Abstract: A self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a rechargeable battery and a set of mounting features for use during recreational activities such as powersports, boating, and off-roading. The self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a housing and a set of mounting features that allow the housing to be securely coupled to a vehicle component or other appropriate support. The rechargeable battery may be removeable and may include a set of coupling features such as spring-loaded tabs associated with complementary features of the housing, such as slots. The self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a wireless communication module that interacts with user devices such as smartphones. The housing may be waterproof, dustproof, and/or shock-proof.

Abstract: An actuator comprises a support body including a coil having a winding part and a lead part, a coil holder and a board supported by the coil holder, a movable body having a magnet, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the support body and the movable body. The coil holder has a coil holding part holding the winding part and a board support part supporting the board. A board surface of the board is provided with a land with which the lead part is connected. The board support part has a recessed part at a position overlapping with the board when viewed in a direction along the board surface, and the lead part is extended from the winding part to the land via the recessed part and is provided with a resiliently bent portion which is resiliently bent in an inside of the recessed part.

Abstract: A signal interface for a vehicle has a sensor unit and a main control unit connected via a wiring harness. The sensor unit includes a sensor chip configured to carry out a SENT protocol and has outlets for a supply voltage line, a data transmission line, and a ground connection. A voltage regulator and a filter with ESD/EMC protection are connected to the supply voltage line, where overvoltage protection is upstream of a data line filter and ESD/EMC protection is downstream of the data line filter. The main control unit includes a voltage regulator, ESD/EMC protection, and a module configured to switch off the ground supply in the event of a current derived from the overvoltage protection. A pull-up device and a transceiver are connected to the data transmission line. The control unit has separate sender and receiver paths for controlling the transceiver.

Abstract: An optical fiber holding device may comprise a first track and a second track. The first track may be configured to hold and guide a first optical fiber from a first track input location to a first track output location, wherein the first track is configured to allow the first optical fiber to connect to a first optical component and a first optical communication point. The second track may be configured to hold and guide a second optical fiber from a second track input location to a second track output location, wherein the second track is configured to allow the second optical fiber to connect to a second optical component and a second optical communication point.

Abstract: Disclosed are network cable connectors with components such as wireless transceivers, wireless power receivers, displays, and printed circuit with controllers. The disclosed network cable connector may be wirelessly coupled to an external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may receive power for the wireless transceiver and/or the display from the external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may communicate information about the network cable and/or devices connected thereto via the wireless transceiver to an external device, output the information via the display, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An edge connector includes a first row of golden fingers and a second row of golden fingers. The first row of golden fingers is adjacent to a plugging end of the edge connector, and the second row of golden fingers is adjacent to the first row of golden fingers. In a plugging direction of the edge connector, each golden finger in the first row of golden fingers has a first end proximate to the plugging end and a second end opposite to the first end. A first end of a grounded golden finger in the first row of golden fingers is protruded from other golden fingers, and second ends of two or more than two golden fingers in the first row of golden fingers are not aligned with each other.

Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a connector-attached board and a shield case that internally houses the connector-attached board. The connector-attached board is provided with a circuit board, a connector that is fixed to the circuit board and that engages with a mating connector, and an attachment that is attached to the connector. The shield case surrounds the circuit board and is provided with an upper short wall portion and a lower short wall portion that include a connector opening for facing the connector outside. The attachment is provided with a waterproof portion that covers the periphery of an engagement surface of the connector that faces the mating connector, and the waterproof portion is provided with a waterproof wall that covers the periphery of the connector and the mating connector.

Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting a first electrical component to a second electrical component includes a circuit board which is electrically conductively connectable to the first electrical component. A plug unit is electrically conductively couplable, at a plug end, to a mating plug unit and is disposed on a first side of the circuit board. A light source is disposed on a second side of the circuit board opposite the first side. A light guide has an in-coupling region and an out-coupling region, and a through-hole in which the plug end of the plug unit is at least partially disposed. The light guide also has a light injection opening in which the light source is at least partially disposed. The in-coupling region is disposed on a side wall of the light injection opening, and the out-coupling region surrounds the through-hole.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a housing, a circuit board and a conductive spring contact. The housing has a receiving structure. The circuit board is disposed in the housing. The conductive spring contact is disposed in the receiving structure and includes a base portion, a contact portion and a curved portion. The contact portion is connected to the base portion and is bent relative to the base portion. The contact portion extends between the circuit board and a wall portion of the receiving structure, and the contacts the circuit board. The curved portion is connected to the contact portion and abuts against the wall portion.

