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: Method for manufacturing an electrically operable heating body for an inhaler, wherein a semiconductor material is provided so as to be substantially planar, and a plurality of channels are incorporated into the semiconductor material substantially in the direction of the surface normal of the planar semiconductor material, such that a fluid can pass through the semiconductor material in the channels.

Abstract: A battery housing includes a first casing and a second casing. A side wall of the first casing is provided with a limiting groove along an axial direction of the first casing. A guiding rib is protrudingly provided on the outer wall of the first casing along the axial direction of the first casing. An inner wall of the second casing is protrudingly provided with a limiting protrusion corresponding to the limiting groove along an axial direction of the second casing. A side wall of the second casing is provided with a guiding groove corresponding to the guiding rib along the axial direction of the second casing. When the second casing is sleeved on the outside of the first casing, the limiting protrusion is engaged in the limiting groove, and the guiding rib is engaged in the guiding groove.

Abstract: A temperature control method of an electronic cigarette includes the following steps: when a cigarette lighting signal is received, acquiring a preset maximum duty cycle as the initial duty cycle or determining the initial duty cycle according to the current parameters of the electronic cigarette; adjusting the battery voltage according to the initial duty cycle and outputting the battery voltage to a heating element to increase the temperature of the heating element; acquiring a temperature parameter for characterizing the temperature of the heating element; when the temperature parameter of the heating element meets a preset temperature control condition, adjusting the duty cycle according to the temperature parameter of the heating element so that the heating element retains its temperature. The temperature control method can realize the effective control of the temperature of the heating element and ensure the suction effect and the suction safety.

Abstract: Provided is a heat generating heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device. A heat generating heater for a cigarette-type electronic cigarette device is configured by at least a portion of the length being inserted into a cigarette and comprises: a main body which is made of a ceramic material and has an end portion pointed for penetration into the cigarette; a heat generating unit which is disposed to surround the circumferential surface of the main body to generate heat for heating the inside of the cigarette; an arrangement hole which is formed in the main body along the longitudinal direction thereof; and a temperature sensing unit which is disposed in the arrangement hole for measuring a heating temperature of the heat generating unit.

Abstract: An electronic assembly includes an electronic package having an integrated circuit component and interposer assemblies with compressible interposer contacts electrically connected thereto. Cable connector modules are coupled to the interposer assemblies. A cover assembly is coupled to the upper surface of the electronic package over the cable connector modules. The cover assembly includes bridge assemblies having plates in a plate stack that are independently movable. A load plate engages upper edges of the plates of the bridge assemblies and press against the plates to drive the bridge assemblies into the cable connector modules using compression hardware. The cable connector modules compress the interposer contacts of the interposer assemblies when the load plate presses the plates of the bridge assemblies into the cable connector modules.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a shielded connector capable of improving heat dissipation performance while suppressing enlargement. A shielded connector 10 includes a housing 11, a shield shell 12 for covering the housing 11 from outside, a connection terminal 14 to be accommodated into the housing 11 and electrically connected to a mating device, and an inner conductive member 13 for electrically connecting the connection terminal 14 and a wire W. High radiation portions 51 having at least a higher radiation rate than a core W1 of the wire W are provided on at least some of a surface 11a of the housing 11, a surface 12a of the shield shell 12, a surface 14a of the connection terminal 14 and a surface 13a of the inner conductive member 13.

Abstract: Method for establishing a connection between an electrical connecting element for a motor vehicle on-board network and a cable of the motor vehicle on-board network in which the cable (2) is provided with a metallic stranded conductor (4), firstly the metallic stranded conductor is mechanically compacted in such a way that a flat area is formed, whereby during the compacting, a material bond is formed between strands of the stranded conductor (4), and subsequently, the connecting element is connected to the flat region in a material bond.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly may be utilized in combination with an electronic nicotine delivery system for the safe, efficient and cost-effective means for delivering a controlled dose of nicotine to a user on demand. The cartridge assembly includes a reservoir with a material for holding liquid nicotine or a liquid nicotine solution and is constructed from a material that is chemically resistant to nicotine or nicotine solution. The cartridge assembly includes an anti-counterfeit feature to prevent use of an unauthorized cartridge in the electronic nicotine delivery system. The cartridge assembly also includes an anti-reuse feature that precludes reuse of the cartridge assembly once removed from the electronic nicotine delivery system. Essentially, the cartridge assembly is designed for a single use only.

Abstract: A liquid supply system for use with aerosol-generating devices includes a liquid retention material 136, a liquid flow channel extending from the liquid retention material and a barrier 125 disposed in the liquid flow channel, the barrier having a degradation temperature between 60° C. and 130° C.

Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a power source, at least one heating element for generating aerosol, and temperature monitoring means configured to monitor the temperature of the heating element. In an operational configuration the device is configured to control the supply of power to the heating element to: supply power to the heating element to initially raise the temperature of the heating element to a first threshold temperature; remove power supplied to the heating element when the temperature monitoring means detects that the temperature of the heating element is at the first threshold temperature, such that the temperature of the heating element decreases to a second threshold temperature; supply power to the heating element when the temperature monitoring means detects that the temperature of the heating element has reduced to the second threshold temperature, such that the temperature of the heating element increases towards the first threshold temperature.

