Abstract: A receptacle connector includes: a housing including a base and a mating tongue in front of the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened portion at a root to the base, the mating tongue defining a pair of lateral locking sides; two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the thickened portion and tail sections extending out of the base; and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity among the shield and the mating tongue. The shield is formed via a deep drawing process.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is mounted within a metallic cage for mating with a QSFP module received within the cage. The contacts of the cable receptacle connector are arranged with two groups, of which one are connected to the printed circuit board on which the cage is mounted, and the other are connected to the wires which are further connected to a board-mount receptacle connector mounted on another printed circuit board on which the CPU (Central Processing Unit) socket is mounted. Each board-mount receptacle connector corresponds to more than one cable receptacle connector.

Abstract: A cable includes an electrical connector at one end and a sensor at the other end. The connector includes a terminal module having a plurality of contacts embedded within an insulator wherein each contact has a resilient contacting section exposed upon to an exterior in a first vertical direction, and a soldering section exposed in a second vertical direction to be connected to the corresponding wires of the cable and selectively further to a resistor. The sensor includes a case enclosing an LED (Light Emitting Diode) and a PD (Photo Diode both of which are respectively connected to the corresponding contacts respectively soldered to the corresponding wires.

Abstract: A QSFP-DD receptacle connector received within a cage includes an insulative housing and a contact module assembly received within the housing. The contact module includes a plurality of horizontal wafers stacked with one another, and each wafer includes an insulator and a plurality of contacts integrally formed therein wherein each contact has a front contact sections extending forwardly into a mating cavity formed in the housing, and a rear connecting section connected to a cable rather than to the printed circuit board. The receptacle connector associated with a cable is attached to a chassis. The cage optionally forms therein two mating spaces respectively receiving two receptacle connectors with the associated cables extending rearwardly.

Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a metallic cage including a plurality of faces to commonly form a receiving space; a receptacle connector located in a rear portion of the receiving space; and a heat sink member mounted on an outer side of the metallic cage. The heat sink member comprising a first portion located on one of the faces, and a second portion located on another one of the faces. The first portion and the second portion are associated with the metallic cage by different mechanical structures. The first portion and the second portion are thermally connected with each other.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is mounted within a metallic cage for mating with a SFP module received within the cage. The contacts of the cable receptacle connector are arranged with two groups, of which one are connected to the printed circuit board on which the cage is mounted, and the other are connected to the wires which are further connected to a board-mount receptacle connector mounted on another printed circuit board on which the CPU (Central Processing Unit) socket is mounted. Each board-mount receptacle connector corresponds to more than one cable receptacle connector.

Abstract: The QSFP-DD module has an internal printed circuit board defining a mating port at a front edge region, and a connecting port at a rear edge region, and plural sets of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the connecting port with a plurality of ground staples discrete from one another to secure the respective sets of wires to the printed circuit board. The pitch among the ground staples is essentially 3.38 mm, and the wires are connected to two opposite surfaces of the printed circuit board with the associated ground staples. The staples are arranged in rows along the transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle assembly includes a metallic cage defining a receiving space therein, a receptacle connector unit is received in the receiving space. The receptacle connector unit includes a pair of mating ports. An middle heat transfer unit is located between the two mating ports in a vertical direction. The middle heat transfer unit includes a plastic thermal pad with a pair of heat pipes insert-molded on two sides. The pair of heat pipes extend through a rear wall of the cage and connect to a rear heat sink unit located behind the rear wall of the cage. An electrical plug module assembly equipped with a metallic case composed of the upper part and the lower part each having a heat sink structure unitarily formed on the exterior surfaces.

