Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing which defines a first inserting groove and two soldering openings opened behind the first inserting groove with top ends thereof communicating with the first inserting groove. A plurality of first signal terminals is disposed in the base portion and each has a contacting portion exposed in the first inserting groove and a soldering tail projecting in the soldering opening. A main shell enclosing the insulating housing has a base plate covered on the first inserting groove, and a monitoring gap opened in a rear of the base plate and facing the soldering openings. An auxiliary shell, enclosing the soldering openings after the soldering tails are soldered to a printed circuit board, has a top shielding plate mated with the monitoring gap to cover tops of the soldering openings, and a rear shielding plate covering rears of the soldering openings.

Abstract: An electrical multiple distributor includes a housing having a modular design and including an inner housing. At least one clamping device is disposed on the housing and is configured to contact a shielded line of at least one cable outlet so as to connect the at least one cable outlet. At least one receiving contour is disposed at a connection position and is configured to accommodate a connecting sleeve so as to connect at least one connector. An electromagnetic shielding device is disposed on the housing, and a protective device is disposed on the housing and is configured to protect against at least one of moisture and dust. At least two electrical connections are disposed in the housing, and at least one distribution system is disposed in the housing and is configured to selectively interconnect the at least two electrical connections, the at least one distribution system being positionable by the inner housing.

Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector with a connector housing is provided with at least one soldering part and at least one reinforcement part around its circumference. The USB connector includes: a connector housing; one or more soldering parts formed by cutting and unfolding predetermined areas around the circumference of the connector housing; and one or more reinforcement parts, each of which is formed by bending an end of the connector housing. The reinforcement parts being engaged with the soldering parts to support and reinforce the soldering parts, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a front housing having a base and a tongue forwardly extending from the base, a first rear housing, a second rear housing attached to the first rear housing, and a number of contacts. Each contact has a retaining portion retained on the first or second rear housings, a contact portion forwardly extending beyond a front end of the first and second rear housings to affix to the tongue, and a tail portion extending out of the first and second rear housings. The base is sandwiched between a front side of the first and second rear housings along a thickness direction of the tongue.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing having a main body and a pair of tongue plates perpendicular extending from said main body along a mating direction. Said tongue plates are parallel to each other and each defines a plurality of terminal grooves thereon. A plurality of terminals are received in the terminal grooves. A metallic shell is retained on the main body of the insulative housing and encloses said pair of tongue plates thereby defining a mating opening therein. The mating opening defines a first and a second different interfaces in communication with each other. At least a partition portion protrudes toward the mating opening from said main body and defines a bottom surface to act as a top wall of the second interface.

Abstract: A probe connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of probe pins and a shielding shell. The insulating housing has a base body. A front of the base body protrudes frontward to form a tongue portion. The insulating housing defines a plurality of inserting holes each longitudinally penetrating through the base body and the tongue portion. The probe pins are inserted in the corresponding inserting holes. The shielding shell encloses the tongue portion. The shielding shell has a front plate and a hollow blocking plate extending rearward from a periphery edge of the front plate and having an accommodating chamber formed therein. The front plate defines a plurality of matching holes. The tongue portion of the insulating housing is inserted in the accommodating chamber and a front side thereof abuts against the front plate to make the matching holes aligned with the corresponding inserting holes.

Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a mating port with therein; a set of first contacts (31) disposed in the insulative housing; and a set of second contacts (32) disposed in the insulative housing and being different from the first contacts. The first contacts include a power contact (56), a first grounding contact (51) and a first pair of differential contacts (53). Each of said first contacts includes a first contacting portion (312) exposed in the mating port and a first tail portion (315). The second contacts include a second pair of differential contacts (54), a third pair of differential contacts (55), and a second grounding contact (52). Each of said second contacts includes a second contacting portion (322) exposed in the mating port, and a first tail portion (325).

Abstract: A power plug structure is provided. The present invention includes a loop inductor, a top cover, a bottom cover, a terminal holder, a metal shell and a cable. The top cover and the bottom cover are vertically engaged with each other to form a space to accommodate the loop inductor. The terminal holder has a plate and a group of press-fit holes penetrating the plate. An upper press-fit hook of the top cover and a lower press-fit hook of the bottom cover are inserted into the press-fit holes from the rear side of the terminal holder to press-fit with the plate. The metal shell shelters the top cover and bottom cover. The cable has a plurality of wires respectively electrical connecting with wire grippers of the top cover. The abovementioned power plug structure is easy to assemble and has a wave-filtering function and a reliable structure.

