Input/output (I/O) connectors (1) for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields (4, 5, 6) to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.

Input/output (I/O) connectors (1) for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields (4, 5, 6) to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.

A shielded electrical connector assembly includes an electromagnetic shield integrally formed from a single sheet of conductive material. The shield has a main wall and four side walls surrounding the main wall. The shield defines an opening opposite the main wall having an opening perimeter that is greater than or equal to a main wall perimeter. One of the four side walls defines at least one side wall opening that is configured to receive a shielded wire cable. A method of manufacturing the shielded electrical connector assembly includes the steps of providing a single planar sheet of conductive material, providing a die and a punch, forming the sheet into a cupped shape having a main wall and four side walls surrounding the main wall using the die and the punch, and forming a side wall opening in one of the four side walls.

A shielded electrical connector assembly includes an electromagnetic shield integrally formed from a single sheet of conductive material. The shield has a main wall and four side walls surrounding the main wall. The shield defines an opening opposite the main wall having an opening perimeter that is greater than or equal to a main wall perimeter. One of the four side walls defines at least one side wall opening that is configured to receive a shielded wire cable. A method of manufacturing the shielded electrical connector assembly includes the steps of providing a single planar sheet of conductive material, providing a die and a punch, forming the sheet into a cupped shape having a main wall and four side walls surrounding the main wall using the die and the punch, and forming a side wall opening in one of the four side walls.

A card edge connector for providing high-speed interconnections between different printed circuit boards. The card edge connector may include a plurality of wafers, each having a plurality of conductors. The conductors may include tails at one end and mating contact portions at an opposing end. The connector may have more rows of tails than columns of mating contact portions, so that the tails extend less distance from an edge of a PCB toward its center. The connector may be formed from multiple wafers of different sizes. Shorter wafers may have mating contact portions in columns and tails in rows. Taller wafers may have mating contact portions in the same column as a respective shorter wafer and tails in a row parallel to and offset from the row of tails of the respective shorter wafer.

A connector structure includes an insulated housing, at least one terminal assembly and at least one conductive assembly. The terminal assembly is disposed in the insulated housing. The conductive assembly is disposed at one side of the terminal assembly by crossing over the terminal assembly. The conductive assembly includes at least one metal piece and at least one polymer included conductive component. The polymer included conductive component is used to electrically connect the at least one metal pieces. The metal piece includes at least one spring finger contact, and the spring finger contact is electrically connected to the ground terminal in the terminal assembly. In additional, a terminal assembly structures of connector is also provided.

A cable assembly includes a plug receiver, a conductor interface, a metal shell encasing the conductor interface and a portion of a cable of the cable assembly, a metal foil that wraps conformably around an exterior of the metal shell, wherein the metal foil covers substantially all of the exterior of the metal shell and extends beyond the metal shell onto a cable shielding layer. The cable assembly further includes a solder layer disposed about the metal foil, wherein the solder layer bonds and electrically couples the first foil portion to itself, the second foil portion to cable shielding at the location on the plurality of conductors that is proximate to the conductor interface, and the third foil portion to the plug receiver. The cable assembly further includes an electrically insulating layer that encases the metal shell, the metal foil, and the solder layer.

Data/telecommunication cables that include one or more layers of an integral, bonded electromagnetic shield are described. The shield may be configured to form an electrical ground path.

Data/telecommunication cables that include one or more layers of an integral, bonded electromagnetic shield are described. The shield may be configured to form an electrical ground path.

A battery connection device (10) for connecting to a battery (12) of a vehicle is disclosed. The battery connection device (10) comprises a top member (20), a bottom member (14) having a side wall (18) and a bottom wall (16) connected to the side wall (18), the side wall (18) being connected to the top member (20) such that the top member (20) and the bottom member (14) form a box-like enclosure (22), the bottom wall (16) further including a through-hole (24) with a circumferential face (28), an adapter member (26) arranged inside the box-like enclosure (22) and extending at least partially through the through-hole (24) for connection with the battery (12), wherein a dimension of the adapter member (26) is smaller than a dimension of the through-hole (24) such that a gap is formed between an outer face (30) of the adapter member (26) facing the circumferential face (28) and the circumferential face (28), and flexible connection member (32) connected to the adapter member (26) and to the bottom member (14) and closing the gap between the outer face (30) and the circumferential face (28), wherein the flexible connection member (32) includes an electromagnetic shielding function for shielding electromagnetic radiation and a sealing function for sealing the gap against dust and/or moisture.