A plug assembly for an electromechanical surgical system includes: a housing defining a proximal facing bore; a pair of electrical contacts disposed within the housing, each electrical contact including a distal end portion projecting distally from a distal end of the housing; and a proximal end portion disposed within the proximal facing bore of the housing; a ribbon cable having a distal end portion electrically connected to the proximal end portion of each of the pair of electrical contacts, and being disposed with the proximal facing bore of the housing; and an encapsulating material filling the proximal facing bore of the housing.

The invention concerns a method for connecting a cable (4) to a connector part, such as a plug or socket, with electrical contacts (21). The cable comprises at least one layer (41) comprising several wires (42) arranged next to each other, the connector part comprising an interface (10, 60) with tracks for electrically connecting the wires of the layer (41) to the electrical contacts (21), and, when the wires of the layer are connected to the interface (10, 60), the layer is arranged flat. The invention also relates to the products obtained by the method.

Provided are terminal-free connectors for flexible interconnect circuits. A connector for connecting to a flexible interconnect circuit comprises a base comprising a housing chamber defined by at least a first side wall and a second side wall that are oppositely positioned about the base. A circuit clamp is coupled to the base via a first hinge, and is configured to move between a released position and a clamped position. A cover piece is coupled to the base via a second hinge, and is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. The circuit clamp is configured to secure the flexible interconnect circuit between the base and the circuit clamp in the clamped position. One or more protrusions on the circuit clamp are each configured to interface with a socket within the first or second side wall to secure the circuit clamp in the clamped position.

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, at least a first contact and a connecting element. The insulative housing defines at least a receiving slot extending along a front-and-back direction. The first contact is received in the corresponding receiving slot, the connecting element is partially received in the receiving slot. The electrical connector further comprises at least a second contact pluggably connected with the first contact and the connecting element, and the second contact is completely received in the receiving slot.

A Peripheral Component Interconnect Express/Serial Attached SCSI (PSAS) female connector includes a frame member, a terminal member, and a cover member; the frame member including a terminal groove disposed in the frame member and a tilt portion disposed in the terminal groove adjacent to a plug end; the terminal member inserted in the frame member and including a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) 7 pin terminal, a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 40 pin terminal, a 15 Pin signal terminal, a 6 Pin terminal, and a 4 Pin terminal. When the PSAS female connector is engaged with the male connector, the SATA 7 Pin terminal and the SAS 40 Pin terminal are pressed by a terminal of the male connector to be bent toward an outer lateral side of the terminal groove to contact the elastic plate of the cover member. The present invention effectively improves the cross interference during high speed transmission, thereby achieving the Generation 5 performance requirement.

Provided is a terminal-equipped flexible circuit board provided with a flexible circuit board that is flexible and a plurality of terminals. The flexible circuit board extends in a longitudinal direction, the flexible circuit board includes a plurality of conductive paths, the plurality of terminals each include a conductive path connection portion that is connected to a conductive path and a terminal connection portion that extends in an extending direction from the conductive path connection portion and is connected to a partner terminal, the plurality of terminals are arranged on the flexible circuit board in a state in which the longitudinal direction of the flexible circuit board intersects the extending direction of the plurality of terminals, and the plurality of terminals are arranged in a plurality of levels in a state in which the flexible circuit board is folded.

Examples are disclosed relating to cable connectors for attachment to a printed circuit board (PCB). In one example, a cable connector comprises a flexible printed circuit (FPC) comprising a plurality of FPC alignment apertures, a stiffener plate comprising a plurality of stiffener alignment apertures, and a plurality of alignment pins extending through the plurality of stiffener alignment apertures and the plurality of FPC alignment apertures and into a plurality of PCB apertures in the PCB. The plurality of alignment pins align the FPC to the PCB.

A connector assembly includes a circuit board, a mounting bracket and a cable connector. The circuit board has a number of conductive pads. The cable connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and cables. The insulating body includes a mounting surface. Each conductive terminal includes an elastic contact portion. The mounting bracket includes a frame portion and an installation space enclosed by the frame portion. The cable connector is at least partially received in the installation space so that the elastic contact portions are in contact with the conductive pads. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure directly installs the cable connector on the circuit board by setting the mounting bracket, thereby omitting the socket connector and reducing the volume of the connector assembly.

The present invention relates to a connector tongue element (1) for an electrical connector plug receptacle (4), the connector tongue element comprising: a flexible printed circuit (10) having an attachment portion (11); connector pins (12) attached and electrically connected to the flexible printed circuit at the attachment portion; and a first body (13) of polymeric material molded around at least a part of the attachment portion to form a connector base portion (14), the first body mechanically secures the attachment of the connector pins to the flexible printed circuit, wherein the connector pins extend from the connector base portion in a withdrawal direction along which an electrical connector plug is adapted to be withdrawn from the electrical connector plug receptacle; wherein the connector pins form a connector tongue portion (16) extending from the connector base portion in the withdrawal direction; and wherein the first body allow the connector pins to present connecting surfaces for connecting the electrical connector plug receptacle to the electrical connector plug.

There is described an edge assembly for attaching to flexible substrates. An example assembly may comprise at least a first edge component and a compression retainer component. The first edge component may include at least one conductor to mate with one or more conductors on a surface of a flexible substrate after the first edge component is affixed to an edge of the flexible substrate by the compression retainer component. The edge assembly may also comprise a second edge component, wherein the flexible substrate may be compressed between the first and second edge components and held in place by the compression retainer component. The first edge component may further comprise an extension, including the at least one conductor, that may be used to convey power from a power source to the flexible substrate. The extension is accessible from outside the flexible substrate via a port in the compression retainer component.