Abstract: There is provided a coaxial cable connector, etc., configured such that the outer conductor shell and the connector carrier are linked by a carrier linkage part provided to part of the edge portion between the distal end and the portion of the outer conductor shell of a coaxial cable connector excluding the crimper, and the connector carrier is disposed on the distal end side of the outer conductor shell (the opposite side from the housing carrier), which simplifies the configuration of the apparatus used to manufacture the coaxial cable connector, and allows the coaxial cable connector to be assembled with the fixing position of the outer conductor shell stabilized while still linked to the connector carrier in the manufacturing process.

Abstract: An electrical connector in a type of connectors that comes into contact with a counterpart connector in a gap between contacts of terminals is provided in which the adjustment of contact positions of the terminals is easy and therefore the manufacture of the electrical connector is easy and the manufacturing cost is low. The electrical connector includes a housing and paired terminal supports. Each of the paired terminal supports can support the terminals in cantilever fashion. Moreover, the paired terminal supports are mounted on the housing in a state of abutting each other in predetermined directions. The terminals supported by the terminals supports mounted on the housing can form a gap where a contacted object is inserted, between the contacts of the terminals in a direction along the abutment directions of the paired terminal supports.

Abstract: Provided are an electrical connector capable of connecting a ground terminal to a ground with a simple structure without connection to a drain wire, and an electrical connector device using the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes signal terminals and the ground terminal, an insulating housing for holding the signal terminals and the ground terminal, and a conductive shell covering at least a part of side outer peripheries of the signal terminals and the ground terminal. The signal terminals form pairs, and the ground terminal is disposed between the pairs of signal terminals. A part of the ground terminal is in direct contact with an inner wall of the conductive shell.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a signal terminal and a housing, wherein the signal terminal includes a terminal contact portion for contacting a signal terminal of a counterpart connector, a conductor connection portion for connection with a central conductor of a coaxial cable, a wide portion between the terminal contact portion and the conductor connection portion, a first link portion linking the conductor connection portion and the wide portion, and a second link portion linking the terminal contact portion and the wide portion, wherein the wide portion has a width greater than a width of the first link portion and the second link portion which are adjacent to the wide portion, and the housing includes a mount portion in which the terminal contact portion is mounted, a fixing portion for fixing the central conductor to the conductor connection portion, and a window disposed between the mount portion and the fixing portion to enable external access to the wide portion.

Abstract: A terminal detachable device includes a housing; an engaging member that moves in a first direction towards a terminal disposed at a predetermined position of the housing and that engages with the terminal, and that moves in a second direction away from the terminal disposed at the predetermined position and that disengages from the terminal; and an operating member that is rotatably provided with respect to the housing. The engaging member rotates with respect to the housing in accordance with rotation of the operating member, and is movable in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the housing in accordance with rotation of the engaging member with respect to the housing.

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: Stationary housings 20 involve stationary-side reinforcing fittings 80 secured in place in said stationary housings 20 via integral molding with said stationary housings 20 and, moreover, a movable housing involves movable-side reinforcing fittings 60, 70 secured in place in said movable housing 30 via integral molding with said movable housing. The stationary-side reinforcing fittings 80 involve exposed portions 82 exposed from the stationary housings 20 at locations outside the terminal array range of said terminals in the terminal array direction, and the movable-side reinforcing fittings 60, 70 involve expanded portions 63, 73 protruding from the movable housing 30 at locations outside the above-mentioned array range.

Abstract: A connector assembly having a first member and a second member, wherein the first member has a substrate with a face extending in the fore-and-aft and side-to-side directions, resilient members, contacts, and locking portions. The substrate is provided with inclined faces gradually approaching said face in the fore-and-aft direction. The second member has a housing, electrical contact portions, and counterpart locking portions. As the second member is guided along the inclined faces and approaches said face, the contacts and electrical contact portions are brought into electrical contact and the second member is biased as a result of contact with the resilient members. At the same time, the counterpart locking portions of the second member are engaged by the locking portions of the first member.

