A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a cable housing and a contact having an elastic portion. The cable housing includes a first housing having a termination passage extending through the first housing and a second housing mated with the first housing. A flat conductor exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable is held between the first housing and the second housing. The elastic portion extends through the termination passage and elastically bears against the flat conductor to electrically connect the contact to the flat conductor.

An electrical connector assembly includes an electrically conductive structure having a flat flexible conductor that supports a plurality of electrically conductive traces. A wire contact wedge includes a base having an opening extending therethrough and first and second wedge arms that extend from the base. The electrically conductive structure extends through the opening of the base and between the first and second wedge arms. A connector housing supports the wire contact wedge and the electrically conductive structure. The connector housing includes a body having an abutment surface that engages a corresponding abutment surface of the base of the wire contact wedge. A front cover is supported on the connector housing and includes a retaining arm that cooperates with a corresponding protrusion provided on the wire contact wedge.

A composite connector that contributes to an improvement of workability for mating connectors with each other while preventing or reducing an increase in manufacturing cost is provided. A composite connector includes a first module including a first housing in which a first connector is exposed, and a second housing rotatable about the first housing, the second housing including a second connector, and a second module including a third connector, and a third housing including a fourth connector, the third connector being configured to be mated with and connected to the first connector. The composite connector is configured so that the second and fourth connectors are mated with each other in a state in which one of a projection and a recess that is formed in the second housing is mated with the other of the projection and the recess that is formed in the third housing.

A connector includes a terminal clasp, a flexible flat conductive component, a housing in which an electrical connection part of the terminal clasp protrudes out of an opening of a storage room, and a cover that covers the electrical connection part from outside together with at least part of the housing. The flexible flat conductive component includes an electrical connection region in which the electrical connection part is connected with a conductor, a peripheral region enclosing the electrical connection region, an extension region extending out of the housing and the cover connected with each other, and at least two fitting holes provided on the extension region side in the peripheral region.

A combined assembly of an electrically conductive structure and an electrical connector assembly includes an electrically conductive structure and an electrically connector assembly. The electrically connector assembly includes a housing defining an interior space and a locking arm. The interior space of the housing receives the electrically conductive structure. The locking arm is supported for movement relative to the housing from an unlocked position, wherein the locking arm does not retain the electrically conductive structure within the interior space, to a locked position, wherein the locking arm retains the electrically conductive structure within the interior space. An electrical contact is disposed within the housing and engages the electrically conductive structure retained within the interior space.

The disclosure provides a battery busbar including a conductive sheet, at least two bridge portions and at least two terminal contact portions. The conductive sheet has at least one cavity portion. Each of the at least two bridge portions has a first end and a second end which are opposite to each other, and the first ends of the bridge portions are respectively connected to different sides of the at least one cavity portion. The terminal contact portions are spaced apart from each other and are respectively connected to the second ends of the bridge portions. A width direction is defined to be substantially perpendicular to a line passing through the first end and the second end of one of the at least two bridge portions; along the width direction, a width of the bridge portion is smaller than a width of the terminal contact portion.

Audio jacks and device enclosures that provide proper grounding, are readily reworkable, provide improved ventilation, and have an aesthetically pleasing appearance. An example can include a device enclosure including an enclosure wall and a sleeve for an audio jack. The sleeve can connect to ground through various paths. The audio jack housing can be inserted in the sleeve and kept in place using a fastener. This arrangement can allow the audio jack to be readily reworkable. The sleeve can be narrow at the enclosure wall for improved ventilation and an aesthetically pleasing appearance.

The present technology relates to a connector device and a connector system capable of achieving reduction in manufacturing cost. Provided is a connector device including a first contact used in actual use, and a second contact used only in manufacturing, in which the first contact and the second contact have different core lengths in a case of being viewed from a connection target side. The present technology can be applied to a camera device electrically connected to a vehicle connector, for example.

A method for producing a catheter includes inserting a temporary mandrel into a catheter tube, followed by preshaping a FPCB in a round hollow cylindrical shape and position it on the catheter tube. Then a shrink tube is positioned around the FPCB on the outside of the catheter tube. The assembly is preheated to the point that the shrink tube has fully contracted and directly contacts and closes the FPCB around the catheter tube. Then the assembly is heated above the melting temperature of the catheter tube to reflow the catheter tube material around the FPCB inside the shrinking tube. After a resting period to allow solidification of the assembly material the mandrel is removed from the inner lumen of the re-solidified catheter tube, and finally the shrink tube is removed.

A cable assembly includes a contact ribbon made of a single stamping and including pairs of first and second signal contacts and includes a cable including pairs of first and second center conductors connected to corresponding pairs of first and second signal contacts. The contact ribbon includes a ground plane, a first row of ground contacts extending from the ground plane in a row along a first side of the ground plane such that a first line extending through the first row of ground contacts does not intersect with any signal contacts, and a second row of ground contacts extending from the ground plane in a row along a second side of the ground plane such that a second line extending through the second row of ground contacts does not intersect with any signal contacts.