Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a substrate having a frontside and a backside, an electrically conductive feature including copper provided at the frontside of the substrate and a low-k interlayer dielectric provided over the electrically conductive feature. A portion of the interlayer dielectric is etched. In the etch process, a surface of the electrically conductive feature is exposed. A degas process is performed, wherein the semiconductor structure is exposed to a first gas, and wherein the semiconductor structure is heated from the backside and from the frontside. A preclean process may be performed. The preclean process may include a first phase wherein the semiconductor structure is exposed to a substantially non-ionized second gas and a second phase wherein the semiconductor structure is exposed to a plasma created from the second gas.

Abstract: A method includes providing a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes an electrically conductive feature including a first metal, a dielectric material provided over the electrically conductive feature and a hardmask. The hardmask includes a hardmask material and is provided over the dielectric material. An opening is provided in the interlayer dielectric and the hardmask. A portion of the electrically conductive feature is exposed at a bottom of the opening. The hardmask is removed. The removal of the hardmask includes exposing the semiconductor structure to an etching solution including hydrogen peroxide and a corrosion inhibitor. After the removal of the hardmask, the semiconductor structure is rinsed. Rinsing the semiconductor structure includes exposing the semiconductor structure to an alkaline rinse solution.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide processes to selectively form a cobalt layer on a copper surface over exposed dielectric surfaces. Embodiments described herein control selectivity of deposition by preventing damage to the dielectric surface, repairing damage to the dielectric surface, such as damage which can occur during the cobalt deposition process, and controlling deposition parameters for the cobalt layer.

Abstract: A structure includes a substrate, and a first metal line and a second metal line over the substrate, with a space therebetween. A first air gap is on a sidewall of the first metal line and in the space, wherein an edge of the first metal line is exposed to the first air gap. A second air gap is on a sidewall of the second metal line and in the space, wherein an edge of the second metal line is exposed to the second air gap. A dielectric material is disposed in the space and between the first and the second air gaps.

Abstract: A method of forming fin-shaped structures includes the following steps. A plurality of spacers is formed on a substrate. The substrate is etched by using the spacers as hard masks to form a plurality of fin-shaped structures in the substrate. A cutting process is then performed to remove parts of the fin-shaped structures and the spacers formed on the removed parts.

Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition containing a ceria abrasive and a polymer of formula I: wherein X1 and X2, Y1 and Y2, Z1 and Z2, R1, R2, R3, and R4, and m are as defined herein, and water, wherein the polishing composition has a pH of about 1 to about 4.5. The invention further provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate with the inventive chemical-mechanical polishing composition. Typically, the substrate contains silicon oxide, silicon nitride, and/or polysilicon.

Abstract: A polishing composition of the present invention is to be used for polishing an object including a metal portion or an interlayer insulation film. The polishing composition contains silica on which an organic acid, such as a sulfonic acid and a carboxylic acid, is immobilized and an oxidizing agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a silicon substrate having texture structure, by which, in comparison with conventional methods, it is possible to reduce manufacturing step and form easily regular texture structure on silicon substrate surface. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (A) forming a pattern on the silicon substrate using a resin-comprising composition; (B) irradiating an etching gas to the silicon substrate surface other than the pattern portion; and (C) processing the silicon substrate irradiated with the etching gas with an alkaline etching fluid to form concave structure under the pattern portion. Furthermore, the present invention provides a resin-comprising composition usable in the method, in particular, a composition comprising photo-curable resin.

Abstract: Some embodiments include methods of forming patterns utilizing copolymer. A main body of copolymer may be formed across a substrate, and self-assembly of the copolymer may be induced to form a pattern of structures across the substrate. A uniform thickness throughout the main body of the copolymer may be maintained during the inducement of the self-assembly. In some embodiments, the uniform thickness may be maintained through utilization of a wall surrounding the main body of copolymer to impede dispersal of the copolymer from the main body. In some embodiments, the uniform thickness may be maintained through utilization of a volume of copolymer in fluid communication with the main body of copolymer.

Abstract: A method of etching trenches into silicon of a semiconductor substrate includes forming a mask over silicon of a semiconductor substrate, with the mask comprising trenches formed there-through. Plasma etching is conducted to form trenches into the silicon of the semiconductor substrate using the mask. In one embodiment, the plasma etching includes forming an etching plasma using precursor gases which include SF6, an oxygen-containing compound, and a nitrogen-containing compound. In one embodiment, the plasma etching includes an etching plasma which includes a sulfur-containing component, an oxygen-containing component, and NFx.

