Abstract: A shielded-cable pass-through assembly configured to provide electrical contact between a shielding-layer of a shielded-cable and a boundary through which the shielded-cable passes includes a metallic-sleeve and a contact-terminal. The metallic-sleeve defines a shield-surface used to make electrical contact with a shielding-layer of a shielded-cable. The contact-terminal defines a contact-feature used to make electrical contact with the boundary through which the shielded-cable passes. The contact-terminal also defines a plurality of inner-contact-fingers extending from the contact-terminal in a longitudinal-direction parallel to a longitudinal-axis of the shielded-cable. The plurality of inner-contact-fingers is urged in a radial-direction to make electrical contact with a contact-surface of the metallic-sleeve after the assembly is assembled.

Abstract: A header connector includes signal contacts, header shields and a header housing holding the signal contacts and the header shields. The signal contacts each have a base, a mating pin and a mounting portion. The header shields have walls defining shield pockets receiving corresponding pairs of the signal contacts to provide electrical shielding for the pairs of signal contacts. Each header shield has a base and a mounting portion. The header housing has a front shell and a rear shell. The front shell is dielectric and the rear shell is conductive and providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The front shell holds the signal contacts. The rear shell holds the header shields and is electrically connected to each of the header shields.

Abstract: A circular power connector that can accommodate plugs of varying diameters includes a plurality of electrical terminals that include a contact beam extending from and monolithic with base, where the contact beam includes a contact portion, and a mounting portion that extends from and monolithic with a base for mounting the terminal to a substrate. The terminals are cylindrically arranged to receive a plug. Alternatively, each electrical terminal includes a frame portion, a first contact beam extending from the frame in a first direction, and a second contact beam extending from the frame in a second direction. Multiple electrical terminals are oriented so that the first and second contact beams for one terminal extend at an angle, preferably perpendicular, to the first and second contact beams of another electrical terminal, in a still further embodiment, an electrical terminal having two halves is provided.

Abstract: An interconnection system with a compliant shield between a connector and a substrate such as a PCB. The compliant shield may provide current flow paths between shields internal to the connector and ground structures of the PCB. The connector, compliant shield and PCB may be configured to provide current flow in locations relative to signal conductors that provide desirable signal integrity for signals carried by the signal conductors. In some embodiments, the current flow paths may be adjacent the signal conductors, offset in a transverse direction from an axis of a pair of conductors. Such paths may be created by tabs extending from connector shields. A compliant conductive member of the compliant shield may contact the tabs and a conductive pad on a surface of the PCB. Shadow vias, running from the surface pad to internal ground structures may be positioned adjacent the tip of the tabs.

Abstract: A coaxial RF test connector comprises an inner conductor and an outer conductor arranged coaxially with respect to a center axis. The outer conductor includes a groove dimensioned to hold a circularly shaped contact spring. The contact spring includes a base portion and a plurality of arc-shaped contact fingers extending from the base with gaps between the individual contact fingers. The base has a radius larger than that at which the contact fingers are bent. The contact fingers have first contact section for contacting the outer conductor of a compatible coaxial connector in a direction radial to the center axis, and a second contact section for capacitively coupling to a sidewall of the groove.

Abstract: A removable door for an electronic device. The door may include a spring plate having a first second surface, and a plurality of springs attached to a perimeter of the spring plate. The plurality of springs may engage a portion of an enclosure of the electronic device to retain at least the spring plate within an access opening formed in the enclosure. The door may also include a door cap covering the access opening formed in the enclosure. The door cap may include an interior surface connected to the first surface of the spring plate, and an exterior surface forming a portion of an outer surface of the enclosure. Additionally, the door may include a cover connected to the second surface of the spring plate. The cover may face an interior of the enclosure and separated from the door cap by the spring plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a network connector assembly for vehicles. The network communicates at data rates of 100 Mbit/s and/or 1 Gbit/s. The connector assembly includes a header having at least two pins forming a pin pair. The pins extend in a mating direction. The connector assembly also includes an electrically conductive shielding member shielding the pin pair on at least two sides. The shielding member has a front face that is oriented substantially normal to the mating direction. The connector assembly further includes a header shroud, wherein the header shroud is provided with a shielding cavity for receiving the shielding member. The front face of the shielding member is at least partly covered by the header shroud.

