Abstract: A busbar assembly is disclosed herein. The assembly includes a ring body having a plurality of openings extending in an axial direction and configured to receive electrical wire connections, and a plurality of phase conductors. A high-voltage connection portion is also included in this same body. The high-voltage connection portion includes a plurality of high voltage conductors each configured to engage a respective one of the plurality of phase conductors. A plurality of connectors are each attached to a respective one of the plurality of high voltage conductors. A seal is arranged on a periphery of the high-voltage connection portion to incorporate the busbar into one combined simple design.

Abstract: An operator control station of an industrial automation system includes at least one input interface to receive a user input and a communication interface to communicate with one or more devices of the industrial automation system, including a first device via an Ethernet communication protocol. The operator control station also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the communication interface. The controller performs operations including generating a signal based on the user input and the signal instructs the first device to control at least one component of the industrial automation system. The controller also performs operations including providing the signal to the communication interface for transmission to the first device via the Ethernet communication protocol.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector mating body capable of preventing a sealing member from damage when a bolt is tightened and loosened. A connector mating body (1) is formed by tightening a bolt (4) arranged in a collar (6) of a first housing (2) with a nut (5) of a second housing (3). A reduced-diameter portion (44) having a smaller outer diameter than a flange portion (43) of a head portion (41) is formed on a part of a tip side (L2) of the head portion (41) of the bolt (4). A tip surface (441) of the reduced-diameter portion (44) is in contact with a base end surface (611) of the collar (6). A tip part (462) of a first oil-proof sealing member (46) is sandwiched between the base end surface (611) of the collar (6) and a tip surface (431) of the flange portion (43).

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly having a housing with terminal receiving passages. The terminal receiving passages have wire receiving portions. Wires are positioned in the wire receiving portions. The wires have cable jackets and center conductors. Electrically conductive components for controlling impedance of sections of the wires are positioned in the wire receiving portions of the terminal receiving passages. The electrically conductive components includes base walls with end walls, The end walls extend in a direction which is essentially perpendicular to planes of the base walls. The base walls have lengths which are approximately equal to lengths of the wire receiving portions of the terminal receiving passages. Insulation displacement slots are provided on the end walls. Lead-in sections extend from the insulation displacement slots in a direction away from the base wall.

Abstract: An orthogonal electrical connector system includes vertical electrical connectors that are configured to be mated to each other so as to place respective pluralities of first and second substrates that are oriented orthogonal to each other in data communication with each other through the mated electrical connectors. Other connector systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating spacer formed including an insulating material; a shell formed including a conductive material, the shell being configured to cover at least a part of the insulating spacer; and a plurality of terminals configured to be held by the insulating spacer. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a contact portion that contacts a terminal of a counterpart connector, and a board connection portion that is connected to a circuit on a board where the electrical connector is mounted, and the insulating spacer includes a cavity for preventing the inflow of a coating along a surface facing the board, between the board connection portion and the contact portion in the surface facing the board.

Abstract: A cable assembly is provided and includes a cable core including a first signal conductor and a second signal conductor separated by at least one insulator. The first and second signal conductor both include exposed segments extending forward from their respective insulator to a conductor end. The cable assembly includes a contact holder extending between a front and a rear. The cable assembly includes a first contact received in the corresponding channel of the contact holder. The first contact has a mating end and a terminating end. The cable assembly includes a first contact and a second contact received in their corresponding channel of the contact holder. The first and second contact have a mating end and a terminating end. The terminating end has a weld edge welded to the conductor end at a butt weld.

Abstract: An electrical connector configured to be mated with a mating connector along a mating direction includes a plurality of contact elements each having a contact surface at least partially inclined with respect to the mating direction. The contact elements are spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to the mating direction.

