Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative elongated housing and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing. The housing includes a pair of side walls extending along a longitudinal direction with a central slot therebetween in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each side wall includes a plurality of passageways to receive the corresponding contacts, respectively. Each contact has the retaining section, a contacting section extending from one side of the retaining section, and a tail section extending from the other side of the retaining section. Each contact at a lower position is associated with a corresponding wiping terminal at an upper position in the same passageway.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing comprising a base portion and a tongue portion; and a row of conductive terminals retained to the insulative housing, the row of conductive terminals comprising a widened terminal, each conductive terminal having a contacting section exposed to a surface of the tongue portion, a tail section extending out of the insulative housing, and a retaining section connecting the contacting section and the tail section; wherein the widened terminal has a widened section extending laterally from a side of the contacting section and embedded in the tongue portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module enclosed within a metallic shield wherein the terminal module includes an insulative housing with two rows of contacts and a metallic shielding plate therebetween. The terminal module includes a rear portion and a front portion extending forwardly from the rear portion. The shield includes a stopping wall with an opening extending therethrough in a front-to-back direction so that the rear portion of the terminal module abuts against the stopping wall while the front portion of the terminal module extends through the opening forwardly.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulative body, a plurality of terminals secured in said insulative body, and a grounding shell. Wherein said grounding shell is composed of two U-shaped collar shells oppositely assembled onto said insulative body. The connector also includes an insulator injected upon said grounding shell and a metallic shell assembled upon said insulator. Each collar shell includes a spring arm extending beyond said insulator and abutting against said metallic shell.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion with opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of upper terminals and a plurality of lower terminals with contacting sections exposed upon the corresponding upper surface and lower surface, respectively. A metallic shielding plate located between upper terminals and the lower terminals. The tongue portion forms a first type hole in which the upper power terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower power terminal, and a second type hole in which either the upper grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to an upper face of the shielding plate or the lower grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower face of the shielding plate.

Abstract: An audio jack connector, assembled to a printed circuit board having a number of conductive pads, includes an insulative housing having a number of receiving grooves and a number of terminals received in the receiving grooves. Each audio terminal includes an elastic portion having a number of compressive contacts laterally. The elastic portion is pressed laterally by the printed circuit board so that the compressive contacts are contacted with the conductive pads.

Abstract: A stacking connector including: a first port for receiving an RJ-45 plug along a front-to-back direction; a second port below the first port for receiving a USB Type-A plug, the second port and the first port being formed on a same insulative housing; and a receiving room formed below the second port for receiving an external USB Type-C connector, the receiving room has an opening running through a bottom surface of the insulative housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of terminals reversely-symmetrically arranged in the insulative housing, each terminal having a contacting portion, a securing portion, and a tail portion, each row of terminals comprising a first and a second grounding terminals and a first and a second power terminals, each row of terminals lacking two terminals to thereby form a first vacant space between the first grounding terminal and the first power terminal and lacking another two terminals to thereby form a second vacant space between the second grounding terminal and the second power terminal. For each row of terminals, the width of the securing portion of each of the first grounding terminal, the second grounding terminal, and the first power terminal is greater than that of each of the remaining terminals. Each row of terminals include a third power terminal disposed in the second vacant space.

Abstract: An antenna comprises a main body and a cable connecting to the main body. The main body has a grounding portion, a cantilevered arm, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion connects the grounding portion and the cantilevered arm. The first connecting portion is located at the upper side of the cantilevered arm and defines a first slot with the cantilevered arm. The second connecting portion connects the grounding portion and the cantilevered arm. The second connecting portion is located at the lower side of the cantilevered arm and defines a second slot with the cantilevered arm.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing defining a base portion and a tongue portion, two rows of terminals and a shielding shell. The tongue portion defines a thickened step at a root to the base portion, the base portion defines a front and a rear side, and an upper and a lower retaining slots. The shell is retained on the base portion and surrounding the tongue portion so as to define a mating cavity between the shell and the tongue portion. The shell defines an upper and a lower-front stopping portions inwardly received in corresponding retaining slots to prevent a forward movement of the housing. The upper and lower front stopping portions extend forwardly into the mating cavity across the front side of the base portion so as to prevent a mating connector from damaging the housing during the mating connector is inserted into the mating cavity.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base with a widen and thicken step structure formed around a root of the mating tongue near to the base, two rows of plate contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and in front of the step structure and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts, and a metallic shielding plate disposed within a middle level of the mating tongue and occupying most portions of said mating tongue. The shielding plate defines a pair of immoveable and un-deflectable lateral edge sections in front of the step structure, each lateral edge section is configured to be adapted to be locked with a latch of a plug connector in a transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector, a printed circuit board, and an electrical device. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a tongue portion, a number of first contacts and second contacts, and a shielding shell. The tongue portion has an exposed part exposed from a front edge of the shielding shell to receive in a mating hole of the electrical device. The electrical device has an installing portion assembling the electrical connector. The electrical connector is mated with a mating connector through the mating hole, the exposed part of the tongue portion is received in the mating hole of electrical device, and the electrical connector except the exposed part is exposed our of the installing portion of the electrical device.

