Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for signal referencing for memory are described. In one embodiment, connector for a memory device comprises a housing having a first panel and a second panel opposite the first panel to be positioned adjacent a circuit board, the first panel and second panel defining a slot to receive a portion of the memory device, a first plurality of electrically conductive pins disposed in the slot and proximate the first panel to establish electrical connections with a plurality of electrical connectors on the memory device, wherein at least one of the first plurality of pins is a ground pin and a layer of conductive material disposed proximate the second surface. The ground pin is electrically coupled to the layer of conductive material. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Methods and systems to support input output (IO) communications may include an IO connector having a housing with surfaces defining a paddle card region, and a set of compressible contacts extending vertically through the housing into the paddle card region. In addition, an IO interconnect can include a cable portion and at least one end portion coupled to the cable portion. The end portion may include a paddle card having a circuit board with a set of contacts disposed on a bottom surface of the circuit board. The end portion can also include an asymmetric metal shell having a configuration that encloses at least a portion of the paddle card and exposes the set of contacts.

Abstract: A circuit board includes an extension Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA) connector including a standard PCMCIA pin area including a plurality of pins; and an additional pin area comprising a plurality of pins; and an interface including: a standard PCMCIA interface including a plurality of signals lines connected to the pins of the standard PCMCIA pin area and corresponding to signal lines of a standard PCMCIA card; and an additional PCMCIA interface including a plurality of additional signal lines connected to the pins of the additional pin area.

Abstract: A high speed card edge connector (20, 30) includes an insulative housing (21, 31), and a number of first, second, third, and fourth contacts (221-224) received in the insulative housing and arranged in a number of first columns (25) and a number of second columns (26). Each of the first columns includes one first, one second, and one third contacts. Each of the second columns includes one first, one fourth, and one third contacts. Each of the first to the fourth contacts includes a mounting portion (22b). The mounting portions of the second and the fourth contacts are designed as penetration type termination, and the mounting portions of the first and the third contacts are designed as surface mounted type termination. The mounting portions of the second and the fourth contacts are arranged in different rows.

Abstract: A board unit includes a board that has a through hole penetrating the board from a first side of the board to a second side of the board and having a conductive inner wall surface a first electronic component that has a first connection pin to be press-fitted in the through hole from the first side of the board, and a conductive member that is disposed in the through hole to connect the inner wall surface of the through hole to the first connection pin.

Abstract: A welding system component includes a circuit board for the welding system component. An interface has a main riser portion with a fastener passageway formed therethrough. The interface has an extension portion with a terminal passageway formed therethrough. The extension portion is electrically connected to the circuit board with a terminal disposed in the terminal passageway. The extension portion is spaced away from a surface of the circuit board. A capacitor is electrically connected to the main riser portion with a fastener disposed in the fastener passageway.

Abstract: The sheet-like connector comprises a plurality of conductive members formed on one side of sheet. Each of the conductive members comprises elastically deformable spring member wherein edge thereof moves in the thickness direction of sheet, middle member which is formed on edge of spring member, and contacting protrusion which is formed on middle member and which protrudes in the thickness direction of sheet. Middle member and contacting protrusion are formed with materials which are mutually different and thus enable selective etching.

Abstract: A communication socket comprises an outer casing, a circuit board, a communication connector, and a power terminal set. The outer casing has a power terminal passage formed penetratingly in the outer casing. The circuit board and the communication connector are arranged inside the outer casing. The communication connector is disposed between a side wall of the outer casing and the circuit board, and the communication connector electrically connects to the circuit board. The power terminal set is arranged in the power terminal passage and passed through the circuit board, wherein one end of the power terminal set exposes from the side wall of the outer casing, and another end of the power terminal set passes through the circuit board, and wherein the power terminal set and the circuit board are insulating to each other. The instant disclosure also provides a communication device.

