A shield connector includes wires (12, 14, 15), terminals (20) connected respectively to the wires, a housing (30) for arranging upper and lower rows of terminals, and a shield shell (40) for covering the housing. Each terminal (20) includes a terminal connecting portion (21) to be connected to a mating terminal and a wire connecting portion (23) to be soldered to the corresponding wires. The housing (30) includes a housing body for accommodating the terminal connecting portions and an extending plate (35) extending rearward along a connecting direction to a mating housing from the housing body and arranged between the wire connecting portions of the first and second terminal rows. The shield shell (40) includes first and second open portions (58, 59) for exposing each of one and other surfaces of the housing extending portion, and first and second covers (60A, 60B) for covering the first and second open portions.

Performances are enhanced and improved tremendously for existing USB connectors with new improvised fiber-optical connection features and their capabilities. Existing USB connectors, such as user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connectors are modified, improvised and retrofitted using means of allocating unused spaces and surfaces to allow fiber-optical wires and connections inside the user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connectors. This modification will not affect the regular functions and performances of the user-friendly reversible Type-A and USB Type-C connections. New fiber-optical connections will enhance and improve reversible Type A and USB Type-C as compared to regular user-friendly reversible Type-A and Type-C connectors that have only copper wire connections. They are faster in speed, with the capability of much more bandwidth, longer transmission distance, lighter weight, water proof with corrosion resistance, better data security, immunity to electro-magnetic interference (EMI) and generating no EMI noise, lower cost, less wear and tear for longer life, better safety with non-conductive connectors, and much more.

A coupler/stop for mounting relative to a cable is provided. The coupler/stop can be used in combination with an adapter system that facilitates convenient access to one or more adapters, e.g., DVI-D to HDMI adapter(s), Micro-HDMI to HDMI adapter(s), Mini-HDMI to HDMI adapter(s), Mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter(s), DisplayPort to HDMI adapter(s), VGA to HDMI adapter(s), MHL to HDMI adapter(s), and/or USB to HDMI adapter(s). The coupler/stop includes a pair of mating portions and a pair of inserts of selected diameter. A pair of mounting screws can be used for securing the mating portions to each other with the pair of inserts positioned therewithin.

A stacked I/O connector for use with a high speed, high density transceiver that generates a large amount of heat. The connector may be formed with a web-like housing into which leadframe assemblies are inserted. The web-like housing may have openings in the front, back, top and/or sides, enabling airflow through the connector with little resistance. Sidewall openings may open into a channel between the housing and a wall of cage, enabling air flowing to cool transceivers inserted into the cage to pass through the connector assembly with low resistance and high cooling efficiency. A cage for the connector may have openings selectively positioned such that air flowing through the cage to cool transceivers mated to the I/O connector may pass through the connector with low resistance, enhancing cooling efficiency. Such a connector may be used with OSFP transceivers to meet signal integrity and thermal requirements at 112GBps and beyond.

A stacked I/O connector for use with a high speed, high density transceiver that generates a large amount of heat. The connector may be formed with a web-like housing into which leadframe assemblies are inserted. The web-like housing may have openings in the front, back, top and/or sides, enabling airflow through the connector with little resistance. Sidewall openings may open into a channel between the housing and a wall of cage, enabling air flowing to cool transceivers inserted into the cage to pass through the connector assembly with low resistance and high cooling efficiency. A cage for the connector may have openings selectively positioned such that air flowing through the cage to cool transceivers mated to the I/O connector may pass through the connector with low resistance, enhancing cooling efficiency. Such a connector may be used with OSFP transceivers to meet signal integrity and thermal requirements at 112GBps and beyond.

A method of making an electrical connector which includes an insulative housing having a tongue with two opposite surfaces and plural contacts with contacting portions exposed to the two opposite surfaces of the tongue is characterized by the steps of: forming the plurality of contacts from a single contact carrier to have one group of contacts thereof each with a respective contacting portion connected to a first carrier strip and the other group of contacts thereof each with a respective contacting portion connected to a second carrier strip situated beside the first carrier strip; insert-molding the plurality of contacts with an insulator to form the insulative housing while exposing front ends of the plurality of contacts; and severing the first carrier strip and the second carrier strip from the front ends of the plurality of contacts.

Example connection ports for electronic devices are disclosed. In an example, the connection port includes a longitudinal axis, a receptacle that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a substrate disposed within the receptacle. The substrate includes an end and a support surface that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis. In addition, the connection port includes a plurality of first electrical contacts on the support surface, a plurality of second electrical contacts on the end. Each second electrical contact is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the first electrical contacts.

Example connection ports for electronic devices are disclosed. In an example, the connection port includes a longitudinal axis, a receptacle that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a substrate disposed within the receptacle. The substrate includes an end and a support surface that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis. In addition, the connection port includes a plurality of first electrical contacts on the support surface, a plurality of second electrical contacts on the end. Each second electrical contact is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the first electrical contacts.

A plug connector includes a plug housing including a mating end and a cable end. The cable end is oriented perpendicular to the mating end. The plug housing includes a mating chamber at the mating end and a cable chamber at the cable end. The plug connector includes a contact assembly coupled to the plug housing. The contact assembly includes an array of contacts. Each contact includes a mating end and a terminating end. Each contact is a right angle contact having the terminating end being perpendicular to the mating end. The plug connector includes cables terminated to the terminating ends of the contacts. Ends of the cables extend into the cable end of the plug housing. The cables extend from the plug housing at the cable end. The cables extend along linear cable axes from the contacts to the exterior of the plug housing.

A connection module and an electronic device are provided. The connection module includes: two floating plates formed by a board body of a main circuit board; and at least two connectors respectively fixed to the floating plates. The board body is provided with at least one disconnecting notch, the board body is separated by the disconnecting notch into the two floating plates arranged side by side at an interval and floatable using the disconnecting notch, and the main circuit board is a hard circuit board.