Abstract: A connector comprises a shell and a detection terminal. The shell is formed with a spring portion, which has a front end of a fixed end and extends rearwards. The spring portion includes a pressed portion and a contact portion. The pressed portion is pressed by a mating connector upon insertion of the mating connector into the connector along a front-rear direction. The contact portion is movable in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The shell and the detection terminal distinct and separated from the shell form a detection switch. A state of the detection switch is changed due to the movement of the contact portion in the predetermined direction when the pressed portion is pressed by the mating connector, so that the insertion of the mating connector is detected.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received into the insulative housing; a spacer assembled to a rear end of the insulative housing; a wire management assembled to a rear end of the spacer, and a cable electrically connected to the rear ends of the plurality of contacts. The wire management defines a plurality of first and second channels formed on top surfaces. Each of second channel defines a rear inlet and two front outlets. The cable comprises several pairs of signal wires received into the corresponding second channels. Each differential pair of signal wires comprises two signal conductors, a grounding conductor and a shielding layer surrounding the two signal conductors and a grounding conductors. Two front ends of the two signal conductors are exposed out of the shielding layer and extending out of the wire management through two outlets.

Abstract: A high-current plug-in connector for transmitting electrical currents, having a housing made of electrically conducting material, designed to mechanically and electrically connect to a cable, the housing having at least one open side for inserting a mating plug-in connector made of an electrically conducting material, and forming a chamber for accommodating the mating plug-in connector, and at least one contact element, which is arranged on the housing and designed so that the contact element establishes an electrical contact having a contact area and a contact pressure between the housing and the mating plug-in connector inserted into the housing, wherein the contact element is designed as a coil spring.

Abstract: A connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a first and second ground terminals (211, 212), a first differential pair (213) and a bridge (3). The first differential pair is supported by the insulative housing (1) and positioned between the first and the second ground terminals. The bridge couples the first and the second ground terminals and disposed at an inner side of the insulative housing.

Abstract: The present application provides a connection device and a connector. The connector comprises a housing mounted on a circuit substrate and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a recessed region and a plurality of channels. The recessed region, together with the circuit substrate, forms a mating groove for mating a flexible circuit board, and the mating groove extends forwardly to a radius. The plurality of terminals correspond to the plurality of channels and each of the terminal includes a resilient contact arm. The resilient contact arm extends toward a surface of the circuit substrate in the corresponding channel of the housing and extends into the recessed region to form a contact portion. The connection device comprises the circuit substrate and the connector.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wire harness including a plurality of wires and a connector with a housing. The method includes arranging the plurality of wires in an insertion hole of an airtight block of the housing to have a gap between the plurality of wires and an inner surface of the insertion hole, supplying a molten resin having a fluidity into the gap through a flow channel in communication with the gap, and solidifying the molten resin inside the space to resin-seal the gap between the insertion hole and the plurality of wires. The supplying of the molten resin is conducted such that a tool for melting a solid resin member is attached to the airtight block, the resin member is melted by applying an ultrasonic vibration while being pressed against the tool, and the molten resin obtained by the melting is poured into the flow channel.

Abstract: An electrical connector, including a shell, a housing and a plurality of metal terminals, configures a chamber that several ribs allocate the chamber with terminal recesses, a ramped portion being formed at the bottom of chamber, the terminals pass through terminal recesses in which the terminals are assembled amid housing, among the sections of the terminals, a contact section forming a engagement in front of the ramped portion of chamber.

Abstract: A connector has a housing with a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage.

Abstract: A compliant pin connector mounting system includes a connector housing, a plurality of contacts each disposed in the connector housing and each including a compliant portion and at least one load bearing surface, and a mounting tool arranged to fit into the connector housing and to contact the at least one load bearing surface of each of the plurality of contacts so as to apply a downward force directly to each of the plurality of contacts. The compliant portion of each of the plurality of contacts is arranged to be aligned with a respective hole in a substrate such that when the downward force is applied directly to the at least one load bearing surface of each of plurality of contacts by the mounting tool, the compliant portion of each of the plurality of contacts is press fit into the respective hole in the substrate.

