Abstract: A locator is for aligning cables which are configured to be connected with a circuit board having an accommodated portion. The locator comprises at least a main portion which extends in a pitch direction. The main portion is, at least in part, formed with at least one circuit board accommodating portion. The main portion is formed with at least one first through hole and at least one second through hole which is different from the first through hole. The at least one circuit board accommodating portion is configured to accommodate the accommodated portion of the circuit board. The at least one circuit board accommodating portion opens at least forward in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the pitch direction. In the pitch direction, the at least one first through hole is provided at a location which is different from a location of the circuit board accommodating portion.

Abstract: A crimping die including a first die piece having a recess portion and a second die piece having a protrusion portion is provided. An inner wall surface of the recess portion has a bottom wall surface and recess-side lateral end surfaces. An outer surface of the protrusion portion has a top end surface and protrusion-side lateral end surfaces. The bottom wall surface has a recess-side projection portion, a recess-side concave portion, and a recess-side curvature changing portion. The top end surface has a protrusion-side projection portion, a protrusion-side concave portion, and a protrusion-side curvature changing portion. A sign of curvature of the bottom wall surface changes at a boundary portion in the recess-side curvature changing portion with respect to the recess-side concave portion. A sign of curvature of the top end surface changes at a boundary portion in the protrusion-side curvature changing portion with respect to the protrusion-side concave portion.

Abstract: A connector is mountable on a circuit board. A card-type device is accommodatable in the connector. The connector comprises a base, a cover and a terminal. The cover is attached to the base to be openable and closable. The terminal is held by the base. The cover has one or more connection portions. The connection portion is directly connected to the circuit board under a close state where the connector is mounted on the circuit board and the cover is closed relative to the base.

Abstract: A cable assembly extends in a longitudinal direction. The cable assembly comprises a first cable, two second cables, two coupling portions, an interposing portion and an outer cover. The first cable has a first conductor and a first cover. Each of the second cables has a second conductor and a second cover. The coupling portions couple the second covers, respectively, with the first cover. The first cable, the two second cables and the two coupling portions are arranged in a V-shape in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The interposing portion extends along the first cable and the two second cables and has a full length which is equal to that of each of the first cable and the two second cables. The interposing portion is brought into contact with all the first cable and the two second cables.

Abstract: A connector includes a pushing member having a projection, a support member disposed to contact a lateral surface of the projection, and a contact made of a conductive material and having a support member facing portion facing the support member, a part of the flexible conductor being disposed between the support member and the support member facing portion of the contact, the lateral surface of the projection pressing the part of the flexible conductor against the support member facing portion of the contact via the support member, whereby the contact is electrically connected to the flexible conductor.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector connectable to each other. The first connector comprises first terminals each having a first contact portion, a first shell having a first mating portion and a first engagement member formed with an engagement recess. The second connector comprises second terminals each having a second contact portion, a second shell having a second mating portion and a second engagement member having an engagement projection. Under a connected state where the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other, the first mating portion and the second mating portion entirely enclose contact areas in a perpendicular plane (YZ-plane) at which the first contact portions are in contact with the second contact portions. Under the connected state, the engagement projection and the engagement recess are engaged with each other to lock the connected state.

Abstract: An antenna comprises a main portion, a facing portion, a first feed terminal and a second feed terminal. The main portion has a ring shape with a split. The main portion has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion and the second end portion are positioned away from each other in a right-left direction with the split left therebetween. The facing portion includes a first facing portion and a second facing portion. The first facing portion and the second facing portion are spaced away from each other. The first facing portion has an upper facing portion and a lower facing portion. The second facing portion is interposed between the upper facing portion and the lower facing portion in an up-down direction perpendicular to the right-left direction.

Abstract: A connector includes a cable holding portion, a first holding member having a first male screw portion and a first guide portion, an optical connector, an optical module, a second holding member having a second male screw portion and a second guide portion, and a coupling nut having a female screw portion. In cooperation with each other, the first and second guide portions allow a relative movement of the first holding member with respect to the second holding member in the front-rear direction while regulating a relative movement of the first holding member with respect to the second holding member in a circumferential direction about an axis parallel to the front-rear direction. Relative positions of the first holding member and the second holding member in the front-rear direction are maintained by the female screw portion being meshed with both of the first and the second male screw portions.

