Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an isulative housing (10) defining therein a number of passageways (114) and a number of electrical terminals (20) retained in the passageways. Each electrical terminal includes a contact portion (21), a body portion (24), a tail portion (25) extending downwardly from the body portion and a pair of wave-shaped resilient portions (23) extending between the contact portion and the body portion.

Abstract: Techniques for attaching a coaxial cable to an assembly are provided. A conductive layer is applied to a top and bottom surface of a first layer and the bottom surface of a second layer. An aperture is formed through the first layer. The first layer is affixed to the top of the second layer to form an assembly. A signal via and one or more shield vias are formed in the assembly. The signal via and the one or more shield vias, are covered with a conductive layer. The signal via is then electrically separated from the shield vias and the aperture. A stripped coaxial cable may then be inserted into the aperture so that the conductive core of the coaxial cable is electrically connected to the signal via but electrically isolated from the shield vias and aperture. The coaxial cable may then be secured to the assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle having a power and information system including a vehicle structural member, an insulated power conductor, a communication link and a modular distribution system. The modular distribution system is attached to the vehicle structural member. The modular distribution system is coupled with the power conductor and with the communication link. The modular distribution system includes a backbone module having an electrical power connection and at least one plug pack. Each plug pack includes a first connector, a second connector and a controller pack. The first connector is connectable to the backbone module. The second connector has a plurality of terminals. The controller pack selectively electrically connects at least one of the plurality of terminals to the electrical power connection dependent upon information received by way of the communication link.

Abstract: A connector for attaching a cable to a terminal includes a connector body with a hex head fastener rotatably attached at one end of the body. A compressible gasket or clamp sleeve is positioned along the connector body for engaging and sealing about a portion of the jacket of the cable received within the connector.

Abstract: A substrate support comprises a ceramic disc with an electrode that is chargeable through an electrode terminal. An electrical connector connects an external power source to the electrode terminal. The electrical connector has a pair of opposing pincer arms, a groove sized to fit around the electrode terminal, and a pair of through holes to receive a tightening assembly capable of tightening the opposing pincer arms about the electrode terminal.

Abstract: A micro connector comprising an insulator holding a lever, a printed circuit board which has a plurality of micro contacting terminals at a back surface thereof and an FPC cable which has a plurality of micro contacting pieces in an end thereof, wherein said insulator guides said FPC cable.

Abstract: A socket alignment system comprising a receiving member disposed adjacent to a socket that is operable to receive an electronic component. A slot is disposed on the receiving member and has a longitudinal axis therethrough. An alignment member extends from an electronic component. The alignment member comprises a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is operable to interface with the slot and prevent movement of the electronic component along the longitudinal axis. The upper portion is operable to interface with the slot and allow translational movement of the electronic component along the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A shroud that forms a guide channel for a connector is disclosed and it has the shape of an inverted U-shape, with a press tab for engaging a mating connector. The shroud has notches and tabs formed on it that serve to orient the mating connector for entry into the shroud. A placement member is also described and it serves to hold the connector and the shroud together as a single unit for robotic placement of the shroud and connector in preselected positions on the circuit board.

Abstract: To provide a connector in which a compact design of the connector can be achieved, and besides a retaining force for preventing withdrawal of a metal terminal can be further increased, a connector housing 10 includes terminal receiving chambers 11 into which metal terminals 30 can be inserted, respectively, from a rear side, elastic lances 12 for respectively retaining the metal terminals 30 to prevent rearward withdrawal of the metal terminals 30, an elastic deformation space 13 for the lances, and a front holder insertion space 16 which is provided at a front side of the elastic deformation space in continuous relation thereto such that a front holder can be inserted into a predetermined position in the front holder insertion space from the front side.

Abstract: An electric signal transmission connector assembly includes at least one plug and a receptacle mounted to an electronic apparatus. The plug and the receptacle are internally provided at two opposite positions with a permanent magnet each, so that the plug may be easily connected to the receptacle through magnetic attraction between the two magnets. The plug and the receptacle also include a plurality of terminals each. When the plug and the receptacle are magnetically connected to each other, the terminals thereof are contacted with one another to enable transmission of electric signals or supply of power via the plug and the receptacle. Two or more plugs may be stacked up to magnetically connect to the same one receptacle to save a lot of space by magnetically connecting a lower connecting section of an upper plug to an upper receiving section of a lower plug.

Abstract: A lumped resistance electrical cable has a multiple twisted pair ribbon cable having first and second conductive lines and twisted and untwisted portions. In the untwisted portions, one of the conductive lines on each of the twisted pairs is formed with an electrical open. Resistor blocks having resistive elements and electrical contacts is disposed on the untwisted portions with the electrical contacts electrically coupling the resistive elements across the electrical opens in the conductive lines. Other electrical contacts in the connector couple the other conductive lines of the twisted pairs to an ground plane formed on the resistor block.