Abstract: A multi-port connector of different standards is electrically connected on a circuit board of an electronic device and includes a base, a High Definition Multimedia (HDMI) connector and a SPDIF connector. The base has a first mounting space and a second mounting space. The HDMI connector is mounted in the first mounting space. The HDMI connector is provided with conductive pins extending to the outside of the base. The SPDIF connector has a housing that is mounted in the second mounting space. The interior of the housing has a light receiver. The pins of the light receiver extend to the outside of the base.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) comprising a housing (200) defining a front face and a first mating cavity recessed rearward from the front face for receiving a modular plug, an electronic module (400) mounted to the housing, a horizontal PCB (500) mounted under the electronic module, and an outer shell (500) shielding the electronic module and the housing. The electronic module has a first ground trace connects the outer shell through a first conductive trace (56) of the horizontal PCB (500).

Abstract: The invention provides a shield case to cover a body, the body having a main body and first and second connecting portions projecting from the main body and lying adjacent to each other along a first direction. The shield case includes first to forth conductive shells. The first and second shells cover an outer circumference of the main body; the third shell covers the first connecting portion; and the fourth shell covers the second connecting portion. The third shell is in contact with at least one of the first and second shells. The first or fourth shell is in contact with the second shell. The fourth shell is provided integrally with the first shell and is adjacent to the third shell along the first direction. The first or fourth shell may not contact the second shell if the third shell is contactable with both the first and second shells.

Abstract: A receptacle connector for a cable has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each first terminal has a first soldering cup formed on the first terminal and extending backward out of the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing, are capable of cooperating with the first terminals to implement USB 3.0 protocol and each second terminal has a second soldering cup formed on the second terminal and extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing, the first terminals and the second terminals. The receptacle connector may be mounted one end of the cable so that cable is used for high speed data transmission between different electronic devices.

Abstract: A vertical receptacle connector is mounted vertically on a PCB to form a vertical receptacle connector assembly and has an insulating housing, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The insulating housing has a front end and a rear end. The first and second terminals are mounted on the insulating housing and each of the first and second terminals has a soldering section horizontally extending backward out of the rear end of the insulating housing. The shell covers the insulating housing and first and second terminals and has a cavity defined through the shell and having a socket hole. The vertical configuration of the vertical receptacle connector on the PCB may be applied to specific electronic devices.

Abstract: In an electrical connector, a non-grounded, electrically conductive material (such as copper foil or other sheet of metal) may be located adjacent to at least one differential signal pair. An example includes a ring of material that circumscribes a leadframe assembly. Ring-shaped structures placed around, but not in contact with, the signal and ground contacts effectively mitigate cross-talk resonances in the interconnection structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting module with two parallel rows of contact elements having conductor connecting contacts which are accessible from a front side of the connecting module, and two parallel rows of contact elements having conductor connecting contacts which are accessible from a rear side of the connecting module, wherein the conductor connecting contacts in one row on the front side are in each case connected to a conductor connecting contact in one row on the rear side via at least an intermediate contact, into which an insertion device can be inserted.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100), comprises: a plurality of first contacts (2), an insulative housing (1) molding outside the first contacts (2), a plurality of second contacts (3) received in the housing (1), a flat cable (4) connecting with the first contacts (2) and the second contacts (3), and the cable (4) comprising a plurality of inner conductors (40) arranged on upper and lower row, the upper row of the inner conductors (40) soldered to the second contacts (3) and the lower row of the inner conductors (40) soldered to the first contacts (2), a metallic shell (5) shielding outside the insulative housing (1).

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector assembly including a first connector and a corresponding second connector adapted to be mated with the first connector along a mating direction to a mating position. The first connector includes at least a first terminal arranged within the first insulating housing and a first contact member protruding from a shield in the mating direction and being arranged on an external side of the first mating portion. The second connector includes a second terminal arranged within a second insulating housing and a second contact member arranged at least partially within the second mating portion for making contact with the first contact member of the first connector. The first and second contact members establish a first make, last break contact.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly, comprising: a plurality of contacts (2) defining a plurality of first contacts (27) and a plurality of second contacts (28), an insulative housing (1) molding outside the contacts (2), a flat-shaped cable (3) connecting with the contacts (2), the cable (3) comprises a plurality of coaxial wires arranged along the level direction, each coaxial wire comprises a plurality of inner conductors (30), two inner conductors (30) are connected with a first contact (27), and one inner conductor (30) is connected with a second contact (28), a metallic shell (4) shielding outside the insulative housing (1).