Abstract: The invention discloses a terminal and an electronic device having the same. The terminal includes a connecting part, a mounting part, and a fixing part along an insertion direction, wherein the connecting part is adapted to be connected to a jump wire of an electronic component, the mounting part has an outer profile matching with at least a portion of an inner profile of an insertion hole in a base, for restricting displacement of the terminal after being inserted into the insertion hole, and the fixing part is adapted to be threadedly connected with the a fixing member so as to connect the fixing part to a circuit board.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal assembly comprising a first terminal component and a second terminal component. The first terminal component comprises a plurality of first terminals, each of the first terminals comprises a first terminal body and a first plug end part disposed on one end of the first terminal body. The first plug end part comprises a first plug elastic sheet and a first extension protector. The first plug elastic sheet comprises a first plug end, a first connecting end and a first contacting bump. The first connecting end is connected to the first terminal body. The first contacting bump is disposed between the first plug end and the first connecting end. The first extension protector is disposed on the first plug end of the first plug elastic sheet.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a first housing, a second housing, a lever adapted to couple the first housing and the second housing with each other, a first interlock member, a second interlock member, a first cam mechanism adapted to mate the first housing and the second housing with each other with movement of the lever in a first direction, and a second cam mechanism. The second interlock member is configured to be mated with the first interlock member to energize an electric circuit. The first cam mechanism limits a moving direction of the lever to a second direction after moving in the first direction. The second cam mechanism is adapted to convert the movement of the lever in the second direction into movement in a mating direction of the first housing and the second housing to mate the first interlock member with the second interlock member.

Abstract: An electrical connector, electrical connector assembly, electrical device and electrical interconnection system configured for use in electronic devices with direct connect orthogonal architectures. The electrical connector comprises: an insulating housing; at least one electrically conductive terminal, with at least a part of each of the at least one electrically conductive terminal being accommodated in the insulating housing; and a mounting flange, the mounting flange having a mounting hole for mounting the electrical connector to component PCB. A threaded connecting member may pass through the mounting hole and be connected to a first PCB. A portion of the mating interface part of the connector may extend below the mounting interface of the connector so as to abut an edge of the PCB. The electrical connector can simultaneously provide compactness and robustness.

Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses including a cable header block with apertures for floating inserts and a cover plate. The cable header block includes an aperture pattern that matches a pattern of connector terminals. The floating inserts fit in the apertures of the cable header block. The cover plate can also include a through-hole pattern that matches the aperture pattern. Also, each of the through-holes can include a first geometric shape larger than a cross-section of a cable terminal end and a second geometric shape adjacent to the first shape that is smaller than the cross-section of the cable terminal end. The cover plate retains the floating inserts within the apertures. Also, the cover plate aligns the first geometric shape over the floating inserts when the fastener is in a first position and aligns the second geometric shape over the floating inserts when the fastener is in a second position.

Abstract: Provided is a wiring module configured to be attached to a plurality of power storage elements that are arranged side-by-side, the wiring module including a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of coupling units in which the plurality of electric wires are routed. A left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a left routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed, and a center coupling unit adjacent to the left coupling unit of the plurality of coupling units has a center routing portion in which at least one of the plurality of electric wires is routed. The left routing portion is provided with a left engagement portion, and the center routing portion is provided with a center engagement receiving portion that engages with the left engagement portion.

Abstract: A large-current terminal (30) includes a male terminal (50) having a male-side contact surface (54), a female terminal (60) having a female-side contact surface (64), a coil spring (70) including male-side contacts (72) for contacting the male-side contact surface (54) and female-side contacts (71) for contacting the female-side contact surface (64). A spring holder (40) holds the coils spring (70) and includes male-side and female-side openings (44, 45) for exposing the male-side and female-side contacts (72, 71). The coil spring (70) is compressed in a facing direction of the contact surfaces (54, 64) by disposing the male-side contact surface (54) to face both the female-side contact surface (64) and the male-side openings (44) with the female-side contact surface (64) directed toward the female-side openings (45). The spring holder (40) is movable such that the female-side opening (45) approaches the female-side contact surface (64) as the coil spring (70) is compressed.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing including a housing portion and receptacle terminals connected to plug terminals. The housing portion includes a first principal inner wall face, a second principal inner wall face, and a first-end inner wall face. At least a part of the first-end inner wall face is first receptacle guide faces having a gap width in a Y-axis direction gradually decreasing. The first receptacle guide face guides a plug connector such that the direction of an axial line of the plug connector is lined up in the direction of an axial line of the housing portion by regulating movement of the plug connector.

