Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a connector system having a male connector unit which has a main body and a convex part, and which has first pin terminals provided to the convex part, second pin terminals provided to a contact face contacting an opposite connector, and a plurality of third pin terminals which are provided to side faces, and are respectively connected to the first pin terminals and the second pin terminals, and a female connector unit which has a concave part fitted into the convex part, and which has fourth pin terminals which are provided to the concave part and contact the first pin terminals at the time of fitting into the convex part, and fifth pin terminals connected to the fourth pin terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector for non-USB protocol includes an insulative tongue plate portion and a vertical portion extending perpendicularly from a lateral edge of the tongue plate portion. The width of the tongue plate portion extending along a transverse direction is much shorter than what of a corresponding standard USB connector. The thickness of the tongue plate portion extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to the transverse direction is the same as what of a corresponding standard USB connector. Under this circumstance, tongue plate portion and the vertical portion can be easily manufactured by a little improvement of the existing USB mold.

Abstract: A transceiver cage includes at least one first shield housing, at least one second shield housing, a top cover, and a bottom cover. The first shield housing includes a first upper wall, a first lower wall, and a pair of first sidewalls. The first upper wall, the first sidewalls, and the first lower wall cooperatively surround a first receiving space. The second shield housing stacked to the first shield housing, includes a second upper wall, a second lower wall, and a pair of second sidewalls. The top cover includes a top board, a rear board, and a pair of outer sideboards extending along the first sidewalls from the top board. The bottom cover includes a bottom board and a pair of inner sideboards lapping over the outer sideboards. The bottom cover is electronically connected with the top cover to receive the first shield housing and the second shield housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical connector which includes an insulative body and a plurality of terminals. In addition, the insulative body has at least a receiving hole for the insertion of an electrical device, and each receiving hole has a plurality of terminals. Moreover, the plurality of terminals has a horizontal portion and a vertical portion perpendicular to one another; the horizontal portion has a contact portion, and the bottom of the vertical portion has a conductive portion. Furthermore, the insulative body has a fixing portion protruding from an end opposite to the receiving hole, and the fixing portion has a positioning structure for locating the vertical portion of the terminal, and the electrical connector has a base for mate with the positioning structure to fix the terminals in the positioning structure.

Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative housing (10) and a number of electrical contacts (20). The insulative housing has a tongue (14, 15) defining a front face (145) and an upper side and a lower side perpendicular to the front face. The electrical contacts include a number of upper contacts (21) and lower contacts (22). The lower contacts are arranged on the lower side of the tongue and each including a contact section. The upper contacts each includes an extending section (212) arranged on the upper side of the tongue. A contact section (215) is bending from a side edge of the extending section of the upper contact and extending through a passageway (147) of the tongue for arranging on the lower side and avoiding the upper contacts shorting to a metal shell of a mating plug.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a plug includes an insulative housing, a number of first contacts retained in the indulative housing. The insulative housing includes a first contact area. Each first contact has a contact portion extending into the first contact area, a soldering portion extending out of the insulative housing and a connecting portion extending therebetween. The connecting portions are arranged in several rows along a front to back direction of the housing. A first spacer is assembled to the insulative housing along the front to back direction and is arranged between the rows of the connecting portions to separate the first contacts from each other.

Abstract: An audio jack includes an insulative housing (10) including a tapered, inclined rear end (13) having four sides wherein two horizontal sides are wider than the other two vertical sides, all four sides being inclined and coupled together; first, second, third, and fourth terminals (21, 22, 23, and 24) disposed in respective grooves (131, 132, 133, and 134) and each having an outer terminal (212, 222, 231, or 241) inclined and projected from the rear end (13); a plate (20) in the housing (10) served as a plug stopper; and a metal shell (30) enclosing the housing (10) and including inclined legs 32. The housing (10) further comprises two internal cavities (1311, 1321) positioning two of the first, second, third, and fourth terminals (21, 22, 23, and 24) respectively. The third and fourth terminals (23 and 24) are served as a switch upon insertion and removal of a plug (4).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of signal contacts retained in the insulative housing, a spacer positioned under the insulative housing, and a retainer fastening the insulative housing and the spacer together. The insulative housing has an upper face and a lower face opposite to the upper face. The spacer has a joint face engaging with the lower face and a mounting face opposite to the joint face. The retainer has a top wall affixing to the upper face and a locking barb engaging with the mounting face.

