card receiving portions is adapted to receive the card. A guiding member is disposed between adjacent ones of the card receiving portions so as to enter into adjacent ones of the card receiving portions. When the card is inserted in only one of the adjacent card receiving portions, the guiding member is moved by the card to serve as a guide for guiding the card that is inserted into another of the adjacent card receiving portions.

Abstract: In a connector having a conductive contact held by an insulator, a lock spring is held by the insulator and adapted to lock a connected state with a mating connector. A conductive shell covers the contact and the insulator. A lever is disposed adjacent to the lock spring. The lever is adapted to operate the lock spring and surrounded by a lever protecting portion serving as an operation inhibiting portion which is for limiting an operating direction of the lever and prevents an excessive displacement of the lever.

Abstract: In a card connector having a base member defining a receiving portion for receiving a predetermined card in a first direction, an eject mechanism including two eject plates arranged on the base member. The eject plates are adjacent to each other in a second direction and independently movable in the first direction. Each of the eject plates is for transmitting a removing force to the predetermined card. A support plate is engaged with the eject plates in the first direction and movable in the second direction. A plate support point portion is connected to the base member and adapted to be engaged with a part of the support plate in the first direction to serve as a support point of the support plate when the support plate is located on one side in the first direction. In addition, a plurality of contacts are held by the base member.

Abstract: In a connector to be connected to a cable having a core wire, a retainer is fitted into a rear portion of an insulator holding a contact. The core wire is crimped by a wire crimping barrel formed to the contact. The cable is clamped in cooperation with the retainer and the insulator and extracted through the rear portion of the insulator. In addition, the contact has a locking barrel. On the other hand, the retainer includes a locking portion which is engaged with the locking barrel to prevent the contact from being released rearward from the insulator.

Abstract: In a card connector to be connected to a card, a defining member defines an inserting region for receiving the card inserted in an inserting direction. The card connector includes an eject mechanism for ejecting the card from the inserting region in an ejecting direction opposite to the inserting direction. A plurality of ejecting members are adapted to be engaged with the card in the inserting region in the inserting and the ejecting directions and movable with respect to the defining member independently of one another. A linking mechanism selectively links the ejecting members to each other in response to insertion of the card in the inserting region.

Abstract: In a connector having a conductive contact held by an insulator, a lock spring is held by the insulator and adapted to lock a connected state with a mating connector. A conductive shell covers the contact and the insulator. A lever is disposed adjacent to the lock spring. The lever is adapted to operate the lock spring and surrounded by a lever protecting portion serving as an operation inhibiting portion which is for limiting an operating direction of the lever and prevents an excessive displacement of the lever.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact, a housing receiving the contact, and an engaging member engaged in the housing. The housing has a first receiving portion receiving the contact and a second receiving portion receiving the engaging member. The engaging member has an inserting portion for being inserted with the cable and a cable holding portion for holding the cable with being elastically deformed by the second receiving portion when the engaging member is inserted into the second receiving portion.

Abstract: In a card connector having a base member defining a receiving portion for receiving a predetermined card in a first direction, an eject mechanism including two eject plates arranged on the base member. The eject plates are adjacent to each other in a second direction and independently movable in the first direction. Each of the eject plates is for transmitting a removing force to the predetermined card. A support plate is engaged with the eject plates in the first direction and movable in the second direction. A plate support point portion is connected to the base member and adapted to be engaged with a part of the support plate in the first direction to serve as a support point of the support plate when the support plate is located on one side in the first direction. In addition, a plurality of contacts are held by the base member.