Abstract: An electrical connector and leadframe assemblies for use therein are provided. Each leadframe assembly can be constructed with at least one electric contact having a ground plate. A first type of leadframe assembly includes an uppermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. A second type of leadframe assembly includes a lowermost electrical contact defining a ground plate. The ground plates can reduce the level of crosstalk exhibited by the electrical connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board, a plurality of conductive terminals of which each has a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body, a contact arm elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board, and a touching arm projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body, a front shell mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board and the contact arms being apart located therein, and a rear shell covered to the base body and over the touching arms. The touching arms are horizontally arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction. The electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms being elastically against and pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board.

Abstract: A sticky drive includes a flash storage device and a mounting structure having a stickable surface. The mounting structure is coupled to the flash storage device to enable a user to attach the flash storage device to a user-selected object.

Abstract: When a second junction portion of a terminal is pressed in the opposite direction of the direction of contact with a mating terminal, a first junction portion attempts to be displaced relatively in the direction of contact with the mating terminal as compared to the second junction portion while in a of state contact with the mating terminal, and accordingly, contact pressure of the first junction portion as to the mating terminal increases. Thus, after the mating terminal comes into contact with the first junction portion, contact pressure of the first junction portion as to the mating terminal is not reduced even when the mating terminal comes into contact with the second junction portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways and a number of contacts restricted in the insulative housing. Each contact includes an upper contact half sliding in the passageways and a lower contact half supporting the upper contact half. The upper contact half has three curve sections and the lower contact half has two curve sections. When a force is applied to the upper contact half, the upper and lower contact halves are wiping each other and both are deflectable in vertical and transverse directions.

Abstract: An electrical connector mountable on a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing and pairs of power contacts. Each power contact has a contacting portion, a tail portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contacting portion and the tail portion. The intermediate portion is provided with a retention element in a rear edge thereof extending towards an inside wall of a passageway defined through the insulative housing. Each inside wall of the passageway forms a bump thereon extending along an insertion direction of a complementary connector. The retention element rides on the bump to thereby prevent an involuntarily anti-clockwise movement of the insulative housing with respect to the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a detect pin and a shell, includes a insulative housing having a terminal seat extending forwardly from a base portion and configuring a tongue, and defining a receiving room between bottom of the tongue and a shell, and a plurality of terminals installed in the terminal seat containing nineteen pins compacting to transmit first-type signals and with one plus pin compacting to transmit second-type signals, and a shell accommodating the insulative housing and including a first arm and a second arm.

Abstract: Provided are a substrate for a power module having a uniform parallel switching characteristic and a power module including the same. The substrate for the power module includes a plurality of areas on which input terminals are mounted, an area on which an output terminal is mounted, a plurality of areas on which devices are mounted, and an area on which a plurality of control pins are mounted. The plurality of areas on which the devices are mounted are bilaterally symmetric about the area on which the plurality of control pins are mounted. The plurality of areas on which the input terminals are mounted, respectively, are provided into three areas spaced apart from each other and bilaterally symmetric to each other. The plurality of areas on which the device are mounted are bilaterally symmetric about the area on which the control pins are mounted.

Abstract: A system for fittingly mounting a display panel onto a controller of an industrial control system is provided. The system includes a display panel adapter plate that attaches to a display panel, and a panel adapter plate that attaches to an industrial controller cabinet or door. The display panel adapter and the panel adapter plate includes complimentary tension connectors that mate to fixedly attach the display panel adapter to the panel adapter plate, thereby connecting the display panel to the controller cabinet In at least one embodiment, the display panel adapter also includes a compute engine mount that attaches a compute engine to the display panel via the display panel adapter in at least another embodiment, the display panel adapter also includes a tether mount that allows the display panel to interlace with a remote compute engine.

Abstract: A signal transfer apparatus includes a plurality of input connectors to which a plurality of signals are input from a first electronic device; and a single output connector which is connected to the plurality of input connectors and transfers the plurality of signals to a second electronic device. The length of a plurality of cables connecting the single output connector and the plurality of input connectors differs from each other so that the plurality of input connectors do not overlap each other.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises: a first insulative housing having a base portion (11) and a mating portion (12), and a second insulative housing (4) located on the base portion. The second insulative housing defines a body portion (41) and a tongue portion (42). A number of contacts (2) are formed in the first and second insulative housings. Each of the contact defines a first mating section (201) and a second mating section (202), and a curved connecting section connected with the first and second mating sections. A first metallic shell (3) encloses and engages with the first insulative housing. A second metallic shell (5) encloses the second insulative housing and engages with the first insulative housing. And, a metallic connecting piece (6) respectively connects with the first and second metallic shells.