Abstract: A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, an ejector and a pressing member. The insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of arms extending from lateral ends of the rear wall; the ejector is received on one of the arm and comprises a slider movable in a card insertion/ejecting direction, a spring and a guiding pin, the slider defines a heart groove on an outside surface thereof, and the guiding pin and the heart groove forms a locking member to lock the slider in a final position. The pressing member has a retaining portion and a pressing portion, the retaining portion is retained to a bottom surface of the insulating housing by a hot-melt way, the pressing member presses the guiding pin toward the heart groove to prevent the guiding pin from jumping out from the heart groove.

Abstract: An exemplary surface mounted electronic component has block body including a bottom soldering surface, a top surface and a peripheral wall having a first peripheral wall portion and a second peripheral wall portion. The bottom soldering surface defines a first soldering area and a second soldering area. The first peripheral wall portion adjoins the first soldering area and has at least a first cutout defined between the first peripheral wall portion and the first soldering area. The second peripheral wall portion adjoins the second soldering area and has at least a second cutout defined between the second peripheral wall portion and the second soldering area. When the surface mounted electronic component is soldered, the melting solder can climb up the cutouts of the sidewall due to capillary effect and ‘chimney effect’, thereby avoiding ‘tombstoning’.

Abstract: A memory card connector includes an interior cavity for receiving a memory card. An insulating housing has a rear terminal-mounting section and at least one longitudinal side wall section extending forwardly from one end of the rear section. A metal shell covers at least a portion of the insulating housing and includes a cover plate overlying at least a portion of the longitudinal side wall section of the housing An engaging structure includes an engaging projection on one of the cover plate of the metal shell or the top surface of the side wall section of the housing extending into an engaging opening in the other of the cover plate or top surface to prevent relative movement therebetween in a plane generally parallel to the cover plate and top surface. A slight clearance is provided between the engaging projection and the engaging opening to avoid creating residual stresses in the housing.

Abstract: The invention proposes a metallic push-pull connector for use in harsh and moist industrial environments that is provided with a sliding sleeve and features an interlocking device that causes the connector to be interlocked with a mating connector during the installation process, wherein the interlocking hooks of the interlocking device are levered out of snap-in depressions in the mating connector by means of a wedge-shaped slope when the sliding sleeve is pulled back.

Abstract: Locking lever (5) for a connector, the connector (1) comprising a first, fixed plug part (2) and a second plug part (3) that can be connected to the first plug part by displacement in one connection direction (X), the locking lever comprising two end parts that can be pivotally fixed, along one axis (Y) that is essentially perpendicular to the connection direction, on two opposite surfaces (12) of the first plug part. Each of the end parts includes a cam track, the locking lever being able to pivot between a release position, in which one open end of each of the cam tracks can be positioned at a catch of the second plug part, and a locking position in which each of the catches can be positioned in a locking portion of the cam track, the end portion being capable of being elastically deformed to allow the catch to penetrate into the locking portion.

Abstract: A memory card reader includes a case including a first end with a compartment for coupling with a coupling opening of a USB socket. The case further includes a second end with a card receiving space. The card receiving space includes an insertion opening for receiving a memory card. An adaptor circuit board is mounted in the compartment and the card receiving space. The adaptor circuit board includes a first end with a USB interface and a second end with resilient conductive plates. The USB interface of the adaptor circuit board faces the compartment and is engaged with a coupling seat in the coupling opening of the USB socket and in contact with resilient conductive plates in the coupling seat. The resilient conductive plates of the adaptor circuit board face the card receiving space and are in contact with a read/write interface of the memory card.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100) includes a housing (2), a signal contact (31), a ground contact (32) assembled to the housing, a circuit board (4) assembled to the housing and electrically connecting with the contacts, a cable (6) comprising a conductor (60) directly connecting with the circuit board (4) and a metal braiding layer (61) electrically with a strain relief member (5) which electrically connects with the circuit board, and a rear cover (7) assembled to the housing to enclose the electrical connection among the cable, the strain relief member, the circuit board and the contacts.

Abstract: Fixing device for two-part connectors for connecting electrical conductors, the device comprising a first bush (12) and a second bush (14) adapted to be mounted in respective bores in the two connector parts, the first and second bushes comprising complementary means for removably fixing the first bush to the second bush, including polarizer means (24, 26) for authorizing cooperation of the fixing means in only one predetermined angular position of the first and second bushes, the device being characterized in that the removable fixing means are quarter-turn fixing means (43, 44).

Abstract: A bayonet electrical connector has a spring loaded safety pin for locking the bayonet coupling. The pin projects into a recess, and a sleeve surrounds the part having the recess. The sleeve has a tab which projects into the recess, the sleeve being slidable to make the tab depress the pin against the spring bias of the pin, thereby to enable subsequent disconnection of the bayonet coupling. This design maintains a locking mechanism to prevent accidental decoupling of the bayonet connection, but makes the decoupling process simpler, by using, sliding of the sleeve and twisting to release the bayonet coupling.