Abstract: A chip module for a toner cartridge includes a substrate having a top surface, a memory disposed on the substrate, transmission terminals electrically connected with the memory, and a ground terminal. Each transmission terminal has two legs disposed on the substrate, and a bridge connected between the two legs and located at a distance above the top surface of the substrate. The ground terminal is disposed on the substrate and located between the transmission terminals. The ground terminal is a lamellar-shaped piece and nonparallel to the top surface of the substrate. The chip module is firmly mounted to the toner cartridge and positively aligned and contacted with a reading head of an electronic image-forming apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable connection port and an electronic device having the same. The detachable connection port is detachably assembled at an electronic device, which includes a board-to-board connector. The detachable connector includes a sub circuit board and a socket connector. The sub circuit board includes a golden finger. The socket connector is fixed at and electrically connected to the sub circuit board, and includes an installation portion. The socket connector is installed at the electronic device through the installation portion, and is electrically connected to the board-to-board connector through the golden finger. Thus, the detachable connection port achieves an advantage of easy replacement, further reducing repair costs and standby time for a user.

Abstract: A modular RJ45-type plug apparatus is provided for forming a connector interface with a connector jack in a high speed data transmission network. A housing comprises an insulative front portion and a conductive shield portion attachable to define an interior, within which is positioned a contact subassembly including a first PCB having cable mounting pads on one end and through holes for elongate plug contacts on the other end. The contacts are connected on one end to the first PCB and on a second end to a second PCB, with bridge portions therebetween collectively defining a jack contact interface. The second PCB comprises desired electrical characteristics which provide the apparatus with certain capacitance compensation properties, wherein the capacitance compensation is offset from a signal path defined between the jack-plug connector interface and the cable pairs.

Abstract: A system includes a rack and one or more server systems mounted in the rack. A server system includes a chassis with one or more arrays of devices in the chassis. Each array includes mass storage devices and a server device mounted in the array within the chassis of the server system. The server device occupies no more than an equivalent volume of space in the chassis as one of the mass storage devices. A set of mass storage devices of an array and the server device of the array form a logical node, and a server system may include multiple logical nodes in the same chassis. Each array of devices may be located in a sled that can move into and out of the chassis of the server system.

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 paddle card includes a circuit board, a pad group and ground planes. The circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The pad group is adapted to connect wires of a cable or terminals of a plug, and includes a pair of upper differential pads on the upper surface and a pair of lower differential pads on the lower surface. The pair of upper differential pads and the pair of lower differential pads are corresponding to each other respectively and configured up and down. The ground planes are spaced at intervals between the upper surface and the lower surface. The ground plane below the pair of upper differential pads has an opening corresponding thereto. A portion of the at least one ground plane between the pair of upper differential pads and the pair of lower differential pads is solid as a shield.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes a first circuit board and an electrical connection module disposed on a base of a body housing, a first connector group electrically connected to the electrical connection module, and a second connector group disposed on a wall of the body housing. The first connector group and the second connector group are arranged in a first direction along the wall. The base, the electrical connection module, and the first circuit board have respective positioning holes for positioning relative to each other. A positioning pin is insertable into openings of the second positioning hole and the first positioning hole, and another positioning pin is insertable into openings of the third positioning hole and the first positioning hole.

Abstract: A device forms a resin layer by applying a UV light line-shaped in the X direction while conveying the work table in the Y direction at a first conveyance speed (low speed) in a case in which a wiring layer forming process is performed directly after the resin layer forming process, and forms a resin layer by applying a UV light line-shaped in the X direction while conveying the work table in the Y direction at a second conveyance speed (high speed) in a case in which a consecutive resin layer forming process is performed directly after the resin layer forming process.