Abstract: An audio jack assembly includes an electrically insulative housing that has plug holes for the insertion of a respective audio plug and multiple sets of terminal slots corresponding to the plug holes, terminal sets respectively mounted in the terminal slots, each terminal set including a grounding terminal, two signal terminals and two switching terminals, each terminal having a base for mounting, a spring arm and/or a retaining portion, and a locating block fastened to the back side of the housing to hold multiple leads in vertical lead grooves thereof, the leads having a top end press-fitted into engagement with the retaining portion of one terminal and a bottom end for bonding to an external motherboard beneath the housing and the locating block.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrical receptacle and an electrical plug for mating with the electrical receptacle. The electrical receptacle includes a first port, a second port communicating with the first port. The second port can accommodate a standard B-type USB 2.0 plug. The first and the second ports can be combined to receive the electrical plug for high-speed signal transmission.

Abstract: A small size connector has an insulative housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement with in the connector housing. Each slot receives an edge card of an electronic module therein. The slots support conductive terminals that extend from a plurality of individual terminal assemblies. The terminal assemblies include clip members that engage an opposing shoulder formed on the interior of the connector housing. The front face of the connector is provided with various engagement openings that receive engagement members of light pipe assemblies and shielding assemblies, so that when assembled, the connector, shield, terminal assemblies and light pipes all act as a single, integrated component.

Abstract: A stacked card connector (100) includes a first connector and a second connector stacked with the first connector. The first connector comprises a first shell (1) and an insulating housing (2) receiving a plurality of first terminals (3). The first shell is mounted on the insulating housing to define a first card slot (9) and a card inserting direction. The second connector comprises a second shell (4) and a terminal module (45) associating with the second shell to define a second card slot (9?). Wherein the first shell comprises a body plate (10) and a pair of lateral side walls (12) extending from the body plate, each lateral side wall comprises a locking clasp (121), and the second shell forms a pair of locking pieces (46) fastening with the locking clasps.

Abstract: A plurality of terminal fittings 11 are mounted to a housing 20, board connecting portions 13 having mounting portions 14 at lower ends protrude rearward, fixed fittings 30 having mounting plates 32 at lower edges are mounted to opposite side surfaces of the housing 20, and the mounting portion 14 of each terminal fitting 11 and the mounting plates 32 of the fixed fittings 30 are secured to a PCB 40 by reflow soldering. During the reflow soldering, a drawing force toward the PCB 40 acts on each of the terminal fittings 11 and the fixed fittings 30 based on surface tension of molten solder H, but the center of the fixed fitting 30 in the fore/aft direction of the board connecting portion 13 is positioned forward of the center of gravity position O of a connector 10, and rotation moment Mb toward the PCB 40 acts on the front of the housing 20 based on a drawing force Fb on the side of the fixed fitting 30 to prevent the front from being raised.

Abstract: A compact PCB connector is disclosed to facilitate connection between various components of computer system. The PCB connector comprises a housing having a front side adjacent to the bottom side of the housing. A plurality of connectors supported by the housing are provided to facilitate connection between the various components of a computer system.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a main substrate (20) disposed in a substantially vertical orientation within a connector housing (10). Four conductor-holding halves (301, 303, 401, 403), laterally and longitudinally aligned with each other, are mounted onto opposite front and rear faces of the main substrate for forming a complete upper connector, and a complete lower connector. This arrangement of the upper and lower ports shares a common main substrate, and is optimal from space usage due to having full advantage of opposed face areas defined by the main substrate.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes four pieces of insulative housing segments (21) having a number of electrical contacts (3) received therein. Each insulative housing segment includes two engaging edges (213) for attaching with another adjacent two insulative housing segments, the at least one engaging edge having at least one connect portion (215) formed thereon. At least one joining member (4) connects the connect portions of the at least two insulative housing segments.

Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, a shell and an ejecting mechanism. The insulating housing defines a base, a corner portion juxtaposed with the base and a guiding plate extending forwardly from the corner portion. The terminals are received in the base of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing to define a card slot and a card insertion direction. The guiding plate of the insulating housing extends in the card slot in a particular direction intersecting the insertion direction. The ejecting mechanism has an ejecting member to be engaged with the card and move together with the card, a pushing member for moving the ejecting member towards the removing direction, a rotary member placed on the corner portion and having a rotation center and rotatable around the rotation center. The rotation center is disposed on the corner portion.

