Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a first conductive member (24). The contacts include a pair of first grounding contacts (212) for transmitting grounding signal, and a pair of first signal contacts (211) for transmitting a differential signal. The pair of first grounding contacts and the pair of first signal contacts are arranged in a first row. The pair of first signal contacts is disposed between the pair of first grounding contacts. The first conductive member is electrically connected with both of the first grounding contacts in at least two different locations.

Abstract: A card connector assembly includes: an electrical connector including an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals secured to the insulative housing, a shell covering the insulative housing to form a receiving cavity, and an ejector having a pivot; and a card tray removably received in the receiving cavity, the card tray having a front surface, wherein the card tray has a protrusion at the front surface, and the pivot has an engaging portion for ejecting the card tray, the engaging portion having a recess for receiving the protrusion and an ejecting end for riding onto the protrusion.

Abstract: An electrical connector for inserting along a mating direction into a receiving space of a complementary connector through an insertion hole of an electronic device that has a dimension greater than that of the receiving space includes: an insulative housing; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing; and an outer shell enclosing the insulative housing, the outer shell including a front portion and a rear portion each having a respective lateral dimension measured along a transverse direction perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the lateral dimension of the rear portion is greater than the lateral dimension of the front portion, the front portion is adapted to match the receiving space of the complementary connector and the rear portion is adapted to match the insertion hole of the electronic device, and the lateral dimension of the rear portion is less than the electronic device insertion hole dimension.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an insulative housing, a first cover pivotally assembled to the housing, a second cover pivotally assembled to the first cover, and a fan support secured upon the second cover. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing. A heat sink is associated with the second cover. A pair of fans are located by two opposite lateral sides of the heat sink and fixed to the fan support so as to induce an air flow along the slots defined between fins of the heat sink in a transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of contacts retained therein in matrix wherein all the contacts are of the cantilevered spring arm type for connecting to the conductive pads of the CPU while categorized with at least two different types for performing different functions, i.e., signal transmission or power delivery. The different type may be related to the corresponding dimension/thickness, the configuration/position, the material, and the processing method which alters the mechanical or electrical characters of the contacts, etc. The different type contacts having the contact points initially at different heights while eventually at the same height, is another feature of the invention.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly used in an interior of an electronic device which includes an internal printed circuit board, a chip mounted on internal printed circuit board, internal conductive pads disposed close to the chip and electrically connected to the chip, and an interface connector away from the chip and electrically connected to the external electrical connector comprises a first connector electrically connected to the internal conductive pads and a cable connecting with the first connector, the cable being able to electrically connect to the interface connector, wherein the first connector includes first elastic terminals elastically contacting the internal conductive pads.

Abstract: An electrical assembly includes an electrical connector mounted upon the PCB to receive a CPU therein. A securing seat is fixed on the PCB with four upwardly extending posts. A heat sink is secured to the posts by the screw nuts and seated upon the CPU. A auxiliary retention piece is located upon the securing seat around one post so as to prevent the CPU from excessively tilting due to the screw nut fastening occurring on an opposite diagonal corner.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongate housing defining a card slot between an upper wall and a lower wall, two rows of terminals disposed in the upper and lower walls, and a retaining part. Each row includes a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of grounding terminals, the terminals include contacting sections exposed upon the card slot, leg sections extending out the insulating housing and connecting sections joining with the contacting sections and the leg sections. The retaining part includes a grounding member and an insulating base inserting molded with the grounding member, the insulating base are retained with the insulating housing and located between the two rows of the terminals, the grounding member includes two rows of grounding fingers extending out the insulating base and contacting with the grounding terminals one by one.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing; a primary shielding shell enclosing the housing; and a secondary shielding shell affixed to the primary shielding shell, the secondary shielding shell including a pair of side walls and a top wall interconnected between the pair of side walls, each of the pair of side walls having a soldering leg; wherein the secondary shielding shell has a rear wall integral with a respective rear edge of a corresponding side wall.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of slit type passageways, a plurality of blade type contacts retained with the corresponding slit type passageways, respectively, and a plurality of wires having the inner conductors soldered upon the tails of the contacts behind the rear face of the housing. The rear face forms a plurality of standoffs on which the front ends of the exposed inner conductor abut, respectively. A waterproof glue plate fills the back space of the housing behind the rear face to enclose the exposed inner conductors and the corresponding tails and seal the rear face of the housing.