Abstract: A receptacle connection assembly includes a printed circuit board defining two spaced slots in a front edge portion with a mating tongue formed therebetween, a plurality of pads formed on two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue in a diagonally symmetrical manner for a flippable usage and a metallic shield including a tubular capsular portion assembled to the PCB to enclose the mating tongue.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts mounted in the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing; and a pair of grounding pieces separated from each other and mounted in the insulative housing between the upper and lower rows of contacts, each grounding piece having a leg in contact with the shielding shell.

Abstract: A card connector assembly includes: an electrical connector including an insulative housing, plural terminals secured to the insulative housing, and a shell covering the insulative housing to form a receiving cavity; and a card tray removably received in the receiving cavity, the card tray including an insulative frame and a metallic plate, the metallic plate has a recessed portion for engaging the electrical connector and an opening bordering the recessed portion.

Abstract: A wire-winding device comprising: an upper cover; a spiral spring; a rotary base having a groove to accommodate the spiral spring on the bottom surface thereof; a transmission line winding around the rotary base; a lower cover assembled with the upper cover; and a pillar, an outlet, and a wire casing formed on one side of the groove, and two spacers surrounding the peripheral edge of the groove, the pillar having a first end portion which shifts outward to the edge of rotary base, the wire casing having a smooth curved surface formed on the bottom surface thereof near the outlet to enlarge the accommodating space near the outlet and reduce the friction between the transmission line and the spacers.

Abstract: A plug connector (100) includes: a sleeve (1) having a receiving cavity (11); and a terminal module (10) including a fixed body (7) received in the receiving cavity (11), an insulative housing (11) located in front of the fixed body (7) and extended beyond the sleeve (1), a magnetic element (6) received in the sleeve (1), a plurality of movable terminals (4), and plural elastic elements (5), the insulative housing (11) having a number of through holes (31), the other end of the elastic element (5) bearing against the fixed body (7), the movable terminals (4) in non-retracted state being located inwardly of the insulative housing (3), the insulative housing (3) being operable to move backwards urging against the elastic elements (5) and exposing the movable terminals (4) in retracted state out of the insulative housing (3); wherein the movable terminals (4) are sheathed in the elastic elements (5).

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is used for connecting to a chip module. The electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a dust-proof cover. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a shell covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a second cavity for receiving the chip module. The shell defines an opening corresponding to the second cavity. The dust-proof cover includes a dust-proof portion covering the opening and a pair of inclined pushing portions protruding from the dust-proof portion to the second cavity. The dust-proof cover has a plurality of supporting portions for supporting the dust-proof portion. The supporting portions separate from the shell when the inclined pushing portion is pushed by the chip module, and the dust-proof cover separates from the electrical connector.

Abstract: A receptacle connector for mating with a plug connector, the receptacle connector includes: a terminal module comprising an insulative housing, two rows of terminals, and a metallic shielding plate, the insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion, the tongue portion defining two opposite surfaces, the two rows of terminals being reversely-symmetrically arranged at the two surfaces of the tongue portion, the metallic shielding plate located between the two rows of terminals; and a shielding shell retained to the insulative housing and forming a mating cavity to receive the tongue portion, wherein the shielding shell defines a mating protrusion on one of the plurality of side walls, the mating protrusion extending outwardly to be precluded from reversely mating with the plug connector which has a contour compliant with said mating cavity and an identification protrusion accommodated in the mating protrusion.

Abstract: A hybrid plug connector including an insulative housing defining a cavity to receive an optical fiber assembly therein, and a plurality of passageways to receive a plurality of terminals therein. A printed circuit board is located behind the terminals and connected to the terminals. An electrical cable is mounted to a rear portion of the circuit board. The whole optical fiber assembly is received within the housing and is somewhat back and forth moveable along a front-to-back direction for buffering for compliantly coupling with another optical fiber assembly built within the complementary receptacle connector when the plug connector is inserted into the complementary receptacle connector. A lens module is formed on the optical fiber assembly for collimating the light beams from the optical fibers.