Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) receiving in the housing, a metal shell (6), enclosing the housing and including two stopping tabs (620) formed at two sides of thereof, and two insulative cover (4,5), comprising cooperation structure (42) respectively to interfere with the two side of the stopping tabs and assembling to the metal shell along different directions.

Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the housing. The insulative housing defines a mating surface, an assembling surface opposite to the mating surface and a plurality of passageways penetrating through the mating surface and the assembling surface. Each passageway defines two parallel first grooves at each inside wall thereof which run through the assembling surface. A slit are located in front of the first groove and extends perpendicular to and communicates with the first grooves. The terminals are inserted into and received in the passageways from the assembling surface of the insulative housing. Each terminal includes a retention portion with barbs at lateral sides thereof The barbs of the retention portions pass through the first grooves from the assembling surface and are pressed in the slits in a first direction perpendicular to the assembly surface.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a matable connector and a cable connector intended to mate with the matably connector. The matable connector includes a pair of guiding boats at opposite ends thereof and each guiding boat defines a guiding groove and a locking slot in the guiding groove. The cable connector includes a case, a connector body with a mating port exposing to a front edge of the case and cables running through a rear edge of the case and a pair of locking members located at the case. The connector body defines a pair of guiding posts intended to be communicated in the guiding grooves of the matably connector. Each guiding post defines a first receiving groove therein. Each locking members includes a rear end retained in the case and a front end with a locking end extending forward and received in the first receiving groove.

Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a grounding element with a first edge and a second edge, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna and the second antenna respectively extend from the first side edge and the second side edge of the grounding element, and each includes a connecting element with an opening, a radiating element upward extending from the connecting element and a feeding line. The two openings of the two antennas respectively face two opposite directions. The radiating element of the first antenna is above the second side edge of the grounding element, and the radiating element of the second antenna is above the first side edge of the grounding element.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending in a mating direction and a plurality of contacts secured in the passageways of the insulative housing. The insulative housing further defines a plurality of communicating slots extending downwardly and communicating with the passageways. Each passageway is wider than the communicating slot which is thereabove. Each contact defines a connecting portion receiving in the passageway and a contacting portion bending upwardly from the connecting portion and extending beyond the communicating slot. The connecting portion defines a pair of restricting portions respectively extending from two sides thereof in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction, the pair of restricting portions is prevented in the passageway from extending beyond the communicating slot.

Abstract: A socket connector assembly, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a cover plate, a heat pipe retainer with two heat pipes, and a plurality of fastening members. The insulative housing defines a space for the IC package. The heat pipe retainer with the heat pipes are seated on the IC package received in the insulative housing. The cover plate is upon the heat pipe retainer. The heat pipe retainer is formed with a dowel pin in a center thereof, and the cover plate is formed with a hole receiving the dowel pin, so that the heat pipe retainer is flexibly orientated and can rotates around the hole. The cover plate defines at least one first pressing finger downward pressing an upper surface of the heat pipe retainer so as to exert downward force evenly to a heat pipe retainer therefore preventing potential warpage of the heat pipe.

Abstract: A card connector (100) used for receiving an inserted card (5), defining a card receiving space and a card insertion/ejection direction, includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell (7) covering the insulative housing, a slider (41) assembled on the insulative housing, and a spring (42) compressed between the insulative housing and the slider for urging the slider along the card ejection direction. The metal shell includes a flexible beam (711) extending towards the card receiving space and a holding portion (712) at the free end of the flexible beam. The slider has a notch (413) releasably engaged with the holding portion. The slider is moveable relative to the insulative housing along the card insertion direction in response to a separation of the holding portion from the notch.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having an inserting slot, and a bottom wall under the inserting slot. The bottom wall defines a supporting surface extending along a front-to-back direction, a horizontal guiding surface located in front of the supporting surface, and a plurality of depressions recessed from the supporting surface and arranged in one row along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. A plurality of first contacts each has a planar first contact portion retained in the depression. A plurality of second contacts each has an arc-shaped second contact portion extending upwardly beyond the supporting surface and protruding into the inserting slot. The second contact portions are located behind the first contact portions.

Abstract: An cable assembly includes an external cover; two printed circuit boards accommodated in the external cover; a cable including a plurality of wires, a metallic braiding enclosing the wires and an insulative jacket enclosing the metallic braiding, an axial slit defined in the metallic braiding and the insulative jacket of a front segment of the cable for exposing the corresponding wires outside, the corresponding wires separated into two groups of wires respectively soldered to the two printed circuit boards; an outer shielding layer enclosing the axial slit; and a shrinkable tube mounted to the outer shielding layer.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100), comprising: an insulative housing (1), a plurality of first contacts (2) and second contacts (3) received in the insulative housing (1), and each first contact (2) comprising a front flat first mating portion (21) and a back first punctured portion (22), each second contact (3) comprising a first elastic second mating portion (31) and a back second punctured portion (32), the first mating portions (21) being arranged in front of the second mating portion (31), a cable (4) comprising a plurality of first wires (40) connected with the first contacts (2) and a plurality of second wires (41) connected with the second contacts (3), the first wires (40) and the second wires (41) arranged in a row and separated from each other, the first punctured portion (22) connecting with the first wires (40) by insulation displacement connection, the second punctured portion (32) connecting with the second wires (41) by insulation displacement connection.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative body (1) having a wide tongue (123) and a narrow tongue (121) split by a gap (124) therebetween. A metallic shell (32) includes a front pocket (320) defining a large receiving cavity (327) enclosing the wide tongue (123), a small receiving cavity (325) enclosing the narrow tongue (121), and a non-circumferentially enclosed notch structure (33) which protrudes into the gap (124) so as to form the large receiving cavity (327) and the small receiving cavity (325). Besides, the notch structure (33) defines a notch (330) opened to an exterior from a bottom side thereof. First and second sets of contacts (211, 212) are located in the wide tongue and the narrow tongue, respectively, and the first contacts (211) are compatible to version 2.0 Micro Universal Serial Bus.