Abstract: A connection device of a portable terminal is provided. The connection device includes one or more coupling slots provided on a lateral side of the portable terminal, one or more metal pads mounted on a bottom of the one or more coupling slots, and a plug including one or more magnets corresponding to the one or more pads. The one or more magnets are arranged to protrude toward a predetermined side of the plug, and inserted into the one or more coupling slots by an attractive force produced between the one or more metal pads and the one or more magnets, thereby coupling the plug to the lateral side of the portable terminal.

Abstract: Connector receptacles that may have a reduced height when combined with a printed circuit board and reduce wasted space inside an electronic device. One example may provide a connector receptacle that fits in an opening in a printed circuit board. The connector receptacle may also be angled at an oblique angle relative to the printed circuit board such that its face may be flush with a highly stylized device enclosure.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting onto a printed circuit board includes an insulating housing and a plurality of power contacts. The insulating housing has a number of dividing walls and a number of receiving passageways defined between the dividing walls. The plurality of power contacts is received in the corresponding receiving passageways, respectively. One of the dividing walls defines a heat dissipation cutout thereon for heat dissipation purpose.

Abstract: Technologies for reducing the risk of fluid-induced electrical shorting in electrical connectors are provided. An electrical connector comprises a non-conductive member interposed between a first end and a second end of the connector that supports electrical contacts configured to conduct an electrical signal through the non-conductive member. The non-conductive member further has one or more peaks disposed on a surface of the non-conductive member between adjacent contacts.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a female connector and a mal connector. The female connector includes a first main body and a number of slots defined in the first main body, and each slot receives a conductive terminal therein. First and second row conductive terminals are arranged along an opposite direction. A number of cables are attached to the first main body and electrically connected to the conductive terminals. A male connector includes a second main body and a number of conductive pins extend through the second main body. Third row conductive pins are corresponding to the first row conductive terminals. Fourth row conductive pins are corresponding to the second row conductive terminals. The connector assembly can transmit signals normally whatever the male connector is plugged to the female connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector for use with an electronic package, includes an insulative housing defining an upward facing cavity, a plurality of contacts disposed in the cavity of the insulative housing with contacts sections extending into the cavity, and a carrier frame mounted to the insulative housing and having a main body defining an opening for allowing part of the electronic package passing through the opening. The carrier frame assembles to the insulative housing having a preliminary alignment state and a final alignment state.

Abstract: A connector which, when two contacts contact a connection object at positions different from each other in the insertion/extraction direction of the connection object, suppresses deflection of the connection object without increasing a pressing member size. The connector configured so, when the pressing member is rotated to a closed position, a pressing plate is brought into surface contact with the other thickness direction surface of a flexible circuit while pressed by a pressing member pressing portion, and a range including the contact positions between the flexible circuit and first and second contacts is pressed from the side of the other thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit via the pressing plate, so one thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit is brought into press-contact with the first and second contacts. Deflection of the flexible circuit is suppressed by the pressing plate, and the pressing member size need not be increased.

Abstract: An interface device provides one or more electrical connection points disposed on a connector sleeve. The connection points provide electrical communication between a lead connector end of an implantable medical lead and one or more leads of a testing device in such a manner as to minimize potential damage to the lead connector end.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a system, circuit module, and connector. According to one embodiment, a circuit module connector includes first and second sets of opposing contacts on a first section of the connector; the first and second sets of opposing contacts are to contact corresponding first and second sets of contacts on opposite surfaces of a circuit module. The connector also includes a third set of contacts on a second section of the connector; the third set of contacts is to contact a corresponding third set of contacts on one of the surfaces of the circuit module. In one embodiment, the connector connects a memory module to a main board via first and second opposing sets of contacts and a third set of contacts.

Abstract: A conductive contact includes a hollow cylinder, a spring strip and a contact head.

Abstract: A socket connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1), a number of terminals (2) retained in the insulating housing (1), a metallic shell (4) covered the insulating housing (1), an insulative cover (5) covered the metallic shell (4) and the insulating housing (1) by over molding, and a sub-shell (6) covered the insulative cover (5). The sub-shell (6) includes a base part (61) and a plurality of elastic arms (62) extending downwardly from the base part (61), the elastic arms (62) and the terminals (2) flexibly connect with a printed circuit board (PCB) therefore, the socket connector (100) has good connection between terminals (2) and PCB and is convenient to be disassembled from the PCB when repair.