Abstract: An electric connector includes a first housing including a guide shaft and a second housing including a guide hole into which the guide shaft is inserted. The guide shaft includes a main body, and a projection radially projecting from the main body, the guide hole being formed at an inner surface thereof with a groove into which the projection is fit. The projection and the groove are formed such that a first imaginary line intersects with a second imaginary line, the first imaginary line being defined by extending a contact plane at which the projection and the groove make contact with each other when the first housing rotates relative to the second housing, towards a center of the main body. The second imaginary line is defined as a line bisecting a top surface of the projection and extending towards a center of the main body.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (10), a plurality of contacts (20) mounted on the insulative housing, a first metal shell (30), a second metal shell (40), and an insulative member (44). The first metal shell includes a plurality of side walls (31) and a receiving room (32) formed by the side walls. One of the side walls includes a spring beam (310) extending forwardly. The second metal shell (40) is disposed at an outer side of the first metal shell. The second metal shell includes a body portion (41), a supporting beam (42) extending forwardly from the body portion and flanking the spring beam, and a cantilever portion (43) extending from the body portion and offsetting from the supporting beam. The insulative member is attached on the cantilever portion and spaced apart from the spring beam.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel microwave coaxial connector that allows for a board-to-board connection over a very short distance, typically less than or equal to 2 mm, with relatively high tolerances in relative value terms but low tolerances in absolute value terms, typically equal to 0.2 mm, and at the same time ensuring a good electrical contact between all the tracks of the printed circuits to be connected.

Abstract: A connector having a coupler-body continuity member is provided, wherein the coupler-body continuity member electrically couples a coupler and a body, thereby establishing electrical continuity between the coupler and the body. Furthermore, the coupler-body continuity member facilitates grounding through the connector, and renders an electromagnetic shield preventing ingress of unwanted environmental noise.

Abstract: A gasket 102 for an Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) connector 100 comprising a first conductive part 104 including a plurality of spring tabs 108, a second conductive part 106 including a plurality of spring tabs 108, wherein the first conductive part 104 is configured to engage a first connector piece 110 and the second conductive part 106 is configured to engage a second connector piece 112, wherein the first conductive part is configured to engage the second conductive part when the first connector piece 110 is attached to the second connector piece 112, and wherein the spring tabs 108 are configured to electrically connect the connector 100 to an EMI shielding cage.

Abstract: An electronic device and a socket connector used in the electronic device are presented. The socket connector comprises a housing and a flexible sheet-shaped conductor. The housing comprises a housing body. The flexible sheet-shaped conductor is fixed on the housing body and electrically connected to the housing body, wherein at least a portion of the flexible sheet-shaped conductor protrudes forward from a front end of the housing body so that the flexible sheet-shaped conductor is electrically connected to a casing of an electronic device when the socket connector is mounted in the electronic device.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises: a housing (1) having a rear body portion (12) and a front mating portion (13), two paralleled printed circuit boards (2) disposed in the housing and positioned by the housing, two cables (4) respectively electrically connected to the two printed circuit boards, a spacer (3) sandwiched between the two printed circuit boards and positioned by the housing, a metallic holder (8) surrounding the body portion, and a metallic gasket (9) surrounding a rear section of the mating portion. The metallic gasket has a number of ribs (135) around a front end thereof and the housing has on an outer surface thereof a plurality of slits receiving the ribs (95).

