Abstract: Provided are a relay device and a connector assembly that can electrically connect a connector and an external circuit board to each other without using terminals bent at a right angle. A relay device configured to electrically connect a plurality of contact pins to a plurality of cables and a host board includes a paddle board and a connection part, the paddle board electrically connects some of the plurality of contact pins to the plurality of cables, the connection part has a plurality of press-fit pins, and the plurality of press-fit pins electrically connect the paddle board to the host board.

Abstract: A connector (7) includes: a first connector part (10) having a first module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module in the front (F), having a first substrate side connection part connected to a substrate, and installed on the substrate; a second connector part (20) provided at a position such that the first module side connection part is interposed between the substrate and the second connector part (20), having a second module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module at the front (F), having a second substrate side connection part connected to the substrate, and stacked on the first connector part (10); and an intermediate part (30) provided between the first connector part (10) and the second connector part (20), and a cooling flow path in which air flows from the front (F) side toward the rear (R) side of the connector (7) is formed in the intermediate part (30).

Abstract: A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing is formed in a box-shape with an opening and is provided with a matrix of through holes at a bottom portion. The plurality of contacts includes ground contacts and signal contacts which are arranged so as to be aligned alternately in a predetermined array direction by one or a plurality of them and are passed through the through holes. The ground contacts adjacent to each other in the array direction are short-circuited.

Abstract: A connector set is provided that includes a first connector, a first cap to be attached to the first connector when the first connector is reflow-mounted on a first external substrate, a second connector, and a second cap to be attached to the second connector when the second connector is reflow-mounted on a second external substrate formed of a material with a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first external substrate. The second cap is formed of a material with a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first cap.

Abstract: A plug connector inserted in or extracted from a receptacle connector includes a casing and a lever member attached to the casing. The lever member has a fulcrum part supported pivotably to the casing, an engaging part that is located closer to the receptacle connector than the fulcrum part in an insertion-extraction direction and that can engage with an engaged part of the receptacle connector, and an operating part that is located on the opposite side from the receptacle connector with respect to the fulcrum part in the insertion-extraction direction and that, when pressed, can release the engaging part from engagement with the engaged part.

Abstract: A connector set is disclosed that includes a plurality of connectors and a cap to be attached to the plurality of connectors when the plurality of connectors are reflow-mounted on an external substrate. Each one end portion of the connectors and the cap is provided with a fitted portion and a fitting portion to be fitted in the fitted portion. The fitted portion is provided with an opening portion for moving the fitting portion so as to absorb thermal expansion from one end portion side to the other end portion side due to temperature conversion of reflow.

Abstract: A high-speed transmission connector is described that includes a housing, a row of front side contacts supported on the housing, a row of rear side contacts supported on the housing, and a metal member. The housing has a slot to be fitted with a header of an external communication partner, and an upper plate portion and a lower plate portion facing each other vertically across the slot. The front side contact portions are exposed on a front side in the slot and the rear side contact portions are exposed on a rear side in the slot. The metal member supports the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion and fastens the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion.

Abstract: A connector is provided that includes a plurality of socket type connectors to be mounted on a first substrate and a plurality of plug type connectors to be mounted on a second substrate, thereby electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate. The socket type connector includes a housing with a slot and a plurality of contacts arranged in the slot. The plug type connector includes a housing with a header to be fitted in the slot, and a plurality of contacts arranged in the header. The housing of the socket type connector and the housing of the plug type connector has a rotationally asymmetrical shape as viewed from a fitting direction.

Abstract: Provided are a contact pin and a socket for inspection that can improve electrical performance or thermal performance. An embodiment includes: an electric conductive electrical contact extending from the base end to the tip and having an elastic deformation part elastically expandable and compressible in the extending direction formed between the base end and the tip; an electric conductive thermal contact extending from the base end to the tip and having an elastic deformation part elastically expandable and compressible in the extending direction formed between the base end and the tip; and an electrically conductive casing that bundles the electrical contact and the thermal contact laterally stacked adjacent to each other, and the casing is in contact with the electrical contact and the thermal contact so as to form a path bypassing the elastic deformation part.