Abstract: A universal mounting supports high intensity LEDs in a lighting fixture with heat removal and electrical connection facilities. A holder includes a peripheral sidewall defining a cavity for accepting a printed circuit board assembly. A support member supports the printed circuit board assembly along the peripheral sidewall. Electrical contact elements are provided the printed circuit board. A thermal conduction member is in thermal communication with the printed circuit board assembly. The receptacle portion removably engages with the holder portion. A plurality of contact sockets conductively engages the electrical contact elements of the holder portion to interconnect the contact elements to external wires. An aperture in the receptacle portion accepts the thermal conduction member, wherein the thermal conduction member passes through the aperture and into a space for dissipating heat from the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an upper connector including an upper housing which defines an elongated first receiving slot and has a heighten portion below the receiving slot and a plurality of contacts retained in the upper housing, and a lower connector including an lower housing defining a second receiving slot and a plurality of contacts retained in the lower housing. The lower housing has a plurality of protruding portions on a rear surface thereof, the protruding portions face to a front surface of the heighten portion of the upper housing to space two adjacent rows of contacts respectively extending out from the upper housing and the lower housing.

Abstract: A bracket assembly for receiving at least one disk drive (40) includes an enclosure (10), a retaining bracket (30), and a connecting structure (312). The retaining bracket includes a pair of sidewalls (31, 32). The retaining bracket is attached to the enclosure at an edge of each sidewall. The connecting structure is defined in a first sidewall (31) of the sidewalls for attaching the first sidewall to the enclosure for altering a fixing relationship between the retaining bracket and the enclosure. The connecting structure is positioned near the disk drive, and away from the edge of the first sidewall. The method of assembling the bracket (30) to the enclosure (10) is also provided.

Abstract: An audio jack is embedded in an open mounting slot of a printed circuit board (PCB). The open mounting slot has two opposite inside surfaces. The audio jack has an insulative housing and two sets of terminals. The total thickness of the PCB with the audio jack embedded therein is less than a sum of the thicknesses of the PCB and the audio jack so that the PCB with the audio jack may be applied conveniently to compact electronic devices.

Abstract: A stacked connector for flexible printed circuits (FPCs) includes a housing (1), two rows of terminals (20, 21) and an actuator (3) having a pressing portion (31). The housing defines a first and second receiving cavity (131,132) respectively for receiving one FPC in each cavity therein and a third receiving cavity (133) located between the first and the second receiving cavity. The terminal includes a contacting portion (203/213) with a contacting point (2031) and an actuating portion (2032/2132) thereon, the contacting points of two rows respectively project into the first and the receiving cavity and the actuating portions of the two rows both project into the third receiving cavity. The pressing portion is inserted into the third receiving cavity and presses the actuating portions of terminals to urge the contacting points to connect with the FPCs.

Abstract: A straddle mount connector for use with a computer card having multiple circuit boards on opposing sides of a heat sink is disclosed. The straddle mount connector includes a pair of connector portions on opposing sides of the computer card. A first surface of the first connector portion is in electrical and physical contact with a board on one side of the heat sink while a first surface of the second connector portion is in electrical and physical contact with the board on the other side of the surface. The first surface of the first connector portion and the first surface of the second connector portion are separated by a fixed, predetermined distance.

Abstract: An stacked electrical card connector comprises: a first connector comprising an insulative housing and a first shell covering the insulative housing, said first shell comprising a plurality of retention pieces extending outwardly; a second connector stacking with the first connector, comprising a bottom plate with a protrusion extending outwardly; at least one stand off for combining the first connector and the second connector together, comprising an engagement portion with a group of openings, and one of the openings comprising an elastic piece therein, said retention pieces and protrusion retaining in corresponding openings of the stand off, and the elastic piece withstanding on one of the retention piece in the front-to-back direction.

Abstract: A coaxial panel comprising a frame and a designation tray slidably coupled to the frame is disclosed. The designation tray is movable between an open position and a closed position. The designation tray includes at least one designation space visible when the tray is in a closed position and includes at least two designation spaces that are visible when the designation tray is slidably moved to an open position, the two designation spaces being on different faces of the designation tray. A method comprising providing a movable tray with a front designation visible from a front of the tray when the tray is in a closed position and sliding the tray from the closed position to an open position to expose a side designation is also disclosed.

