Abstract: An electromagnetic shield connector is provided with a terminal-equipped shielded cable formed by mounting a terminal on an end of a shielded cable, an insulating inner housing including a first terminal fitting opening and a first wire insertion opening and configured to accommodate the terminal of the terminal-equipped shielded cable, a shield sleeve to be connected to a shield member of the shielded cable on the shielded cable and to be externally mounted on the shielded cable further on the side of the shielded cable than the terminal, an outer housing made of conductive metal, including a second terminal fitting opening and a second wire insertion opening, configured to accommodate the inner housing and to be connected to the shield sleeve, and a grounding portion provided on the outer housing and connectable to an external grounding member.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a high frequency connector system with reduced stub lengths that provide improved performance at high frequencies. A first connector includes a plurality of mating contacts designed to electrically connect to a second plurality of mating contacts associated with a second connector. The first connector includes one or more elastic members such that when the second connector is mated to the first connector, the one or more elastic members are compressed between the first and second connectors. The first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a first distance when initially mated, but when the connectors are released, the first elastic member biases the second connector away from the first connector such that the first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a second distance smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: Systems, methods and articles having a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer or coating are disclosed. In one example, the heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material completely covers the interior of a housing having a plurality of battery cells removably disposed therein. Other examples include a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer having anti-static, anti-radio frequency (RF), anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), anti-tarnish, and/or anti-corrosion materials and properties that effectively protect battery-operated devices and/or the batteries that power them from damage or diminished operation.

Abstract: A female connector to be connected to an end part of such a shielded cable is provided with female terminals to be connected to cores, an insulating dielectric, a first outer conductor including a tubular portion, a connection plate portion to be overlapped on the braided wire and a first coupling portion coupling the tubular portion and the connection plate portion, and a second outer conductor including a rear crimping portion and the connection plate portion from outside the braided wire and the connection plate portion, a front crimping portion to be connected to the tubular portion from outside the tubular portion and a second coupling portion. The outer peripheries of the cores are surrounded by the first and second coupling portions with the second coupling portion at least partially overlapped on the outside of the first coupling portion.

Abstract: A connector in the present disclosure is a connector to be connected to a cable and including an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a housing. The outer conductor includes a tubular connecting tube portion and a covering portion. The connecting tube portion accommodates the inner conductor while being electrically insulated from the inner conductor. The covering portion is arranged on an outer periphery of the connecting tube portion. The covering portion includes a fitting hole. An accommodating portion of the housing accommodates the outer conductor together with the inner conductor. An inner wall of the accommodating portion is formed with a terminal locking portion to be fit into the fitting hole. The covering portion includes a locked portion to be locked to the terminal locking portion. The locked portion projects toward the inner wall provided with the terminal locking portion on an opening edge of the fitting hole.

Abstract: A transition for an optical fibre cable through a partition. The optical fibre cable is received inside a shield pipe, which shield pipe is of an electrically conductive material. The shield pipe is received in an axial through opening of the holding means. One end of the shield pipe is received inside a holding means having a sealing function.

Abstract: A power transfer system to facilitate the transfer of electrical power between tree trunk sections of an artificial tree is disclosed. The power transfer system can advantageously enable neighboring tree trunk sections to be electrically connected without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections. Power distribution subsystems can be disposed within the trunk sections. The power distribution subsystems can comprise a male end, a female end, or both. The male ends can have prongs and the female ends can have voids. The prongs can be inserted into the voids to electrically connect the power distribution subsystems of neighboring tree trunk sections. In some embodiments, the prongs and voids are designed so that the prongs of one power distribution subsystem can engage the voids of another power distribution subsystem without the need to rotationally align the tree trunk sections.