Abstract: A card edge connector with an insulative housing includes opposite longitudinal side walls along a longitudinal direction with a receiving slot therebetween in a transverse direction. Each side wall forms a plurality of passageways. A plurality of contacts are respectively received within the corresponding passageways. Each contact includes a retaining section, a contacting section extending from the retaining section into the receiving slot, and a leg extending downwardly from the retaining section out of the housing. Each contact is further equipped with an auxiliary spring beam with an additional contacting section extending into the receiving slot. The contacts are initially linked to a single contact carrier strip so as to be simultaneously inserted into the corresponding passageways, respectively.

Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of wires, an wrapping tape covering the outside of the wires, a shielding layer coated on the outside of the wrapping tape and an insulating cover coated on the outside of the shielding layer, the shielding layer includes a plurality of conductors, wherein the shielding layer includes fibers mixed with the conductors.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a body including a ceramic part and an over-mold; an upper row of contacts and a lower row of contacts secured to the ceramic part of the body, each row of contacts including an outermost ground contact and a pair of signal contacts inwardly of the ground contact; and a metallic shielding plate situated between the upper pair of signal contacts and the lower pair of signal contacts, wherein the metallic shielding plate is molded to the ceramic part of the body.

Abstract: A card tray includes: an insulative frame having a side recess and a protrusion in front of the side recess; and a metallic plate molded with the insulative frame, the metallic plate having a reinforcing portion embedded in the insulative frame; wherein the protrusion has an end face at a lateral side thereof, and the reinforcing portion has an upper and lower edges buried in the protrusion and an exposed end face flush with the end face of the protrusion.

Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative elongated housing retaining a plurality of contacts therein. The housing includes an upper wall, a lower wall and a rear wall to commonly form a receiving slot. The upper wall forms a plurality of upper passageways and the lower wall forms a plurality of lower passageways to receiving the corresponding upper contacts and lower contacts therein. Each contact includes a mating section extending into the mating space and a mounting leg extending outside of the housing. The housing forms a plurality of cavities in the upper wall, the lower wall and the rear wall to relative evenly adjust the thickness of the different positions in the cross-section of the housing so as to evenly molding the housing without improper deformation/warpage when the housing is solidified after molding.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a card receiving slot extending along a longitudinal direction, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing and by two sides of the card receiving slot in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a metallic guiding member retained to the housing at the end of the card receiving slot. The metallic guiding member includes a main body extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, and a curved resilient guiding section upwardly extending from a top end of the main body. The housing forms a constraining wall at the end with a step structure so as to allow the guiding section of the guiding member to be freely support upon the step structure to function as a constrained beam during confrontation with the inserted card module.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative outer cover and a metallic inner shell insert molded with the insulative outer cover, the inner shell having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls; and a terminal module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing, the insulative housing having a base received by the inner shell and a frontal tongue exposing the upper and lower rows of contacts respectively to two opposite surfaces thereof; wherein the inner shell has a front stop and a rear finger at the top wall respectively engaging a front and rear portions of the base, and the rear finger is situated in a rear chamber of the outer cover.

Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing enclosed within a metallic shell unit and retaining a plurality of contacts therein. The housing includes a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. Each contact has a contacting section exposed upon the tongue and a leg located outside the housing. The shell unit includes an inner shell attached to the housing, and an outer shell secured to the inner shell and forming a pair of rear mounting legs. The housing forms a rear fixing block holding the pair of mounting legs in position for alignment with corresponding holes in the printed circuit board to which the legs of the contacts are soldered.

Abstract: A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and plural contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue, characterized by the steps of: forming the plural contacts from a single contact carrier to have one contact thereof with a contacting portion oriented reversely-symmetrically with respect to a contacting portion of another contact thereof; insert-molding the plurality of contacts with an insulator to form the insulative housing while exposing front ends of the contacts; and severing a carrier strip of the contact carrier from the front ends of the contacts while leaving the front ends inwardly of a front end surface of the insulative housing.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing defining a card slot, a terminal module and a grounding member. The terminal module includes two rows of terminals and an insulating base with a first surface, a second surface and end surfaces between and connecting with the first and second surfaces. Each row of terminals includes a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of grounding terminals. The terminals includes contacting sections extending out the first surface of the insulating base and into the card slot, leg sections extending out the second surface of the insulating base, and connecting sections. The grounding member fitly surrounds the end surfaces of the insulating base and includes a group of first contacting arms and a group of second contacting arms, each grounding terminal is contacted with one first contacting arm and one second contacting arm.