Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts and a shielding cage. The shielding cage includes a first cage and a second cage for mating with the first cage. The first cage includes a base portion and a pair of restricting portions bent downwardly from opposite lateral sides of the base portion. Each restricting portion defines a number of recesses at its bottom edge. The second cage includes a shielding plate, a number of locking arms bent upwardly from the shielding plate and a number of recessed engaging portions on lateral sides of the locking arms. When the second cage is assembled to the first cage, the restricting portions are restricted by the engaging portions and the locking arms inside and outside for not only achieving strong integral strength, but also achieving robust shielding effects.

Abstract: A battery connector includes an insulative housing, a contact retained in the insulative housing and a water-proof protective cover tightly covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating surface, a mounting surface and a receiving space extending forwardly through the mating surface. The contact is retained in the receiving space. The contact includes a rear section, a mounting tail extending beyond the protective cover, first and second protrusions extending forwardly from opposite lateral sides of the rear section, and first and second contacting sections extending inwardly and backwardly from the first and the second protrusions, respectively. The water-proof protective cover tightly covers the mounting surface of the insulative housing.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulative housing and a plurality of female contact groups each of which includes first and second female contacts combined together. Each of the first and second female contacts includes a retaining portion including a first locking portion and a second locking portion. Each first locking portion includes a slit. Each second locking portion includes a positioning portion and an engaging arm. The retaining portions of the first female contact and the second female contact are of the same configuration after rotating 180 degrees. When the first female contact is combined in position with the second female contact, the positioning portion and the slit of the first female contact engage with the slit and the positioning portion of the second female contact, simultaneously.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulative housing and a number of female contact groups fixed in the receptacle insulative housing. The receptacle insulative housing includes a receiving portion, a plurality of mating portions and a pair of locking arms integrally formed at opposite lateral sides of the receptacle insulative housing. The plug connector includes a plug insulative housing and a number of male contacts fixed in the plug insulative housing. The plug insulative housing includes a mating surface, a plurality of cavities and a pair of locking walls located at opposite lateral sides of the plug insulative housing. When the plug connector the receptacle connector are mating with each other, the locking arms are in locking with the locking walls for fixation.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulative housing including a receiving portion, a number of mating portions extending from the receiving portion and a number of contact-receiving slots extending through the mating portions and the receiving portion. At least one of the mating portions includes an anti-mismating block at a corner thereof. The plug connector includes a plug insulative housing including a mating surface and a number of cavities extending through the mating surface for receiving the mating portions. The plug insulative housing includes an anti-mismating groove at a corner of one of the cavities to receive the anti-mismating block of the receptacle insulative housing.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The plug insulative housing includes a body portion having a mating surface, a number of cavities extending through the mating surface and a number of contact-receiving slots. The number of male contacts are divided into groups each of which includes two male contacts in parallel relationship. Each male contact includes a contacting portion residing in corresponding cavity, a mounting portion perpendicular to the contacting portion and an inclined portion connecting the contact portion and the mounting portion. In each group, a distance between the contacting portions is larger than a gap between the inclined portions, and the gap between the inclined portions is no less than a gap between the mounting portions.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a number of stacked connectors and a metallic shell enclosing the stacked connectors. The stacked connectors include an insulative housing and a number of contact groups received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating portion and a receiving portion extending rearwardly from the mating portion. The contact groups include a first contact group, a second contact group, a third contact group and a fourth contact group separable with one another. Each of the contact groups includes a number of contacts, and the contacts of the first, second, third and fourth contact groups are arranged in turn along a top-to-bottom direction and a rear-to-front direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a number of contacts received in the housing and a spacer for holding the contacts. The housing includes a mating portion and a pair of extensions extending from the mating portion. The pair of extensions and the mating portion jointly form a receiving space to receive the spacer. The spacer includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal portion. The horizontal portion defines a slot through which the contacts extend. The vertical portion includes an inner wall, an outer wall and a channel extending through the inner wall and the outer wall. The outer wall defines a recess opening in communication with the channel. When the contacts are associated with the spacer, the contacts are partly exposed to the recess opening via the channel for robust heat dissipation.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a number of stacked connectors and a metallic shell enclosing the stacked connectors. The metallic shell includes a first cage, a second cage and a third cage. The first cage includes a base portion and a pair of restricting portions bent downwardly from the base portion. Each restricting portion includes a number of recesses at its bottom edge and a number of press-fit legs located between the adjacent two recesses. The second cage includes a shielding plate and a number of locking arms bent upwardly from the shielding plate. Each locking arm includes a number of slits and a number of connecting portions each of which is located between the adjacent two slits. When the second cage is assembled to the first cage, the press-fit legs extend through the slits and the connecting portions are received in the recesses.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a number of power contacts received in the insulating housing, a power bus bar electrically and mechanically connecting with at least one power contact and a power contact spacer assembled within said opening of the insulating housing. Each power contact forms a first engaging portion and a first contacting portion. The power bus bar has a main section, a middle section extending from the main section, and a connecting section extending from the middle section. The power contact spacer includes a main body and a base extending downwards from the main body. The main body provides a number of protrusions along the transversal direction, and the insulating housing defines a number of grooves on a top wall thereof for correspondingly receiving the protrusions to thereby secure the power contact spacer on the insulating housing along a transversal direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a shell enclosing the insulative housing and a reinforced anti-mismating member. The shell includes a number of peripheral walls having a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall. A receiving space is cooperatively formed by the top wall, the bottom wall and the pair of side walls. The reinforced anti-mismating member includes a base attached to one of the peripheral walls for strength improvement and a pair of rigid protrusions extending from the base. The pair of rigid protrusions further extend into the receiving space for preventing unmatched connectors from being inserted into the receiving space.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, at least one conductive contact, a limiting element and a fastening element. The insulative housing defines an upper first receiving passage and a lower second receiving passage spaced from the first receiving passage along an up-to-down direction by a horizontal first partition wall, and a first restriction section and a second restriction section. The at least one conductive contact is received in the first and second receiving passages, and partially received in the first restriction section and the second restriction section. The limiting element is received in the second restriction section. The fastening element is received in the second receiving passage and located below the limiting element to cooperate with the limiting element to fasten the at least one conductive contact with the insulative housing. The fastening element defines at least one contact-restriction section in at least on sidewall thereof.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, and a number of conductive contacts. The conductive contacts include a first contact and a second contact. The first contact includes a first retaining portion, a first contacting portion extending from the first retaining portion, and a first termination portion extending from the first retaining portion. The second contact includes two second retaining portions, two second contacting portions extending from respective second retaining portions, and a second termination portion extending from the second retaining portions. The structure of the first contacting portion of the first contact is identical to that of one of the two second contacting portions of the second contact, and the structure of the first retaining potion of the first contact is identical to that of one of the two second retaining portions of the second contact.