Abstract: A battery connector, used to connect the battery and PCB, includes an insulating housing and a number of contacts received in the housing. Each contact is equipped with a retaining portion, a soldering portion extending downwardly from a lower edge of the retaining portion, and a contacting portion extending forwardly from a front edge of the retaining portion. A first notch is defined between a lower junction part which is formed between a lower edge of the retaining portion and a rear edge of the contacting portion and the first notch positioned beside the soldering portion.

Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with high speed, high density electrical connectors. One of the connectors includes a mating contact portion that generates contact force as it is compressed against a wall of the connector housing. The mating contact portion has multiple segments, each with a contact region extending from the wall, such that multiple points of contact to a complementary mating contact portion in a mating connector are provided for mechanical robustness. Additionally, each signal path through the mating interface portions of the connectors can be narrow and has a relatively uniform cross section to provide a uniform impedance. Additional size reduction may be achieved by mounting a ground contact on an exterior surface of a connector housing in alternating rows. Additionally, embodiments in which a wavy contact is used in a cantilevered configuration are also described.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals received into the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the plurality of terminals. The cable comprises two differential pairs of signal wires. Each differential pair of signal wires comprises two signal wires, a grounding wire and a shielding layer surrounding the two signal wires and a grounding wire. Front end regions of the signal wires and the grounding wires are exposed out of the shielding layer. And, a wire management is assembled to a rear end of the insulative housing and defines a plurality of channels respectively plated with an electroplated layer. The front end regions of the signal wires and the grounding wires are respectively passed through the plurality of channels and electrically connected to the corresponding terminals.

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: An electrical connector that has a first side configured to interface with a battery module and a second side configured to interface with a mating plug coupled to a first load. The electrical connector includes terminals extending through the first and second sides and configured to route power at a first voltage from the battery module to the mating plug; low voltage lines extending through the first and second sides, wherein the low voltage lines operate at a voltage less than the first voltage; and high voltage lines electrically coupled to the terminals via conductive leads and configured to route an electrical signal from the terminals to a second load. The electrical connector contains a secondary connection interface configured to allow access to the low and high voltage lines.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector. Each electrical connector can include an electrical ground shield that at least partially surrounds respective differential signal pairs.

Abstract: An electrical connector with improved high frequency performance. The connector has conductive elements, forming both signal and ground conductors, that have multiple points of contact distributed along an elongated dimension. The ground conductors may be formed with multiple beams of different length. The signal conductors may be formed with multiple contact regions on a single beam, with different characteristics. Signal conductors may have beams that are jogged to provide both a desired impedance and mating contact pitch. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation, inside and/or outside the connector may be shaped with an insert electrically connecting multiple ground structures and/or a contact feature coupling ground conductors to a stiffener. The conductive elements in different columns may be shaped differently to reduce crosstalk.

Abstract: A cable header connector includes a cable including a pair of signal wires, a contact sub-assembly terminated to the cable and a ground shield providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a mounting block having contact channels therein. The contact sub-assembly has a pair of signal contacts each received in corresponding contact channels and held in the contact channels by an interference fit. The contact channels receive corresponding signal wires of the cable and position the signal wires in position adjacent to the corresponding signal contacts. The signal contacts are laser welded to the signal wires of the cable at terminating ends of the signal contacts after being positioned in the contact channels.

Abstract: A method of forming a colored appearance suitable for forming a colored appearance for a conductive casing of a connector is provided. The conductive casing has a body and at least one lead. The lead extends from the body. The method of forming a colored appearance includes the following steps. A surface of the conductive casing is roughened. A conductive metal layer is formed on the roughened surface of the conductive casing. A shielding layer is formed on a part of the conductive metal layer located on the lead. A colorful conductive layer is formed on the conductive casing. The shielding layer and a part of the colorful conductive layer located on the shielding layer are removed to expose the part of the conductive metal layer on the lead. Therefore, the conductive casing has a colored appearance.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector. The male connector includes a first insulation shell, and a number of first metal terminals received in the first shell. The female connector includes a second insulation shell and a number of second metal terminals received in the second shell. When the male connector is inserted into the female connector, the first metal terminals and the second metal terminals are insulated from static electricity by the first and second insulation shells.