Abstract: A connector socket module having a reduced height used in a server is disclosed, the connector socket module including plural connector sockets, a relay board having a pattern of wiring electrically connected to the connector sockets provided on a front side of the relay board, a relay connector provided on a rear side of the relay board and electrically connected to the connector socket through the wiring, and a main board supporting unit extending from the rear side of relay board and supporting a main board at a prescribed height between upper and lower ends of the relay board, the main board having a main-board-side connector connected to the relay connector.

Abstract: A card connector into and from which a plurality of cards are inserted and removed, includes a required number of contacts, and a housing arranging and holding the contacts and having one or plural fitting openings each into which the card is inserted. The contacts each includes contact portions to contact at least two cards so that the same contact can be brought into contact with at least two cards. The card connector has a high degree of freedom for design of substrate and connector without complicating the arrangement of connection portions of contacts and is easy to assemble and easy to mount connection portions onto a substrate by a customer or consumer.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1, 2) includes a base (11, 21) having an upper wall (13, 23), a lower wall (14, 24), a pair of connecting walls (136, 236) connecting the upper and lower wall together, and a slot (12, 22) opening frontwardly for receiving a card (4, 5) between the upper wall and the lower wall, the lower wall protruding to the forefront of the connector and forming a pair of supporting portions (19, 29) before the connecting walls, a plurality of terminals (17, 18, 27, 28) retained in the base (11, 21), and a housing portion (130, 131, 230, 231) defined on the upper wall of the base (11, 21), the housing position (130, 131, 230, 231) receiving a protrusion of other connector stacked on the electrical connector (1, 2).

Abstract: A connector socket module is disclosed that includes a connector socket module main body and a holder member configured to hold the connector socket module main body. The connector socket module main body includes a relay board; multiple I/O connector sockets of which a corresponding one is to be connected to a connector plug, the I/O connector sockets being arranged on a first face of the relay board; and a mounting connector mounted on a second face of the relay board facing away from the first face to be connected to a connector on a main board. The holder member covers a side of the connector socket module main body on the side of the second face of the relay board, is formed by bending a metal plate member of a predetermined shape, and has a part to be fixed to the main board.

Abstract: An electrical connector which can prevent damage to a protective wall is disclosed. The protective wall protects contact sections of the contacts and protrudes into the interior of the cavity in the housing to avoid damage to the contact sections, during the twist-insertion of the mating connector. The electrical connector A comprises a housing 10 that is formed of an insulating material and contacts 20 that are attached to the housing 10. The housing 10 has a cavity 31 that receives the mating connector B. The protective wall 12 that protects the contact sections 22 of the contacts 20 is integrally provided with the housing 10 so that this protective wall 12 protrudes from the bottom portion of the cavity 31 into the interior of the cavity 31. A metal plate 40 that covers at least portions of the surfaces of the protective wall 12 is provided.

Abstract: A stackable connector is disclosed herein. The stackable connector includes an insulation housing having a plurality of trenches penetrating through the insulation housing, a protrusion portion, a concave portion opposite to the protrusion portion, and a plurality of terminals arranged in those trenches. The design, which the concave portion is engaged with the protrusion portion and the structure of the contact portions of those terminals are elastic, can achieve the stackable, space-saving, reliability-increasing and cost-down purposes.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating body, terminals received in the insulating body, an electrical shell covering the insulating body and two welding pieces. The electrical shell includes a top board, a bottom board and two side boards. Each of the side boards defines a first gap at the upside of the back end. Two sides of the top board protrude to form a first withstanding piece. A second withstanding piece extends outwards from a lower portion of the side board. Each of the welding pieces includes a welding part. The front end of the welding part extends outwards to form a connecting part. The top of the back of the welding part defines a second gap, the front of the second gap forms a block wall. The back of the welding part extends inwards to form a raised lump under the second gap. The back of the welding part extends downwards to form a limitative lump. The first withstanding piece places in the second gap and is against the block wall.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a pair of stacked receiving cavities (15, 16) for receiving a first and a second connector components (2, 3) therein, a holder (4) attached to the insulative housing and a metal shield enclosing the insulative housing. The holder (4) is fixed to a rear wall (14) of the insulative housing (1) and includes a vertical mating portion (41) and a pair of top and bottom portions (42, 43) extending backwardly from the mating portion. The top and bottom portions (42, 43) are parallel to each other wherein the top portion (42) is shorter than the bottom portion (43). An area of the top portion is smaller than that of the bottom portion.