Abstract: Disclosed is an etching gas provided containing CHF2COF. The etching gas may contain, as an additive, at least one kind of gas selected from O2, O3, CO, CO2, F2, NF3, Cl2, Br2, I2, XFn (In this formula, X represents Cl, I or Br. n represents an integer satisfying 1?n?7.), CH4, CH3F, CH2F2, CHF3, N2, He, Ar, Ne, Kr and the like, from CH4, C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, C3H4, C3H6, C3H8, HI, HBr, HCl, CO, NO, NH3, H2 and the like, or from CH4, CH3F, CH2F2 and CHF3. This etching gas is not only excellent in etching performances such as the selection ratio to a resist and the patterning profile but also easily available and does not substantially by-produce CF4 that places a burden on the environment.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating a wafer-shaped article, comprises a spin chuck for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation, a liquid dispenser for dispensing a treatment liquid onto a downwardly facing surface of a wafer-shaped article when positioned on the spin chuck, and a gas dispenser for dispensing a gas within a gap defined between the downwardly-facing surface of the wafer-shaped article and an upper surface of the spin chuck.

Abstract: A method of forming a nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon layer on a substrate in a processing chamber is provided. The method generally includes depositing a predetermined thickness of a sacrificial dielectric layer over a substrate, forming patterned features on the substrate by removing portions of the sacrificial dielectric layer to expose an upper surface of the substrate, depositing conformally a predetermined thickness of a nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon layer on the patterned features and the exposed upper surface of the substrate, selectively removing the nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon layer from an upper surface of the patterned features and the upper surface of the substrate using an anisotropic etching process to provide the patterned features filled within sidewall spacers formed from the nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon layer, and removing the patterned features from the substrate.

Abstract: Methods for improving selective oxidation of polysilicon against silicon nitride in a process chamber are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of selectively oxidizing a substrate disposed within a process chamber includes exposing a substrate having an exposed polysilicon layer and an exposed silicon nitride layer to a hydrogen-containing gas; heating the substrate to a process temperature of at least about 850 degrees Celsius; adding an oxygen containing gas to the process chamber while maintaining the substrate at the process temperature to create a mixture of the hydrogen-containing gas and the oxygen-containing gas; and exposing the substrate to the mixture while at the process temperature to selectively form an oxide layer atop the polysilicon layer substantially without forming an oxide layer atop the silicon nitride layer.

Abstract: A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes forming a thin film containing silicon, oxygen, carbon and a specified Group III or Group V element on a substrate by performing a cycle a predetermined number of times. The cycle includes: supplying a precursor gas containing silicon, carbon and a halogen element and having an Si—C bonding and a first catalytic gas to the substrate; supplying an oxidizing gas and a second catalytic gas to the substrate; and supplying a modifying gas containing the specified Group III or Group V element to the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for processing substrates are disclosed. A processing apparatus includes a chamber for generating a plasma therein, an electrode associated with the chamber, and a signal generator coupled to the electrode. The signal generator applies a DC pulse to the electrode with sufficient amplitude and sufficient duty cycle of an on-time and an off-time to cause events within the chamber. A plasma is generated from a gas in the chamber responsive to the amplitude of the DC pulse. Energetic ions are generated by accelerating ions of the plasma toward a substrate in the chamber in response to the amplitude of the DC pulse during the on-time. Some of the energetic ions are neutralized to energetic neutrals in response to the DC pulse during the off-time. Some of the energetic neutrals impact the substrate with sufficient energy to cause a chemical reaction on the substrate.

Abstract: The body of an electronic device defines a receiving space for the insertion of a memory card, and the connecting pins inside the receiving space are at two different heights. The lower first conductive pins and the more upstanding second conductive pins each include a fixing piece and a resilient piece. An angle between the fixing piece and the resilient piece of each pin is greater for the more upstanding second conductive pins than it is for the first conductive pins. A memory card is received between a pivoting cover and the first and second conductive pins and the conductive pins of the memory card firstly deform the second conductive pins and only then deform the first conductive pins, to press all the resilient pieces into electrical contact with their fixing pieces.

Abstract: A connector includes: a casing; a pair of signal terminals that have respective tip end portions, the pair of signal terminals projecting from the casing, the tip end portions being perpendicularly bent; a ground terminal arranged such that the ground terminal and the pair of signal terminals are arranged in a row, the ground terminal projecting at a position adjacent to the pair of signal terminals; and a shield disposed between the casing and the tip end portions of the pair of signal terminals.