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) including: a housing (1) having an upper shield part (15) and a lower shield part (16) engaged with each other to form a rear body portion (12) and a front mating portion (13). Two printed circuit boards (2) are positioned in the housing. A spacer (3) is sandwiched between the two printed circuit boards. A metallic holder (8) surrounds the body portion of the housing. A metallic gasket (9) surrounds a rear section of the mating portion and located adjacent to the body portion. Each of the upper and lower shield parts has a first post positioning (154, 162) a corresponding one of the two printed circuit boards and a second post positioning (155, 163) the two printed circuit boards and the spacer.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises: a housing (1) having a front mating portion (13) and a rear body portion (12). The rear body portion is greater in cross-section than the mating portion. An insulative spacer (3) is positioned in the housing. Two printed circuit boards (2) sandwich the insulative spacer. The two printed circuit boards and the insulative spacer are supported by the housing. And a metallic gasket (9) is assembled to an outer surface of the front mating portion and having an inserting portion (915, 925) extending into the housing and attached to the insulative spacer.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes contact modules having dielectric bodies holding contacts having mating portions extending from the dielectric body. The connector assembly includes a conductive shield body holding the contact modules in a stacked configuration. The shield body provides shielding around the contact modules and the shield body has a mating end configured to be mated to a mating connector assembly. The mating end has one or more exposed surfaces between corresponding contacts. The shield body extends between selected contact modules. The connector assembly includes a conductive gasket positioned along the mating end of the shield body. The conductive gasket engages the exposed surfaces of the shield body to define a ground path between the conductive shield body and the mating connector assembly.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes contacts with contact tails and mating portions opposite the contact tails. The contact tails are configured to be terminated to a circuit board. The mating portions are configured to be terminated to corresponding mating contacts of a mating connector assembly. The connector assembly also includes a shield body holding the contacts. The shield body has a mounting end configured to be mounted to the circuit board. The mounting portions have web portions extending between selected contacts. The connector assembly includes a conductive gasket positioned along the mounting end of the shield body. The conductive gasket engages the web portions of the shield body and is configured to define a ground path between the shield body and a ground plane of the circuit board.

Abstract: An electromagnetic compatibility (“EMC”) gasket includes a first conductive portion moveable to a plurality of positions. A secondary conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at an adjacent edge. A third conductive portion is opposite the secondary conductive portion such that the first portion is between the second and third portions. The third conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at an adjacent edge. The third conductive portion is curved creating a hook structure such that when in a housing the third conductive portion engages a portion of the housing. This engagement causes the first conductive portion of the EMC gasket to fold and/or flex as an electronic card is moved within the housing in a lateral direction while the housing is disposed stationary in a chassis to mate a connector on the electronic card with a connector in the chassis.

Abstract: An interface module includes a housing having a plurality of jack openings configured to receive shielded modular jacks therein. The housing has a mounting wall extending along one side of the jack openings. A bond bar is coupled to the mounting wall, wherein the bond bar has a jack interface configured to engage respective ones of the shielded modular jacks and a panel interface configured to engage a mating surface of a panel. The bond bar is configured to create an electrical connection between respective ones of the shielded modular jacks and the mating surface of the panel.

Abstract: An electromagnetic compatibility (“EMC”) gasket includes a first conductive portion moveable to a plurality of positions. A secondary conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at an adjacent edge. A third conductive portion is opposite the secondary conductive portion such that the first portion is between the second and third portions. The third conductive portion is connected to the first conductive portion at an adjacent edge. The third conductive portion is curved creating a hook structure such that when in a housing the third conductive portion engages a portion of the housing. This engagement causes the first conductive portion of the EMC gasket to fold and/or flex as an electronic card is moved within the housing in a lateral direction while the housing is disposed stationary in a chassis to mate a connector on the electronic card with a connector in the chassis.

Abstract: An EMI collar is provided that is configured to be secured about a housing of a pluggable optical transceiver module. The configuration of the EMI collar and the method by which the collar is attached to the housing of the transceiver module ensures that the collar will not be damaged when the transceiver module housing is inserted into a cage. Ensuring that the collar will not be damaged during insertion ensures that electrically conductive contact points on the collar will not be eliminated by insertion of the housing into a cage. In addition, dimples, or indentations, formed on the spring fingers of the EMI collar result in additional electrically conductive contact points on the fingers that result in a reduction in the size of the maximum EMI aperture dimension of the collar. Reducing the maximum EMI aperture dimension of the collar greatly improves the ability of the collar to attenuate EMI signals, even EMI signals having high frequencies.

Abstract: An electronic module (10) includes a housing having an outer surface; a metal gasket (5) has a frame portion (51), with a number of detents (52) formed thereon, said metal gasket (5) being attached to the housing and substantially covering the outer surface. The gasket (5) has at least one inclined stub portion (53b) formed on front edge of the frame portion (51) and inserted into a cavity (2130a) in the outer surface of the housing.