Abstract: A stacked connector component includes a housing, connectors at a front opening of the housing and arranged in a stacked formation within one or more columns, and a for and exposed at the connectors. The pins include high-speed pins routed within the housing to a bottom side thereof and low-speed pins routed within the housing to a back side or a top side thereof. A circuit board includes pin pads connectable to the pins and disposed on a substrate. The pin pads include high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed signal pins. The substrate includes contiguous high-speed areas in which the high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed pins are located, between which no pin pads are located.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a power terminal is in electrical connection to a power supply terminal, and a printed circuit board is supplied with a board to power contact. Bringing the board to power contact together with the PCB contact causes an electrical connection between the power supply and the PCB. In some embodiments the electrical connection resists disconnection from the PCB contact without requiring an external force on the PCB. In some embodiments the PCB-to-power-contact and the PCB contact are brought together in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the PCB. In some embodiments the PCB-to-power-contact includes fingers with grasp the PCB contact on two sides.

Abstract: A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted.

Abstract: An electrical cable connector includes a cable connector housing and a latch attached to the cable connector housing. The cable connector housing includes a first set of electrical contacts and a latch channel. The latch includes an arm portion, a hinge portion, and an actuation portion. The arm portion is disposed in the latch channel and includes a pair of latch arms. The latch arms include opposing catch portions disposed at a front end thereof and are adapted to securely attach the cable connector to a mating connector by surrounding a protrusion inside a housing of the mating connector. The hinge portion extends from a back end of the arm portion. The actuation portion extends generally upwardly from the hinge portion. Pressing down the actuation portion about the hinge portion splays the latch arms such that the catch portions are moved away from each other.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to a connector assembly. Optionally, first conductive members form a first row. Second conductive members include a first subset forming a second row and a second subset forming a third row, the second and third rows being parallel and offset with respect to one another. Individual ones of the first and second conductive members are arranged to be coupled at a first end to a corresponding contact. At least one of the first and second subsets has a vertical displacement to form a common row of the second conductive members at a second end of the second conductive members. Individual ones of the first conductive members are arranged to be coupled proximate a second end of the first conductive members to the second end of a corresponding one of the second conductive members.

Abstract: An electrical connector designed for high speed signals. The connector includes one or more features that, when used alone or in combination, extend performance to higher speeds. These features may include compensation for tie bars that are used to hold conductive members in place for molding a housing around the conductive members. Removal of the tie bars during manufacture of the connector may leave artifacts in the conductive members and/or housing, which may be addressed by the features. The conductive members, for example, may include regions, adjacent tie bar locations, that compensate for portions of the tie bar that are not fully removed. Alternatively or additionally, a housing may include openings around tie bar locations such that a punch may be used to sever the tie bars. These openings may be filled to avoid performance-affecting artifacts.

Abstract: A midplane may include a printed circuit board (PCB) with a top surface and a bottom surface. A first plurality of midplane connectors may be disposed on one or more edges of the top surface. The first midplane connectors may have one or more pins that are longitudinally oriented parallel to the top surface of the PCB. The midplane may further include a second plurality of midplane connectors disposed on the top surface. The second midplane connectors may have one or more pins that are longitudinally oriented perpendicular to the top surface of the PCB.

Abstract: A memory chip testing system includes a computer, a rheostat, a voltmeter, and a connector. The computer includes a main board, a number of memory chip interfaces mounted on the main board. The computer runs a testing software to test the stability of a memory chip under different working voltages. The connector includes an insulating substrate and a number of conductive posts. The posts with ends fixed in the insulating substrate and arranged according to the pins of the memory chip interface. The connecter is connected to the pins of one of the number of the memory chip interfaces when testing a memory chip. The rheostat and the voltmeter are electrically connected to selected conductive posts on the insulating substrate, the rheostat adjusts the work voltage of the memory chip, and the voltmeter indicates the work voltage of the memory chip.

Abstract: A connector comprises a contact and a housing. The contact has a fixed portion, a contact portion, a spring portion and a held portion. The spring portion supports the contact portion. The held portion is located between the fixed portion and the support portion. The housing has a sidewall portion and a bottom portion. The sidewall portion is located outward of the spring portion in a predetermined direction and holds the held portion. The bottom portion is located under the spring portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The housing has a gap between a lower surface of the spring portion and the bottom portion. The bottom portion and the sidewall portion hide the contact except the held portion both when the connector is seen from below along the vertical direction and when the connector is seen from the outside along the predetermined direction.