Abstract: A female housing (10) is divided into a first and a second blocks (15A, 15B) that can be united by fitting a rib (27) of the second block (15B) into a dovetail groove (19) of the first block (15A). With the two blocks (15A, 15B) united, tab-shaped terminal insertion passages (29) are formed up to the dovetail groove (19) and the rib (27) in the female housing (10). This enables male tabs (13) to enter the tab-shaped terminal insertion passages (29) and prevents them from interfering with the female housing (10), wherefore a male housing (11) can be used commonly for a unitary female housing (40) and the divided female housing (10).

Abstract: The differences in length of conductor portions which arise due to differing levels in a two level type electric connector, that is, errors in the impedance characteristics, are improved.

Abstract: A stacking connector has a first connector and a second connector respectively mounted on wiring boards and pressed against each other in a predetermined direction to be mated with each other, thereby electrically connecting the wiring boards. The first connector has a projection projecting in the same direction as the predetermined direction. The second connector has: a turning section that is turnable on a turning shaft disposed in a direction intersecting the predetermined direction, and having a first portion that enables turning of the turning section by being pressed by the projection when the first and second connectors are pressed against each other; and a wall section that conceals the turning section and has an opening formed therethrough at a position reached by a second portion of the turning section as a result of turning of the turning section when mating of the first and second connectors is completed.

Abstract: A latch-type stackable connector includes a base seat having an insulating seat. Multiple terminals are side by side inlaid in the insulating seat. Multiple fixing latch pieces are respectively inserted in two sides of the insulating seat. Each fixing latch piece having a first end extending to a bottom of the insulating seat to be soldered on a circuit board. A connector having an insulating bed. Multiple terminals are side by side inlaid in the insulating bed. Latching pieces are respectively inserted in two sides of the insulating bed. Each latching piece has a first end protruding from a bottom of the insulating bed to be latched with a second end of the fixing latch piece. A second end of the latching piece is correspondingly tightly latchable with the first end of the latching piece of another connector.

Abstract: In a connector mounting structure, a printed-wiring board has a cut portion, a modular connector connecting pattern provided adjacent to the cut portion, and a connecting pattern provided isolated from the modular connector connecting pattern and connecting an SFP connector. Also, the printed-wiring board and a front board are combined in order that the cut portion faces a plane of an opening which the front board has. When a modular connector is inserted into the opening, the modular connector is supported by the opening and the cut portion and concurrently the modular connector is electrically contacted with the modular connector connecting pattern. When an SFP front cage is inserted into the opening, the SFP front cage is supported by the opening and the cut portion and concurrently an SFP module becomes connectable to the SFP connector through the SFP front cage.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector having a first housing and a first retainer and a second connector having a second housing and a second retainer. The first retainer and the second retainer respectively retained on two opposed end of the first housing and the second housing. The second retainer is in an M-shaped and assembles to the second housing from a top surface of the second housing. The second retainer has two contacting arms for engaging with the first retainer.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) mounted on an outer PCB for mating with corresponding plugs includes an insulative housing (1), a couple of contact modules (3) and a metal shield (2) enclosing the insulative housing. The housing includes a first plug-receiving cavity (101) and a second plug-receiving cavity (102) stacked under the first cavity (101). The contact modules (3) include a number of conductive contacts (33) defining a plurality of inclined contact portions (331) extending into the cavities (101, 102). The metal shield includes a planar top face (21), a pair of side face (22) integrally extending downward from the lateral edges of the top face, and a slant rear face (23) integrally bending from the side face. A lower edge of said side face is larger than an upper edge of the side face in a plug insertion direction.

Abstract: A connector for eight memory cards, including an insulating body covered by a casing. A first receiving space for receiving memory cards is formed between the casing and the top surface of the insulating body. A second receiving space and a third receiving space for receiving memory cards are provided in the insulating body and below the first receiving space. A first inserting port is provided at a side of the first receiving space coupled to a front end of the insulating body. A second inserting port is provided at a side of the second receiving space coupled to the front end of the insulating body. A third inserting port is provided at a side of the third receiving space coupled to the front end of the insulating body.