Abstract: A plug connector (100) includes a shell (10) and a printed circuit board (20) received in the shell. The printed circuit board includes a grounding layer (22), a conductive layer (21) disposed at a first side of the grounding layer, and an insulative layer (23) disposed therebetween. The conductive layer includes a pair of grounding traces (210), and a signal channel disposed between and isolated with the grounding traces. The signal channel includes a signal mating portion (221) disposed at a front portion. Each of the grounding traces includes a grounding mating portion (211) disposed at a front portion. Each of the grounding mating portions has a front end extending beyond the signal mating portion. The printed circuit board includes a pair of connecting traces (214). Each of the front ends of the grounding mating portions directly connects with the grounding layer by corresponding one of the connecting traces.

Abstract: This disclosure provides connectors for smart windows. A smart window may incorporate an optically switchable pane. In one aspect, a window unit includes an insulated glass unit including an optically switchable pane. A wire assembly may be attached to the edge of the insulated glass unit and may include wires in electrical communication with electrodes of the optically switchable pane. A floating connector may be attached to a distal end of the wire assembly. The floating connector may include a flange and a nose, with two holes in the flange for affixing the floating connector to a first frame. The nose may include a terminal face that present two exposed contacts of opposite polarity. Pre-wired spacers improve fabrication efficiency and seal integrity of insulated glass units. Electrical connection systems include those embedded in the secondary seal of the insulated glass unit.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing and a connector module. The casing has a notch. The connector module includes a connector main body, a cover, a first position-limiting portion, a second position-limiting portion and an elastic component. The connector main body is disposed on the casing and corresponding to the notch. The cover is pivoted with the casing. The cover is adapted to rotate to a first position to cover the notch or rotate to a second position to expose the notch. The first position-limiting portion has at least one position-limiting hole. The first position-limiting portion and the second position-limiting portion have a gap therebetween. The elastic component is disposed in the gap and partially inserted into the position-limiting-hole. The cover presses the elastic component on the casing and is adapted to restore from the second position to the first position by elastic force of the elastic component.

Abstract: A slide lever of a lever-type connector is a long plate-like member, inserted into a lever accommodation space of a main body side connector with a free longitudinal end thereof in the lead and arranged to be movable back and forth along an extending direction of the lever accommodation space. This slide lever includes a cam groove engageable with a cam pin projecting on a mating side connector. The cam groove includes an open end at an end surface of the slide lever extending in an inserting direction of the slide lever. A first path is connected to the open end portion and extends toward the free end with distance from the end surface. A second path extends away from the free end part with distance from the end surface and is connected to a deepest portion of the cam groove.

Abstract: A connector device includes a device body and a pin assembly. The connector device includes a bushing portion with a conductive bus having a first bore, a conductive housing with a second bore that is axially aligned with the first bore, an internal chamber separating the first bore and the second bore, and a gelatinous silicone material enclosed within the internal chamber. The pin assembly includes a non-conductive tip and a conductive pin secured to the non-conductive tip. The pin assembly is configured to move axially, within the first and second bores, between a closed position that provides an electrical connection between the conductive bus and the conductive housing and an open position that provides no electrical connection between the conductive bus and the conductive housing. The gelatinous silicone material inhibits voltage arcing across a surface of the non-conductive tip when the pin assembly is in the open position.

Abstract: A terminal (15) of a terminal-attached wire (10), in which the terminal (15) is connected to an end portion of a wire (11) and the end portion is sealed by a heat shrinkable tube (33), includes a terminal connecting portion (16) to be connected to a mating terminal, a wire connecting portion (18) to be connected to the end portion of the wire (11) and a coupling portion (22) coupling the terminal connecting portion (16) and the wire connecting portion (18) An opening end (33A) of the heat shrinkable tube (33) is mounted on the coupling portion (22), and a draining portion (32) for preventing adhering water from running down to the opening end (33A) is provided on a side closer to the terminal connecting portion (16) than the opening end (33A).

Abstract: A device for supplying electrical energy to a load. A supporting element made of electrically insulating material is provided, which has at least one electrical strip conductor formed from an electrically conductive layer. At least one electrically conductive contact face per strip conductor is provided on the source side, via which the strip conductor is contactable with the voltage source. A flat plug that includes the load-side ends of the strip conductors is provided on the supporting element and effects the electrical connection to the load. A system for electrification of an electrical load on a furniture item is provided. At least one device, a support and at least one vertical profile are provided. The device is mounted on the support and the strip conductors of the support are electrified by inserting the support into the profile. For that purpose, the profile has at least one vertically arranged conductor rail.