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises: an insulating housing having an accommodating chamber at a rear portion thereof and a tongue plate protruding forwards from a front portion thereof; a plurality of conductive terminals comprising an upper row of conductive terminals and a lower row of conductive terminals which are mounted on upper and lower sides of the tongue plate respectively, each conductive terminal including a butting portion, a soldering portion, and a bending portion connected between the butting portion and the soldering portion, the butting portions of said upper row of conductive terminals and lower row of conductive terminals being mounted on the upper and lower sides of the tongue plate respectively, the soldering portions of each row of conductive terminals extending from below the rear portion of the insulating housing and being arranged in a front column and a rear column; a shielding casing covering periphery of the insulating housing; and two positioning modules being mounted into the acco

Abstract: An assembled electrical connector includes an insulating housing and at least two sets of electrical conducting terminals. The insulating housing has a main body, a first tongue and a second tongue extending from the main body and perpendicular to the main body. The first tongue is longer than the second tongue, and the second tongue is located at a side of the first tongue in a lengthwise direction. The at least two sets of electrical conducting terminals include a first terminal set and a second terminal set. The first terminal set is arranged at a side of the first tongue, and the second terminal set is arranged at a side of the second tongue. Compared with prior art, such a structure can miniaturize the volume of the electrical connector apparently and further miniaturize the volume of an electronic product utilizing the electrical connector.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shielding assembly for a connector assembly including a connector and a counterpart connector. The shielding assembly includes a shield member having a shield wall and at least one spring element for making electrical contact between the shield wall and the counterpart connector along a first electrical conduction path in the mated situation of the connector and the counterpart connector. The spring element includes a first portion being configured for making electrical contact with the counterpart connector and a second portion for providing a spring force to the first portion.

Abstract: A pluggable optical transceiver with an enhance EMI tolerance is disclosed. The optical transceiver provides an electrically conductive receptacle, a ground member made of metal sheet, and a cover also made of metal sheet. The ground member is assembled so as to surround a periphery of the receptacle. The cover provides a first bridge in a front portion thereof, while, the ground member provides fingers and a second bridge connecting the fingers in the tip portion. Fully setting the optical transceiver in the cage, the finger comes in contact with the inside of the cage and the first bridge comes in securely contact with the second bridge so as to shield a gap between the transceiver and the cage.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing (130) with stacked elongated ports (110a, 110b). Each of port includes terminals (150a, 150b) aligned along a vertical side. The top port and the bottom port can be configured so that the terminals are aligned along opposite vertical sides. The terminals can be supported by wafers (170a, 170b) and the wafer for the top and bottom port can be substantially different heights. The ports can be configured to provide a higher density such as port to port pitch of less than 14 mm.

Abstract: A shielded connector structure includes a first connector and a second connector, each having a metal terminal element, an insulating connector housing that has a terminal container for accommodating the metal terminal elements, and a conductive shield shell which covers the terminal container of the connector housing. The shielded connector structure further includes a conductive connector mounting portion which contacts the shield shell of at least one of the first and second connectors to ground the shield shell; and a connecting portion which is provided on each of the shield shells of the first and second connectors, and is coupled to the connector mounting portion when the first and second connectors are engaged to shield-connect the shield shells each other.

Abstract: The invention provide a connector including a body having an insulating property, a contact provided in the body, a tuboid shield case adapted to receive the body, and a reinforcing member. The shield case includes a bent portion being a portion of the shield case bent inward and extending in an insertion direction of the body, and a depression being provided on a backside of the bent portion and extending in the insertion direction. The reinforcing member is configured to fit in at least a part of the depression.