Abstract: A connection device for connecting a cable assembly with a plurality of cables to a printed circuit board of motor electronics arranged in a motor mounting of an electric motor, having a contact adapter with a number of current rails corresponding to the cables and with an injection molded housing, in which the current rails are embedded together in an injection molded manner, wherein the current rails protruding from the injection molded housing have first connection contacts for contacting the printed circuit board and second connection contacts for contacting the cable ends of the cables, and a connection housing having a first housing part and a second housing part that surrounds the second connecting contacts contacting the cable ends and that is joined to the injection molded housing of the contact adapter.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a universal plug body, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed in the universal plug body, and a printed circuit board (PCB), coupled with the universal plug, comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive features configured to electrically connect the plurality of electrical contacts to a plurality of terminals. Different PCB types may be used with the universal plug body to accommodate different power and data applications with a universal connector body.

Abstract: A communication system includes a plug connector mated with a receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a housing holding a contact assembly. The housing includes a front housing that receives an inner housing, which receives contact holders and receptacle contacts of the contact assembly. The receptacle connector housing includes a height profile defined between top and bottom walls with a housing latch and guide pockets contained within the height profile. The plug connector includes a housing holding a cable assembly with a circuit card received in a card slot of the receptacle housing. The plug connector housing includes alignment embossments received in the guide pockets and latches coupled to the alignment embossments are latchably coupled to the receptacle connector. The latches are contained within a height profile of the plug connector housing.

Abstract: A data transmission connector (103) has a housing (30) and a plurality of data transfer plug contacts (32) that are rigid and are arranged fixedly inside the connector (103).

Abstract: A camera assembly includes a time-of-flight module and a circuit board. The circuit board is provided with an avoidance space. The time-of-flight module includes a transmit module and a receive module. The transmit module is configured to emit a detection optical signal. The receive module is configured to receive an induction optical signal formed after the detection optical signal is reflected by a to-be-measured object. The receive module is located in the avoidance space. A connection end of the receive module is fixed to the circuit board. The transmit module is located around the receive module and fixed to the circuit board.

Abstract: A motor assembly includes an output shaft disposed along a central axis extending in one direction, a motor that rotates the output shaft, a circuit board electrically connected to the motor, a power supply that supplies power to the motor and the circuit board, and a case having a tubular shape that extends in an axial direction and accommodates the motor, the circuit board, and the power supply. A substrate surface of the circuit board and the power supply are disposed to face each other in a predetermined direction that is orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the axial direction.

Abstract: A pluggable module is provided and includes a pluggable body including a cavity. The pluggable body extends between a mating end and a cable end opposite the mating end. The mating end is configured to be plugged into a receptacle connector assembly. The pluggable body has a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall at a first side, and a second side wall at a second side. The pluggable module includes a cable assembly coupled to the pluggable body. The cable assembly includes an upper module circuit card, a lower module circuit card, upper cables terminated to the upper module circuit card and lower cables terminated to the lower module circuit card. The upper module circuit card includes upper contact pads proximate to an upper mating edge. The lower module circuit card includes lower contact pads proximate to a lower mating edge.

Abstract: A fastener for use in an electronic device includes a positioning unit and a clamping member. The positioning unit has a first supporting concave part allowing a first electronic device to be disposed, a fastening pin inserted in the positioning unit is disposed at a bottom end of clamping member, so that the bottom end of the clamping member enables the first electronic device to be in a locked status; the clamping member has a second supporting concave part allowing a second electronic device to be disposed, a chamber is at a location adjacent to one side of the second supporting concave part, and is connected to a sliding cover capable of radially and elastically sliding; with a front end of the sliding cover being released or be located above the second supporting concave part, the second electronic device can be in an unlocked status or a locked status.