Abstract: A terminal module (10) includes an electrical contact member (11) having a coil holding surface (12F) configured to face a contact surface (62F) provided on a mating terminal (61), a conductive obliquely wound coil spring (21) and a holder (31) configured to hold the obliquely wound coil spring (21) by being assembled with the electrical contact member (11). The holder (31) includes a holder body (32) configured to hold the obliquely wound coil spring (21) along the coil holding surface (12F) and having a window portion (35) configured to expose the obliquely wound coil spring (21) toward a side opposite to the coil holding surface (12F), and locking pieces (39) continuous from the holder body (32) and configured to engage the electrical contact member (11).

Abstract: An electrical for connecting an electronic package to a printed circuit board, includes a housing and a plurality of contacts therein. The contacts include grounding contacts and signal contacts mixed with each other. The housing includes an insulative plastic body and a conductive plastic body wherein the insulative plastic body includes a main plate and a plurality of columns extending downwardly from the main plate. Each column forms an insulative retaining passageway for receiving the signal contact. The conductive plastic body includes a block with two opposite top and bottom surfaces, and plurality of conductive retaining passageways for receiving the grounding contacts, and a plurality of receiving cavities for receiving the columns are commonly formed in the conductive plastic body in a mixed manner.

Abstract: When each signal line contact terminal (10ai) is installed in a base member (30), an upper housing (28), and a lower housing (26), the upper housing (28) is installed together in such a way as to be sandwiched between the base member (30) and the lower housing (26). Here, collars (16) are fitted on outer peripheral portions of a first extending portion (52A) and a second extending portion (52C) of the signal line contact terminal (10ai), respectively. Moreover, air layers are formed between an outer peripheral portion of a drum portion (52B) of the signal line contact terminal (10ai) and an inner peripheral surface forming a hole (28b), between an outer peripheral portion of the first extending portion (52A) and an inner peripheral surface forming a hole (30b), between an outer peripheral portion of the second extending portion (52C) and an inner peripheral surface forming a hole (26b), and between an outer peripheral portion of a plunger (56) and an inner peripheral surface forming a hole (26e).

Abstract: A PSAS female connector includes a body member, a terminal assembly, and a conductive member. The body member has a conductive groove and a tooth recess. The conductive groove is on a lateral side of the body member. The tooth recess is at an inner side of an edge of the conductive groove. The conductive member has a protrusion tooth and a protrusion strip, and is engaged in the conductive groove. The protrusion tooth is at an outer side of an edge of the conductive member. When the conductive member is engaged in the conductive groove, the protrusion tooth is geared to be engaged with the tooth recess. When the terminal assembly is engaged in the terminal groove, the protrusion strip and the terminal assembly are engaged with each other, thus improving the combination between the conductive member and the conductive groove.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of contacts, each including an upper linear portion, a side linear portion and a bent portion between the upper linear portion and the side linear portion; an upper insulating body; and a lower insulating body, the contacts being provided such that a side surface of the lower insulating body faces the side linear portion of each of the contacts, and an upper surface of the lower insulating body faces the upper linear portion of each of the contacts, upper protrusions being provided at the upper surface of the lower insulating body such that each of the upper protrusions positions between the upper linear portions of the adjacent contacts.

Abstract: An electrical connector for use in a vehicle is disclosed. An example electrical connector includes a first member having a face, configured to couple to a second member along a first axis. The electrical connector also includes a screw receiver coupled to the first member proximate the face. The electrical connector further includes a cam lock mechanism coupled to the first member. The cam lock mechanism includes an arm rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The cam lock mechanism also includes a screw coupled to the arm, configured to drive into the screw receiver.

