A substrate connection structure that enables a reduction in thickness is provided. An electrical connector (11) of a connector unit (2) has a housing (22) fixed to an LED substrate (10), contacts (21), and reinforcement tabs (23). The housing (22) includes a bottom wall main body (36) arranged in periphery of a notch portion (18) of the LED substrate (10), and support portions (37) arranged at end portions of the bottom wall main body (36) in a width direction (X1) and supported by a second surface (16) of the LED substrate (10). The reinforcement tabs (23) each include a first fixing portion (45) fixed to the bottom wall main body (36), an extension portion (46) extending from the first fixing portion (45) so as to move away from the first fixing portion (45) along the width direction (X1), and a second fixing portion (47) formed at a leading end of the extension portion (46), arranged side-by-side with the corresponding support portion (37) in a length direction (Y1), and fixed to the second surface (16) of a mounting portion (19).

Apparatus and method for providing an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for removable engagement with a printed circuit board (PCB). A shaped electrically conductive member has a substantially planar member portion with multiple lateral member edges. The sidewalls are disposed at respective lateral member edges and are substantially orthogonal to the substantially planar member portion. At least one of the sidewalls includes at least one first snap-fit latching feature to engage a respective complementary second snap-fit latching feature disposed at one or more of multiple peripheral portions of a PCB.

A printed circuit board (PCB) structure and mounting assembly for joining two PCBs. A first PCB has a top and bottom surface faces and a peripheral end face separating the top and bottom surface. The first PCB has one or more conductive wire ends exposed at a surface of the peripheral end face; the exposed conductive wire ends forming multiple separate electrical contacts across the thickness and length of the PEF surface. A second PCB has a top surface face and one or more conductive pads exposed at the top surface at locations corresponding to locations of the multiple electrical contacts. A surface mount solder material is disposed on one or more exposed conductive pads for electrically connecting with corresponding the multiple electrical contacts. The disposed solder material stably joins the PEF surface of the first PCB to the top surface of the second PCB in a relative perpendicular orientation.

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) may include embedded lateral connectors. The embedded lateral connectors may be configured to enable components to quickly couple to or plug into a PCB, thus saving time to form connections. The embedded lateral connectors may also reduce weight and/or size by avoiding need for bulky tradition collections with conventional components (e.g., solders, external pin connectors, etc.). The connectors may include male connectors, female connectors, and/or mounting connectors. The connectors may be configured to connect multiple PCBs together, such as using a stacked configuration, which may enable reducing a volume of space needed in a housing for the PCBs.

A proximity sensor in which generation of voids in a resin sealing portion sealing an inside of a housing can be suppressed and thus a yield is improved. The proximity sensor includes a housing, a detection coil, a circuit board and a resin sealing portion. The circuit board is accommodated in the housing to partition an internal space of the housing, and the resin sealing portion covers at least a part of the circuit board by filling the internal space of the housing and thus seals a covered portion of the circuit board. A resin injection port configured to inject a liquid resin forming the resin sealing portion by curing the liquid resin is provided in the housing, and a cutout portion having a notch shape or an opening shape is provided in the circuit board to include at least a part of a portion facing the resin injection port.

Disclosed is an electrode device for measuring an electric biosignal. The electrode device includes a flexible PCB (printed circuit board) having a flexible support layer and a trace layer on a first side. The trace layer includes at least two electrode pads for skin contacts and, for each electrode pad, a solder pad and a conducting trace forming a galvanic connection between the electrode and the solder pad. The flexible PCB further includes an opening defining a flexible, elongated cantilever in a central portion of the flexible PCB, having a base end connected to the central portion and a free end separated from the central portion. The solder pads are located at the free end. The electrode device further includes a connector component on the second side, soldered to the solder pads on the free end of the cantilever.

A card edge connector assembly includes a card edge connector having a housing defining a card slot and holding contacts to electrically connect to a pluggable module and a host circuit board. The card edge connector assembly includes a plug guide having a main body including end walls and a side wall defining a cavity receiving the housing of the card edge connector and the pluggable module. The plug guide has first and second alignment channels receiving alignment posts of the pluggable module prior to the card slot receiving the pluggable module to guide mating of the pluggable module with the card edge connector. The plug guide has an exterior being received in a panel opening of a panel. The plug guide including a panel latching feature latchably securing the plug guide to the panel independent of the host circuit board and the card edge connector.

Plug contact set, comprising a plug contact strip (17) having several first contact elements (12, 14) that are formed as components of a circuit board (10) and are arranged in the region of a circuit board edge (19), at least one of which contact elements (12, 14) being formed in the plugging direction (S) as a checking contact (14) having a smaller length than the remaining contact elements, and having a plug connector having several second contact elements (22) that are arranged in a housing, at least one of which contact elements (22) being set up to electrically make electric contact with the checking contact (14), wherein at least one first latch element (31, 51) that is formed as part of the circuit board (10) is arranged on the circuit board edge (19) and at least one second latch element (32) is arranged on the housing, said latch elements being set up to latch with one another when the first contact elements (12, 14) are completely contacted by the second contact elements (22), and wherein a third latch element (33, 53) that is formed as part of the circuit board (10) and that is able to latch to the second latch element (32) is provided that is arranged to be spaced apart from the first latch element (31) in the plugging direction (S) in such a way that, by latching the third latch element (33, 53) to the second latch element (32), an as clearance-free as possible fixing of the housing on the circuit board (10) in the completely contacted state of the first and second plug contacts (12, 14, 22) is achieved.

A printed board has an elongated shape and is to be electrically coupled to a display panel via a flexible board. The printed board includes a first board section; and a second board section shorter in length than the first board section in a substantially perpendicular direction to a longitudinal direction of the printed board. The first board section and the second board section are disposed in a row in the longitudinal direction, each of the first board section and the second board section has a first end in the substantially perpendicular direction to the longitudinal direction, the first end of the first board section projects further than the first end of the second board section in the substantially perpendicular direction, and a connection portion to be connected to the flexible board is disposed at the first end of each of the first board section and the second board section.

A display panel used for coupling to another display panel in a side by side manner is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate, including a first hole, a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface of the first substrate; a first circuit layer disposed on the second surface of the first substrate; a first connecting element disposed in the first hole and connecting the first conductive layer and the first circuit layer; and a first sealing layer disposed on the first conductive layer, wherein the first hole at least partially overlaps the first sealing layer. In addition, a display device comprising two display panels disposed adjacent to each other is also disclosed.