Abstract: There are provided a first insulator substrate; a first contact comprising a plurality of contact pins arranged in an array on a top surface of the first insulator substrate; a second insulator substrate; a second contact comprising a plurality of contact pins arranged in an array on an undersurface of the second insulator substrate; a metal plate sandwiched between an undersurface of the first insulator substrate and a top surface of the second insulator substrate; and a metal shell accommodating the first and second insulator substrates, the first and second contacts and the metal plate; wherein the metal plate comprises a pair of protruding parts formed on both ends in an array direction of the contact pins, being oriented toward the outside; and the metal shell comprises a pair of windows to be engaged with the pair of protruding part.

Abstract: A touch sensing device for detecting approach of a detection target to a detection area of a sensing face, including a base, detection electrodes, and a controller. The base includes a counterpart area corresponding to the detection area and being located on a deeper side in the touch sensing device relative to the detection area. The detection electrodes are arranged at intervals in the counterpart area, and an electrostatic capacitance between at least one of the detection electrodes and the detection target changes in response to an approach of the detection target to the detection electrode so as to change an output signal from the detection electrode. The controller detects that the detection target approaches the detection area corresponding to the counterpart area when an output signal or signals from a predetermined number, being at least one, of the detection electrode or electrodes in the counterpart area has changed.

Abstract: A plug connector including a connecting member, a cable, and a shield case. The cable includes a signal transmission part connected to the connecting member. The shield case includes first and second shells and a first retainer. The first and second shells are combined together in a first direction so as to form a tube at least partially covering the connecting member and the signal transmission part. The first shell has an end face on one side of a second direction. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. The first retainer is a tube or half tube for retaining the cable. The first retainer is provided on the second shell so as to be located on the one side of the second direction relative to the end face of the first shell and in contact with at least a part of the end face of the first shell.

Abstract: A connector which includes a metal piece, a contact assembly including a body which fixes a plurality of contacts, and a housing in which the contact assembly is inserted, in which the metal piece includes an arm portion which is extended in an arrangement direction of the contacts, an L-shaped portion, and of which an end surface is brought into contact only with a lateral wall of a concave portion of the housing, and a pressing portion which is formed by extending an end surface of the L-shaped portion, and which protrudes from a hole to be brought into contact only with a lateral wall of a recess of the body.

Abstract: A connector comprising: a first insulator substrate; a first contact configured by arranging a plurality of contact pins including contact pins for differential signals as an array, on a top surface of the first insulator substrate; a second insulator substrate; a second contact configured by arranging a plurality of contact pins including contact pins for differential signals as an array in the same direction as the array direction of the first contact, on an undersurface of the second insulator substrate; and a metal plate sandwiched by an undersurface of the first insulator substrate and a top surface of the second insulator substrate; and one or more holes are formed in an area on the metal plate, the area being sandwiched by the contact pins for differential signals of the first and second contacts facing each other.

Abstract: A connector including a pair of first terminals, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a body. The first terminals are differential signal terminals in spaced juxtaposition to each other. The second terminal is located on one side relative to and in spaced relation to one of the first terminals. The third terminal is located on the other side relative to and in spaced relation to the other first terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially. The body includes a first portion between the first terminals, a second portion between the one first terminal and the second terminal, and a third portion between the other first terminal and the third terminal. The second portion has a second void, which extends from the one first terminal to the second terminal. The third portion has a third void, which extends from the other first terminal to the third terminal.

Abstract: An ON/OFF detecting buckle switch includes: a case in a housing shape; a slider insertion port equipped in an upper face of the case; a support portion equipped in an inner side face of the case; a fixed terminal provided with a notched portion in one end in a strip shape and the other end fixed to the inner side face of the case; a movable terminal in a strip shape having one area fixed to the support portion; a slider provided with a terminal press portion that projects inside the case penetrating through the slider insertion port of the case and the notched portion of the fixed terminal, and when pressed down, presses down an end of the movable terminal; a spring that biases the slider upward; and bent portions in a hook shape in the notched portion of the fixed terminal and an end of the movable terminal.

Abstract: A contact including a first connectable part, a second connectable part, and a middle part. The first connectable part includes a tube or plate. The plate has a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, C-shape, or L-shape. The tube or the plate includes a base and a first wall. The first wall extends from a first end portion of the base. The middle part includes a base and a first sloped portion. The base of the middle part is contiguously connected between the base of the first connectable part and the second connectable part. The first sloped portion is contiguously connected between the first wall and a first end portion of the second connectable part. The first sloped portion extends from a first end portion of the base of the middle part such that the first sloped portion slopes down toward the first end portion of the second connectable part.