Abstract: The present application discloses an AC power socket, including a socket body having a first pin and a second pin extending in the same direction; and a fixing structure configured to connect the socket body with a circuit board in a snap-fit manner so as to fix the socket body with the circuit board. The AC power socket is connected with the circuit board in a snap-fit manner before being welded thereto. Therefore, there is no need to manually place a weight on the AC power socket at the time of welding, which can prevent the floating of the AC power socket. Meanwhile, after the welding the snap-fit connection can enhance the relative securable stability between the AC power socket and the circuit board, and reduce the breakage rate of the tin-soldered surface as a result of repeated plug-in and plug-out.

Abstract: Connector sub-assembly includes a plurality of signal conductors. The connector sub-assembly also includes a ground frame having ground conductors and a ground bus that interconnects the ground conductors. The ground bus has opposite first and second sides. The connector sub-assembly also includes a dielectric carrier that surrounds the ground bus and intermediate segments of the signal conductors. Mating segments of the signal conductors project from the dielectric carrier and are configured to engage corresponding contacts of a mating connector. The signal conductors include first conductors and second conductors, and the ground conductors are interleaved between adjacent first and second conductors. The intermediate segments of the first conductors extend adjacent to the first side of the ground bus. The intermediate segments of the second conductors extend adjacent to the second side of the ground bus.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; an upper and lower rows of contacts secured to the housing and exposed respectively to an upper and lower surfaces of the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing, the shielding shell having a pair of holes; and a metallic shield attached to the shielding shell, the metallic shield having a main part, the main part having a pair of spring tangs extending rearward through the pair of shielding shell holes, respectively; wherein the metallic shield main part is spaced a distance from the shielding shell.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, upper-row receptacle terminals, and lower-row receptacle terminals. The insulated housing is in the receptacle cavity of the metallic shell. The receptacle terminals are held in the base portion and the tongue portion. The tail portions of the power terminals and the tail portions of the ground terminals have three bent portions, i.e., the first bent portion, the second bent portion, and the third bent portion. The bent portions allow the terminals to have different and non-parallel delivering paths for electromagnetic waves, so that the signals do not interfere with each other easily.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector device having a structure in which a protruding or a recessed fitting portion is provided at a surface of a columnar terminal of a cable-side connector (first connector) and a recessed or a protruding fit portion is provided at a fixed contact piece of a U-shaped terminal of a substrate-side connector (second connector). In the connector device, when the connectors are connected to each other, the fitting portion that is provided at the surface of the terminal of the cable-side connector is fitted to the fit portion that is provided at the fixed contact piece of the terminal of the substrate-side connector, so that a force that prevents the connectors from coming off from each other (coming-off force) is increased.

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, a multilayer substrate includes an insulating substrate, a first circuit board having a first semiconductor chip disposed thereon, and a second circuit board having a second semiconductor chip disposed thereon. On the multilayer substrate of the semiconductor device, a plate portion of a resin plate including a first positioning portion that regulates the position of each semiconductor chip is sandwiched between a first jumper terminal, which includes a first terminal connected to the first semiconductor chip and a first plate member perpendicular to the first terminal, and a second jumper terminal, which includes a second terminal connected to the second semiconductor chip and a second plate member perpendicular to the second terminal.

Abstract: A locator pin is provided for a plastic component. The locator includes a main rib, a first secondary rib intersecting the main rib at a first intersection and a second secondary rib intersecting the main rib at a second intersection. The first and second intersections are offset from each other. A plastic component incorporating the locator pin, a plastic component assembly incorporating that plastic component and a method of reducing sink marks in an injection molded plastic component are also provided.

