Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a front holder. The housing includes a terminal receiving chamber formed therein, the terminal receiving chamber being receivable a terminal therein, the terminal receiving chamber including a flexible retaining lance which is arranged to extend from an inner wall of the terminal receiving chamber, the retaining lance being preventable the terminal coming off while retaining the terminal, and a refuge space formed under the retaining lance. The front holder includes a main body portion and a flexion preventing portion preventable a flexion of the retaining lance by entering into the refuge space, the flexion preventing portion being arranged to extend from the main body portion, the front holder is insertable into the housing from a surface of the housing engageable with a mating connector so as to be retained in the housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a plurality of right-angled conductive terminals and a two-part terminal housing consisting of a main connector frame and a terminal positioning frame. The main connector frame includes a connector block portion for holding the horizontal contact portions of the conductive terminals, and a pair of parallel support arms that extend downwardly from the connector block portion and that cooperate with the connector block portion to confine an accommodating space for accommodating at least one electrical connector below the connector block portion and in front of the support arms. A guide plate extends between the support arms, and is formed with a plurality of notches to permit the vertical solder tail portions of the conductive terminals to extend downwardly through the guide plate. The terminal positioning frame is formed separately from the main connector frame, and is disposed below the guide plate.

Abstract: An electromechanical module is comprised of an electronic component that is attached to a substrate which is bendable. Multiple springy contacts touch respective I/O pads on the substrate. A compressing mechanism compresses the springy contacts against the I/O pads with forces that bend the substrate. The bending of substrate is reduced by including contacts of a first type, each of which exert a relatively small force against its respective I/O pad; and contacts of a second type, each of which exert a substantially larger force against its respective I/O pad.

Abstract: An adjustable angle extender card is used to hot-test a circuit pack having electrical connectors that connect to back plane electrical connectors in an electrical cabinet when the circuit pack is inserted into the electrical cabinet. The extender card comprises a rigid basic board that can be inserted into the electrical cabinet and a rigid circuit pack card guide that accepts the circuit pack. The basic board includes plural replication electrical connectors, arranged along one edge of a substrate, for connection to the back plane electrical cabinet connectors when the basic board is inserted into the electrical cabinet, and plural basic board electrical connectors arranged along an opposite edge of the substrate. Corresponding replication connectors and basic board connectors are electrically connected.