Abstract: An electrical connector of the present invention includes at least an wafer (10) mounting a plurality of conductive terminals (30) therein and a plurality of through holes (106) thereon and a frame member (20) receiving the at least a wafer (10). The frame member (20) defines a plurality of retaining portions (206) corresponding with the through holes (106). The retaining portions (206) are retained in the through holes (106) and each retaining portion (206) has a hollow structure (207).

Abstract: A stacked electrical connector formed by mating an upper and a lower housing having rows of cavities containing terminals is disclosed. The upper and lower housings have primary terminal assurance provided by lances integrally formed into the housings. A secondary terminal assurance system is provided to further secure the terminals within the housings. In one embodiment, secondary terminal assurance is to terminals in the upper housing by lower housing protrusions and to terminals in the lower housing by a hinge. In another embodiment, secondary terminal assurance is provided to terminals in the upper and lower housing by upper and lower protrusions of a lock plate.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector comprising an insulating base body having a base portion, and the base portion further includes a plurality of layers of containing space; an external casing installed on an external side of the insulating base body; a first connector contained in the containing space and having a plurality of first terminals installed in a first internal casing; and at least one second connector contained in the containing space and having a plurality of second terminals installed in a second internal casing, and both sidewalls of the connector further includes a contact portion for electrically connecting the external casing, so that the contact portion of the second internal casing is electrically connected with the external casing to eliminate electrostatic charges.

Abstract: A network element connector assembly including stacked connector interfaces is disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus is provided which includes a first connector interface to couple a first network connector with a mounting surface and a second connector interface to couple a second network connector with the mounting surface, where the first connector interface and second connector interface are vertically aligned with one another with respect to the mounting surface, the first connector interface includes a fixed connector interface module, and the second connector interface includes an aperture to receive a removable connector interface module.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus electrical connector comprises an insulative housing forming at least two plug receiving areas, a plurality of signal contacts, and at least two power contacts. The signal contacts and the power contacts extend into the plug receiving areas. A printed circuit board is integrated into the insulative housing with at least two over-current protection devices mounted thereon. Each over-current protection devices is corresponding to a plug receiving area and electrically connected with a power contact extending into the corresponding plug receiving area through the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A card retention mechanism comprises a first and second brackets. The first and second brackets are mountable to a circuit board. Further, the first and second brackets are adapted to retain a circuit card therebetween. The second bracket comprises an exposed region that exposes an electrical contact of the card to be exposed to enable electrical connection of a conductor thereto.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and at least four pins receiving in the insulating body, such as a first pin, a second pin, a third pin, and a fourth pin. The height of the first pin and second pin is higher than the third pin or fourth pin. The pin has a connecting arm. A flexible arm extends from one end of the connecting arm. The connecting arms are located on the same plane, and the flexible arms are not all located on the same plane. The electrical connector further includes eight pins. Because the height of the bent pins is different from each other and the connecting arms are located on the same plane, the shape of the pins can be versatile and the entire pin's structure is simple. Manufacturing efficiency is thereby increased, manufacturing costs reduced, and the assembly quality is enhanced.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved connector structure in which a connector is structured from a conducting body, electric conducting terminals and fastening members, wherein terminals, which electrically connect with a circuit and connecting terminals, are disposed interior of the conducting body. The fastening members extend from the conducting body, and the fastening members enable the conducting body to embed into a circuit board, thereby enabling the connector to fasten into corresponding holes of the circuit board by means of the fastening members, and thus achieve the objective of increasing positioning strength.

Abstract: A right-angled backplane connector (100) includes an insulative housing (20), a number of contacts (40) received in the housing (20), and a spacer (60) assembled to the housing. The housing (20) forms a front mating portion (22) adapted to mating with a mating connector and a rear mounting portion (24) integrally connected to the mating portion (22). The mounting portion (24) defines a bottom wall (244) adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board. A number of mounting posts (248) protrudes from the bottom wall (244) to engage in a corresponding number of mounting holes defined in the printed circuit board. The mounting portion (24) further defines inserting slots (240) for a part of a fixture to be inserted therein to support the contacts when the contacts (40) are inserted into the housing (20) by the fixture.