Abstract: An assisting apparatus is provided to unplug a Registered Jack-45 (RJ-45) connector from a connector of an electronic device. The assisting apparatus includes an operation member. The operation member includes a pivot portion pivotably connected to a sidewall of the electronic device, a handle extending from the pivot portion, and an urging plate extending from the pivot portion and located above a latch of the RJ-45 connector engaging with the connector of the electronic device. The handle is operable to rotate the operation member to allow the urging plate to push the latch down, to make the latch disengage from the connector of the electronic device.

Abstract: A lever-type connector has an outer housing (40) includes accommodating chambers (44) and lock receiving portions (52) at position facing the accommodating chambers (44) and outer surfaces. Inner connectors (11) are connectable to a mating connector by being inserted into the accommodating chambers (44). A rotatable lever (70) is mounted on the outer surfaces of the outer housing (40). The lever (70) includes locks (76) for restricting rotation of the lever by being fit into the lock receiving portions (52) from outer sides when the lever (70) is assembled with the outer housing (40). The inner connector (10) includes a releasing portion (26) for pressing the locking portion (76) from an inner side to separate the lock (76) from the lock receiving portion (52) when the inner connector (10) is inserted into the accommodating chamber (44).

Abstract: Electric connector, including first and second connector parts (10, 20) which can be coupled together and which comprise respectively first and second contact elements (11, 21) and first and second supports (1a, 3a) which support respectively the first and second connector parts and can be assembled together by means of screwing engagement. The first and second connector parts comprise, respectively, first and second support ring structures (13, 23) which carry the first and second contact elements respectively. Pins and corresponding locating and drive means (31, 32) are designed to make the first and second support rings structures rotationally integral during relative engagement of first and second supports and cause first and second contact elements to align with one another. The first connector part also comprises a base structure (15) on which the first support ring structure is movably mounted. Cam members (18) are arranged between base structure and support ring structure.

Abstract: A clip and latch device including: a mount including a securing base defining a plane, a rear end and a front end, a clip base mounted at the rear end of the securing base, a clip having a normally downward angle from the clip base towards the front end of the securing base, and a latch which terminates at the clip and normally extending so that the latch reaches to at least the plane of the securing base. The clip and latch device can be used for modular male plug, for example a male RJ plug, which may be with or without a broken tab or latch.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector in a mating direction. The first connector includes a mating portion defining two long walls opposite to each other and two short walls disposed oppositely, the long and short walls are connected to each other together to form a mating cavity. The second connector includes a mating tongue extending forwardly and a second shielding shell defining a mating frame surrounding the mating tongue. Wherein one of the long walls defines a pair of fool-proof portions extending outwardly from both sides thereof, the mating frame defines a pair of fool-proof slots and engaging with the fool-proof portions so as to prevent the first connector from mismating the second connector.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector is attachable to a coaxial cable. The connector, in one embodiment, includes a connector body, a coupler and a slider. The slider is configured to cause compression of the connector body.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a connector and a cable. The connector includes: a housing including a mating portion and a body portion, a latch mechanism mounted on the housing, and a metal casing enclosing the housing. The body portion includes a receiving slot at a front end thereof and a post projecting upwardly. The latch mechanism includes a latch member received in the receiving slot and a pulling member coupled to the latch member. The latch member includes a locking portion extending beyond the body portion and above the mating portion, a holding portion held on the body portion, and a connecting portion. The connecting portion of the latch member includes a first opening mating with the post. The first opening extends from a middle line of the mating portion sidewardly to both sides of the mating portion.

Abstract: A joint connector includes a housing that includes terminal chambers. At least two neighboring joint terminals are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the terminal chambers, respectively. Each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions, respectively. The first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals. A pair of spring tabs is formed on both sidewalls of the terminal body and contacts with opposed inner surfaces of the terminal chamber, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior. According to the joint connector, an increase of a contact resistance to be generated by vibrations and temperature variations can be sufficiently restricted.

Abstract: A plug connector set-up for a control unit includes: a pin support having a pin; and a guide element having a lead-through for positioning the pin at a circuit board of the control unit. The lead-through has an entrance opening on the side facing the pin support and an outlet opening on the side facing away from the pin support. A diameter of the entrance opening is greater than a diameter of the outlet opening. The pin includes a centering region having a diameter which is less than the diameter of the entrance opening and greater than the diameter of the outlet opening.