Abstract: A card connector includes an insulating housing having two side walls of which an inside defines an inserting fillister, electrical terminals including a switch terminal which has a first contact arm and a first contact tail protruding from a free end of the first contact arm, and an upper shielding shell covered on the insulating housing and having two side plates of which one is die-cut to form a connecting slice inserted in the inserting fillister. A bottom of the connecting slice is bent inward to form a ground slice. The card connector utilizes the cooperation of a controlling switch of an electronic card and the first contact arm to control connection and disconnection between the first contact tail and the ground slice so as to further control a write procedure of the electronic card, wherein the controlling switch is movable between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: An improved outer layer of plating comprising a binary metal alloy of gold and palladium is employed on connector contacts. The binary metal alloy is plated on at least the contact surface of the contacts. Intermediate plating layers can be applied between the outer layer of gold and palladium and the conductive base of the contacts. The binary metal alloy of gold and palladium may be configured to have a mostly gold or a mostly silver appearance, depending upon the relative concentration of gold and palladium in the binary metal alloy.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a body having a shoulder receiving recess formed in a terminal end wall, and a plurality of contacts positioned in the body. Each contact has a pin projecting from a terminal end of the body. Each pin has a base with a pair of protruding shoulders.

Abstract: For providing a joint connector which is miniaturized and general-purpose by designing an interval between needle shape terminal portions same as an interval between terminals of the general-purpose connector, the joint connector 1 includes a terminal 3 with a ferrite core 10, and a connector housing 2 receiving the terminal 3. The terminal 3 includes a busbar 28 and a plurality of needle shape terminal portions 29 extending from the busbar 28 at intervals along a direction of lengthwise of the busbar 28. The ferrite core 10 includes a first ferrite core 10a arranged at abase end 29a of the needle shape terminal portion 29 and a second ferrite core 10b arranged at an intermediate portion 29b of the needle shape terminal portion 29. The first ferrite core 10a and the second ferrite core 10b are arranged alternately at each of the plurality of needle shape terminal portions 29.

Abstract: A shielded connector includes a conductive body having a plurality of receiving holes formed through, a plurality of insulating members respectively fixed in the receiving holes, and a plurality of terminals respectively fixed to the insulating members. Each terminal has a contact portion exposed upward to the insulating member and a soldering portion exposed downward to the insulating member. The terminal and the conductive body are in an nonconductive state. The conductive body is formed by integral injection molding, which does not require pre-molding an insulating body having a plurality of receiving holes and plating metal layers in the receiving holes, so that the process is simple yet novel and the problem that metal layers easily peel off is solved while ensuring a stable and good shielding effect.

Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module with a printed circuit board includes an upper component, a lower component assembled on the upper component and a number of terminals, the upper component includes a number of upper tabs and the lower component includes a number of lower tabs. The terminals include a number of upper terminals and a number of lower terminals matched with the upper terminals. The upper terminals received in the upper component and the lower terminals received in the lower component; wherein the pressing of the terminal can transform the vertical movement of the upper terminal to the horizontal movement of the lower terminal.

Abstract: A module connector (102) for uninterrupted communication is described. The module connector (102) comprises a slot (602) for receiving connector pins (702) of an I/O module 500. The slot (602) has at least one pair of mating pins (606) to connect with the connector pins (702) of the I/O module (500). The at least one pair of mating pins (606) is normally closed in absence of the connector pins (702) in the slot (602). Further, the at least one pair of mating pins (606) in a normally closed state moves to an open state upon receiving the connector pins (702) of the I/O module (500) in the slot (602).

Abstract: A cable connector and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: providing an insulation body, putting a terminal that has a receiving portion into the insulation body, preparing at least one groove on a cable, in which the cable has a first part inserted in the insulation body and a second part extending out of the insulation body, and the groove is provided on the first part, pressing the cable, so that a side edge of the receiving portion pierces the cable at the groove, thereby electrically connecting the terminal and an inner conductor of the cable. The groove enables the terminal to pierce the cable easily, implementing desirable electrical connection between the inner conductor and the terminal, and also stops the cable in the extending direction of the cable, preventing the cable from escaping.

Abstract: Provided with a first connector part to connect a first cable, a second connector part to connect a second cable, and to fit with a first connector part, thereby ensuring electrical connection between a first cable and a second cable, and a housing to hold a second connector part rotatably around an axial direction of a second cable.