Abstract: Provided is a connector which is mounted on a circuit board and into which a module board of an external module is inserted in a first direction. The circuit board has pads for power supply that are arranged spaced apart from each other in a second direction, and the module board has electrodes for power supply. The connector includes: a connector body into which the module board is inserted; one or more power supply pins accommodated inside the connector body and being in contact with the electrodes for power supply of the module board; and at least one bus bar. The bus bar is connected to the one or more power supply pins and connected to the pads for power supply that are arranged spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

Abstract: A high-speed transmission connector includes a connector housing with a slot, upper and lower plate portions facing each other across the slot, first and second contact rows arranged face to face with each other within the connector housing, first and second caps supported in a hole of the upper plate portion and the lower plate portion, respectively. Each contact of the first and second contact row includes a receiving portion to receive a header of an external communication device. The receiving portion includes a receiving tip end portion facing an insertion side of the header and a curved portion extending from a rear end of the receiving tip end portion and bent in an arch shape.

Abstract: Provided are a receptacle assembly and a circuit board in which routing of internal layer wirings is taken into consideration. Some of the plurality of first internal layer wirings 134 are drawn toward the second electrode line L2 when viewed in the depth direction Dd, and some of the plurality of second internal layer wirings 134 are drawn toward the first electrode line L1 when viewed in the depth direction Dd.

Abstract: Provided are a relay device and a connector assembly that can electrically connect a connector and an external circuit board to each other without using terminals bent at a right angle. A relay device configured to electrically connect a plurality of contact pins to a plurality of cables and a host board includes a paddle board and a connection part, the paddle board electrically connects some of the plurality of contact pins to the plurality of cables, the connection part has a plurality of press-fit pins, and the plurality of press-fit pins electrically connect the paddle board to the host board.

Abstract: Provided is a connector in which a housing is reinforced in order to suppress deformation of the housing and thus realize good contact performance of contact pins. Outer housings 110, 110? each have a base part 111, an intermediate part 112, and a tip part 113 from the circuit board 20 side along the depth direction Dd, the base part 111 includes a bottom face 111a facing a circuit board 20, the tip part 113 includes a slot opening 113a configured to accept a module board 11 inserted, the intermediate part 112 includes a smaller dimension in the width direction Dw and/or a smaller dimension of the height direction Dh than the base part 111 and the tip part 113, and a frame 170, a second frame 180, and a frame 190 each are an annular plate having four sides surrounding the intermediate part 112.

Abstract: Provided are a cage assembly and a receptacle assembly that can efficiently cool a heat sink. An embodiment includes: a cage 100 configured to house an optical module 310; and a heat sink 50 configured to thermally contact with the optical module 310, the cage 100 has a port wall 110 defining a port Sp in which the optical module 310 is housed, a first adjacent wall 120 defining a first adjacent space S1 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the second direction, and a second adjacent wall 130 defining a second adjacent space S2 that is adjacent to the port Sp in the third direction and in which the optical module 310 is not housed, and the heat sink 50 is housed in the first adjacent space S1.

Abstract: A connector (7) includes: a first connector part (10) having a first module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module in the front (F), having a first substrate side connection part connected to a substrate, and installed on the substrate; a second connector part (20) provided at a position such that the first module side connection part is interposed between the substrate and the second connector part (20), having a second module side connection part connected to one end of an OSFP module at the front (F), having a second substrate side connection part connected to the substrate, and stacked on the first connector part (10); and an intermediate part (30) provided between the first connector part (10) and the second connector part (20), and a cooling flow path in which air flows from the front (F) side toward the rear (R) side of the connector (7) is formed in the intermediate part (30).