Abstract: A stacked connector component includes a housing, connectors at a front opening of the housing and arranged in a stacked formation within one or more columns, and a for and exposed at the connectors. The pins include high-speed pins routed within the housing to a bottom side thereof and low-speed pins routed within the housing to a back side or a top side thereof. A circuit board includes pin pads connectable to the pins and disposed on a substrate. The pin pads include high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed signal pins. The substrate includes contiguous high-speed areas in which the high-speed signal pin pads for the high-speed pins are located, between which no pin pads are located.

Abstract: A central processing unit socket assembly includes a socket mounted on a circuit board, a locking apparatus, and a cover. The cover includes a main plate, a resilient first locking portion formed on a first end of a first surface of the main plate, a second locking portion formed on a second end of the first surface of the main plate opposite to the first locking portion, and a number of connecting pins protruding out from a second surface of the main plate opposite to the first surface of the main plate. The first and second locking portion of the first surface of the cover can be detachably latched to the socket. The connecting pins can be connected on the locking apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device which has a male connection portion for connection with a female snap. The male connection portion comprises a conductive stud which is or can be screwed in to a portion of the electronic device via threading on the stud. Furthermore, an adhesive can be added to the stud or an opening of the electronic device in order to provide a secure and water tight seal between the stud and the electronic device. The stud generally makes an electrical connection between a conductive portion of the female snap and an electronic component within the electronic device. The male portion of the stud may also comprise a cavity or opening for receiving a tool for screwing the stud in to the electronic device and/or for receiving a guiding pin of the female snap portion.

Abstract: A socket is provided that is configured to be secured to a surface of a host circuit board by solder using a solder reflow process. The solder reflow process that is used for this purpose may be the same solder reflow process that is used to make electrical connections between the array of electrical contacts disposed on the lower surface of the socket and the array of electrical contacts disposed on the upper surface of the host CB. Because the solder reflow process is an automated process, the process of securing the socket to the surface of the host CB does not have to be performed manually, but can be performed automatically as part of a typical automated surface mount technology (SMT) process of the type that is typically used to mount components on a PCB.

Abstract: A circuit board assembly comprises a first circuit board and a second circuit board. A connector socket is mounted on the first circuit board, and a connector plug is mounted on the second circuit board. A handle assembly is attached to either the first circuit board or the second circuit board. The handle assembly comprises a base member attached to either the first circuit board or the second circuit board and first and second rotating members pivotably attached to opposite ends of the base member. When the first rotating member and the second rotating member are rotated away from the base member, the connector plug is disengaged from the connector socket. When the first rotating member and the second rotating member are rotated towards the base member, the connector plug is inserted into the connector socket.

Abstract: A circuit board connector is disclosed that has isolator ribs between contact tails, and slots in the edge of a circuit board between circuit pads that communicate with the ribs to avoid pad-to-pad current leakage and high-voltage breakdown. The slots may be between individual circuit board fingers that each include one of the conductor pads.

Abstract: The invention provides a component module including a case, a circuit board, an electronic component, and a connector. The case has a through-hole. The circuit board is provided in the case. The electronic component and the connector are mounted on the circuit board. The connector includes a connecting portion and a terminal. The connecting portion is opposed to or located inside the through-hole of the case. At least a portion of the terminal is located at the connecting portion.

Abstract: A system for communicating between multiple electrical components includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having first and second opposed layers and a plurality of plated through-holes extending between the first and second opposed layers. The system also includes a plurality of mating contacts, wherein each of the plurality of mating contacts is retained within one of the plurality of plated through-holes. Each of the plurality of mating contacts may include a first end portion that outwardly extends from the first layer, and a second end portion that outwardly extends from the second layer. The system may also include a first connector assembly having a plurality of interconnecting contacts retained therein. The plurality of interconnecting contacts mate with the first end portions of the plurality of mating contacts when the first connector assembly connects to the first PCB.

