Abstract: A housing of a connector includes a body and a guiding structure. The body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in a length direction. The guiding structure has a guiding groove at the first end of the body and extending perpendicular to the body and a guiding post at the second end of the body. The guiding groove is complementary to the guiding post and has a shape corresponding to and shaped to receive the guiding post.

Abstract: An electric connector assembly includes an insulating housing, a plurality of rows of contact terminals disposed in the insulating housing and including a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and a conductive shell assembled on the insulating housing. The conductive shell contacts and is connected with the ground terminals to electrically connect the ground terminals together.

Abstract: A connection module includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly has a rest portion for resting thereon an exposed portion of a covered electrical wire for differential signal transmission. A cable accommodates the covered electrical wire in a jacket. The exposed portion is not covered with the jacket, exposing a covering of the covered electrical wire. The second assembly has a presser portion pressing the exposed portion rested on the rest portion against the rest portion. A position of the exposed portion is determined by combining the first assembly with the second assembly.

Abstract: A bracket includes an upper bracket and a lower bracket. The upper bracket and the lower bracket support a supported body from above and below between the upper bracket and the lower bracket. The lower bracket has a pair of lateral lower bracket sidewall portions overlapping with a pair of lateral upper bracket sidewall portions of the upper bracket. The lateral lower bracket sidewall portions catch with the lateral upper bracket sidewall portions to catch the lower bracket on the upper bracket.

Abstract: A connector includes a contact and a housing having a first confirmation window. The contact is not visible through the first confirmation window prior to reaching a predetermined plug-in reference position upon being plugged into the housing. A front end of the contact is visible though the first confirmation window upon reaching the predetermined plug-in reference position.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a coaxial connector, a shielded cable, and a ferrule. The coaxial connector has an inner terminal, an insulating housing surrounding the inner terminal, and an outer terminal surrounding the insulating housing. The shielded cable has an inner conductor connected to the inner terminal, an insulation layer surrounding the inner conductor, and an outer conductor surrounding the insulation layer. The ferrule is positioned inside the outer terminal and crimped to the outer terminal. The outer terminal has a plurality of catching portions formed in different positions in an axial direction of the shielded cable and catching on the ferrule to restrain the shielded cable from being pulled out.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a mating portion matable with a mating connector and a flexible beam with a housing-side catch portion, and a connection position assurance device (CPA) that slides between a first position on the housing and a second position closer to the mating portion than the first position. The CPA in the second position assures that the connector is completely mated with the mating connector. The flexible beam extends in a sliding direction of the CPA and slidably supports the CPA. The housing-side catch portion interferes with the CPA and deflects by interfering with the CPA. The CPA includes a rail that has a device-side catch portion interfering with the housing-side catch portion and that slides while being supported by the flexible beam.

Abstract: A connector housing includes a housing main body and a latch arm having a latch arm main body and a latch portion protruding from the latch arm main body. The latch arm main body is formed of a first material, extends like a cantilever from the housing main body, and is elastically deformable with respect to the housing main body. The latch portion is formed of a second material having a higher rigidity than the first material and latches with a latched member. A transition region between the first material and the second material has a continuously changing mixing ratio between the first material and the second material.

Abstract: A socket connector assembly for a communication system includes a socket connector having a socket housing holding socket contacts having deflectable spring beams. The socket connector assembly includes a cable assembly coupled to the socket connector having an outer housing holding a paddle card with paddle card contacts interfacing with the separable mating interfaces of the socket contacts. The cable assembly includes cables terminated to the paddle card coupled to corresponding paddle card contacts. The socket connector assembly includes a spring plate coupled to the outer housing secured to the host circuit board to press the cable assembly downward toward the host circuit board to compress the deflectable spring beams of the socket contacts.

Abstract: A contact includes a base portion, a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded, a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, and a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion. The trailing portion has a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into the housing. The contact portion makes contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.