Abstract: A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing is formed in a box-shape with an opening and is provided with a matrix of through holes at a bottom portion. The plurality of contacts includes ground contacts and signal contacts which are arranged so as to be aligned alternately in a predetermined array direction by one or a plurality of them and are passed through the through holes. The ground contacts adjacent to each other in the array direction are short-circuited.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a cable assembly arranged between a first connector and a second connector is disclosed. The first connector is arranged at a position near a control device on a substrate and the second connector is arranged at a position away from the control device on the substrate. The cable assembly includes a cable row, a paddle card substrate and a hot melt material. In the cable row a plurality of cables each transmitting a differential signal are arranged side by side. The paddle card substrate is provided with signal electrodes and ground electrodes, internal conductors of the plurality of cables are electrically connected to the signal electrodes. External conductors of the plurality of cables are electrically connected to the ground electrodes.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a main body holding pin groups and partition walls partitioning adjacent signal pins from each other, each of the signal pins has a fixing part located on a mount part side and fixed to a substrate, tip parts located on an insertion-extraction part side and serving as a free end, and a contact part provided between the fixing part and the tip parts and configured to be in electrical contact with electrodes of a device, and the adjacent tip parts are located via an opening.

Abstract: A connector set is provided that includes a first connector, a first cap to be attached to the first connector when the first connector is reflow-mounted on a first external substrate, a second connector, and a second cap to be attached to the second connector when the second connector is reflow-mounted on a second external substrate formed of a material with a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first external substrate. The second cap is formed of a material with a smaller thermal expansion coefficient than that of the first cap.

Abstract: A plug connector inserted in or extracted from a receptacle connector includes a casing and a lever member attached to the casing. The lever member has a fulcrum part supported pivotably to the casing, an engaging part that is located closer to the receptacle connector than the fulcrum part in an insertion-extraction direction and that can engage with an engaged part of the receptacle connector, and an operating part that is located on the opposite side from the receptacle connector with respect to the fulcrum part in the insertion-extraction direction and that, when pressed, can release the engaging part from engagement with the engaged part.

Abstract: A connector that is mounted on an external mount substrate and in or from which an external pluggable substrate is inserted or extracted in an insertion-extraction direction Die includes: pin groups each including a plurality of aligned contact pins; an outer housing holding the pin groups and a frame attached to the outer housing. The outer housing has a main body and a protruding part which protrudes in the insertion-extraction direction Die from the main body and in which a slot opening in or from which the pluggable substrate is inserted or extracted is formed. The frame surrounds the whole circumference of the protruding part and is installed on an installation surface of the main body substantially orthogonal to the insertion-extraction direction Die.

Abstract: A connector set is disclosed that includes a plurality of connectors and a cap to be attached to the plurality of connectors when the plurality of connectors are reflow-mounted on an external substrate. Each one end portion of the connectors and the cap is provided with a fitted portion and a fitting portion to be fitted in the fitted portion. The fitted portion is provided with an opening portion for moving the fitting portion so as to absorb thermal expansion from one end portion side to the other end portion side due to temperature conversion of reflow.

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: A connector is provided that includes a plurality of socket type connectors to be mounted on a first substrate and a plurality of plug type connectors to be mounted on a second substrate, thereby electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate. The socket type connector includes a housing with a slot and a plurality of contacts arranged in the slot. The plug type connector includes a housing with a header to be fitted in the slot, and a plurality of contacts arranged in the header. The housing of the socket type connector and the housing of the plug type connector has a rotationally asymmetrical shape as viewed from a fitting direction.

Abstract: An embodiment includes: a connector configured to allow a module substrate of a pluggable module to be inserted to the connector along an insertion-extraction direction Die and configured to be electrically connected to the module substrate; a cage having a cage body configured to accommodate the connector and defines a space in which the pluggable module is guided and inserted along the insertion-extraction direction Die. The connector and the cage body are mounted on a substrate such that the insertion-extraction direction Die is substantially orthogonal to the front side of the substrate and a fixing part for fixing the cage body to the substrate is provided at a rear end edge of the cage body located on the substrate side when mounted on the substrate.

Abstract: Provided are a connector and a connector assembly that can reduce an insertion loss. A connector is configured such that a substrate is inserted along an insertion-extraction direction in a region between a first pin group and a second pin group. The contact pins each have: a curved part, curved convex toward the region and including a contact point contacted with an electrode pad of the substrate; and a straight first beam part, having a tip which is connected to a base end of the curved part, and a base end which is bent so as to be spaced away from the region.