Abstract: A connector includes a flat-plate housing made of insulating resin and a contact held on a housing by press-fitting. The housing includes a press-fitting space and a solder connection checking hole. The contact includes a press-fit part to be press-fit into the press-fitting space, and a soldering part that extends from the press-fit part and is connected by soldering to a pad of an input-output board. The solder connection checking hole is formed to penetrate the housing in the vertical direction and allow a solder fillet, which is formed when the soldering part is soldered to the pad of the input-output board, to be checked through the solder connection checking hole. The housing includes a separating wall that separates the press-fitting space from the solder connection checking hole.

Abstract: Each of contact portion rows 310 and 320 includes an outer contact portion 212 and an inner contact portion 216 forming a differential pair. In a Y-direction, the outer contact portion 212 and the inner contact portion 216 of the contact portion row 310 are located at same positions as those of the other contact portion row 320, respectively. A main portion 430 of a mid-plate 400 is located between the contact portion rows 310 and 320 in a Z-direction. Between the main portion 430 and each lock portion 450, a space 500 is provided to allow resilient deformation of a spring portion 460. A side edge 432 of the main portion 430 that oriented outward in the Y-direction is located between an inner edge 212A of the outer contact portion 212 and the lock portion 450 in the Y-direction.

Abstract: A solderable component comprises a body portion configured to be mounted on a board and an auxiliary portion extending from the body portion. The body portion has at least two solderable portions. The at least two solderable portions include two predetermined solderable portions. The auxiliary portion has one abutment portion and a coupling portion. The abutment portion and lower ends of the two predetermined solderable portions define a board-attachment plane which is an imaginary plane. The coupling portion couples the abutment portion and the body portion to each other. A boundary between the coupling portion and the body portion is apart from the abutment portion in a plane in parallel to the board-attachment plane. The coupling portion is separable from the body portion at the boundary between the coupling portion and the body portion.

Abstract: A device comprises a first seal member, a second seal member, a first circuit member, a second circuit member and one or more compressive members. The first seal member has a first outer portion having a first seal portion, and a first inner portion located inward of the first outer portion. The second seal member has a second outer portion having a second seal portion, and a second inner portion located inward of the second outer portion. The first seal portion and the second seal portion are bonded together. The first circuit member and the second circuit member are shut in a closed space which is enclosed by the first inner portion and the second inner portion. One of the compressive members is located between the first seal member and the first circuit member or located between the second seal member and the second circuit member.

Abstract: An antenna includes a conductor plate, for example. The conductor plate has a slot and a branch slot, wherein the branch slot has one end connected to the slot and another end which, when viewed from the one end, extends along the slot in an antinode direction of an electric field at the lowest-order resonant frequency of the antenna, and is closed in the conductor plate.

Abstract: A split ring resonator includes a first conductive member having a split ring shape, a second conductive member, and a third conductive member. The second and third conductive members have a split therebetween and are electrically connected with different ends of the first conductive member. The second conductive member includes a first portion belonging to a first layer substantially parallel to a plane to which the first conductive member belongs, a second portion belonging to a second layer substantially parallel to the plane and facing the first layer, and a third portion electrically connecting the first and second portions. The third conductive member includes fourth and fifth portion respectively belonging to the first and second layers, and a sixth portion electrically connecting the fourth and fifth portions. At least parts of the first and fifth portions face each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane.

Abstract: A floating connector comprises a movable housing, a regulating member and a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts is made of a single metal plate. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion, a regulated portion, a held portion, an extending portion, a contact portion and a coupling portion. The coupling portion is resiliently deformable. The movable housing is movable within a predetermined range in a plane perpendicular to an up-down direction by the resilient deformation of the coupling portion. The coupling portion has a first portion, a second portion and a bent portion. Each of the first portion and second portion has a principal surface. The principal surface of the first portion faces in a first direction. The principal surface of the second portion faces in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are different from each other.

Abstract: An antenna has an antenna main portion formed on a substrate and a facing portion separate and distinct from the substrate. The antenna main portion has a ring shape with a split and has a first end portion and a second end portion which form the split. The facing portion has a holding member, a first facing portion made of conductive material and a second facing portion made of the conductive material. The first facing portion and the second facing portion are held by the holding member so as to be located apart from each other. The first facing portion has a first principal portion and a first connected portion connected to the first end portion. The second facing portion has a second principal portion facing the first principal portion and a second connected portion connected to the second end portion.