A receptacle connector having a plurality of airflow holes positioned to avoid heat buildup inside a receptacle shell, preventing deformation to the housing of a short, high density connector during solder reflow. The airflow holes may be in a bent portion joining a top face and rear face of the shell. The receptacle connector may be mounted to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, leaving a gap between the connector and the substrate, forming an airflow passage between the substrate and the receptacle connector, enabling heated air to reach mounting portions of terminals of the connector during soldering, but reducing heat buildup within the shell. The passage, alone or in combination with a cutout in a face of the shell, may expose terminal contacts of the receptacle connector to provide for easy inspection and rework of the solder joints between the terminal contacts and the substrate.

An electronic module for a modular patient care system is disclosed. The electronic module can include a housing having an attachment side configured to releasably attach to an adjacent electronic module. A latch mechanism can be configured to engage a catch member on the adjacent electronic module to secure the attachment side to the adjacent electronic module. An electrical connector positioned on the attachment side can be configured to electrically connect to an adjacent electrical connector on the adjacent electronic module. A sensor coupled to the housing can be configured to detect movement of the latch mechanism indicative of at least one of engagement or disengagement of the latch mechanism from the adjacent electronic module.

A hot plugging type power module including a circuit board, a main battery, an assistant battery, a main control unit, and a detection unit is provided. The main battery is demountably disposed at the circuit board and coupled to the main control unit. The assistant battery is disposed at the circuit board. The main control unit is disposed at the circuit board and selectively and electrically connected to the main battery and the assistant battery. The main control unit detects a capacity of the main battery and the assistant battery. The detection unit is disposed at the circuit board and coupled to the main control unit and the main battery and is adapted for detecting a relative position between the main battery and the circuit board.

The present invention relates to the field of holding frames (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for modules (9) and in particular of holding frames (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) for a plug connector for receiving similar and/or different modules (9). In order to provide a holding frame (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that can be populated in an installed state with little of no additional space around the holding frame (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), a base frame (111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711) which defines a plane transverse to an insertion direction of the module (9) into the holding frame (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and which has mutually opposite end faces (112, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612, 712) and mutually opposite side walls (113, 213, 313, 413, 513, 613, 713) is proposed, as is a fixing member (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720) which is attached to a side wall (113, 213, 313, 413, 513, 613, 713) of the base frame (111, 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711) and which allows deformation between an insertion state that allows the module (9) to be inserted into the holding frame (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) in the insertion direction and a holding state in which an inserted module (9) is fixed in place, along the insertion direction at least, by a latching lug (91) of the module (9) and by the fixing member (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720), wherein the fixing member (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720) is so designed that the deformation includes movement of at least one fixing arm (121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621, 721) of the fixing member (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 720) in the longitudinal direction of the side wall (113, 213, 313, 413, 513, 613, 713).

A plug connector part for electrical connection to a counter plug connector part includes: a housing; and a plurality of contacts arranged on the housing such that the plurality of contacts are electrically contactable from different plugging directions by counter contacts of the counter plug connector part. An angular location of the contacts relative to the housing is fixed.

An electronic device and an input/output connector are disclosed. The device may include the input/output connector, which may include a housing including an opening, a cover that covers at least a portion of the opening, the cover connected to the housing by a hinge, and forming an external appearance of the electronic device together with the housing, an elastic body connected to the housing and the cover, and an insertion hole formed by the housing and the cover, into which a cable terminal is insertable for connection with an external device, wherein a size of the insertion hole is changeable according to the rotation of the cover.

An electrical plug-type connection comprises a first connector including a connector housing and at least one electrical terminal arranged therein, and a mating connector for coupling to the first connector. The mating connector includes at least one mating electrical terminal extending in an axial direction, and a mating terminal touch protection device movable from an initial position into a final position by the connector housing as the first connector and the mating connector are coupled.

An electrical connector assembly having a housing and a terminal alignment and protection plate. A mating surface of the housing has terminal alignment member receiving channels. The terminal alignment member receiving channels have first retention projections and second retention projections which extend into the terminal alignment member receiving channels. Rigid support members extend from a first surface of the terminal alignment and protection plate in a direction away from a second surface. The support members extend perpendicular to a planar portion of the terminal alignment and protection plate. The support members have flexible support beams which extend between the support members. The flexible support beams extend essentially parallel to the planar portion of the terminal alignment and protection plate.

A plug connector includes: an insulative housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end; a conductive module received in the insulative housing and exposed to the front mating end; a rod mounted to the insulative housing; a latch mounted to the insulative housing, the latch including a securing portion, a latching portion movable between a latched position and a released position, and an operating portion operable by the rod to move the latching portion to the released position; and a pulling tab connected to the rod, wherein the insulative housing includes a pair of grooves and the rod is slidable in the pair of grooves by the pulling tab to operate the operating portion of the latch to move the latching portion to the released position.

A plug-in connector system includes: a first plug-in connector part and a second plug-in connector part, which are connectable to one another in a plug-in manner along a plug-in direction; and an encoding device having a first encoding part connectable to the first plug-in connector part and a second encoding part connectable to the second plug-in connector part. The first encoding part and the second encoding part are arrangeable together on the second plug-in connector in a pre-assembly position and the first encoding part is connectable with the first plug-in connector part during connecting of the first plug-in connector part and the second plug-in connector part and to remain on the first plug-in connector part during detaching of the first plug-in connector part and the second plug-in connector part from each other. One of the second plug-in connector part and the second encoding part has a locking section.