Abstract: A electrical connector structure includes ground terminals formed in two rows, which are fixed into two bases respectively, in which each of the ground terminals includes a contact portion, a soldering portion and a main body is connected to the contact portion and the soldering portion, and each main body is fixed into the bases, and each soldering portion extends out of the bases; and a ground member including two ground plates, in which the ground plates covering surfaces of the bases, respectively, and a surface of each ground plate has a plurality of contact arms protruding, the contact arms are electrically contacted to the ground terminals, respectively, in which two ends of each contact arm contact the ground plates, respectively.

Abstract: A relay terminal block fixed to a fixing part by a screw includes a main body having a first surface facing the fixing part, and a second surface on a rear surface side of the first surface. The main body is formed with a recessed portion depressed from the second surface toward the first surface, a through-hole formed from a bottom surface of the recessed portion through to the first surface, and a protrusion that is provided at an edge of the recessed portion to protrude in a direction away from the second surface. The through-hole is formed to have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of a shaft of the screw and smaller than an outer diameter of a head of the screw, and the recessed portion is formed to have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the head of the screw.

Abstract: A socket-side terminal includes: a root section that is fixed to a conductive wiring pattern on the main surface of a circuit wiring substrate by using solder; a rising section rising up from the root section and spaced apart from the main surface; an inverted U-shaped section one end of which is continuous with the top end of the rising section; a falling section that extends from the other end of the inverted U-shaped section towards the main surface; an inclined section that, as the inclined section extends from the bottom end of the falling section towards the main surface, is inclined with respect to the main surface to be spaced apart from the rising section; and an opposing section that is continuous with the bottom end of the inclined section, is positioned so as to be opposing the falling section, and is in contact with a header-side terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a first insulator and a second insulator, and multiple terminals disposed on the insulating body. A gap space is formed between the first and second insulators. The gap space is filled with air. Each terminal has a mating segment located above the first insulator, a first fixing segment extending downward from the mating segment and insert-molded into the first insulator, a connecting segment extending downward from the first fixing segment and exposed to the gap space, a second fixing segment extending downward from the connecting segment and insert-molded into the second insulator, and a positioning segment extending downward from the second fixing segment and located below the second insulator. The width of the first and second fixing segment is less than the width of at least one of the mating segment, the connecting segment and the positioning segment.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, upper-row terminals, lower-row terminals, and a grounding sheet. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion. The tongue portion is extended from one side of the base portion and has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row terminals are disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion and include a ground terminal located at the upper surface The lower-row terminals are disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion and include a ground terminal located at the lower surface. The grounding sheet is disposed at the insulated housing and located between the ground terminal of the upper-row terminals and the ground terminal of the lower-row terminals. The grounding sheet includes one or more protruded portion in contact with the ground terminal of the upper-row terminals or the ground terminal of the lower-row terminals.

Abstract: A connector including one and the other first terminals, a second terminal, and a third terminal that are partially held in a body and spaced from each other along a first direction. The middle portion of each first terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges. The second middle portion of the second terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges being non-parallel to the edges of the first middle portions. The third terminal extends between the one first terminal and the second terminal and includes a third middle portion extending obliquely. Of the non-parallel edges of the third middle portion, one edge next to the second middle portion is substantially parallel to the edges of the second middle portion, and the other edge next to the first middle portion of the one first terminal is substantially parallel to the edges of the first middle portion of the one first terminal.

Abstract: An electrical plug connector assembly has an insulative housing, a first terminal set, a second terminal set and a circuit board. The first and second terminal sets are mounted in the insulative housing. The first terminal set has multiple first conductive terminals each including a first soldering section. The second terminal set has multiple second conductive terminals each including a second soldering section. The first and second soldering sections are soldered on an identical surface of the circuit board such that only one single soldering process is required to solder all of the first and second conductive terminals to the circuit board. The production rate of the electrical plug connector assembly is therefore improved.