Abstract: The scroll compressor (1) includes a hermetic casing (2); an electric motor (12) arranged within the hermetic casing (2); an electrical box (14) attached to an outer surface of the hermetic casing (2); and compressor power terminals (13) insulated from the hermetic casing (2) and electrically connected to the electric motor (12), the compressor power terminals (13) protruding in the electrical box (14), the electrical box (14)] containing a control module (15) configured to control the electric motor (12), control wires (16) connected to the control module (15), and a terminal block assembly (17) configured to electrically connect the compressor power terminals (13) and the control wires (16) to external power leads (18) of an external power source. The terminal block assembly (17) includes a body part (19) and a wire guiding part (21) which is configured to guide and position the control wires (16) in predetermined connection positions with respect to the body part (19).

Abstract: A wire harness including a wire and a connector, wherein the connector includes a connector main body that is partially or entirely made of a conductive resin or is partially formed by a conductive portion, a shield that is made of a conductive metal and covers a periphery of the connector main body, and a conductive elastic member that is provided between the connector main body and the shield, a circumference of the wire is covered by a tube, the tube including a heat-shrinkable shielding tube having a conductive portion that is configured to surround the circumference of the wire, and in a state in which the tube is attached to an attachment of the connector main body, the conductive portion of the tube, the connector main body, the conductive elastic member, and the shield are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: The present application provides a high-voltage connector and an electromagnetic shielding shell for the high-voltage connector, the electromagnetic shielding shell has an integrated barrel-shaped structure formed by a deep drawing process, and integrated barrel-shaped structure includes a barrel wall and a barrel bottom that are connected to each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a base, a first power terminal, a second power terminal, and multiple signal terminals. The base has a connecting portion having a flat face divided into a first region and a second region. The first and the second power terminals are disposed within the first region of the connecting portion. The multiple signal terminals are disposed within the second region of the connecting portion. At least one signal terminal is apart from the first power terminal by a first distance, and at least one of the other signal terminals is apart from the second power terminal by a second distance. The second distance is larger than the first distance. Arrangement of the first power terminal, the second power terminal, and the multiple signal terminals prevents the first power terminal, the second power terminal, and the multiple signal terminals from interfering with one another.

Abstract: Systems, methods and articles having a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer or coating are disclosed. In one example, the heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material completely covers the interior of a housing having a plurality of battery cells removably disposed therein. Other examples include a heat-shielding or blocking, heat-dissipating and/or heat signature-reducing material layer having anti-static, anti-radio frequency (RF), anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), anti-tarnish, and/or anti-corrosion materials and properties that effectively protect battery-operated devices and/or the batteries that power them from damage or diminished operation.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a computer assembly includes a computer enclosure, a motherboard with an inset edge section that forms a motherboard air gap between the motherboard and a rear wall of the enclosure when the motherboard is installed in the enclosure, a vent opening formed in the enclosure below the motherboard, and an air mover to draw air from above the motherboard, through the air gap, and below the motherboard, and to expel the air drawn below the motherboard from the enclosure through the vent opening.

Abstract: A connection arrangement comprising a metallic flat conductor having an at least quadrangular cross-sectional profile and at least two mutually opposing first and second surfaces extending at least partially parallel to one another in the longitudinal direction, at least two parts which are flat in the overlap region and which are formed as connecting lugs and which rest on the first surface with an overlap joint and project beyond one or both longitudinal edges of the flat conductor, characterized in that a metallic friction stir welded joint zone is formed starting from the second surface through the flat conductor towards the first surface and projecting into the connecting lugs.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a shielded Y-shaped splice connector having a housing that includes a lower body, an upper cover, and three openings arranged to receive three cable fixing devices on the housing. The periphery of the lower body and the periphery of the upper cover are each formed of a flat surface arranged to form the contact surface of the lower body and the upper cover when the housing is assembled.

Abstract: In an embodiment, the present invention is an imaging engine assembly that includes a housing with a window, an imaging assembly positioned within the housing, the imaging assembly operable to capture image data over a field of view extending through the window and decode an indicium captured in the image data, and a cover positioned at least partially over the housing. The imaging engine housing and the cover are configured such that the cover is alternatively mountable between a first orientation and a diametrically opposed second orientation relative to the housing.