Abstract: A shield for a connector that can provide a card-receiving slot is disclosed. The shield includes sides that provide an enclosure. The shield includes a fastener that is held in place by a retaining notch in a bottom of the shield. The retaining notch is configured to support the fastener in place and restrain it from unintended translation or rotation.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metallic shell defining a mating frame and a shielding portion, a bracket assembled to the shielding portion of the shell and defining an opening therethrough, and a mating member securely assembled to the bracket and having a front portion accessible from the opening. The mating member includes a first housing having opposite first and second surfaces and defined with first and second receiving grooves respectively, and a plurality of first contacts attached to the first receiving grooves, and a plurality of second contacts attached to the second receiving grooves, before the first housing is inserted into the bracket.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a housing including a first base and a second base coupled with the first base, at least a circuit board received in the housing and defining two rows of conductive pads located at two opposite sides thereof, at least a cable including a plurality of conductors electrically connecting with one row of the conductive pads of the circuit board, a pulling mechanism movably fixed to an outside face of the housing and separating the cable connector assembly from a complementary cable connector, and a metal shell partially shielding the pulling mechanism. The second base defines through grooves. The first base includes locking pieces inserted into the through grooves with free ends extending out of the through grooves from the outside face and bended to abut against the outside face of the housing.

Abstract: A connector is provided for improving connection reliability between terminal fittings by preventing wires from shaking to prevent sliding movements of the terminal fittings. The connector includes a metallic shield shell (10) to be mounted at ends of a plurality of wires (50). The shield shell (10) includes a mounting portion (11) for fixing the connector to a case of a device, and the mounting portion (11) includes a wire fixing portion (20) for holding and fixing the plurality of wires (50) on a surface thereof at a draw-out side of the wires (50).

Abstract: An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB 2.0 protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a complementary standard USB 2.0 connector and a non-USB 2.0 connector, alternatively.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a conductive housing, a pair of PCBs, two cables and a metal shell assembled to the housing. The housing defines a receiving cavity. The PCBs are received in the receiving cavity at different levels. The two cables are located at a rear wall of the housing and electrically connect to the PCBs. The metal shell is assembled to the housing and includes a frame portion, and an extension portion extending forwardly from an upper wall of the frame portion. The frame portion encloses a rear portion of the housing and the extension portion has a pair of first position holes. The housing has a pair of second position holes are aligned with first position holes respectively. Two bolts penetrate through the first position holes and are locked in the second position holes respectively.

Abstract: A connector includes a metallic male terminal housing with a plurality of first joining terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a female terminal housing with a plurality of second joining terminals aligned and accommodated therein, a stacked structure that when the male terminal housing is mated into the female terminal housing, within the male terminal housing, the plural first joining terminals an the plural second joining terminals face each other to form pairs, respectively, at one surface thereof, and the first joining terminals and the second joining terminals are disposed alternately, and an electricity screening plate disposed between the stacked structure and the male terminal housing to cover a side surface of the stacked structure facing the male terminal housing.

Abstract: An exemplary retaining clip is used for holding a connector to a printed circuit board. The retaining clip includes a cover plate and a clamping plate. The cover plate includes two bent portions respectively extending from opposite sides of the cover plate. The clamping plate includes a main portion and two arms connected to the main portion. Each arm is fixed to a corresponding bent portion. The cover plate and the arms are for surrounding the connector, and the main portion is for clamping a peripheral edge of the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) comprising a base portion (10) and a tongue portion (11) extending from the base portion, a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (4) having a casing portion (41) covering the tongue portion of the insulative housing. A space (12) is defined in the base portion. The insulative housing has a vertical wall (103) terminating the space and a plurality of bulges (18) extending from the vertical wall. The bulges protrude into the space. The casing portion forms a locking portion (413) extending in the space and being embedded in the bulges.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing, a metal shell that covers the insulative housing, and a switch. The switch includes a fixed contact and a movable contact. The fixed contact is formed by partially bending a rear end of a top surface of a metal shell downward. The metal shell covers an insulating housing to be mated with a mating connector. The movable contact extends while having a fixed end held by the insulating housing, and bifurcates at an approximate midpoint of the movable contact. The movable contact has, at one free end, an attachment section that abuts a mating connector approaching in a mating direction and a contacting section, at an opposite free end, that contacts the fixed contact when the attachment section is pushed by the mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, a fixing strip, a plurality of wires, and an upper shell, the dielectric housing having an upper face and a lower face opposite to the upper face, the upper face being provided with a plurality of terminal slots and recesses, the conductive terminals having a contact portion, a base portion, an engaged portion and received in the corresponding terminal slots, the engaged portion being engaged against the corresponding recesses, the fixing strip being transversally disposed on the upper face of the dielectric housing and across the conductive terminals and the terminal slots for securing the conductive terminals in the terminal slots, the wires respectively connecting with the base portions of the conductive terminals, and an upper shell is assembled on the dielectric housing above the fixing strip.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base (11) and a tongue plate (12) protruding upwardly. The contacts have contacting portions (21) arranged in one row, retaining portions (22) extending from lower ends of the contacting portions and retained in the base, and tail portions (23) bending forwardly from lower ends of the retaining portions for being mounted directly onto a surface of the printed circuit board. The metal shell includes a front wall (31), a back wall (32) opposite to the front wall, and a pair of side walls (33) connecting the front and back walls. The front wall has a depressed wall (310) depressed backwardly and forming a hollow space for the tail portions (23) forwardly extending into.