Abstract: A battery wiring module is configured for attachment to an electric cell group constituted by an array of a plurality of electric cells, each having positive and negative electrode terminals. The battery wiring module includes a bus bar connectable to the electrode terminals, a detection wire for detecting a state of the electric cell group, a resin protector for holding the bus bar, a lid portion that covers the bus bar and is made of an insulating material, and at least one wall portion disposed on a face of the lid portion opposite to the bus bar in a direction intersecting the lid portion. The at least wall portion forms a routing space in which the detection wire is routed.

Abstract: A connector (10) includes terminals (40) each of which has a plate-like connecting portion (42) formed with a nut mounting hole (43). A housing (20) is formed with terminal accommodating portions (21) capable of accommodating the terminals (40). Nuts (44) with bolt holes (45) are mounted integrally on the connecting portion (42) so that each bolt hole (45) coaxially communicates with the nut mounting hole (43). Locking lances (29) are formed in the housing (20) and retain the connecting portions (42) by locking outer parts of the nuts (44) from behind. Front stops (23) are formed in the terminal accommodating portion (21) and stop the connecting portion (42) at a front end position by locking projections (47) formed on the terminal (40) to project from the terminal (40) from front.

Abstract: A contact comprises a pair of conductive members and a biasing member attached between the pair of conductive members and biasing the pair of conductive members toward each other. The pair of conductive members each have a base portion and an attaching portion. The base portion of one of the conductive members and the base portion of the other conductive member are disposed spaced apart from each other. At least one of the pair of conductive members has a support portion extending from the base portion toward the other conductive member and abutting against the other conductive member to support the other conductive member.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a terminal fitting, a housing, a rear holder, a rubber closures, and a spacer provided with a main body shaped cutaway-circular in cross-section, positioning the electric wire connection part and an electric wire therewithin, and two pairs of projections opposing to each other, projecting from inside of the main body where a width K1 of the cutaway is formed smaller than the diameter of the electric wire, and the diametric portion of the electric wire connection part and the electric wire are passed through between the two pairs of projections while the two pairs of projections are enlarged, so as to be positioned within the main body.

Abstract: A device connector includes a first housing (20) accommodating first terminals (30) connected to terminals of a device and a second housing (40) accommodating second terminals (55) connected to ends of wires (50) and connectable to the first housing (20). Connecting portions (31, 56) of the first and second terminals (30, 55) are placed one over the other and bolted as the housings (20, 40) are connected. The first housing (20) has a work hole (34) for bolting the connecting portions (31, 56) of the terminals (30, 55) together. A metal shield shell (60) covers the connected housings (20, 40) and is bolted to a case (10) at three mounting portions (65, 66) and (97) arranged on an outer part of the shield shell (60) to form a triangle having substantially equal sides.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a number of power contacts received in the insulating housing, a power bus bar electrically and mechanically connecting with at least one power contact and a power contact spacer assembled within said opening of the insulating housing. Each power contact forms a first engaging portion and a first contacting portion. The power bus bar has a main section, a middle section extending from the main section, and a connecting section extending from the middle section. The power contact spacer includes a main body and a base extending downwards from the main body. The main body provides a number of protrusions along the transversal direction, and the insulating housing defines a number of grooves on a top wall thereof for correspondingly receiving the protrusions to thereby secure the power contact spacer on the insulating housing along a transversal direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body, a trace, a terminal, and an engaging element. The body includes a recessed groove. The trace includes a first contact portion and a connection segment. The first contact portion is formed on a surface of the body and connected to the connection segment. The connection segment is formed on an inner surface of the recessed groove. The terminal is supported by the body and comprises a second contact portion. The terminal is partially exposed in the recessed groove and the second contact portion extends out of the body. The engaging element is provided in the recessed groove and electrically connect the connection segment and the terminal.