Abstract: High density pluggable electrical connector having a number of electrical contacts exceeding sixty and a contact density on a plugging interface of the connector of at least forty contacts per square centimeter, comprising a casing and a terminal unit mounted within the casing, the terminal unit comprising a housing with a module receiving cavity formed within the housing, and a plurality of terminal modules insertably received in the module receiving cavity in a stacked arrangement. Each terminal module comprises a plurality of contacts mounted in a dielectric terminal module housing, the terminal modules having a width W to height H ratio W/H greater than three.

Abstract: A handheld machine tool, which has a housing including a handle, a drive motor situated inside the housing, and an interface for establishing a mechanical and/or an electrical connection between the handheld machine tool and a battery pack, the interface having a base element for the electrical and/or mechanical connection of the interface to the handheld machine tool, and a separate contact carrier including at least one contact element for the electrical and/or mechanical contacting with at least one corresponding mating contact element on the battery pack.

Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic device for use in diagnosing, scanning and programming an electrical system of a vehicle having a housing, a computer with a screen disposed within the housing with the screen being disposed at an opening of the housing. The vehicle diagnostic device further includes a circuit board configured to operate as a SAE J2534 pass-thru device and disposed within the housing, with the circuit board including a multi-pin connector disposed at an aperture of the housing. A cable connects the computer and circuit board for communications there between. The circuit board is configured to receive vehicle data signals from a vehicle via the connector and convert the vehicle data signals for transmission to the computer via the cable. The computer is further configured to transmit signals to the circuit board via the cable for conversion by the circuit board to vehicle data signals for transmission via the connector to the vehicle.

Abstract: An electric connection box includes a housing, a first lid portion, a groove, and a protrusion. The housing includes an opening. The first lid portion includes a first body wall that closes the opening of the housing and a first peripheral wall extending from a periphery of the first body wall toward the housing. The groove is provided between the first peripheral wall and a wall portion arranged to be spaced apart from the first peripheral wall. The groove includes an opening in a side of the first body wall in an extending direction of the first peripheral wall. The protrusion is provided on the first lid portion and protruding toward the wall portion. The protrusion covers the opening of the groove.

Abstract: A locking structure includes: a locking protrusion and a locking arm. The locking arm includes a flexible arm main body and an engaging projection portion protruding from an outer surface of the arm main body. The locking protrusion includes a protrusion main body on which an arm guide surface, a protruding tip surface, and an engaging surface are disposed along the engagement direction, and a jig groove that is formed in the protrusion main body. The engaging projection portion is formed on the outer surface at a position away from an arm tip of the arm main body in the engagement direction. The protruding tip surface is longer than the arm tip in the engagement direction. The jig groove cuts out the protrusion main body in the engagement direction from the arm guide surface to the protruding tip surface.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a pluggable module is provided. The pluggable module includes a pluggable body having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The pluggable body has a cavity. The pluggable body extends between a mating end and a cable end. An upper module circuit card is received in the cavity. The upper module circuit card has a mating edge at a mating end configured to be loaded into an upper card slot of a card edge connector and a cable end opposite the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes first upper contact pads on an upper surface of the upper module circuit card at the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes second upper contact pads on a lower surface of the upper module circuit card at the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes first upper cable termination areas on the upper surface of the upper module circuit card at the cable end.

Abstract: An input/output system including: an input/output base unit which has a plurality of slots into which input/output modules are pluggable; an evaluation device; and at least one cover element which is arrangeable on one of the plurality of slots of the input/output base unit. The evaluation device detects a presence of the at least one cover element at a slot of the plurality of slots.

Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.

