Abstract: A case assembly includes a case body including a bottom panel, two side panels, a back panel higher than the side panels, a mounting structure located on the side panels, a first circuit board mounted on the bottom panel and a second circuit board mounted on the back panel and electrically connected to the first circuit board, and a cover including a top cover panel for covering the top open side of the case body, a front cover panel pivotally connected to the top cover panel for covering the front side of the case body and a positioning structure located on the bottom side of the top cover panel for detachably fastened to the mounting structure of the case body through a sliding action facilitating repair or replacement of the first circuit board or the second circuit board.

Abstract: Provided is a connector including a plurality of terminals respectively corresponding to a plurality of mating terminals of a mating connector, a plurality of movable housings respectively holding one ends of the terminals respectively in contact with the plurality of mating terminals, and a fixed housing fixed to a mounting target and housing the plurality of movable housings. The other ends of the plurality of terminals are fixed to the fixed housing, and the plurality of terminals operate independently with respect to the plurality of mating terminals, and thus respectively support the plurality of movable housings movably with respect to the fixed housing.

Abstract: A connector assembly is configured to connect a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The connector assembly includes a board-to-board connector, a buckle pressing plate and a pressing and covering piece. The buckle pressing plate and the board-to-board connector which is spaced from the buckle pressing plate are arranged on the second circuit board, and the board-to-board connector is connected with the first circuit board to enable the first circuit board to be electrically connected with the second circuit board. The pressing and covering piece includes a covering portion and a buckling portion extending from a first end of the covering portion. The buckling portion is connected to the buckle pressing plate in a buckling manner. The covering portion presses and covers the board-to-board connector to fix the board-to-board connector on the second circuit board. A power supply assembly and an electronic device are also provided.

Abstract: A connector comprises a plurality of signal terminals, a plurality of ground terminals which are configured to be connected to outer conductors of cables, and a ground member which is configured to be connected to the outer conductors. The ground member has a ground portion. The signal terminals and the ground terminals are alternately arranged in a pitch direction (Y-direction) to form one terminal row. Each of the signal terminals has a first adjustment portion. Each of the ground terminals has a second adjustment portion. The signal terminals include an outer signal terminal located at an end of the terminal row. The first adjustment portion of the outer signal terminal protrudes toward the ground portion. A position of the first adjustment portion of the outer signal terminal in a perpendicular plane (XZ-plane) is equal to or overlaps with a position of the ground portion in the perpendicular plane.

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: A connector includes a terminal, a housing to accommodate the terminal and a retainer including a locking portion to lock the terminal when the terminal is accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a front housing having a terminal accommodating chamber and a rear housing to be attached to the front housing from a rear side of an insertion direction of the terminal, the rear housing including a lance to, when the terminal is accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber, lock a rear portion of the terminal. The retainer is to be attached between the front housing and the rear housing and to be displaceable along a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction between a locking position and a non-locking position. The retainer moves from the non-locking position to the locking position and the locking portion locks the rear portion of the terminal in the insertion direction.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly and a floating connector are provided. The floating connector includes a floating module, a main body, and a plurality of elastic components. The floating module defines an active region therein, and the floating module has a plurality of thru-holes arranged outside of the active region. The main body is inserted into the active region of the floating module. The elastic components are disposed in the active region and are elastically deformable along an insertion direction. Two ends of each of the elastic components are respectively abutted against the floating module and the main body, so that the main body is movable along the insertion direction relative to the floating module through at least one of the elastic components.

Abstract: A connection device and a floating connection assembly are provided. The floating connection assembly includes a floating connector and an assembling module. The floating connector includes a floating module and a main body. The floating module defines an assembling region and a plurality of holding regions that are distributed around the assembling region. The main body is inserted into the assembling region of the floating module. The assembling module is retained by the floating module through the holding regions. The floating module and the assembling module are jointly configured to movably clamp a panel, and are jointly movable relative to the panel.

Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device and a cartridge configured to be removably coupled with the device, the device including a device housing comprising a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the cartridge when the device housing is engaged with the device housing, an inductor coil disposed around or adjacent to the cavity, and a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil; and the cartridge including a cartridge housing configured to engage the device housing and containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the cartridge housing having an external surface surrounding the aerosol-forming substrate, at least a portion of the external surface being formed by a fluid permeable susceptor element configured to allow the aerosol-forming substrate, in liquid phase, to permeate therethrough.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connector including an insulating housing, a number of terminals and a lossy member. The terminals include a number of ground terminals and a number of signal terminals. The ground terminals and the signal terminals are set adjacently to each other but do not contact each other. The ground terminals do not directly contact the lossy member. As a result, installation consistency of the ground terminals can be achieved, thereby improving the electrical performance of the electrical connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector for circuit boards includes: a terminal including a connecting portion for connection to a circuit board, the connecting portion being disposed on one end of the terminal, and a contact portion for contact with a counterpart connector element, the contact portion being disposed on the other end of the terminal; and a housing retaining the terminal and including a stationary housing for mounting to the circuit board through the terminal and a movable housing movable relative to the stationary housing and receiving the contact portion of the terminal. The terminal includes a stationary-side retained portion retained by the stationary housing, a movable-side retained portion retained by the movable housing, an elastic portion located between the stationary-side retained portion and the movable-side retained portion and elastically deformable, and a relay portion constituting a signal transmission path shorter than a total length of the elastic portion.