Abstract: Disclosed is a server system having a hot plug motherboard. The server system includes a motherboard module, at least one midplane board and at least one hard disk module. The motherboard module includes a plurality of motherboards. The midplane board is coupled by means of hot plugging to each of the motherboards. The midplane board includes at least one Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) slot, and the PCIe slot is configured to be plugged with a PCIe card. The hard disk module includes a plurality of hard disks being coupled to the PCIe card through a signal wire.

Abstract: Contact structures that are readily manufactured, where contacts in the contact structures consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing and a contact assembly. The housing has a cavity, a card slot and a chamber adjacent the card slot. The card slot receives a card edge of a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The contact assembly has a contact holder, first contacts held by the contact holder, and a contact positioner. The contact positioner is forward of the contact holder and located in the chamber for receiving mating ends of the first contacts. The contact positioner is movable in the chamber relative to the contact holder and the housing between an inward position and an outward position. The contact positioner moves the mating ends of the first contacts outward from the card slot as the contact positioner is moved from the inward position to the outward position.

Abstract: An interconnect structure that includes a component circuit board containing a plurality of electrical components, and a wafer connector assembly. The wafer connector assembly includes a plurality of interconnect circuit boards that are in electrical connection with the components circuit board through a plurality of rows of solder joints, the plurality of interconnect circuit boards having a connection end including at least one contact. An adhesive is present structurally reinforcing at least a row of the solder joints that is proximate to the connection end of the plurality of interconnect circuit boards of the wafer assembly.

Abstract: A USB socket connector includes a columnar housing, a circuit board, and an expansion board. The columnar housing has a front portion and an opposite rear portion. The columnar housing includes an accommodating slot recessed from the front portion toward the rear portion and a receiving slot recessed on the rear portion and in air communication with the accommodating slot. A cross section of the receiving slot is larger than that of the accommodating slot. The circuit board includes a tongue plate portion arranged on one side thereof and having a USB3.1 Type-C interface. The circuit board is inserted into the accommodating slot, and the tongue plate portion is arranged in the front portion. The expansion board is substantially and perpendicularly connected to an end of the circuit board away from the tongue plate portion, and the expansion board is arranged in the receiving slot.

Abstract: In one implementation, an apparatus for card edge connector couplings includes a card edge connector coupled to a card edge, and a number of conductors coupling the card edge to a device connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector with a shielding plate in which signal terminals and ground terminals supported by insulating members are arranged in an intermixed order, signal terminals have at least a portion in the longitudinal direction thereof covered by a shielding plate, and respective contact portions formed in free end portions at the front ends of the signal terminals and ground terminals are subject to contact pressure applied by the corresponding counterpart terminals to one side of said contact portions, thereby resulting in resilient flexure, wherein in the shielding plate, at positions corresponding to the ground terminals in the direction of terminal array, there are provided grounding strips parallel to said ground terminals, said grounding strips extend forward and, at least in a state of contact between the ground terminals and counterpart terminals, the other side of the ground terminals is in contact with and supported by the grounding strips.

Abstract: An adapter housing for waterproof mounting a power supply circuit to an exterior wall of an appliance. The wall has an opening for a plug to connect the socket. The adapter includes a front wall having a connecting area and a mounting area; and a sealing element connected to the front wall. The sealing element surrounds the connecting area and the mounting area. The front wall opens at the connecting area into a recess defining a socket for receiving a plug. The front wall enables a sealed mounting to an exterior wall of the appliance. A side wall, together with the front wall, defines a compartment for receiving a power supply circuit. The sealing element surrounds the connecting area and the mounting area on the front wall such that it seals the compartment from an opening of the exterior wall.

Abstract: A paddle card includes a circuit board, a pad group and first to fourth shielding planes. The circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The pad group is adapted to connect wires of a cable or terminals of a plug, and includes a pair of upper differential pads on the upper surface and a pair of lower differential pads on the lower surface. The pair of upper differential pads is respectively configured corresponding to the pair of lower differential pads in an up and down manner. The first to fourth shielding planes are stacked at intervals between the upper and lower surfaces in sequence. An orthogonal projection of a second opening of the second shielding plane on a geometric plane that a pair of third openings of the third shielding plane is located in is separate from the pair of third openings.