Abstract: The invention provides a device module including a device, a connecting part, and a plastic part. The device is a sensor, an electronic component, or a circuit board. The connecting part is connected to the device and includes an external connecting portion. The device and the connecting part are embedded in the plastic part. The plastic part is provided with a first opening that exposes at least the external connecting portion of the connecting part to the outside.

Abstract: The invention provides a multi-coil unit including first, second, . . . , (n?1)-th, and n-th coil elements corresponding to a number n of quantization bits of a digital signal, the coil elements including coil wires of a same length. The multi-coil unit has a winding structure in which the coil wires are wound a plurality of times to be stacked in a magnetic flux direction to form a plurality of tires.

Abstract: A terminal box that can be reliably fixed to a solar cell module is provided. The terminal box includes a bottom wall facing a back surface of the solar cell module, a top wall facing the bottom wall, side walls, and a housing space defined by the bottom wall, the top wall and the side walls to accommodate a component to be mounted. The bottom wall includes a limiting wall formed in a periphery of the bottom wall to project toward the solar cell module, and a communication opening for allowing a charging space defined by the limiting wall and the bottom wall to communicate with the housing space. The limiting wall defines a gap for allowing the charging space to communicate with external space of the limiting wall.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector including a body, first, second, third, and fourth terminals, and first and second connection objects. The body includes a first recess including a first bottom and a first side wall, and a second recess including a second bottom and a second side wall. The first terminal includes a first connecting portion provided in or on the first bottom, or with clearance from the first bottom. The second terminal includes a second connecting portion provided in or on the first side wall. The third terminal includes a third connecting portion provided in or on the second bottom, or with clearance from the second bottom. The fourth terminal includes a fourth connecting portion provided in or on the second side wall. The first connection object is connected to the first and second connecting portions. The second connection object is connected to the third and fourth connecting portions.

Abstract: The invention provides a module being connectable to a mating connector having a tube and including a case and a connector. The case has a through hole that is larger than the tube so as to receive the tube. The connector fits into the tube along a first direction and includes a tuboid shell that includes a lip, first to fourth corners, and guides. The first and second corners are provided where the distal face of the lip meets outer faces on one and the other sides, respectively, of a second direction of the lip. The third and fourth corners are provided where the distal face of the lip meets outer faces on one and the other sides, respectively, of a third direction of the lip. The guides, each at least one of a chamfer, a rounded face, and a curved portion curved inward of the connector, are provided at the respective first to fourth corners.

Abstract: A connector including a body of insulating material and a fourth, a fifth, and a plurality of sixth signal terminals provided in the body. The fifth and sixth signal terminals are arranged in a line along a first direction in the body, at a height position that is different from that of the fourth signal terminal. At least two of the sixth signal terminals are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The fourth signal terminal is located between the two sixth signal terminals in the first direction. The sixth signal terminals is a low-frequency signal terminal configured to transmit a signal of a frequency being about one tenth or lower of a frequency of a signal transmitted by the fourth signal terminal.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of adjusting an impedance of a contact including a first portion and a second portion having a higher impedance than the first portion. In this method, the second portion of the contact is provided with an impedance adjusting portion having electrically conductivity to increase a dimension in a thickness direction of the second portion.

Abstract: A capacitive touchscreen including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and at least one interlayer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrodes, and the first electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a first direction. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes, and the second electrodes are arranged at spaced intervals along a second direction so as to cross the first electrodes. The second direction crosses the first direction. The at least one interlayer has a thickness set such that a coupling capacitance between each first electrode and each second electrode is between or equal to 0.5 pF and 2 pF.

Abstract: A male connector includes a male body and a male conductor. The male body includes an outer face including a first curved surface and a housing space on an inner side of the first curved surface of the male body. The male conductor is provided inside the housing space and includes a functional part. The functional part is a male communication antenna, a male power-transmission antenna, or a male power-reception antenna. A female connector includes a female body and a female conductor. The female body includes a connection hole, an inner wall surface of the connection hole, the inner wall surface including a first curved surface, a housing space on an outer side of the first curved surface of the connection hole of the female body. The female conductor is provided inside the housing space and includes a functional part. The functional part is a female communication antenna, a female power-reception antenna, or a female power-transmission antenna.

Abstract: A connector including a body, an adjacent pair of first terminals, a second terminal next to one of the first terminals, a third terminal next to the other first terminal, and a fourth terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially and includes a first recess, a second recess, and a first separating portion therebetween. The first and third terminals each have a portion exposed through the first recess. The fourth terminal has a portion exposed through the second recess. The second terminal includes an exposed portion and an unexposed portion. The unexposed portion includes an area on one side in the first direction of a part in the second direction of the second terminal and is covered with the body. The exposed portion includes an area on the other side in the first direction of the part of the second terminal and is exposed through the first recess.