Abstract: A connecting device is configured to be fitted into twp mating electrode connectors having power source electrodes, so that the power source electrodes are electrically connected. The connecting device for connecting the power source electrodes includes a housing member having an engaging portion having a recessed shape capable of engaging with the mating electrode connector. The connecting device includes a flat terminal with a flat plate shape being held with the housing member and a flexible braided wiring member connected to the flat terminal. The flexible braided wiring member is connected to a rear end portion of another flat terminal at both end portions thereof. The flat terminals at the both end portions of the flexible braided wiring member are held at middle portions thereof with separate housing members. Both surfaces of a front end portion of the flat terminal are exposed in the engaging portion of the housing member.

Abstract: A connector (10) includes a first housing (12) made of synthetic resin and including a fitting (11), and a second housing (14) made of synthetic resin and including a tubular receptacle (13) into which the fitting (11) is to be fit. At least one first projection (37) projects forward on a front end part (40) of the fitting (11) in the connecting direction and at least one second projection (43) projecting toward the first projection (37) is formed on a part of a back wall (27) of the receptacle (13) corresponding to the first projection (37). A fitting depth of the first and second housings (12, 14) is specified by the contact of a tip (38) of the first projection (37) and a tip (44) of the second projection (43) when the first and second housings (12, 14) are connected properly.

Abstract: An electrical connector system having electrical contacts with reduced normal force is provided. The electrical contacts can define cantilevered beams of extended length, such that normal forces exerted by the electrical contacts on the electrical contacts of a complementary electrical connector are reduced. The beams of the electrical contacts can be coupled by a tie bar that can act to enhance the structural rigidity of the electrical contact.

Abstract: Modular multichannel light sources connector systems and methods are provided. A lighting assembly includes substrates, each with a respective plurality of ports and conductive path configurations. Each path configuration includes a plurality of conductive paths between the respective plurality of ports. At least two conductive path configurations are the same. A connector couples one of a plurality of first ports on a first substrate to one of a plurality of second ports on a second substrate. A multichannel power supply's outputs are each coupled to an associated conductive path on the first substrate. A first light source is coupled to two conductive paths on the first substrate, and to a first output. A second light source is coupled to two conductive paths on the second substrate, corresponding to the conductive paths on the first substrate, and to a second output, different from the first output.

Abstract: A receptacle of an electrical connector comprises a metal housing body, a plastic main body positioned in the metal housing body, and flat terminals. The plastic main body incorporates with the metal housing body to form an accommodating space for being plugged by a plug. First and second tongue parts disposed on the plastic main body are respectively close to upper and lower sides of the metal housing body. Each flat terminal comprises a fixing part, a contacting part formed in a flat shape, and a soldering part. The contacting parts are respectively disposed on first and second tongue parts and respectively expose to the accommodating space in downward and upward directions. A tongue of a plastic body of the receptacle, i.e. first and second tongue parts, and the flat terminals are hardly damaged, so as to prevent expensive cost of repairing a damaged receptacle.

Abstract: A cable connector assembly including a cable connector having a mating side that faces in a mating direction. The mating side is configured to engage a mating connector. The cable connector assembly also includes a housing frame having a connector-receiving space that is partially defined by a sidewall. The cable connector is disposed in the connector-receiving space. The sidewall has a wall spring that is formed from material of the sidewall and that is coupled to the cable connector. The wall spring is configured to resiliently flex from a relaxed condition to a compressed condition to permit the cable connector to move during a mating operation. The wall spring provides a biasing force to the cable connector in the mating direction when the wall spring is in the compressed condition.

Abstract: An electrical connector allowing a housing and a contact portion to be displaced relative to a mounting circuit board, parallel to a board surface, without a reinforcing plate separate from a contact member. A basal portion of a contact member is present along an upper surface of a base portion of a housing. A mounting-side elastic portion of the contact member is present along a lower surface of the base portion of the housing. A folding-back portion of the contact member is located at a rear of the base portion of the housing to connect the basal portion to the mounting-side elastic portion. First and second connecting leg portions extend downward from the mounting-side elastic portion. Each tip side of the leg portions acts as a mounting portion for a circuit board at positions different from each other in a front-back direction.