Abstract: An electrical connector with terminals formed therein, at an intermediate location in the terminal width direction, contact portions that come into contact with corresponding contact portions provided in counterpart terminals under contact pressure. Within bounds of the contact portions in the direction of connector insertion and extraction, the above-mentioned terminals have guiding portions configured to guide the corresponding contact portions of the counterpart terminals in the terminal width direction toward the contact portions of the terminals. The guiding portions are formed as inclined faces that extend in a continuous manner to the contact portions while being inclined so as to approach the corresponding contact portions of the counterpart terminals as one moves in the terminal width direction from the side edge locations of the terminals toward the contact portions.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to a method and apparatus for improving insertion loss of connector stub and thereby increasing a system's signal bandwidth. This technique shapes the connector stub in a specific way to shift its resonant frequency higher while having equal or better electrical performance below the original resonant frequency.

Abstract: A plurality of contacts form a plurality of differential pairs between adjacent contacts of the plurality of contacts. Contact portions of contacts of the plurality of contacts forming each of at least three differential pairs of the plurality of differential pairs are located in a vertical direction at positions at one side in the vertical direction in a plane orthogonal to the axial direction. Also, the at least three differential pairs are arranged in parallel to one another in a state separated from one another by equal distances in a horizontal direction in the orthogonal plane. Contact portions of contacts of the plurality of contacts forming another differential pair other than the at least three differential pairs are located in the horizontal direction at positions at the other side in the vertical direction in the orthogonal plane.

Abstract: An electrical connector with terminals having contact portions that come into contact with a connected circuit board and a housing that supports the terminals. The housing has a stationary housing for attaching to a circuit board and a movable housing configured to move with respect to the stationary housing. The connecting circuit board contacts the contact portions on the movable housing side. The terminals each have a stationary-side supported portion that is supported by the stationary housing, a movable-side supported portion that is supported by the movable housing, and an elastic portion that links the stationary-side supported portion and the movable-side supported portion. The elastic portions each have longitudinal portions extending in the connector mating direction, and a lateral portion extending in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and reach the stationary-side supported portions via bent portions that are bent at the inner ends of the lateral portions.

Abstract: The housing of the female-type electrical connector has a mating area used for mating with the above-mentioned male-type electrical connector formed within the terminal array range of the blades and outside the placement range of the blades in the through-thickness direction of the blades and, within the mating area, has guided portions which are formed as spaces that receive the guiding portions of the male-type electrical connector, and block portions which enter the block portion receiving spaces of the male-type electrical connector and support the blades of the male-type electrical connector in the above-mentioned through-thickness direction, with said block portions being formed in the same region as the guided portions in the above-mentioned through-thickness direction.

Abstract: In an electrical connector for circuit boards or blades, a holding portion formed in a housing has, for each blade, holding grooves that hold the front portions of the blades, and at least one of the above-mentioned multiple blades is fixedly secured in place within one of the corresponding holding grooves while the rest of the blades are made movable through a small gap within the respective corresponding holding grooves. With this arrangement, the fixed blade may be used as a reference while the other blades are free to move slightly during a mating step. In addition, such blade securement may be of use of resilient latches (19) positioned at both ends of each blade (20). At engagement to a mating connector, housing portion (75) of the housing is to provide support for ends of the blades (20).

Abstract: A connector with stationary housings, a movable housing, and terminals. The terminals have a movable-side retained portion including a contact portion secured in place by unitary molding in a movable-side retaining portion of the movable housing, a stationary-side retained portion secured in place by unitary molding at a location proximate the connecting portion of the terminals in a stationary-side retaining portion of the stationary housing, and a resiliently displaceable resilient portion coupling the movable-side retained portion to the stationary-side retained portion. The resilient portion has a curved apex portion constituting the upper end of the resilient portion outwardly of the movable-side retained portion in the connector-width direction, and lateral open spaces, which are open in the connector-width direction, are formed in a range including at least the apex portion below the above-mentioned movable-side retaining portion positioned above the apex portion.

Abstract: A rotation detecting device includes a plurality of magnetic field generating portions; a magnetic member; a coil wound around the magnetic member; and a magnetic field introducing portion. The magnetic field introducing portion introduces a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic field generating portion to pass through the magnetic member when the magnetic field generating portion passes through a specific location.