Abstract: A socket coupled to an electronic device is provided. The socket includes a socket housing having a card containing space, a first tension rib, protruding in a direction of the card containing space in the socket housing, for supporting a first card contained in the card containing space, and a second tension rib, protruding in the direction of the card containing space in the socket housing, for supporting a second card having a size different from that of the first card contained in the card containing space. Accordingly, the electronic device may effectively utilize a space and may be slimmed down.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative connector housing including a longitudinal body portion and first and second pairs of opposing end portions. The body portion has a plurality of contact openings extending therein in an insertion direction for supporting a plurality of electrical contact terminals. The first and second pairs of opposing end portions extend from opposing ends of the body portion in the insertion direction. At least one end portion in each pair of opposing end portions includes a ridge extending in the insertion direction for guiding a cover latch along a side surface of the ridge and guiding a strain relief latch along an opposing side surface of the ridge. The ridge has an inclined top surface for resiliently deflecting a cover latch and an inclined side surface for resiliently deflecting a strain relief latch. The ridge has an end portion for latching onto a cover latch and a strain relief latch.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulator base having a rear retaining portion and a front tongue portion, a first terminal module with a plurality of first terminals thereof, a second terminal module with a plurality of second terminals thereof and interlocked with the first terminal module, and a shielding shell retained to the insulator base. A heat dissipation metal plate is embedded in the insulator base, and the heat dissipation metal plate provides a contact ear extending out of the insulator base and contacting with the shielding shell for heat dissipating.

Abstract: A connection assembly is described. The connection assembly has a substrate having at least two electrically conductive structures, a housing, which is connected to the substrate on the bottom by an adhesive fastening, the housing has a plug receptacle having at least two plug contacts, the plug contacts are connected to at least two contact pads via electrical conductors, and the contact pads connected in an electrically conducting fashion to the electrically conductive structures, the angle between the plug-in direction into the plug receptacle and the bottom of the housing lying between 15° to 90°.

Abstract: An interlock mechanism of a motor, includes a terminal box configured to store a terminal used to connect a power supply cable to the motor; a lid configured to close the terminal box; a fixing member configured to fix the lid to the terminal box; a first connector attached to the lid; a second connector capable of being coupled with the first connector and configured to cover the fixing member in a state that the second connector is coupled with the first connector.

Abstract: A radially uniform spring-biased intra-pole plug connector and transformer outside the trunk configuration for an electric artificial tree is described. The radially uniform plug comprises a springed-tip and a prong, and allows the tree trunk segments to be connected at any point along their 360 degree circumference. The plug connector resembles the structure of a car cigarette lighter. A mold is used to sandwich the plug within the trunk. A plug portion of the plug connector is housed in one trunk segment, and a receptacle portion is housed in a different trunk segment, such that when the trunk segments are assembled, the plug is connected, illuminating the tree. The plug allows the electrical wiring to be hidden and housed within the trunk, providing safety, convenience to the user and giving the tree a cleaner appearance. The transformer outside the trunk configuration makes the trunk safer, more lightweight and less bulky.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing unit and a contact unit received therein. The housing unit includes a shielding member and an insulating member retained on the shielding member. The shielding member defines opposite upper end and lower end while the insulating member includes a first portion and a second portion seated on the upper and lower ends respectively and defines a cavity therebetween. The contact unit includes a plurality of contacts, a metal plate defining a plurality of through holes and an insulating body retaining the contacts and the metal plate. The metal plate divides the cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the contact runs through the through hole of the metal plate and comprises a first arm above the metal plate received in the first cavity and a second arm under the metal plate received in the second cavity.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a shielding shell; an insulative housing received in the shielding shell, the insulative housing having two rows of mating ports in a vertical direction and a receiving slot between the two rows of mating ports; a contact module mounted in the insulative housing, the contact modules comprising an inner circuit board and a plurality of mating contacts mounted on an upper surface and a lower surface of the inner circuit board, the inner circuit board comprising a conductive area at a front end thereof; and a conductive foam received in the receiving slot and compressed between the conductive area of the inner circuit board and the shielding shell.