Abstract: The QSFP-DD module has an internal printed circuit board defining a mating port at a front edge region, and a connecting port at a rear edge region, and plural sets of wires mechanically and electrically connected to the connecting port with a plurality of ground staples discrete from one another to secure the respective sets of wires to the printed circuit board. The pitch among the ground staples is essentially 3.38 mm, and the wires are connected to two opposite surfaces of the printed circuit board with the associated ground staples. The staples are arranged in rows along the transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector assembly includes an insulative main housing forming a plurality of mating ports, and a plurality of vertical wafers stacked with one another along a transverse direction in a form that every stacked (differential) signal wafer pair are spaced from the neighboring signal wafer pair by a ground wafer in the transverse direction. The signal wafers and the grounding wafers have corresponding signal contacts and grounding contacts thereon to be exposed upon the corresponding mating ports. A plurality of spring loaded common ground plates extend in the transverse direction so as to reliably mechanically and electrically connect the corresponding grounding wafers at the same time for each common ground plate.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is mounted within a metallic cage for mating with a QSFP module received within the cage. The contacts of the cable receptacle connector are arranged with two groups, of which one are connected to the printed circuit board on which the cage is mounted, and the other are connected to the wires which are further connected to a board-mount receptacle connector mounted on another printed circuit board on which the CPU (Central Processing Unit) socket is mounted. Each board-mount receptacle connector corresponds to more than one cable receptacle connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a metallic cage defining a receiving space therein, a receptacle connector unit received in the receiving space and including a pair of mating ports, and a number of terminal wafers stacked with one another with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon the mating ports and tail sections to be mounted on a printed circuit board on which the receptacle connector unit is mounted, and a middle heat transfer unit located between the two mating ports in a vertical direction and including a heat base linked with a pair of heat pipes on two sides, the pair of heat pipes extending through a rear of the cage and connected to a rear heat sink unit located behind the rear of the cage. Each of the pair of heat pipes is directly contacted with at least two different surfaces of the heat base.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is mounted within a metallic cage for mating with a SFP module received within the cage. The contacts of the cable receptacle connector are arranged with two groups, of which one are connected to the printed circuit board on which the cage is mounted, and the other are connected to the wires which are further connected to a board-mount receptacle connector mounted on another printed circuit board on which the CPU (Central Processing Unit) socket is mounted. Each board-mount receptacle connector corresponds to more than one cable receptacle connector.

Abstract: A plug connector includes: a metallic enclosure enclosing a printed circuit board; a heat sink member exposed to an exterior surface of the metallic enclosure; and a set of electronic components assembled upon the printed circuit board, wherein the heat sink member is to dissipate heat from at least one of the set of electronic components, and the heat sink member is detachably attached upon the metallic enclosure.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector is mounted within a metallic cage for mating with a QSFP module received within the cage. The contacts of the cable receptacle connector are arranged with two groups, of which one are connected to the printed circuit board on which the cage is mounted, and the other are connected to the wires which are further connected to a board-mount receptacle connector mounted on another printed circuit board on which the CPU (Central Processing Unit) socket is mounted. Each board-mount receptacle connector corresponds to more than one cable receptacle connector.

Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes an outer housing and a terminal module. The terminals module includes an insulator having a base and a mating tongue extending from the base and equipped with a plurality of contacts. The contacts include front contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and tail sections extending out of the base. The outer housing is of an insulative molding part or a metallic die cast, the terminal module is assembled in the outer housing, and thus a mating cavity is directly defined between the mating tongue and the outer housing.

Abstract: An electrical special plug connector includes a mating space, for receiving a mating tongue of a complementary receptacle connector, with a corresponding latch extending thereinto, and further equipped with a moveable actuator to move a corresponding latch away from the mating space toward an outer position when said actuator is affected by magnetic forces derived from a special receptacle connector equipped with a magnet so as to have the special plug connector mated with the special receptacle connector with magnetic forces while keeping the corresponding latch in an inner position to interlock with a locking notch of a standard type C receptacle connector.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes: a housing including a base and a mating tongue in front of the base, the mating tongue defining a thickened portion at a root to the base, the mating tongue defining a pair of lateral locking sides; two rows of contacts with contacting section exposing to opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in front of the thickened portion and tail sections extending out of the base; and a metallic shield retained on the base and surrounding the mating tongue to define a mating cavity among the shield and the mating tongue. The shield is formed via a deep drawing process.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a front cavity for receiving and rear cavity, a terminal assembly assembled in the rear cavity, and a ground member. The terminal assembly includes an upper terminal module, a lower terminal module sandwiching a shielding module therebetween. Said upper terminal module includes a pair of upper ground terminals. Said lower terminal module includes a plurality of lower ground terminals. Said shielding module includes metallic shielding plate. The ground member is associated with the shielding module to mechanically and electrically connect at least one of the upper ground terminals and the lower ground terminals with the shielding plate.

Abstract: A QSFP-DD receptacle connector received within a cage includes an insulative housing and a contact module assembly received within the housing. The contact module includes a plurality of horizontal wafers stacked with one another, and each wafer includes an insulator and a plurality of contacts integrally formed therein wherein each contact has a front contact sections extending forwardly into a mating cavity formed in the housing, and a rear connecting section connected to a cable rather than to the printed circuit board. The receptacle connector associated with a cable is attached to a chassis. The cage optionally forms therein two mating spaces respectively receiving two receptacle connectors with the associated cables extending rearwardly.