Abstract: A plug connector includes: an insulative housing including a main body, a reinforcement projecting forward from the main body, and a pair of baffle plates; and a printed circuit board partially received in the insulative housing, the printed circuit board extending forward from the main body and beyond the reinforcement, the reinforcement wrapping on the printed circuit board, wherein a width of a front end of the printed circuit board exposed outside the main body in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the reinforcement, and a limiting groove is formed between the baffle plate and the printed circuit board for guiding the plug connector to mate with a socket connector.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a waterproof electronic component having good waterproofness and a method for assembling the waterproof electronic component. A repeater as a waterproof electronic component includes (i) a substrate having first through holes, (ii) a socket fixed to the substrate, (iii) a housing containing the substrate, (iv) a pin held by the housing and having a first end connected to the substrate, and (v) a sealing section with which an area surrounded by the substrate and the housing is filled, the housing including a support including a supportive wall section capable of supporting a fixation portion of the socket and a seat section having a seating surface on which the substrate is placed, the substrate being placed on the seat section, the socket being oriented in such a manner that at least a portion of an outer surface of the fixation portion is close to and faces the supportive wall section.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly that includes a differential pair cable having a pair of conductors secured to contact pads formed on a printed circuit board. A housing and cover are configured to be secured together and include a cavity for receiving the printed circuit board and the cable. A slug is formed around a portion of the cable and is in intimate contact with a shield layer of the cable. Upon assembly of the cover to the housing, the slug is disposed in the pocket with a projection formed on the plug that engages a shoulder in the pocket to maintain a rigid connection between the lug connector housing and the cable and limit the stress that can be transferred to the connection between the conductors of the cable and the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A junction box for an electrical connection of a photovoltaic module, comprising a plug-in module and a housing module. The plug-in module comprises a plug element and a connection element, wherein the plug element enables a plug-in connection with an external electrical connection line, and the connection element provides a connection option for an internal electrical supply line into the photovoltaic module. The housing module can be connected to, and detached from, the plug-in module and can also be attached to the photovoltaic module in order to offer protection of a connection area of the photovoltaic module against outer influences.

Abstract: The present invention has an advantage in that both power supply to a POS device and USB communication can be simultaneously performed through one USB C type cable.

Abstract: Provided is an energy level conversion circuit for a portable energy storage apparatus, and includes a motherboard circuit to connect a plurality of sub-board circuits in series through female connectors, wherein the sub-board circuits receive input of direct current (DC) power, convert it to a preset energy level and output it, and the sub-board circuits connected or inserted into the motherboard circuit through the female connectors, and including a switching unit which is switched by a pair of switching pulses (P1, P2) applied from the motherboard circuit, so that when each switching transistor (Q1, Q2) is on/off, power transformed through a transformer is outputted through secondary side transformer tap connection terminals (T1, T2), wherein the sub-board circuits are connected in series through a female connector unit of the motherboard circuit, so that DC power whose energy level is converted as much as the number of the sub-board circuits is outputted through the motherboard circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-channel power controller. The multi-channel power controller comprises a processing system configured to generate one or more control signals, and one or more extender modules operatively coupled to the processing system. The one or more 5 extender modules are configured to receive an input electrical power. Each extender module of the one or more extender modules is configured to receive a control signal of the one or more control signals, receive a portion of the input electrical power, and generate a plurality of output electrical powers using the received control signal and the portion of the input electrical power. Also disclosed is a power control system.

Abstract: A portable data storage device includes at least one component that generates heat, an enclosure wall made of a first material and having a thermal conductivity and an exterior layer. The enclosure wall surrounds the at least one computer component and includes outer and inner boundaries. The exterior layer is made of a second material and has a thermal conductivity that is less than the thermal conductivity of the first material. The exterior layer is covers the outer boundary of the enclosure wall and includes an outer surface and an inner boundary. The outer boundary of the enclosure wall interfaces with the inner boundary of the exterior layer so that the outer surface of the exterior layer is in direct contact with the environment and the outer boundary of the enclosure wall is not. Heat is transferred to the environment at the outer surface of the exterior layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector with waterproof structure and the manufacturing method, comprising: an base, providing the support of components in the connector; housing, enclose the components inside of the connector; the connecting groove, located on the base with slot shape; the connecting unit, mounted on the connecting groove and penetrated out with the base; the first retaining block, disposed between the connecting groove and the outer wall of the housing, separating the upper end of the base into a plurality of waterproof compartments, wherein the waterproof compartment is filled with waterproof glue; and the upper lid, upper lid, sealing the upper end of the base to achieve the purpose of preventing moisture and dust particles from entering the connector.