Abstract: A card connector (100) used for receiving an inserted card (5), defining a card receiving space and a card insertion/ejection direction, includes an insulative housing (2) having a holding portion (2323), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a slider (41) having a lock retention pocket (413) releasably engaged with the holding portion of the insulative housing, and a spring (42) compressed between the insulative housing and the slider for urging the slider along a card ejection direction. The slider is moveable relative to the insulative housing in response to a separation of the holding portion from the lock retention pocket.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100), comprises: a housing (1) having therein a receiving room (11) communicating with an exterior along a longitudinal direction, and the housing comprising a first shield part (15) and second shield part (16) assembled with each other; two paralleled printed circuit boards (2) received into the receiving room and positioned in the housing; a strain relief (5) disposed between the first shield part and the second shield part along a vertical direction; a metallic holder (8) enclosing and engaged with the first shield part, the second shield part and the strain relief; and a latch mechanism assembled to an exterior surface of the housing and having a portion shielded by the metallic holder.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways and a plurality of contacts disposed in the passageways by two arrangement manners. Each contact includes a mating portion located at an upper end and a soldering portion located at a bottom end. Wherein a first arrangement manner is that neighboring mating portions defined a distance in a same row is smaller than a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions, and neighboring mating portions defined a distance in a same column is equal to a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions. A second arrangement manner is that neighboring mating portions defined a distance in both a same row and a same column is smaller than a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes two pairs of first convex lenses projecting from a front mating face thereof and a pair of cone-shaped positioning posts at sides of the pairs of convex lenses respectively. The second connector includes two pairs of second convex lenses projecting from a second front mating face thereof to couple with the first convex lenses and a pair of positioning holes to be inserted with the positioning posts of the first connector. Each of the positioning holes includes a retention section and a guiding section in front of the retention section, and the retention sections is same to the positioning posts while the guiding sections is larger than the position posts in dimension.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for insertion of a first plug (800) along a mating direction. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) and a contact module (3) assembled to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes an opening (10), a receiving cavity (11) and a pair of blocking member (14) provided in the receiving cavity. The blocking member includes a guiding portion adjacent to the opening, and a resilient portion (141) projecting more inwardly to the receiving cavity along a transverse direction perpendicular to the mating direction than the guiding portion, to thereby form a shoulder portion (144) facing to the opening between the guiding portion and the resilient portion. The resilient portion is deformable sidewardly along the transverse direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly electrically connecting a CPU and a printed circuit board includes an electrical connector mounted on the printed circuit board, and a heat dissipating device mounted upon the CPU. The heat dissipating device includes a load plate, a heat pipe, and a heat plate. The load plate is mounted upon the CPU under condition that heat generated from the CPU is absorbed by the heat pipe and the heat plate. The load plate is sandwiched between the heat plate and the heat pipe. The load plate has two clips each of which has two cantilever arms extending toward and engaging with the other clip.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of electrical contacts secured to the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a pair of opposite top surface and bottom surfaces. Each electrical contact includes a retaining section received in the insulative housing, a flat offset section bending from a top end of the retaining section and extending along the top surface of the insulative housing, a soldering section bending from a bottom end of the retaining section, and a cantilevered contact arm bending downwardly from the offset section and projecting into the insulative housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) adapted for being mounted on a mother board (900) includes a housing and a number of contact modules (21, 22) each having a wafer (210, 220) and a number of terminals insert molded with the wafer. The terminals include an upper terminal (211, 221) having an upper contact portion (2111, 2211), and a lower contact terminal (212, 222) having a lower contact portion (2121, 2221). The upper contact portion and the lower contact portion are separated from each other along a vertical direction to define a slot (214, 224) therebetween. The upper terminal and the lower contact terminal are secured in the wafer at two positions remote from each other along a mating direction perpendicular to the vertical direction, with the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion approaching close to each other along the mating direction.

Abstract: A connector assembly (1000) includes a first connector (100) having a first insulative housing (11), a plurality of first terminals (12) supported by the first insulative housing and at least one latching member (13) combined with the first insulative housing, the latching member (13) having two locking arms (132) spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction; a second connector (200) having a second insulative housing (21), a plurality of second terminals (22) supported by the second insulative housing and at least one clasping member (23) combined with the second insulative housing, the clasping member (23) having a rigid longitudinal bar (232) with two free ends protruding at opposite directions; and wherein the rigid longitudinal bar is sandwiched between the two locking arms and the two free ends engaged with the two locking arms when the first connector mates with the second connector.