Abstract: In an accommodation hole of a dielectric, an external connection terminal, a board connection terminal, and a first coil spring that make up an internal conductor are disposed compactly in a straight line along the hole axis of the accommodation hole. Therefore, an external connection connector can be reduced in size in the radial direction, the projected area on a second board can also be reduced, and it is possible to contribute to the reduction in size of the entire imaging device by the reduction in size of the second board.

Abstract: A Type-c connector with improved performance includes a main insulator, a hook member, a housing, an upper row of terminals, a lower row of terminals, and a shield casing. With creepage portions integratedly extended from front ends of upper and lower insulating members of the main insulator, creepage distances between the terminals and the shield casing are increased, thereby reducing the risk of short circuit.

Abstract: A reversible plug connector includes a plug housing having a housing contact disposed on an inner surface of the plug housing, a moveable plug insulator disposed within the plug housing, the moveable plug insulator having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface with a metallic conductor exposed on both the upper surface and the lower surface. The moveable plug insulator is configured to be vertically displaced in response to the reversible plug connector being inserted into a receptacle connector such that a portion of the metallic conductor is brought into contact with a receptacle contact on the receptacle connector and another portion of the metallic conductor is brought into contact with the housing contact, and thereby the housing contact is electrically connected to the receptacle contact. A corresponding system is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing, a circuit board, a flexible piece, and a plurality of guides. The circuit board has a front end configured to dock with a docking connector, a back end distal to the front end, and a plurality of gold fingers disposed at the front end. The back end is embedded in the insulating housing and the front end is extended outwardly from the insulating housing such that each gold finger is exposed at a surface of the circuit board. The flexible piece is installed at a top surface of the insulating housing. The flexible piece is used to engage with the docking connector. Each gold finger can be electrically connected to the docking connector. Each guide is disposed at two opposite sides of the insulating housing. Each guide extends outwardly towards the docking connector.

Abstract: Electronic device structures may include a sleeve member including a cavity extending from a first end of a body toward a second, opposite end, and an opening in communication with the cavity at the first end of the sleeve member. A frame configured to engage an electronic device member, such as a substrate bearing electronic components, may be sized and shaped to be positioned at least partially in the cavity. The frame may include a connector interface at a first end of the frame, the connector interface sized and shaped to at least partially occlude the opening and to accommodate a portion of the substrate extending therethrough and comprising a blade bearing electrical contacts. Support members may extend from proximate the connector interface toward a second end of the body within the cavity when the frame is located at least partially in the cavity.

Abstract: A circuit fixing member is provided which achieves a connection with a controlled object after a circuit module is produced, thereby avoiding disconnection of a wire member in the course of the production, easy to transfer between production processes, and is designed to avoid the entry of water into the circuit module. The terminal-embedded portion 110 of the circuit fixing member 10 which retains the control circuit 15 is equipped with a plurality of circuit supports 111 and the space 115 which communicates at an end thereof with the opened terminal insertion hole 117 and is closed at the other end thereof. For engaging the terminal fitting portion 130 of the terminal member 13 with the fitting portion 200 of the controlled object side terminal member 20 within the space 115, the terminal locking opening 114 and the terminal locking member 14 are provided. The terminal locking member 14 works to secure the locked portion 201 in the space 115.

Abstract: An electronics module for use in an Implantable Medical Device (IMD) may include a plurality of electrical components connected to form a circuit that includes a terminal and a potting material that supports the plurality of electrical components. The plurality of electrical components and the potting material together form a circuit sub-module in which the terminal is accessible from outside of the circuit sub-module. A metallic layer that conforms to an outer surface of the circuit sub-module is provided thereon such that the terminal is accessible from outside of the metallic layer.

Abstract: A wafer assembly for an electrical connector that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board and an overmold covering the body portion such that the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the overmold. A conductive elongated spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more filter components.