Abstract: Aspects relate to an electric vehicle port and methods of use for charging an electric vehicle. An exemplary electric vehicle port includes a housing configured to mate with a connector for charging an electric vehicle, wherein the housing comprises a fastener for removable attachment with the connector; at least a conductor configured to conduct a current; at least a control signal conductor configured to conduct a control signal; at least a ground conductor configured to conduct to a ground; and at least a coolant flow path configured to contain a flow of a coolant, wherein, each of the at least a conductor, the at least a control signal conductor, the at least a ground conductor, and the at least a coolant flow path are configured to make a connection with a mating component on the connector for charging the electric vehicle when the housing is mated with the connector.

Abstract: A cable assembly may include a cable having a plurality of electrically-conductive wires including a first set of wires and a second set of wires and a plug terminating an end of the cable, the plug comprising a housing including a locking tab formed on the outside of the housing on a first side of the housing and configured to mechanically couple the plug to a corresponding receptacle connector, a first contact formed on the first side of the housing and configured to expose the first set of wires to a first set of pins of the corresponding receptacle connector, and a second contact formed on a second side of the housing opposite the first side and configured to expose the second set of wires to a second set of pins of the corresponding receptacle connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector may include a connector body extending along a longitudinal axis, a first electrical contact provided at a first end of the connector body, a first aperture provided in the first end of the connector body, a bore provided in an interior of the connector body and connected to the first aperture, and a conductive fixed body provided within the bore. The conductive fixed body may include a first contact surface on a first side of the conductive fixed body facing the first electrical contact along the longitudinal axis. A first spring may be provided in the bore between the first contact surface and the first electrical contact, and the first spring may be in contact with the first contact surface and the first electrical contact.

Abstract: An electrically heatable aerosol-generating device for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including a device housing including a receiving cavity within a proximal portion of the device to receive at least a portion of the aerosol-generating article; a separating wall disposed adjacent to a distal end of the cavity, separating the cavity within the proximal portion from a distal portion of the device; at least one electrical heating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate within the article when the article is received in the cavity; and sensing circuitry including a field generator disposed within the distal portion adjacent to the separating wall, the sensing circuitry being configured to measure a change of at least one property of the field generator caused by a presence of an indicator arranged within the article when the article is received in the cavity. An aerosol-generating system is also provided.

Abstract: A connection system to facilitate the mechanical coupling, and the transfer of electrical power between, trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The connection system can include a mechanical coupling system having a guiding surface and a guiding slot on a first trunk section and a guiding protrusion disposed inside a second trunk section. Insertion of the first trunk section into the second trunk section and thus contact of the guiding protrusion against the guiding surface can cause the first trunk section to rotate relative the second trunk section until a predetermined rotational alignment is reached, aligning electrical contacts of first and second electrical connectors, each of which is attached to an outer wall of a respective trunk section. The electrical contacts of the first and second electrical connectors can establish electrical communication between the first and second electrical connectors, and thus between the first and second trunk sections.

Abstract: An electrical built-in plug connector having a housing with at least one mounting structure projecting transversely to the longitudinal axis of the housing, with more than five electrical contacts fixed in the housing, wherein the contacts are guided outwards at one end of the housing parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the end sections of the sections of the contacts located outside of the housing are angled relative to their sections located inside the housing, and their connection sections provided for connecting to a circuit board end in a common plane, which plane is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, wherein the connection regions are arranged in groups, and the individual groups are situated on at least three parallel straight lines, which are part of the common plane, wherein the ends of the sections of the contacts guided in parallel out of the housing have the same distance in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the housing as the parallel straight lines.

Abstract: A connector 10, 10A includes a male terminal 50, 50A including a tab 52, 52A, a female terminal 70 connectable to the tab 52, 52A, and a housing 20, 20A. The housing 20, 20A includes a holding portion 22 for holding the male terminal 50, 50A and a cavity 23 for accommodating the female terminal 70. One end of the cavity 23 is closed by a wall surface 32 of the holding portion 22. The tab 52, 52A is arranged to project into the cavity 23 from the wall surface 32 of the holding portion 22.

Abstract: Capsules are provided for holding material within a vaporization chamber of a personal or portable vaporization device. Each capsule comprises a cap and a cup, each with a corresponding base wall having air inlet/outlet holes therein. The capsules are provided with first and second standoff structures that position the respective capsule to avoid occlusion of the air inlet/outlet holes by surfaces of the oven and/or lid that form the vaporization chamber. During use of the vaporization device, the capsule design encourages air to flow through the material held within the capsule via the air inlet/outlet holes, rather than flowing around the capsule to bypass the material held therein. In some embodiments, the capsules include tamper-resistant features that prevent separation of the cap and cup once assembled, thereby protecting the material held within the capsule.

Abstract: A method for controlling power supplied to an aerosol-generating element of an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a controller and a battery configured to deliver power to the aerosol-generating element and to the controller, and the method including steps of: measuring at least one first characteristic of the battery, the first characteristic being a temperature or an internal resistance of the battery; and deactivating or disabling the aerosol-generating device if the measured temperature is less than a minimum temperature or the measured internal resistance of the battery is greater than a maximum internal resistance. A controller for an aerosol-generating device, and an aerosol-generating device, are also provided.