Abstract: To provide a connector which is capable of reducing the amount of protrusion from the mounting surface of a substrate, and reducing the amount of exposure of contacts, and reducing a mounting area. A housing 50 is formed by a housing main body 51 which is inserted into a cutout formed in an LED-mounted substrate, and a top plate portion 52 which is continuous with the housing main body 51 and opposes to a mounting surface of the LED-mounted substrate. The housing main body 51 accommodates a contact portion 34 of a contact 30, and is formed with a connector receiving portion 51a which receives a housing of the cable connector. The top plate portion 52 is formed with a holding portion-receiving portion 52a which receives a holding portion 31 of the contact 30, from an inserting direction DI orthogonal to a direction along which the housing main body 51 is continuous with the top plate portion 52.

Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly for a control device has a multi-layered PCB and a plug component. The PCB has a main section, a connection section, and a curved connecting section arranged between the main section and the connection section and connects the latter such that a main plane of extent of the main section runs at an incline to a main plane of extent of the connection section. The plug component has first and second plug connectors row which each contain a plug connector. Each plug connector has connecting elements with a connection part and a contact pin. The first and second plug connector rows follow one another in a stacking direction which is inclined to the main plane of extent of the main section such that the first plug connector row is at a larger distance from the main section than the second plug connector row.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plastic body, a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal includes a first connecting part, a first contact part and a first mating part extending from two ends of the first connecting part. The first contact part and the first mating part are located at two sides of the first connecting part respectively. An extending direction of the first contact part deviates from a straight line of an extending direction of the first mating part. The first terminal and the second terminal pass through through holes of the plastic body respectively. The first contact part and the first mating part of the first terminal respectively protrude out of the through hole that the first terminal passes through; a second contact part and a second mating part of the second terminal respectively protrude out of the through hole that the second terminal passes through.

Abstract: An electronic device for transmitting data is described herein. In some examples, the electronic device includes a package substrate, and a plurality of integrated circuits to be coupled to the package substrate, at least one integrated circuit comprising a topside connector or an edge connector to be coupled to a cable that is to couple to a cable receptacle.

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 improved electronic connector with alignment features is disclosed. One or more alignment features for the connector are disposed on a removable SMT cap that attaches to an external face of the connector. Placing one or more alignment features in the SMT cap may enable fewer alignment features on the device PCB, resulting in increased space for electrical routing and other electrical components.

Abstract: An electrical assembly is described, including a mounting board having at least one exposed contact area and a mounting board housing, a direct plug element having a housing and at least one direct contact. The direct contact establishes contact with the contact area in the assembled state, a detachable first hinge connection having a hinge member on the mounting board housing and a second hinge member on the housing of the direct plug element. A securing element secures the direct plug element on the mounting board housing.

Abstract: A system and device for providing power to and monitoring the energy usage of a device connected thereto includes a unit having one or more circuit boards having components for detecting the energy usage of the connected device and an interface for electrically connecting to the device. The unit communicates with a coordinator regarding the connected device or the state of the unit itself. Depending on the communication received from the unit, the coordinator relays the received data to a server and awaits instruction, or immediately commands the unit to take a certain action. If the server receives data from the coordinator, it sends such data to a remote server, saves it, generate reports based thereon, and/or alerts a user regarding same. The user can choose to send a command to the unit or device through the system, for example, to shut down, turn on, or to adjust the power being supplied to the device.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing; and a plurality of first ground contacts. The first ground contacts each comprise a male contact blade configured to be inserted into a contact channel of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The male contact blade has a portion configured to contact the housing of the mating electrical connector, after the male contact blade makes electrical contact with the deflectable beam, to move the male contact blade in the contact channel, increase deflection of the deflectable beam by the male contact blade, and increase or maintain normal force between the mating contact and the ground contact generally.

Abstract: The disclosed USB device holder includes a USB unit, a main body made of cardboard and having a receiving portion for receiving and maintaining the USB unit.