Abstract: A water stop structure for a shield cable includes a lead-in port formed in a sheet metal of a housing, a grommet to be liquid-tightly fitted into the lead-in port, a shield shell disposed outside the housing so as to surround the grommet and with an end portion of a braid of the shield cable being crimped, and a spacer configured to adjust an attachment height of the shield shell with respect to the sheet metal so as to fasten the shield shell to the sheet metal in a state where conduction is ensured.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly that includes a cable having conductors secured to contact pads formed on a printed circuit board. A housing and cover are configured to be secured together and combine to form a cavity for receiving the printed circuit board and the cable. A slug is formed around a portion of the cable. Upon assembly of the cover to the housing, the slug is disposed in a pocket formed in the cavity and helps secure the cable to the housing and cover.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a front tongue with two opposite surfaces; an upper and lower rows of contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue; and a primary shell enclosing the insulative housing to together with the tongue define a mating chamber, wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of side steps and a pair of side protrusions; and the primary shell includes a pair of side wings sitting on the pair of side steps, each side wing having a notch engaging a corresponding side protrusion.

Abstract: A staging system for robotic installation of a conductor assembly comprises a base member defining a base identifier that is identifiable by a robotic installer, a set of receptacles attached to the base member and defining respective receptacle identifiers, wherein each receptacle is configured to receive and temporarily secure one or more of a set of connectors of the conductor assembly, which also comprises respective sets of wire cables for the set of connectors, and a set of robotic installation features at least temporally attached to or defined by the set of connectors, respectively, and defining respective installation identifiers, wherein each robotic installation feature is configured to be temporarily interacted with by an end effector of the robotic installer such that the robotic installer obtains movable control of the connector to remove it from its respective receptacle and to install it with a corresponding electrical connector.

Abstract: A power cable termination system including: a power cable having a power cable conductor and a power cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the power cable conductor, a termination cable having a termination cable conductor and a termination cable insulation system configured to electrically insulate the termination cable insulation system, wherein the termination cable is at least one order of magnitude shorter than the power cable, wherein the termination cable conductor has an electrical resistance which is lower than the electrical resistance of the power cable conductor and/or the termination cable insulation system has a higher insulation resistance per unit length than the power cable insulation system, a joint configured to join the power cable and the termination cable, and a cable termination device configured to terminate the termination cable.

Abstract: It is aimed to reduce an external force acting on a circuit board. A connector (10) is provided with a housing (12) including a board accommodating portion (13), a circuit board (42) accommodated in the board accommodating portion (13), a first terminal holding portion (26) formed in the housing (12) to be integrated with the board accommodating portion (13), a second terminal holding portion (30) formed in the housing (12) to be integrated with the board accommodating portion (13) and second terminal fittings (52) connected to the circuit board (42) while being held in the second terminal holding portion (30).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a signal transmission connector connected to an electronic device, for transmitting an electrical signal, and includes a signal shielding unit in which multiple conductive particles are dispersed within an elastic insulating material in order to shield an external noise signal, a plurality of signal transmission units spaced apart within the signal shielding unit in a form in which the multiple conductive particles are arranged in a thickness direction within the elastic insulating material in such a way as to be connected to terminals of an electronic device, and a plurality of insulation units each disposed to surround the signal transmission unit between the signal transmission unit and the signal shielding unit in order to insulate the plurality of signal transmission units and the signal shielding unit.

Abstract: A cover has both ends in an extension direction being connected to an insulating member body. A dividing portion formed in a part of the extension direction divides the cover into a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section come into contact with a spring contact when a male terminal contact portion is inserted between a pair of female terminal contact portions. On contact with the spring contact, the first section and the second section elastically deform at least in an opposing direction.