Abstract: The invention provides a connector including a body having insulating properties, a conductive shield case surrounding the body, and a first terminal group arrayed in a line in the body. The first terminal group includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second terminal is disposed adjacent to the first terminal and having a higher impedance than the first terminal. The shield case includes an adjacent portion that is adjacent to at least a portion of the second terminal and on an opposite side to the first terminal. At least one of the portion of the second terminal and the adjacent portion of the shield case is extended in width so as to shorten a distance between the portion of the second terminal and the adjacent portion of the shield case in accordance with an impedance difference between the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: [Object] The invention provides an electrical connector having a cross crosstalk prevention member such as a metal plate readily connectable to ground with simple structure of the connector itself. [Configuration] The electrical connector includes: a housing 10 with an receiving hole 120; contact groups 200a and 200b, being arranged on opposite sides of the receiving hole 120 in the housing 10; and a multilayer circuit board 300 to be received in the receiving hole 120 and interposed between the contact groups 200a, 200b. The contact groups 200a, 200b includes ground contacts 220a, 220b. The multilayer circuit board 300 includes a solid conductor layer 310 provided inside the multilayer circuit board 300, ground conductors 322, 332 provided on a surface of the multilayer circuit board 300, and through-holes 340 to connect the solid conductor layer 310 with the conductors 322, 332.

Abstract: A reduced height wire to board connector assembly includes mating plug and receptacle connectors. The receptacle connector has an internal recess which opens vertically and receives a plug connector therein. Wires are terminated to terminals of the plug connector and they extend out through a wire insertion portion in one of the sidewalls of the receptacle connector. The receptacle connector has a conductive member supported thereby and this fixing member provides a ground connection and a retaining function to the receptacle connector. The plug connector has insulation displacement type terminals and two wire clamps to retain the wires terminated thereto in place.

Abstract: A connector device (10) has a connector (20) to be mounted on a metal case (11) that accommodates a device therein and is covered by a first shield shell (50) and a second shield shell (60). Connecting portions for connecting the first and second shield shells (50, 60) are provided at least at three positions and these connecting portions are arranged at positions displaced in a connecting direction of the connector (20) and a mating connector (40) and a direction orthogonal to the connecting direction. The connecting positions of the first and second shield shells (50, 60) are well-balanced to provide a good a shielding performance.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals, a housing and a shield plate. The terminals are arranged and held in the housing. The shield plate is formed by bending a metal plate and attached to the housing. The housing includes a sidewall and an edge wall at an end portion of the sidewall. The shield plate includes a shield portion covering an outer surface of the sidewall and a held. The held portion is supported on a holding portion disposed on the edge wall of the housing. The shield portion includes a regulating portion capable of abutting against the outer surface of the sidewall. The regulating portion regulates deformation of the shield portion when the shield plate is attached to the housing.

Abstract: A camera socket (100) includes a metallic housing (40) defining a receiving space (101), a contact terminal insert disposed within the metallic housing (40) and including a plurality of contact terminals (30) integrally formed with an insulative housing (20) and arranged in an array. Each contact terminal (30) includes a fold-back contact engaging arm (34) extending backwardly and offset from a main portion (33) of the contact terminal (30) in a way such that a free end (341) of each of the contact engaging arm is located adjacent to a sidewall (41) of the metallic housing (40) for engaging with a camera module (100a).