Abstract: A low-profile electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of mounting pieces positioned at opposite sides of the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a half-opened plug-receiving space. Each contact includes a fixing portion, a deformable contacting portion extending into the plug-receiving space and a soldering portion for being mounted to a circuit board. Each mounting piece includes a retaining portion, a bending portion extending sidewardly from the retaining portion and a mounting portion parallel to the retaining portion. The mounting portions are adapted for being fixed to the circuit board in order that when a plug is inserted into the plug-receiving space, the mounting portions replace the soldering portions to bear a great deal of impact force.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts fixed to the insulative housing and a shell enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a main portion, a mating portion and a fixing portion. The shell includes a first metallic shell and a second metallic shell fastened to the first metallic shell. The first metallic shell encloses the mating portion and cooperatively defines therebetween a mating space for receiving a plug connector. The second metallic shell defines a hollow space in which the first metallic shell is at least partly received. As a result, the first metallic shell and the second metallic shell have a strong structure which is stable for mating with the plug connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a cover shielding the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a top wall, a pair of side walls and a plug-receiving cavity formed thereby. Each contact includes a resilient contacting portion extending into the plug-receiving cavity. The cover includes a top plate covering the top wall and a pair of side plates respectively covering the pair of side walls. Each side plate includes an engaging arm extending inwardly therefrom. The insulative housing defines a pair of cutouts formed at boundaries of the top wall and the pair of side walls. The pair of engaging arms extend into the plug-receiving cavity through the pair of cutouts, respectively.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive contacts, and a retainer seat. The insulative housing includes a mating face for mating with a plug connector and a mounting face opposite to the mating face. The insulative housing defines a number of contact-receiving passages penetrating from the mating face to the mounting face and a mounting recess recessed from the mounting face toward the mating face a certain distance. The conductive contacts are respectively received in the contact-receiving passages. Each conductive contact includes a contacting portion for electrically contacting the plug connector, a termination portion for electrically connecting with a Printed Circuit Board, and an intermediate portion connecting the contacting portion with the termination portion. The retainer seat is fixedly received in the mounting recess of the insulative housing.

Abstract: A power connector in accordance with the present invention includes an insulative housing including a main body and at least two mating ports, a number of power contacts received in the insulative housing. At least one mating port includes an anti-mismating portion protruding outwardly from an outer surface thereof and extending along a mating direction of the power connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and at least one first contact received in the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a main body and a first mating port extending from the main body. The at least one first contact includes a first mating portion partially exposed into the first mating port, a first intermediate portion extending rearward from the first mating portion and received in the main body, and a first termination portion bending downward from the first intermediate portion and exposed beyond the insulative housing. The first intermediate portion includes a first lower horizontal section, a first upper horizontal section parallel to the first lower horizontal section, and a first connecting portion connecting the first lower horizontal section and the first upper horizontal section. The first lower horizontal section is formed with a first lower widened section, and the first upper horizontal section is formed with a first upper widened section.