Abstract: A connector includes ferrite cores (30A, 30B) with through holes (30H). A terminal fitting (20) has tab terminals (22A, 22B) inserted into the respective through holes (30H) to define input and output portions and a base (23) couples end parts of the respective tab terminals (22A, 22B) to each other. A connector housing (11) is molded to surround the ferrite cores (30A, 30B) and the terminal fitting (20) and is connectable to a mating connector housing. The ferrite cores (30A, 30B) include long sides LL and short sides SL. Clearances S are defined between side surfaces M located on the opposite short sides SL of the ferrite cores (30A, 30B) and facing surfaces of the connector housing (11), thereby separating the side surfaces M from the facing surfaces.

Abstract: A joint terminal is to be used in a connector housing in a plurality. The joint terminal includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body to be housed in a terminal chamber of the connector housing (the terminal body includes a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls perpendicularly extended from both side ends of the bottom wall, respectively) and a pair of first and second contact portions laterally extended outward from the pair of sidewalls of the terminal body, respectively. In the joint terminal, a pair of front walls is perpendicularly extended from front ends of the sidewalls toward each other so that end edges of the front walls face to each other. The sidewalls 14 are bent, at a maximum, until the end edges of the front walls contact with each other. Therefore, the joint terminal can become structurally strong.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a four-pole plug for connection to a PCB. The four-pole plug includes a plug body unit (10) which has a long cylindrical shape and is connected to a jack of an acoustic apparatus, a connection terminal unit (20) which is coupled to an end of the plug body unit, and a terminal housing (30) which receives the connection terminal unit therein and has an opening at a predetermined position so that a portion of the connection terminal unit protrudes from the terminal housing through the opening.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a connector and a cable. The connector includes a shell having a front shell and a back shell assembled to each other, an insulative housing, and a number of contacts. The front shell includes a mating portion and a bending portion backwardly extending from the mating portion. The insulative housing includes a body portion and a stepped portion extending backwardly from the body portion. The contact includes a tail portion exposed on the stepped portion. The cable includes a number of conductive wires connected with the tail portions of the contacts. The bending portion is mated with the back shell.

Abstract: A joint connector includes a housing that includes terminal chambers. At least two neighboring joint terminals are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the terminal chambers, respectively. Each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions, respectively. The first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals. The connector housing is provided with pairs of elastically deformable tabs, each of the pairs including two opposed deformable tabs and provided in each of the plurality of the terminal chambers. The opposed deformable tabs contact with sidewalls of the terminal body of the each of the neighboring joint terminals, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior of the opposed deformable tabs.

Abstract: An exemplary connector insert assembly, and methods of manufacture and use thereof. In one embodiment, the connector insert assembly comprises an insert body assembly consisting of two insert body elements made from a high-temperature polymer. The insert body assembly includes an electronic component receiving cavity that is configured to receive any number of electronic components, including without limitation, chip chokes and wire wound electronic components. The insert body assembly includes a wire termination feature that includes termination slots that position the wire ends of the wire wound electronic components adjacent to a substrate to which the wire ends are ultimately to be secured. The wire ends are then secured to the substrate using, for example, a mass termination technique. The aforementioned connector insert assembly can then be inserted into a single or multi-port connector assembly. Methods of manufacturing the aforementioned single or multi-port connector assemblies are also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a connector in which a decrease in contact pressure due to the shape degradation of the pressing portions does not occur even if the operation of rotating the pressing member is repeated. Since the connector main body has, at the rear end, supporting portions that rotatably support the pressing portion, the pressing portion rotates while butting the rear ends of the movable pieces and the supporting portions so that the rear ends of the movable pieces are pushed up by the pressing portion, the butting of the pressing portion and the supporting portions is contact between synthetic-resin components, this eliminates the pressing portion being cut off due to contact with the supporting portions even if the rotation of the pressing member is repeated, and hence the shape degradation of the pressing portion can be prevented.

Abstract: A terminal connecting-and-fixing structure capable of ensuring the connection between the terminal and the bus bar even in the case of loose of the bolt and suppressing increase in the contact resistance, thereby preventing poorness of the conduction, is provided. A terminal connecting-and-fixing structure comprises a bus bar 10 having a plate-like shape, a bolt 30 penetrating the bus bar 10, and a nut 40 tightened by the bolt 30, and a terminal 20 mounted on the bolt 30, wherein the terminal 20 and the bus bar 10 is connected and fixed by fastening the nut 40 to the bolt 30, and wherein the bus bar 10 has a concave portion 12, and the terminal 20 and the bus bar 10 is connected and fixed by fastening the nut 40 to the bolt 30 while an end portion of the terminal 20 is press-fitted in the concave portion 12.