Abstract: Provided is a socket for inspection that can correct inclination of a terminal in contact with a device under inspection to stabilize the terminal-to-electrode contact. The socket includes: a contact terminal having a barrel with a flange, a device side terminal, a test board side terminal, and a spring; a housing having a stepped hole through which the contact terminal is inserted and in which a step that abuts against the flange is axially formed; and a movable pedestal provided so as to move closer to and away from the housing and having a receiving hole through which a distal end side of the device side terminal projecting from the barrel is inserted and which receives an electrode of the device. A guide part whose inner diameter is substantially the same as the outer diameter of a projecting portion of the device side terminal is formed in the receiving hole.

Abstract: A socket which holds an IC package and is to be mounted on a circuit board is described that includes: a housing with a bottom portion, two pairs of side wall portions and an opening accommodating the IC package, contacts and holders. The bottom portion is provided with penetration holes. The two pairs of side wall portions face each other across the opening and one pair of side wall portions are provided with ribs protruding outward. The contacts are supported by the housing so as to pass through the penetration holes and are exposed on an opposite side of the opening. The holders have first support holes and are fixed to side surfaces of the housing with the ribs passing through the first support holes.

Abstract: Provided is an IC socket for a semiconductor capable of preventing adhesion of dust to a photodetection surface provided on an opposite side of a contact surface of an image sensor with no contact with the photodetection surface. The IC socket for a semiconductor includes: a seat (12) that has an attachment surface (12a) to which an image sensor (60) is attached; a base (10) that has a placement surface (10b) on which the seat (12) is placed and a secured surface (10a) located on an opposite side of the placement surface (10b) and secured to an inspection substrate; and a lid member (18) that does not come into contact with the image sensor (60) and that covers a back surface region (80) on a side of a back surface (64) of the image sensor (60) when the image sensor (60) is attached to the seat (12).

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connector for high-speed transmission to be fitted with an external counterpart connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has at least one or more slots. The plurality of terminals includes ground terminals and signal terminals are arranged in the slot along a first direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector. Partition walls are provided between adjacent terminals in the slot, and a height of the partition walls between the ground terminals and the signal terminals in the fitting direction is lower than a height of other partition walls in the fitting direction.

Abstract: A group of contact pads (20EB) formed on a lower surface (20B) at a connection end of a board portion of an optical module board (20) includes, in order from the endmost end, a contact pad (20B1) conducting to a ground line (G), contact pads (20B2) and (20B3) conducting to transmission-side high-speed signal lines (S), a contact pad (20B4) conducting to the ground line (G), contact pads (20B5, 20B6, and 20B7) conducting to low-speed signal lines (S), a contact pad (20B8) conducting to the ground line (G), contact pads (20B9 and 20B10) conducting to receiving-side high-speed signal lines (S), and a contact pad (20B11) conducting to the ground line (G).

Abstract: A socket having a housing, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of insulating members and a plurality of conductive resin members is described. The housing is in a box shape with an opening and is provided with a matrix of penetration holes at a bottom portion. The plurality of contacts include contacts for ground and respective pairs of contacts for high-speed differential transmission. The plurality of insulating members support the plurality of contacts and are pressed into the housing so that the contacts are exposed on an opposite side of the opening from the penetration holes of the housing. The plurality of conductive resin members are fitted at positions of the plurality of insulating members in contact with the contacts for ground.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a high-speed transmission connector includes: a row of first contacts, a row of second contacts, a row of third contacts, a row of fourth contacts, an upper housing that supports the row of first contacts, a lower housing that supports the row of second contacts, and an inner housing that supports the row of third contacts and the row of fourth contacts. The upper housing, the lower housing, and the inner housing are assembled in such a manner that the upper housing and the lower housing face each other in a vertical direction with a gap therebetween, and the inner housing is accommodated in the upper housing and the lower housing. The gap forms a slot into which a header of a device as a communicating counterpart is to be fitted.