A power adapter for powering portable electronic devices is disclosed. The modifications and enhancements to the power adapter can reduce or eliminate the need for adhesives, flexible circuitry, and/or wiring. The power adapter includes multiple guide rails used to guide a circuit board (carrying components) to electrical springs. The electrical springs provide not only an electrical coupling, but also a mechanical coupling. As a result, wiring and/or adhesives is not required. Additionally, a cap is secured to the enclosure through melting part of the cap by, for example, ultrasonic welding without causing damage to the circuit board, as welding location(s) is/are in locations away from the electrical springs and other sensitive components. The power adapter further includes a connector connected to the circuit board. During assembly, the circuit board can pivot in three dimensions during assembly to align the connector with the cap.

A power adapter for powering portable electronic devices is disclosed. The modifications and enhancements to the power adapter can reduce or eliminate the need for adhesives, flexible circuitry, and/or wiring. The power adapter includes multiple guide rails used to guide a circuit board (carrying components) to electrical springs. The electrical springs provide not only an electrical coupling, but also a mechanical coupling. As a result, wiring and/or adhesives is not required. Additionally, a cap is secured to the enclosure through melting part of the cap by, for example, ultrasonic welding without causing damage to the circuit board, as welding location(s) is/are in locations away from the electrical springs and other sensitive components. The power adapter further includes a connector connected to the circuit board. During assembly, the circuit board can pivot in three dimensions during assembly to align the connector with the cap.

An electrical connector includes: a metallic cover; an insulative frame molded inside the metallic cover; a metal injection molded (MIM) support and a contact module received by the MIM support, the contact module having a rear base, a front tongue, and an upper and a lower rows of contacts extending through the base and exposing to two opposite faces of the tongue, the MIM support having a pair of side arms flanking the two rows of contacts; and an insulator molded outside the MIM support and the contact module and secured to the insulative frame.

A connector includes a plurality of contacts made of metal material and arranged in an arrangement direction orthogonal to a fitting direction, an insulator made of insulating resin material and holding the plurality of contacts, and a reinforcement terminal made of metal material and attached to an end portion of the insulator in the arrangement direction, the insulator including a fitting portion extending along the arrangement direction and projecting in the fitting direction for fitting to a portion to be fitted of the counter connector, the reinforcement terminal including a terminal accommodating portion of recess shape for accommodating a reinforcement terminal of the counter connector, and a wall portion facing an end portion of the fitting portion in the arrangement direction across the terminal accommodating portion, the reinforcement terminal including a resin material flow passage penetrating the wall portion and reaching the end portion of the fitting portion.

A connector includes a plurality of contacts made of metal material and arranged in an arrangement direction orthogonal to a fitting direction, an insulator made of insulating resin material and holding the plurality of contacts, and a reinforcement terminal made of metal material and attached to an end portion of the insulator in the arrangement direction, the insulator including a fitting portion extending along the arrangement direction and projecting in the fitting direction for fitting to a portion to be fitted of the counter connector, the reinforcement terminal including a terminal accommodating portion of recess shape for accommodating a reinforcement terminal of the counter connector, and a wall portion facing an end portion of the fitting portion in the arrangement direction across the terminal accommodating portion, the reinforcement terminal including a resin material flow passage penetrating the wall portion and reaching the end portion of the fitting portion.

Wiring arrangement at wall edges and corners with decorative effect, having at least two elongated wire guiding strips; each wire guiding strip is positioned at a wall edge between a wall and a floor or a wall edge between two adjacent walls; each wall edge between the wall and the floor or each wall edge between two adjacent walls is provided with only one of the wire guiding strips; a corner connector is provided between two ends of two adjacent wire guiding strips to achieve electrical connection and a change in direction of the wiring arrangement; the corner connector has two legs electrically connected to two ends of the two adjacent wire guiding strips respectively; each of the wire guiding strips has a soft PVC wrapping layer and wires wrapped inside. The wiring arrangement has a reasonable structure and is safe and aesthetically pleasing.

A plug-in connector part for plug-in connection to a mating plug-in connector part includes: a housing part which has at least one receiving opening and at least one electrical contact element disposed in the at least one receiving opening; and a staking element arranged on the housing part and which in a preassembled state of the connector part is movable along a staking direction to the housing part and by moving in the staking direction is brought into interaction with a staking section of the housing part so that, in an assembled state, the at least one electrical contact element is staked to the housing part.

A waterproof reversible USB receptacle and a method for manufacturing the waterproof reversible USB receptacle, including: an insulation case having a hollow portion; a stopper integrally formed in the hollow portion of the insulation case and including a blocking body, a through hole formed in the blocking body, and extension sheets formed by extending from the blocking body while being bent, the extension sheets being integrally formed in the insulation case; a connector sleeved in the insulation case and including a base portion stopped on the blocking body, and a connection tongue portion extending forward from the base portion and passing through the through hole of the stopper; and a waterproof adhesive coated on a rear portion of the insulation case. The extension sheets further extend to form fixing plates bent to be buckled to a rear end of the base portion after the connector is inserted.

A connector includes a cable including at least one core wire and a shielding wire arranged around the core wire with an insulating member interposed therebetween, a plug part connected to the cable and capable of fitting with a receptacle, a primary molded part including a connection portion between the core wire and a conductive member of the plug part, and a secondary molded part arranged at a lead-out portion of the cable. The dimension of the primary molded part is an outer diameter or a thickness of the plug part.

A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing, and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot, and the second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The housing includes a receiving groove at a bottom end of the base. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. The mounting block is made of electroplated plastic. The mounting block has an opening for the first mounting foot and the second mounting foot to extend through. As a result, the backplane connector has a better shielding effect.