Abstract: A connector assembly comprising a male connector, and a female connector mateable to the male connector. Each of the male and female connectors include a shielding shell having two identical shielding half shells each comprising a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, a protrusion formed on one of the pair of side walls, and a latch formed on the other of the pair of side walls. The latch of one of the two shielding half shells engages with the protrusion of the other of the two shielding half shells for locking the two shielding half shells together. A terminal module is installed in each of the shielding shells. The terminal module and shielding shell of the male connector is adapted to be received within and electrically connected to the female connector.

Abstract: A seal structure includes a first layer having at least one first upward projecting portion, and a second layer having at least one first upward projecting portion. At least part of the first upward projecting portion of the first layer is covered with the first upward projecting portion of the second layer, and a composition material of the first layer is harder than a composition material of the second layer.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a circuit board and a connector mounted on the circuit board. The connector has a housing and a contact received in the housing. The contact has an elastic arm extending out from a surface of the housing and a connection pin extending out from a side face of the housing. The elastic arm electrically contacts an electrical contact pad on a moving bracket and the connection pin electrically contacts the circuit board.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a connector position assurance device positioned in a temporary caught position on the housing when the connector is not mated with a mating connector. The connector position assurance device is allowed to slide to a caught position in front of the temporary caught position in a mating direction when the connector is completely mated with the mating connector. The connector position assurance device assures that the connectors are completely mated in the caught position. The connector position assurance device has a pressed-back portion abutted by the mating connector during mating and pressed back relative to the housing if the connector position assurance device is positioned in the caught position when the connector starts to mate with the mating connector, positioning the connector position assurance device in the temporary caught position at a complete mating of the connector with the mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a first housing, a second housing, a lever adapted to couple the first housing and the second housing with each other, a first interlock member, a second interlock member, a first cam mechanism adapted to mate the first housing and the second housing with each other with movement of the lever in a first direction, and a second cam mechanism. The second interlock member is configured to be mated with the first interlock member to energize an electric circuit. The first cam mechanism limits a moving direction of the lever to a second direction after moving in the first direction. The second cam mechanism is adapted to convert the movement of the lever in the second direction into movement in a mating direction of the first housing and the second housing to mate the first interlock member with the second interlock member.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a connector position assurance device (CPA). The CPA is movable between a first position and a second position and assures that the connector is completely mated with a mating connector or maintains a completely mated state in the second position. The housing has a mating portion, a guiding portion, and an abutting portion. The CPA has a base portion guided by the guiding portion and a beam portion. The abutting portion abuts on the beam portion in the first position during non-mating with the mating connector to block movement of the CPA to the second position. The mating connector during complete mating deforms the beam portion to remove the abutment of the beam portion on the abutting portion to allow the CPA to move to the second position.

Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.

Abstract: A connector housing includes a housing main body formed from a first material and a latch arm formed from a second material having a lower rigidity than the first material. The latch arm extends in a cantilever form, forms a boundary portion at a connection between the latch arm and the housing main body, and is configured to elastically deform in relation to the housing main body to latch a latched member. A transition region having a continuously variable mixing ratio between the first material and the second material is present within an expanded boundary region including the boundary portion and expanding into the housing main body and into the latch arm.

Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes an electrical connector having a plurality of terminals and a connector housing retaining the terminals, a case containing the electrical connector, a circuit board electrically connected with the terminals, and an entrapping structure corresponding to at least a portion of a gap between the connector housing and the case. The entrapping structure has a dead end with an opening facing the gap.

Abstract: A connector configured to be fitted with a mating connector includes a main housing, a sub-housing supported on the main housing to be slidable in a fitting direction with respect to the main housing in which the connector is fitted with the mating connector, and an operating member pivotably and slidably supported on the main housing. The main housing moves closer to the mating connector when the operating member is pivoted from a first posture to a second posture. The sub-housing moves in the fitting direction when the operating member slides from the second posture in a direction different from the fitting direction. The sub-housing has an erroneous fitting prevention part abutting against the mating connector in a state of incomplete fitting of the connector with the mating connector.