Abstract: An interconnect structure that includes a component circuit board containing a plurality of electrical components, and a wafer connector assembly. The wafer connector assembly includes a plurality of interconnect circuit boards that are in electrical connection with the components circuit board through a plurality of rows of solder joints, the plurality of interconnect circuit boards having a connection end including at least one contact. An adhesive is present structurally reinforcing at least a row of the solder joints that is proximate to the connection end of the plurality of interconnect circuit boards of the wafer assembly.

Abstract: An optical transceiver is programmed by downloading firmware data from a remote provider onto a computing device local to the transceiver and electronically writing data derived from the downloaded firmware data onto the transceiver using a hardware device connected electrically to the computing device, the transceiver being electrically connected to the hardware device.

Abstract: A wire cable assembly, such as those used in electric or hybrid electric vehicles, having a plurality of shielded wire cables that are spliced together is presented. The assembly includes a splicing device having a generally planar bus bar formed of a conductive material, wherein the exposed core conductors of the shielded wire cables are welded to the bus bar, thereby electrically interconnecting the exposed core conductors. A conductive sleeve encloses bus bar and interconnects the shield conductors of the shielded wire cables, providing shielding for the exposed core conductors and continuity for the shield conductors. An outer insulator enclosing the conductive sleeve. A method of splicing shielded wire cables using such a device is also presented herein.

Abstract: A secondary disconnect assembly is for electrically connecting and disconnecting accessories to an electrical switching apparatus, such as a power circuit breaker. The secondary disconnect assembly includes a terminal block assembly comprising a mounting member, at least one terminal block removably mounted on the mounting member, and at least one accessory plug structured to be removably inserted into the terminal block to be electrically connected to the terminal block. The terminal block and the accessory plug each include a plurality of error-proofing features. The error-proofing features prohibit insertion of the accessory plug into the terminal block unless the accessory plug is correctly disposed in a predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A transceiver module includes a printed circuit board and a metal housing enclosing the printed circuit board and defining a front opening, the metal housing including a base portion and a cover portion, the base portion including two opposite side portions, the cover portion including two opposite fixing portions each engaged with a corresponding side portion; wherein each of the side portions defines a gap having an outside opening on an outside wall thereof, each of the fixing portions includes a top portion inwardly extending from a top end thereof, and the top portion is inserted in a corresponding gap.

Abstract: A plugging structure applied to an electronic device for detachably electrically connecting to a main unit is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a housing. The plugging structure comprises a cover and a circuit board. The cover plate has two transfer ports, and two transmitting ports are listed in the cover. The circuit board is disposed between the cover and the housing, and the circuit board connects to these transmitting ports.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a male connector plug, a circuit board and a cable. The circuit board has a first surface conductive layer and a second surface conductive layer that each include a plurality of front side pads and a plurality of rear side pads. The front side pads comprise four front side power pads soldered to four power terminals. The rear side pads comprise one rear side power pad and a soldering area of the rear side power pad is larger than a soldering area of the front side power pad. The circuit board is further at least provided with a first middle conductive layer positioned between the first surface conductive layer and the second surface conductive layer and a plurality of vias extending between layers.

Abstract: A connector includes at least a pair of mating portions and each mating portion includes a at least one mating blade. The connector body has a height that is greater than twice a height of the mating portion. Flanges can be provided on both sides of the mating blade.

Abstract: An elastic-clip junction box structure has multidirectional wire insertion effect and holds the wires quickly. The junction box structure includes a case body and at least one conductive clip disposed in the case body. The case body is formed with a first-direction wire socket and a second-direction wire socket with different insertion directions. The conductive clip has a first-direction clip mouth in communication with the first-direction wire socket and a second-direction clip mouth in communication with the second-direction wire socket. In use, the wire can be selectively inserted into the first-direction wire socket or the second-direction wire socket. Alternatively, wires can be respectively inserted into both the first-direction wire socket and second-direction wire socket.