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: A method for assembling a portable computing device is disclosed. A number of operational components can be inserted into an extruded seamless housing through either a top or bottom opening in the housing. In some embodiments the housing can be radio frequency transparent so that the operational components disposed within the housing can send and receive wireless signals. The operational components can be aligned by internal rails disposed within the housing for positioning and supporting the operational components in an assembled position.

Abstract: An RF connector module and associated printed circuit board providing high isolation and controlled impedance at RF frequencies. The connector module may be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, such as stamping, insert molding, multi-shot molding and interference fit between components, to provide low cost. A connector module constructed with these techniques may implement a co-planar waveguide structure, with conductive shields for isolation and lossy material to enforce co-planar propagation modes. The printed circuit board may similarly be manufactured using conventional manufacturing techniques, including drilling to form vias. As a result, an interconnection system may be manufactured with low cost. These techniques may be applied to provide performance, including in the form of isolation between RF signals, comparable to that provided by more expensive components.

Abstract: A chip package structure includes a package body, a first lead and a second lead. Elements embedded inside the package body include a core circuit having at least one first connection terminal, at least one ESD protection circuit having at least one second connection terminal, at least one third connection terminal and at least one interconnection structure. The interconnection structure is electrically connected to the second connection terminal and the third connection terminal. The first lead on the package body is electrically connected to the second connection terminal and an external circuit. The second lead on the package body electrically connects the first connection terminal and the third connection terminal. The second lead and the first lead are separate in structure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board system includes attaching (501), to a circuit board, electrical components that constitute together with the circuit board a first functional entity and a second functional entity that are disconnected from each other so that operations of the first and second functional entities are substantially free from mutual interactions. The method includes directing (502) electrical activity, for example testing and/or data loading, to the first functional entity and/or to the second functional entity. Subsequently, the method includes providing (503) at least one galvanic connection between the first and second functional entities by pushing one or more press-fit pins in holes of the circuit board in order to enable the first and second functional entities to co-operate with each other. The method allows functional entity-specific testing, data loading, and other electrical activity after e.g. a soldering process and prior to possible functionality testing (504).

Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with a conductive body sized to be inserted into a printed circuit board (PCB) aperture. The body has an external profile that is not round to inhibit rotation relative to a corresponding aperture in the PCB. The body has a round aperture formed therein for receipt of an elongate conductive fastener. A circuit board assembly is provided with a PCB aperture that is not round for receipt of the connector. A circuit housing assembly is provided with a housing with an aperture. A conductive stud extends through the PCB aperture and the housing aperture. A conductive nut is mounted on the stud adjacent to the connector. A vehicle power interface is provided with a power supply with a conductive connector received upon the stud on an external side of the housing. A conductive nut mounted on the stud adjacent to the power supply connector.

Abstract: A connector structure includes a circuit body, a fork terminal, a housing and an insertion member. The circuit body includes a conductor including a two-pronged part having two extended portions, and plated leads arranged at the extended portions respectively. The fork terminal includes a first terminal part and a second terminal part which project from a terminal base so that an insertion space is formed between the first and second terminal parts. The housing includes a fitting part accommodating the fork terminal. The insertion member is inserted into the insertion space through the fitting part in a state where the circuit body is fixed. The circuit body is electrically connected with one of the first and second terminal parts with the insertion of the insertion member.

Abstract: A radical-polymerizable acrylic insulating adhesive for NCF-bonding an electronic part to a circuit board includes a (meth)acrylate monomer, a film-forming resin, an inorganic filler, a silane coupling agent, and a radical polymerization initiator. The amount of the inorganic filler is 70 to 160 parts by mass with respect to a total of 100 parts by mass of the (meth)acrylate monomer and the film-forming resin. A radical polymerization cured product of the acrylic insulating adhesive exhibits a glass transition temperature of 150 to 185° C., a linear expansion coefficient (?1) of 30 to 35 ppm in a temperature range that is lower than the glass transition temperature, and a linear expansion coefficient (?2) of 105 to 125 ppm in a temperature range that is equal to or higher than the glass transition temperature. Further, ?2/?1 is greater than or equal to 3.4.