Abstract: A conduit nipple grounding bushing to connect between two electrical enclosures or an electrical enclosure and a conduit body, comprising a body having a first portion and a second portion forming a hollow cylindrical interior for the passage of conductors therethrough, the body having a first opening at a first end of the body and a second opening at a second end of the body, the first portion having an outer surface with one or more mounting pads along a circumferential area, each of said one or more mounting pads configured for receipt of a grounding lug, and an end surface dimensioned to contact an electrical box about a knockout hole thereof, and wherein the second portion has exterior threads configured to pass through a knockout hole of an electrical box and dimensioned for receipt of a locknut if the conduit nipple grounding bushing is connected between two electrical boxes or for threaded engagement with a threaded hub of a conduit body if the conduit nipple grounding bushing is connected between an

Abstract: A high voltage connector assembly having improved female and male housings with a female terminal position assurance (TPA) device, and a method for improving clearance and creepage of the electrical path in the high voltage connector assembly. The female housing includes an intermediate upper portion having apertures for respectively receiving front downward extending members of frontward extending members of the female TPA device to finally lock high voltage electrical terminals in the female housing, and to place the female TPA device in a full-lock position inside the female housing.

Abstract: A holder configured to be fitted to a tube that is made of metal and through which a wire is to be inserted, the holder including: a tubular main body that includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and is configured to be inserted into the tube; and a cover formed protruding radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the main body at the first end, wherein: the cover is formed only in a portion of the main body in a circumferential direction, and the cover includes a wall that protrudes radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the main body, and a guard that extends from a radially outward end of the wall toward the second end of the main body.

Abstract: A connector (A) includes a dielectric and a multi-functional portion, an outer conductor is configured by uniting a first divided shell and a second divided shell, a first crimping portion to be crimped to an outer periphery of a shield member of a shielded cable is formed in a rear end part of the first divided shell, the multi-functional portion is exposed on an outer surface of the outer conductor and in the form of a projection forward of the first crimping portion on an outer surface of the dielectric, the first divided shell is formed with a first locking portion disposed to be able to lock the multi-functional portion, and a locking direction of the first locking portion to the multi-functional portion is a direction opposite to the first crimping portion to the shield member.

Abstract: A method for reducing the effect of electromagnetic interference (EMI), providing EMI protection to a connector assembly, using at least one vertical disk ferrule. The method includes steps of providing a flared portion, first portion, of a wire shield to at least a vertical disk ferrule, or affixing between two of said vertical disk ferrules. Further, one of a step of providing a ferrule having a face which contacts a metallic connector housing directly; or providing the flared portion of the wire shield which contacts said metallic connector housing directly; wherein said EMI is conducted from said metallic connector housing to said ferrule or flared portion, further conducting said EMI to said flared portion of the wire shield, further conducting said EMI through a second portion of said wire shield, further conducting said EMI to ground; said EMI being generated by at least the metallic connector housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an inner signal contact, an outer shielding contact, and a cover. The outer contact has a crimping portion including a first crimp wing and a second crimp wing that are bendable towards each other to attach the outer shielding contact to a cable such that ends of the first crimp wing and the second crimp wing extend towards each other when the outer shielding contact is attached to the cable. The cover is configured to cover a braid or a protective layer of the cable that is arranged underneath the ends of the crimp wings when the outer shielding contact is attached to the cable.

Abstract: In a camera, a circuit board converts light having passed through a lens into an electric signal. A connector connects the circuit board to an outside cable. A shielding conductor surrounds the circuit board. An insulating housing houses the circuit board and the shielding conductor. A connector includes inner, intermediate, and outer connectors. The inner connector includes a first outer skin conductor, and is mounted to the circuit board. The intermediate connector includes a second outer skin conductor supporting a shielding conductor, and is connected to the inner connector and the shielding conductor. The outer connector includes a third outer skin conductor, and connects an outside cable to the intermediate connector. The shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, between the second outer skin conductor and the shielding conductor. The insulating housing is connected to and supported by the intermediate connector.

Abstract: A cover for an AC plug comprises a top wall including one or more orientation features that protrude from a top surface of the top wall and first and second sidewalls that extend from the top wall in a perpendicular orientation relative to the top wall. First and second retainer walls extend from the first and second sidewalls, respectively, in a perpendicular orientation relative to the first and second sidewalls. The orientation features can be employed by a user to properly orient the AC plug when mating it with a corresponding receptacle connector. An orientation insert for an AC plug includes orientation features in addition to a light that can be activated by depressing a top surface of the insert. The light can be used to assist a user in locating a receptacle connector and positioning the AC plug to properly mate with the corresponding receptacle connector.