Abstract: An electronic device includes the memory card connector including a loading opening for the memory card in the side face thereof and has a first sidewall and a second sidewall facing each other, the printed wire board on which a ground is formed, and a resin case having an opening portion, through which the memory card is inserted and formed in the sidewall of the loading opening. On the second main face of the printed wire board, there are formed a first electrode and a second electrode that are connected with the ground, that are disposed on the respective ends thereof at the loading opening side, and that are independent from each other, and the first electrode is disposed below the first sidewall of the memory card connector and the second electrode is disposed below the second sidewall of the memory card connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector mounted to a circuit board, includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals integrally molded to the insulating housing, a shell surrounding the insulating housing, and an upper cover covered on the circuit board. The shell has at least one lower fastening piece. At least one tongue board of the circuit board is fastened on the at least one lower fastening piece. Circuit lines equipped on a bottom surface of the at least one tongue board are embedded in lower embedding slots of the at least one lower fastening piece. The upper cover has at least one upper fastening piece. The at least one upper fastening piece is fastened on the at least one tongue board. Circuit lines equipped on a top surface of the at least one tongue board are embedded in upper embedding slots of the at least one upper fastening piece.

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: Described herein are techniques for arranging a plurality of M.2 solid state drive (SSD) modules and flash storage elements into a compact form factor. On a first side of an SSD sled, a plurality of M.2 SSD modules may be communicatively coupled to a port expander. On a second side of the SSD sled, a plurality of flash storage elements (not packaged into M.2 SSD modules) may be present. A plurality of SSD sleds (with the above-described characteristics) may be sized so as to collectively fit into a single hard disk drive (HDD) compatible compartment of a chassis.

Abstract: A twisted pair communications device and associated twisted pair communications system are disclosed. One twisted pair communications device includes a plurality of twisted pair connectors each associated with a different twisted pair communication channel, and a multi-channel connector communicatively connected to each of the plurality of twisted pair connectors. The multi-channel connector is configured to transmit and receive communication signals associated with each of the twisted pair communication channels on a multi-channel twisted pair cable and includes a plurality of wire pairs disposed in a plurality of rows within the connector. Fewer than all of the plurality of wire pairs are communicatively connected to twisted pair connectors, and wherein unassociated wire pairs in the multi-channel connector separate at least two groups of wire pairs associated with different twisted pair communication channels.

Abstract: A secondary disconnect assembly is for electrically connecting and disconnecting accessories to an electrical switching apparatus, such as a power circuit breaker. The secondary disconnect assembly includes a terminal block assembly comprising a mounting member, at least one terminal block removably mounted on the mounting member, and at least one accessory plug structured to be removably inserted into the terminal block to be electrically connected to the terminal block. The terminal block and the accessory plug each include a plurality of error-proofing features. The error-proofing features prohibit insertion of the accessory plug into the terminal block unless the accessory plug is correctly disposed in a predetermined orientation.

Abstract: A secondary disconnect assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus, such as a power circuit breaker. The secondary disconnect assembly includes a terminal block mount having a number of first mounting features, at least one terminal block, and at least one accessory plug. Each terminal block includes a number of receptacles and a number of second mounting features, which cooperate with the first mounting features to properly align, mount and stabilize the terminal block on the terminal block mount. Each accessory plug includes a number of contact alignment features structured to align and guide the accessory plug into a corresponding one of the receptacles.

Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting at least one conductor to a current bar, which is accommodated on a mount, in an electrically contacting manner, includes at least one clamping spring for applying a clamping force, the at least one clamping spring including a pivotable clamping lever for clamping the conductor. The clamping spring has a first leg and at least a second leg, is hingedly coupled to the clamping lever by the first leg, and is hingedly coupled to an auxiliary lever by the second leg, the clamping lever and the auxiliary lever being arranged pivotally on the mount.