Abstract: An expansion module system includes a board having a plurality of expansion modules connectors mounted to the board. A shared expansion module coupling feature is provided on the board and includes a coupling member. A respective expansion module is connected to each of the plurality of expansion module connectors, and the coupling member engages each of the respective expansion modules to secure each of the respective expansion modules in their respective expansion module connectors. The shared expansion module coupling feature may includes a standoff that is mounted to the board immediately adjacent a single hole defined by the board, and the coupling member may be provided by a single screw that engages each of the respective expansion modules and at least one of: the shared expansion module coupling feature and the portion of the board that defines the hole.

Abstract: A housing that can be used for a power module in a power system is disclosed. The housing includes features to improve the insulating properties and to reduce or eliminate a mechanical stress on a housing that could crack or break a substrate contained within the housing. The insulating properties are improved by protrusions that surround apertures for press-fit pins. Each protrusion can increase a creepage for the housing by extending the surface of the housing along a press-fit pin. The mechanical stress is reduced by a mounting flange that includes a wedge surface and a flexible structure that react to a force applied when the mounting flange is fastened to a surface by a fastener.

Abstract: A controller cluster for controlling a technical device with a redundant first automation device and second automation device, wherein a virtual network interface controller is arranged in the automation devices between a first network interface controller and a protocol stack, and wherein the network interface controller administers a cluster hardware address in addition to a standard hardware address and thus the controller cluster, despite there being two automation devices, presents itself externally as one device.

Abstract: An electric connection box includes: the housing, or a plurality of communication connectors provided therein; a communication switch circuit, which is provided inside the housing, has a communication relay function and controls a communication path between the plurality of communication connectors; and a common power supply circuit, which is provided inside the housing and capable of supplying common power generated based on the power from the input side power supply line to a plurality of electric circuits including the communication switch circuit.

Abstract: A rearview device includes a connector assembly that has a body that includes a plurality of electrical leads that extend therefrom and are removably coupled therewith. A plurality of contact-receiving apertures extend through the body and receive a plurality of spring contacts on a circuit board. The plurality of spring contacts abut and are compressed between the circuit board and the body. The plurality of spring contacts directly engage the plurality of electrical leads when inserted into the plurality of contact-receiving apertures. A plurality of peripheral walls are adjacent the circuit board.

Abstract: A transmission control device, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a circuit board element, and an electrical-connector housing. The circuit board element has electronic components. The electrical-connector housing is configured to receive an electrical connector, and to electrically connect the electrical connector to the circuit board element. The electrical-connector housing substantially consists of a thermoset material, and partially encloses the circuit board element via direct contact in an integrally bonded fashion.

Abstract: Connector receptacles that are able to withstand insertion and other forces, are reliable, and are easy to manufacture. In various examples, the connector receptacle tongue or other portions may be reinforced such that they may withstand the insertion forces exerted through a connector insert.

Abstract: A box (4) has, on a rear wall surface (4b) facing a plane where an opening (4a) is formed, a first protrusion (4g) which is fitted to a first notch (3a) of a substrate (3) and first ribs (4h) which support a first end of the substrate (3) by sandwiching the first end, and has, on two surfaces facing respective substrate surfaces of the substrate (3), a hole (4n) for each of the two surfaces. A lid (5) has, on a lid surface (5a) facing the opening (4a), a second protrusion (5b) fitted to a second notch (3b) of the substrate (3), a second rib (5c), and a third rib (5d), the second and third ribs supporting a second end of the substrate (3) by sandwiching the second end, and has, at an outer periphery, hooks (5g) for fixing the lid (5) to the box (4) by being fitted to the holes (4n) of the box (4). The hooks (5g) each have an inclined surface (5j) that allows the lid (5) to move by a specified amount in a direction in which the lid (5) comes off from the box (4).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector which is disposed outside a case, the connector comprising: a terminal protruding at one end thereof into the case and protruding at the other end thereof out of the case; an inner housing coupled to the terminal so as to allow the terminal to protrude at the one end and the other end thereof; a pad disposed on one surface of the inner housing; and a housing completely surrounding the inner housing and the pad, wherein the housing comprises: a protrusion portion protruding from one surface of the case; and a mounting portion having a terminal groove in which the other protruding end of the terminal is placed.