Abstract: Technology for detecting a capability set of a removable integrated circuit card, such as a removable memory card, is disclosed. The removable integrated circuit card has one or more capability pads that indicate a capability set of the removable integrated circuit card. The physical condition may be a physical configuration of one or more capability pads, such as size or location of a capability pad. A host device is able to determine the capability set of the removable integrated circuit card based on the physical condition of the capability pads. The host device may determine the capability set without the card being powered on, without reading a register in the card, or without exchanging commands with the card.

Abstract: A seal part includes an elastic body that is in close contact with outer peripheral surfaces of a plurality of wires and an inner peripheral surface of a wire accommodation portion, and a rigid body that has an outer peripheral surface disposed to face the inner peripheral surface of the wire accommodation portion. The rigid body has a plurality of wire through holes allowing wires to coaxially pass through respectively. The elastic body includes first seal portions that respectively correspond to the wire through holes, and that are in close contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the wires passing through the wire through holes, and a second seal portion that is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the wire accommodation portion in the wire accommodation portion.

Abstract: A communication harness is used for mutual data transmission by differential transmission between at least two electronic devices. The communication harness includes a cable, a first signal line, a second signal line, and a first ground line. The first signal line is surrounded by the cable and transmits a first signal for differential transmission. The second signal line is surrounded by the cable and transmits a second signal for differential transmission. The first ground line is surrounded by the cable. A supply voltage is superposed on the first signal line.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of wires. The plurality of terminals are fixed to the insulative housing, each terminal has a fixed portion fixed to the insulative housing and a contact portion and a soldering portion which are respectively connected to the fixed portion, the soldering portion of each terminal of at least a part of the plurality of terminals is formed with a bending section, and an inner surface of the bending section defines a filling space for filling a solder. A plurality of wires are respectively soldered to the soldering portions of the plurality of terminals and make the solder filled in each filling space.

Abstract: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) grounding protection method for a connector assembly using a multi-directional conductive housing.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a high frequency connector system with reduced stub lengths that provide improved performance at high frequencies. A first connector includes a plurality of mating contacts designed to electrically connect to a second plurality of mating contacts associated with a second connector. The first connector includes one or more elastic members such that when the second connector is mated to the first connector, the one or more elastic members are compressed between the first and second connectors. The first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a first distance when initially mated, but when the connectors are released, the first elastic member biases the second connector away from the first connector such that the first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a second distance smaller than the first distance.

Abstract: A substrate connector includes an insulative housing fixed onto a substrate, a first terminal electrically connected to a first communication line of a communication cable in the inside of the housing and electrically connected to a circuit of the substrate on the outside of the housing, and a second terminal electrically connected to a second communication line of the communication cable in the inside of the housing and electrically connected to the circuit of the substrate on the outside of the housing. The housing includes a main body that is fixed onto the substrate, a terminal-retaining portion arranged in the inside of the main body, integrally formed with the housing, and retains the first and second terminals, and a shell-retaining portion including slit portions formed between the main body and the terminal-retaining portion and to which a shield shell surrounding the first and second terminals is inserted.

Abstract: A cable-holding device with sealing assembly includes a body having a main unit, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, a sealing assembly on the body, and an adjustment element on the second connecting portion. The body has a connecting hole, and the second connecting portion is extended with plural clamping arms. The sealing assembly includes a first sealing portion outside the first connecting portion, a second sealing portion inside the clamping arms to form a tightening port, and a connecting portion between the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion. On the second connecting portion, the adjustment element includes a first movement state which forms a tightening state on the tightening port, and a second movement state which changes the tightening port from the tightening state into a non-tightening state gradually.

Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by ultrasonic welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. An annular flare seat is angled radially outward from the bore toward a connector end of the connector, the annular flare seat open to the connector end of the connector. An inner conductor cap is provided for interconnection with an inner conductor of the coaxial cable by ultrasonic welding. The ultrasonic welding of each of the inner and outer conductor interconnections may be performed via inner conductor and outer conductor sonotrodes which are coaxial with one another, without requiring the cable and or connector to be removed from their fixture.

Abstract: A plug connector for easy locking and unlocking is disclosed, including a base, a signal transmission module, a lock head, a cover and a pull strip. The plug connector of the present invention employs a holding-down structure of the pull strip, which can drive an edge block of the lock head to go down and further force the lock head to go down by pulling the pull strip backward. When releasing the pull strip, the lock head can automatically go up. Therefore, in the present invention, the pull strip can control the lock head, thereby completing the locking and unlocking work. The locking and unlocking way of the present invention is safe, effective and convenient.

Abstract: A telecommunication box connector with a protective outer shield includes a connector main body and a protective outer shield covering onto the connector main body. The connector main body includes a first external connecting portion. The protective outer shield includes a shield member, a second connecting portion protruding out of the shield member and an inner connecting portion formed inside the shield member. The protective outer shield is connected to the first outer connecting portion via the inner connecting portion in order to cover and protect the connector main body. The protective outer shield is installed onto an installation portion of a telecommunication box via the second outer connecting portion. Consequently, it is able to cover and protect the connector main body from damages due to cold weather while maintaining the overall weight with a slight increase only.

Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: a cable connector; a cable electrically connected with the cable connector; an outer shell enclosing at least a portion of the cable connector and enclosing a portion of the cable, the outer shell having an inner dimension greater than an outer dimension of the cable; and a filler filled between the outer shell and the cable.

Abstract: A connector includes a shield shell that has a sub shield body covering the electric connection portions and the terminals of the electric wires externally, and first and second holding members and that hold exposed braids at the terminals of the electric wires. The sub shield body has a second accommodation chamber that covers the exposed braids at the terminals of the electric wires and the first and the second holding members externally. The first and the second holding members are members holding, along axial lines of the terminals of the electric wires, annular development portions of the braids that are formed by annularly developing the exposed braids to the outer side in the radial direction, have annular holding portions interposing the annular development portions therebetween, and are pressed against and fixed to the shield shell along the holding direction of the annular development portions.

Abstract: An electrical connector adapted to electrically connect with a mating electrical connector comprises a housing, a cable having a plurality of wires and a plurality of cladding layers each covering one of the plurality of wires, an electrical connection assembly electrically connected to the plurality of wires, and a first molded member adapted to be inserted into the housing in a plug-in manner in an extension direction of the cable. The electrical connection assembly is inserted into the housing and configured to be electrically connected with the mating electrical connector. The first molded member is molded on both a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are not stripped and a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are stripped.

Abstract: A wire harness that includes a braid composed of conductive strands; a cylindrical conductor that is electrically connected to the braid and can be attached to an attachment target; and an electrical wire inserted into the braid and the cylindrical conductor, wherein the cylindrical conductor includes a rotation restriction that restricts rotation of the cylindrical conductor with respect to the attachment target by engaging with the attachment target in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical conductor, and the rotation restriction also restricts the cylindrical conductor from moving in an axial direction of the cylindrical conductor by engaging with the attachment target in the axial direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical shielding member for an electrical connector assembly. The electrical shielding member is made from bend and cut sheet metal. The electrical shielding member is configured to be received at least partially within a collector housing of an electrical connector assembly. The electrical shielding member comprises a receiving portion that is configured to receive a connector module and a corresponding connector module at least partially, so as to surround a mating region of the connector module and corresponding connector module on at least four sides.

Abstract: Connector adapters that may have a MagSafe connector receptacle and a Universal Serial Bus Type-C connector insert. This may allow MagSafe chargers to be used to charge devices having Universal Serial Bus Type-C connector receptacles. This also may provide the breakaway characteristic of a MagSafe connector system for a device that does not include a MagSafe connector receptacle. Other adapters may have other types of magnetic connector receptacles and connector inserts.