Abstract: An audio jack (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a set of contacts (2) assembled on the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a longitudinal hole (12) therethrough for receiving a mating plug (3) and having a top wall (13), a bottom wall (14), a first sidewall (15), a second sidewall (16) and a rear wall (17). The set of contacts includes a first contact (21), a second contact (22), a third contact (23) and a fourth contact (24). The fourth contact is secured to the rear wall of the insulative housing for minimizing the profile of the audio jack.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulating housing (2) having a head section (20) and a pair of guiding arms (22) extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the head section, a number of signal and power contacts (3, 4) retained in the head section and a conductive shield (5) enclosing the housing. The conductive shield includes first and second plates (6, 7) mechanically connected with each other and respectively covering top and bottom surfaces (210, 212) of the insulating housing. The signal and power contacts have solder tails (34, 44) extending beyond a rear edge of the first and second plates for electrically connecting to an electronic card. The first and second plates have grounding tails (63, 73) for electrically connecting to the electronic card.

Abstract: An electronic card connector (1) for engaging with a circuit card (6) includes an insulating housing (2) having a head section (20) and a pair of guiding arms (22) extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the head section, and a number of signal contacts (3) and power contacts (4) retained in the head section. The head section is step-shaped having a body (202) and a projection (204) located above the body. The projection has a rear face (2042) extending rearwardly beyond a rear face (2022) of the body. The signal and power contacts are respectively retained in the body and the projection of the head section for electrically connecting to the circuit card.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing (10) and a plurality of &OHgr;-shaped conductive terminals (30) mounted in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing defined a plurality of passageways (29) to accommodate the terminals. Each of the &OHgr;-shaped terminals comprises a solder tail (375), a retention portion (37) located in front of the tail portion and secured to the housing, a looped spring portion (31) extending forwardly and upwardly from the retention portion, a horizontal beam (33) extending forwardly from the looped spring portion, an arcuate portion (331) extending forwardly and upwards from a front end of the horizontal beam and a contact portion (333) extending rearwards from a free end of the arcuate portion into a front end portion of a corresponding passageways, said contact portion being adapted for engaging with a terminal of a complementary connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing (10) and a plurality of &OHgr;-shaped conductive terminals (30) mounted in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing defined a plurality of passageways (29) to accommodate the terminals. Each of the &OHgr;-shaped terminals comprises a solder tail (375), a retention portion (37) located in front of the tail portion and secured to the housing, a looped spring portion (31) extending forwardly and upwardly from the retention portion, a horizontal beam (33) extending forwardly from the looped spring portion, an arcuate portion (331) extending forwardly and upwards from a front end of the horizontal beam and a contact portion (333) extending rearwards from a free end of the arcuate portion into a front end portion of a corresponding passageways, said contact portion being adapted for engaging with a terminal of a complementary connector.

Abstract: An audio jack (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a set of contacts (2) assembled on the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a longitudinal hole (12) therethrough for receiving a mating plug (3) and having a top wall (13), a bottom wall (14), a first sidewall (15), a second sidewall (16) and a rear wall (17). The set of contacts includes a first contact (21), a second contact (22), a third contact (23) and a fourth contact (24). The fourth contact is secured to the rear wall of the insulative housing for minimizing the profile of the audio jack.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes a first electrical connector subassembly (2), a second electrical connector subassembly (3), a dielectric holder (4), a special-purpose printed circuit board (5), an insulative retainer (6) and a conductive outer shield (7). The first and the second electrical connector subassemblies respectively have electrical terminals (22) and electrical contacts (32) electrically connecting with the printed circuit board. The dielectric holder retains the second electrical connector subassembly and is assembled to the first electrical connector subassembly and the conductive outer shield. The insulative retainer retains the printed circuit board and is latched with the first electrical connector subassembly, the dielectric holder and the conductive outer shield.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (20) includes a D-Sub connector (40), a triplex audio jack connector (50), and a board edge connector (60) all mounted to a sound card (70), the whole being assembled into a connector housing (30) having a rear cover (80) with a shielding plate (90). The board edge connector is mountable to a motherboard (100). The result is a sound package including sound card and connectors which takes up less space on the motherboard than separate sound card and connectors. The new connector assembly with internal sound card thus results in greater efficiency.

Abstract: A plug connector (8) includes a top cover (1), a latch mechanism (2), a strain relief (3) securing a cable (31), a terminal module (4) have a plurality of terminals (40) therein, a push button switch (5), a printed circuit board (6), and a bottom cover (7). The top cover has a latch release button (16). The latch mechanism includes a spring plate (20) and a latch portion (22) extending downwardly and outwardly from a front end of the spring plate. When the latch release button is pressed, the spring plate gets pressed, and the latch portion is moved downwardly and released from a mating connector. The plug connector is thus unlatched from the mating connector.