Abstract: A portable audio device having reduced sensitivity to RF interference over a predetermined frequency range from an adjacent mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a battery carried thereby, a recharging power input connected to the battery, a digital signal input, and an audio analog signal output. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) may be carried by the portable housing and powered by the battery for converting a selected digital audio file from a memory into an analog audio signal. An audio analog amplifier may be connected between the DAC and the audio analog signal output. A first RF filter(s) may be connected to the recharging power input, and a second RF filter(s) may be connected to the audio analog signal output, both for reducing RF interference over the predetermined frequency range from the adjacent mobile wireless communications device.

Abstract: A connector with a sensing component comprises an insulated base, a conductive terminal set, a printed circuit board, an insulated bottom plate, and a metal al case. The printed circuit board electrically connects with a sensing component that has a triaxial accelerator, a gyroscope or a motion sensor into a connector. While an electronic device or electrical equipment electrically connecting with the connector is rotating or is tilting, the connector may output a triaxial variation signal in order to change the displaying orientation of the screen of the electronic device or cut off the power of the electrical equipment.

Abstract: A system for communicating between multiple electrical components includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having first and second opposed layers and a plurality of plated through-holes extending between the first and second opposed layers. The system also includes a plurality of mating contacts, wherein each of the plurality of mating contacts is retained within one of the plurality of plated through-holes. Each of the plurality of mating contacts may include a first end portion that outwardly extends from the first layer, and a second end portion that outwardly extends from the second layer. The system may also include a first connector assembly having a plurality of interconnecting contacts retained therein. The plurality of interconnecting contacts mate with the first end portions of the plurality of mating contacts when the first connector assembly connects to the first PCB.

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided that mates on one side with an optical transceiver module holder and that electrically connects on the opposite side with an external system circuit board. When the connector assembly is mated with an optical transceiver module holder, a base of a parallel optical transceiver module held in the holder mates with a socket of the connector assembly such that respective arrays of electrical contacts disposed on the base and in the socket come into contact with one another. At least one gearbox IC for performing data rate conversion is mounted on the assembly circuit board. A lower surface of the assembly circuit board has an array of electrical contacts on it that are in contact with an array of electrical contacts disposed on the surface of the external system circuit board on which the connector assembly is mounted.

Abstract: A wireless headset has improved immunity to RF electromagnetic interference produced from wireless communications devices. A headset body is adapted to be worn by a user and includes a microphone and earpiece. An antenna receives wireless communication signals and passes them to RF and audio circuitry mounted within the headset body. The RF and audio circuitry include a Bluetooth module operatively connected to the antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless communication signals, an audio CODEC connected to the Bluetooth module, and audio connection lines connected between the CODEC and the earpiece and between the CODEC and the microphone. A filter is connected into each of the audio connection lines at the earpiece and microphone and operative for reducing the RF coupling from a mobile wireless communications device.

Abstract: Modular LED lighting systems can provide under-cabinet lighting. According to some embodiments, an LED lighting system may be provided with at least one LED light strip, a switch unit, and a removable electrical connector electrically connecting the at least one LED light strip to the switch unit in an end-to-end configuration. According to other embodiments, a modular under-cabinet LED lighting system may be provided having a plurality of LED light strip units having a female power receptacle at each end thereof, and at least one removable electrical connector received within respective female power receptacles at respective ends of an adjacent pair of the LED light strip units to electrically connect the pair of LED light strip units in series one to another in an end-to-end configuration. Because of the modular nature of the various components, a lighting system tailored to a specific under-cabinet lighting need can be provided.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) mounted on the housing. The housing includes a mounting portion (11), and a receiving room (10) on one side of the mounting portion. Each of the contacts (2) includes a body portion (21) mounted on the mounting portion, and a mating portion (22) extending form the body portion and projecting into the receiving room. The mounting portion includes a number of mounting slot (14) each including a first slot (15) and a second slot (16) crossed with the first slot. The contacts are selectively mounted on either the first slots or the second slots.