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 plug connector and a receptacle connector mateable with each other. The plug connector includes a plug insulative housing and a pair of plug power contacts. The plug insulative housing includes a first plug cavity, a first plate cantileveredly extending into the first plug cavity, and upper and lower plug contact slots in communication with the first plug cavity. The pair of plug power contacts are respectively received in the upper and lower plug contact slots. Each plug power contact includes a flat contacting section exposed to the first plug cavity and a first soldering section. The flat contacting sections are positioned on upper and lower surfaces of the first plate, respectively. The plug connector and the receptacle connector define heat dissipation channels in communication with each other in order that generating heat can be effectively dissipated to the air.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a contact module received in the housing. The housing defines a receiving cavity for accommodating a complementary connector, a mounting space communicating with the receiving cavity, and a pair of mounting blocks located at opposite lateral sides of the mounting space. The contact module includes a base and a number of contacts fixed in the base. The base includes a pair of lateral side edges. Each contact includes a retaining portion fixed in the base and a contacting portion extending slantly from the retaining portion into the receiving space of the housing. The contacts include a pair of side contacts located at opposite outmost sides thereof. The retaining portion of each side contact is disposed with a protruding section protruding laterally beyond corresponding lateral side edge of the base to engage with respective mounting block formed on the housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing. Each conductive contact is substantially located in a main surface and includes a contacting portion extending beyond the front wall of the insulative housing, an intermediate portion extending rearward from the contacting portion and received in the insulative housing, and a termination portion bending vertically from the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is torn to form at least an interfering means which extending away from the main surface to interferentially engage with the insulative housing for retaining the conductive contact in the insulative housing reliably.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a mounting block assembled to the housing and a first contact inserted into the mounting block and the housing. The housing includes a receiving space and a first through hole in communication with the receiving space. The mounting block is assembled in the receiving space and includes a second through hole which is aligned with the first through hole. The first contact is inserted into the second through hole and the first through hole in sequence along a rear-to-front direction. The first contact includes an elastic member and the housing and/or the mounting block comprise a stop surface to resist against the elastic member for position restriction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of first contact modules, a number of second contact modules and a number of third contacts all assembled into the insulative housing. Each first contact module includes a first wafer and first contacts insert-molded in the first wafer. Each second contact module includes a second wafer and second contacts insert-molded in the second wafer. The first contact modules, the second contact modules and the third contacts are arranged side by side after being inserted into the insulative housing. The adjacent first wafer and the second wafer cooperatively include mutual locking structures so that they can be inserted into the insulative housing in turn under a predetermined sequence.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a pair of latch members located at lateral sides of the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating portion, a mounting portion and a number of passageways extending therethrough to receive the contacts. Each latch member includes a pivot portion connected to corresponding lateral side of the insulative housing, a locking arm extending forwardly from the pivot portion and a driving portion extending backwardly from the pivot portion. The locking arms are capable of pivoting outwardly along a horizontal direction to a release status under condition that the driving portions are inwardly pressed. With the dual latch members, the electrical connector can be much reliable in locking with a mateable connector.

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 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 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: 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 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: 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 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 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 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 mountable on a printed circuit board and adapted for mating with a complementary connector, comprises an insulative housing and pairs of power contacts. The housing defines a plurality of passageways each having inside walls. Each pair of power contacts includes two separate, opposed power contacts. Each power contact has a contacting portion, a tail portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contacting portion and the tail portion. The tail portions of the pair of power contacts are arranged into two rows. One tail portion of one row of tail portions is formed with a protrusion therealong and one tail portion of the other row of tail portions is also formed with a protrusion. The distance between the two tail portions with protrusions located at different rows is larger than any other two tail portions.

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: 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.