Abstract: A remote control device (100) includes an insulated housing (2, 3) including an outer surface (20, 30) plated with a conductive material for providing a suppression of EMI, an inner surface (21, 31), and a receiving space (4) defined by the outer surface and the inner surface, a printed circuit board (51) received in the receiving space, and including at least a first conductive pad (511), and a second conductive pad electrically connected to the first conductive pad by conductive trace, a cable including at least one grounding conductor electrically connected to the second conductive pad, grounding means (22) electrically connected to the conductive material and the first conductive pad for providing a sheath for ESD generated on the remote control device.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a base (11) and a tongue plate (12) protruding beyond the base (11); a set of contacts (2) having contacting portions (26) arranged in one row along one side of the tongue plate (12), the contacts (2) consisting of a first type of grounding contacts (G) and a second type of a set of pairs of differential contacts (24, 23, 22, 21), the differential contacts comprising a first pair of differential contacts (24) for bi-directionally transmitting data and a second pair of differential contacts (23) for unidirectionally transmitting data, in the contacting portions (26), the grounding contacts having at least two grounding contacts (G1, G2) arranged between the first pair of differential contacts (24) and the second pair of differential contacts (23); and a metal shell (3) covering the insulative housing (1) and having a receiving space (30) for the tongue plate (12) extending into.

Abstract: A camera module socket for receiving a camera module which plates a metal coating around an outer periphery thereof includes an insulating housing defining a receiving chamber for receiving a lower portion of the camera module, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating housing, a metallic shell encircling the insulating housing, and a shielding cover. The shielding cover has top board which defines a through hole at a middle thereof for allowing a top portion of the camera module exposed therefrom, and a plurality of side boards extended downwardly from side edges of the top board. The shielding cover has at least one elastic arm bent into an inner thereof from the corresponding side board for elastically abutting against the camera module and electrically connected with the metal coating, and at least one resistant tab formed at the corresponding side board for pressing against metallic shell.

Abstract: The invention discloses an assembled electrical connector, which comprises an insulating housing and at least two sets of electrical conducting terminals. The insulating housing has a main body, a first tongue and a second tongue extending from the main body and perpendicular to the main body, wherein the first tongue is longer than the second tongue, and the second tongue is located at a side of the first tongue in a lengthwise direction. The at least two sets of electrical conducting terminals comprise a first terminal set and a second terminal set, wherein the first terminal set is arranged at a side of the first tongue, and the second terminal set is arranged at a side of the second tongue. Compared with prior art, such a structure can miniaturize the volume of the electrical connector apparently and further miniaturize the volume of an electronic product utilizing the electrical connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) assembled in the insulative housing, a metal cover (3) shielding the insulative housing, and a cable (5) having a number of wires connected with the contacts. The insulative housing includes a base portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) integral with the base portion. The insulative housing defines a mating direction. The metal cover includes a casing portion (312) having an upper face (3121) and a lower face (3120) respectively at opposite sides of the tongue portion. The lower face forms a curved portion (314) protruding towards the upper face and a tail portion (315) integral with the curved portion such that the curved portion and the tail portion are situated between the lower face and the upper face. The tail portion engages the tongue portion along the mating direction such that the tail portion is supported by the tongue portion.

Abstract: An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) assembled to the insulative housing from a bottom of the insulative housing, and a retaining plate (3) attached to the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a number of passageways (101) and a number of slits (103) extending along a mating direction. Each contact includes a base portion (20) received in the passageway, a contact portion (21) extending beyond the insulative housing, a connecting portion (22) extending below the insulative housing in a vertical direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and a pair of wing portions (24) retained in the slits. The retaining plate includes a number of cutouts (33) retaining the connecting portions of the contacts from moving in a lengthwise direction orthogonal to the mating direction and the vertical direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least one leadframe assembly, including a leadframe housing that carries a plurality of electrical contacts, and an external component, such as an electrically conductive plate, configured to be attached to the leadframe housing. The leadframe assembly includes an attachment system that includes an alignment assembly configured to align the electrically conductive plate with the leadframe housing as the plate is attached to the housing, and an attachment assembly that can be mated to attach the plate to the leadframe housing. The attachment assembly can be provided without creating any openings in the plate.