Abstract: A motor includes a motor unit, a gear housing coupled to the motor unit, and a connector module including a connector housing coupled to the gear housing. The motor unit includes a rotation shaft and a power terminal. The gear housing accommodates a deceleration mechanism that outputs decelerated rotation of the rotation shaft. The connector terminal and the circuit substrate are fixed to the connector housing. The power terminal is connected to a socket of the connector terminal when coupling the connector housing to the gear housing. The connector terminal includes a fixed portion fixed to the connector housing, a substrate connecting portion connected to the circuit substrate, and a supported portion located closer to the socket than the substrate connecting portion. The connector housing includes a terminal supporting portion that supports the supported portion from the rear in the coupling direction.

Abstract: A control unit for a motor vehicle has an electrical SMD (surface mounted device) component having at least one corresponding connection pin and a circuit board. The circuit board has at least one soldering surface. The soldering surface is permanently connected to the circuit board. The soldering surface and the connection pin are connectable to each other in an electrically conductive and firmly bonded manner by a soldering process. According to the disclosure, a contact hold-down piece is permanently connected to the circuit board. The connection pin is positioned in such a manner by the contact hold-down piece that, when the connection pin is connected to the soldering surface in an integrally bonded manner, the connection pin and the circuit board have a predetermined distance from each other.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electrical connector and a plug-in module. The plug-in module includes a base, a plurality of input terminals, a plurality of output terminals and a PCB module. The base includes a bottom plate, a front plate and a back plate, and a tongue plate extending from the bottom plate forward beyond the front plate; the plurality of input terminals are fixed to the back plate, and two ends of each of the input terminals extend respectively beyond a top end of the back plate and a bottom end of the bottom plate; the plurality of output terminals are fixed to the tongue plate and the front plate, and two ends of each of the output terminals extend respectively beyond a top end of the front plate and the tongue plate; and the PCB module includes at least one circuit board.

Abstract: A connector includes at least a pair of mating portions and each mating portion includes a at least one mating blade. The connector body has a height that is greater than twice a height of the mating portion. Flanges can be provided on both sides of the mating blade.

Abstract: A connector with built-in electronic circuit board includes an electronic circuit board for a sensor, the electronic circuit board including a first connection terminal, an inner case housing the electronic circuit board, and an outer case having a chamber housing the inner case. The connector further includes a second connection terminal extending from inside the chamber to outside the outer case, a third connection terminal disposed in the chamber, and a cable connected to the sensor at one end thereof at outside the outer case and connected to the third connection terminal at the other end thereof. The inner case is sealed by resin in a state of the first connection terminal being exposed. The first connection terminal is connected to the second and third connection terminals. The chamber is closed by a lid.

Abstract: A USB socket is disposed on a casing for connecting to a USB plug. The USB socket includes a piercing structure, a substrate and a plurality of terminals. The piercing structure is formed on a surface of the casing, and a main board is disposed inside the casing. An internal wall of the piercing structure can buckle the USB plug when the USB plug inserts into the piercing structure. The substrate is disposed on the main board and located inside the piercing structure. An integrated circuit is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of terminals is disposed on the substrate and coupled to the integrated circuit. The USB plug is electrically connected to the substrate and the terminals when the USB plug inserts into the piercing structure.

Abstract: An optical network interface (ONI) module has two main components: an optoelectronic front-end and a general purpose hardware-programmable optical network interface engine. The ONI engine is hardware programmable, allowing the user to configure the overall ONI module with different optoelectronic front-ends and for use with different host modules. In this way, the ONI module can be configured for different applications and protocols.

Abstract: A communication apparatus performs communication through a power line. The communication apparatus includes an electrical power plug which is capable of connecting to the power line and provides the communication apparatus with a power supply. The communication apparatus also includes a power line communication unit which performs communication through the power line, and a heat radiator which radiates heat generated from the power line communicator, wherein the heat radiator is disposed at a location where is not to overlap the power plug.