Abstract: A circuit board for use in a modular electrical connector. Signal pathways is provided on a first surface. First ground pathways is provided on the first surface adjacent at least one of the signal pathways. Second ground pathways are provided on a second surface in line with the signal pathways. Vias extend from the first ground pathways through the circuit board to the second ground pathways, thereby placing the first ground pathways in electrical engagement with the second ground pathways. The first ground pathways, the vias and the second ground pathways extend along multiple pairs of the signal pathways and form cavities around the multiple pairs of the signal pathways to provide electrical shielding for the multiple pairs of the signal pathways.

Abstract: A first electrical connector includes a first latch that is configured to releasably engage a second latch of a second electrical connector when the first and second electrical connectors are mated to each other. The first latch can include an attachment portion that attaches to the connector housing of the first electrical connector, and an engagement portion that is movable with respect to the attachment portion between an engaged position and a disengaged position.

Abstract: An electrical connection point including a functional block that includes a functional faceplate and a rear electrical plug and including a base that includes a housing to receive the functional block in a plugged in position. To reduce the risk of accidental detachment of the functional block, while improving the removable character of its fixing, the electrical connection point includes a lock with a ring that surrounds the functional faceplate and is disposed so as to be accessible from the outside of the housing when the functional block is received in the housing, the ring being rotatable relative to the rear electrical plug between an unlocking position to place the lock in the unlocking configuration and a locking position to place the lock in the locking configuration when the functional block is in the plugged in position.

Abstract: In a specific embodiment, a connector 100 is disclosed. The connector 100 comprises an insulative housing 102 defining a rear opening 108 for receiving a plurality of electrical wires 110 and a front opening 106 and a circuit board 104 disposed in the housing 102 and comprising a mating section 112 for mating with a corresponding mating section of a mating connector. The mating section 112 protrudes outwardly from the front opening 106 and terminates at a front edge 118 disposed between opposing side edges 114,116 of the mating section 112.

Abstract: A high performance connector that provides heat dissipation sufficient to support operation of high power consuming QSFP-DD transceivers. The connector may be housed in a cage with a first channel to receive a transceiver. A connector port may be aligned with the first channel, and a heat transfer element comprising a compressible portion may make mechanical and thermal contact with a transceiver inside the first channel. The compressible portion may be urged to contact a transceiver by a biasing element. The heat transfer element may be thermally coupled to a heat dissipating element outside the cage. The cage may have multiple channels, and the heat transfer element may be installed in a channel between other channels, each receiving transceivers such that the heat transfer element may receive heat from multiple transceivers.

Abstract: A metallic terminal includes a terminal body, a first plating layer, a second plating layer, and a third plating layer. The first plating layer is on the terminal body, and the thickness of the first plating layer at the bent portion of the terminal body is 0.3 to 1.75 micrometers, and the thickness of rest portions of the first plating layer is 2 to 10 micrometers. The second plating layer is on the first plating layer and corresponds to the contact portion of the terminal body, and the thickness of the second plating layer is 0.5 to 2 micrometers. The third plating layer is on the first plating layer and corresponds to the soldering portion of the terminal body, and the thickness of the third plating layer is 0.01 to 0.1 micrometers. A manufacturing method of metallic terminal is also provided.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electrical terminal includes a contact formed and a hood surrounding the contact. The contact and hood have cooperating retention features for securing the contact to the hood, and the hood provides strengthening features for improving the mechanical properties of the contact. The electrical terminal is mounted in a connector assembly. The electrical terminal has features which prevent or minimize damage to a seal of the connector assembly.

Abstract: An automatic manual electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizing assembly, a manual switch assembly, an automatic switch assembly and an automatic manual shift assembly. The automatic manual shift assembly includes a shift key and a control board. The control board has a manual control contact and an automatic control contact. When the shift key is electrically connected to the manual control contact, the battery assembly is controlled by the manual switch assembly to supply power to the atomizing assembly; when the switch key is electrically connected to the automatic control contact, the battery assembly is controlled by the automatic switch assembly to supply power to the atomizing assembly. As such, the automatic manual electronic cigarette integrates two functions of manual control and automatic control.

Abstract: A control circuit for a vapor provision system includes a first controller with capability to control a first set of components in the vapor provision system; a second controller with capability to control a second set of components in the vapor provision system, at least one component in the second set being also in the first set; and a communication link between the first controller and the second controller by which at least one controller can monitor operation of the other controller; wherein one or both controllers is operable to, via the communication link, detect a fault with the capability of the other controller to control the at least one component and, in response, assume control of the at least one component.