Abstract: A thin card reader (TCR) designed to reduce card-not-present fraud, in credit card transactions, and other applications where security verification is needed in remote locations. The TCR is powered by external RF power, or through a battery. Further, the TCR uses energy from an energy harvester, which converts the mechanism energy used to insert the credit card into the TCR. Energy harvesting allows the TCR to be a self-powered device, alleviating the need to charge the TCR or connect a cable thereto. TCR shifts the burden of the electronics from the card to the TCR, reducing the cost of credit cards with a biometric sensor. One TCR can be used per consumer (with many cards), reducing costs and resulting in substantial savings. The TCR also allows remote enrollment of biometrically enabled credit cards where the new card can be entered into a TCR when placed in a self-enrollment mode.

Abstract: There is provided an optical-electrical hybrid module including a substrate on which a plurality of optical communication modules are arranged, the plurality of optical communication modules transmitting or receiving an optical signal through an optical fiber cable and performing conversion between the optical signal and an electrical signal. A shield case covering the optical communication modules includes a surface inclined in a direction away from a position in which the optical fiber cable is mounted to each optical communication module.

Abstract: There is provided a lighting device (100) comprising a housing comprising a frangible light exit window (110) and a fitting (120) including a first electrical connector (122) inside said housing. Within the housing there is a carrier assembly (130) comprising a plurality of SSL elements (132), and a second electrical connector (134) in contact with the first electrical connector (122). The second electrical connector (134) is held in contact with the first electrical connector (122) by the light exit window (110). This lighting device is relatively safe as if the light exit window (110) breaks the electrical components of the carrier assembly (130) may not be live.

Abstract: Systems and methods for programming pluggable transceivers are provided. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving RFID data from an RFID device in proximity to a network transceiver via an RFID antenna in the network transceiver, said RFID data defining an operating configuration of the network transceiver; and programming the network transceiver according to the operating configuration defined by the received RFID data. In an embodiment, a network transceiver includes: a host interface for connecting to a host; a network interface for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a network; an RFID antenna for receiving RFID data; and a controller in operative communication with the network interface and the RFID antenna, said controller operating the network interface according to an operating configuration, wherein the operating configuration of the controller is programmed using the RFID data received via the RFID antenna. Various other embodiments are also provided.

Abstract: A connector includes terminals (14) connected to terminal ends of electrical wires (12); a housing (20) including a terminal housing chamber (21) in which the terminals (14) are housed and an electrical wire lead-out portion (24) from which the electrical wires (12) are led out. A first cover (50A) covers the electrical wires (12) led out from the electrical wire lead-out portion (24), and a second cover (50B) causes the electrical wires (12) to be inserted between the second cover 50B itself and the first cover (50A) in a state of being assembled to the first cover (50A). At least one of the first and second covers (50A, 50B) includes electrical wire pressing portions (56A, 56B) that press the electrical wires (12) led out from the electrical wire lead-out portion (24) when the first and second covers (50A, 50B) are assembled together.

Abstract: A payment reader includes a tamper detection system having a first sensor element disposed on a circuit board of the tamper detection circuit; a second sensor element disposed within an interior surface of a housing of the tamper detection circuit; and a guard ring disposed on the circuit board of the tamper detection circuit configured to form an electrical connection with the first sensor element in response to injection of conductive fluid thereby indicating tampering with the tamper detection circuit, wherein the guard ring is configured to be on a plane different from the first sensor element to prevent unintentional activation of the tamper detection circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector for providing audio signals. The connector can include an audio signal and power cable having a first end and a second end, and an interface communication connector disposed at least proximate to the first end. Further, the connector can include a ground, power, and audio signal connector disposed at least proximate to the second end, wherein the ground, power, and audio signal connector is configured to accept a plurality of different audio signal and power cables from different noise-protection devices having differing pin configurations. Further still, the connector can include at least a first audio input signal cable in contact with the audio signal and power cable, wherein the audio input signal cable is configured for transmitting one or more of the audio signals through the interface communication connector to at least one of a vehicle and an extra-vehicular source.