Abstract: An I/O connector (1) has a top cover (10), a bottom cover (20), a terminal module (30), a printed circuit board (PCB, 40), a switch (50), a latch (60), and a metal plate (70). The switch is soldered on the PCB while the PCB is soldered to contacts of the terminal module. The latch extends through the terminal module with a pair of pawls (61) and a pair of push beams (65) respectively exposed ahead and above the terminal module. The top cover has a latch release button (11) and a hot button (12), and a barrier (13) is disposed therebetween. A pair of latch actuators (14) downwardly extends from the latch release button to actuate the push beams. A switch actuator (16) downwardly extends from the hot button to actuate a push pole (51) of the switch. The metal plate is mounted to the top cover and being extended through by the switch actuator and a pair of push arms (63) of the latch.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) comprises a top cover (10), a bottom cover (20), a terminal module (30) having a plurality of terminals (31) received therein, a print circuit board (PCB) (40) with a switch (50) soldered thereon, a latching piece (60), a metal plate (70) and a strain relief (80). The top cover defines a press button (11) and a latch release button (14). The latching piece is assembled to the terminal module and has a pair of latch arms (63), a pair of transition portion (64) at the ends of the latch arms and perpendicular to the latch arms, a pair of latches (61) at the other ends of the transition portion for engaging with a mating connector and a pair of hooks (65) extending from two edges of the two latch arms respectively. By forcing the press button, the latch release button moves downwardly to drive the two hooks and the latches to release from the mating connector.

Abstract: An I/O connector includes a top cover (10), a bottom cover (20) coupling to the top cover, a terminal module (30) positioned between the bottom cover and the top cover and receiving a plurality of terminals (90) therein, and a PCB (40) horizontally soldered to solder portions of the terminals. The top cover has a latch release button (11) at a front end thereof and a press button (12) in a middle portion thereof, a pair of stand poles (15) being formed under the latch release button. A pushbutton switch (50) is soldered on the PCB and engaged with the press button of the top cover. A latch piece (60) is assembled to the terminal module and has a pair of upstanding ear portions (64) over the terminal module for engaging the stand poles and a pair of hooks (63) extending out for engaging a mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes a slide body (2), a terminal module (3) assembled on the slide body. The terminal module comprises a main base (30), a bottom base (31) welded to the main base, a top cover (32) assembled on the main base, eight cam-shaped terminals (33). The main base and the bottom base respectively comprise four alternating upper contacts (302) and lower contacts (321). The top cover comprises a plurality of passageways (313) at a front end thereof. The terminals are pivotably received in the passageways for contacting with the upper and lower contacts.

Abstract: A connector adapter that can be used to directly connect a peripheral device to a host device. The connector adapter is adjustable so as to allow selective reorientation of the peripheral with respect to the host device. The connector adapter includes a limiting mechanism that restricts the degree to which the adapter can be selectively rotated. In addition, the adapter includes an indexing mechanism that allows the position of the adapter to be locked in predetermined positions.

Abstract: An adapter (10) includes a pair of male/female connectors (12, 14) solderably positioned on two ends of a PC board (16). A pair of identical metal shells (20) are adapted to be engaged with each other with their grounding tangs (38) extending at two ends thereof, respectively, for conductive engagement with the metal shieldings (60, 80) of such pair of connectors (12, 14). The metal shells (20) also defines a space for protectively enclosing the PC board (16) therein. A pair of identical plastic covers (40) are fixedly aligned and attached to each other commonly enclosing such pair of metal shells (20) therein. The metal shells (20) are restrained between the pair of connectors (12, 14), and fixedly aligned with the corresponding covers (40), respectively. The connectors (12, 14) are aligned with and confinably received within the covers (40). Two interconnection ports of such pair of connectors (12, 14) are respectively exposed to the exterior at opposite ends of the adapters (10).

Abstract: A stacked type connector assembly (10) includes an insulative bracket (12) defining an upper level portion (14) and a lower level portion (16) for respectively receiving a first connector (18) and a second connector (20) therein. A first mounting surface (24) is formed on the upper level portion (14) whereby the first connector (18) can be supportably mounted thereon, and a second mounting surface (30) is formed on the lower level portion (16) whereby the second connector (20) can be engageably attached thereto, wherein such first mounting surface (24) is disposed between a pair of side walls (22) while such second mounting surface (30) is composed of two abutment planes (36) disposed by two sides of such pair of side walls (22). A first pair of boardlocks (53) helpfully fasten the first connector (18) to the bracket (12) in the upper portion (14) thereof and a second pair of boardlocks (68) fasten the second connector (20) to the bracket (12) in the lower portion (16) thereof.

Abstract: An arrangement for adoption of either the traditional UART D-Sub connector (70) or the upgrading USB connector (10) with a same mother board (100), includes a side-by-side dual-port USB connector assembly (10), which is generally integrally formed by two standard four-pin simplex type USB connector units (14), and the mother board (100), wherein the electrical and mechanical layout on the mother board (100) is arranged in some specific area not only for mounting the traditional D-Sub connector (70) but also the updated USB connector (10) thereon.