A connector system includes a housing with a paddle card. One side of the paddle card includes a plurality of rows of signal terminations. Another side of the paddle card includes a single row of cable terminations. Cable management members may be used to support the rows of signal terminations. A shield member may be used to improve the electrical performance of the signal terminations.

A connector for being fitted to an other member so as to be prevented from disengaging by a locking piece on the other member includes a connector housing including a recessed portion engaged with the locking piece, and a sliding member that slidably moves relative to the connector housing. The connector housing is formed by coupling a first housing member and a second housing member, a tip portion of the locking piece coming into sliding contact with a side surface having the recessed portion when removing the connector housing from the other member. At least a portion of a seam between the first and second housing members on the side surface is inclined relative to a direction of attaching/detaching to/from the other member, the portion being firstly crossed by the tip portion of the locking piece when removing the connector housing from the other member.

A connector includes a shell that has a cylindrical shape and includes a body portion and a leg portion, the body portion being connected to a shell of the other connector, a ground plate that is a conductor plate, a claw that has a structure in which part of the ground plate is raised in a connector connection direction so as to have a strip-shaped tip and the tip supports the leg portion of the shell, and a case made of an insulator, the case to which the shell and the ground plate are to be attached. The case includes a plate-like base portion, a slit that is provided in one surface of the base portion, the slit into which the leg portion is to be inserted, and a groove that is provided in the other surface of the base portion, the groove into which the claw is to be inserted.

A circuit board assembly and a method of manufacturing the same is provided, by which, when external pressure is applied to a cover, deformation of the cover caused by the external pressure is suppressed and no adverse effect is produced to electronic components on a circuit board. A cover of a circuit board assembly includes a first cover to cover a first surface of a circuit board and a second cover to cover a second surface of the circuit board. A projection portion projects from an inner surface of the first cover. When a complete circuit board assembly is formed by insert-molding using the circuit board assembly as an insert part, the projection portion suppresses deformation of the first cover and the second cover.

Circuits, methods, and apparatus that limit the number of types of connectors needed by an electronic device. One example may provide a connector receptacle capable of adapting to multiple types of connector inserts. In this way, connector inserts conveying one of a number of interfaces can be accepted by the same connector receptacle. This may reduce the number and types of connector receptacles needed on an electronic device.

A connector attached multi-conductor cable includes a multi-conductor cable and a connector, and the connector includes a circuit board including a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface provided at a tip in a direction of connector insertion to connect the first surface to the second surface. The circuit board includes a first group of pads including a plurality of first pads provided on the first surface and connected to central conductors of the electric wires; a second group of pads including a plurality of second pads provided on the first surface, arranged in a first direction parallel to the third surface, and connected to the first pads; a first ground layer provided between the first surface and the second surface, and extending in a second direction parallel to the first surface and perpendicular to the first direction; and a conductive member provided on a side apart from the first group of pads in the second direction with respect to the second group of pads, and connected to the first ground layer. The conductive member is positioned on the first surface side with respect to the first ground layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first surface.

A connector module includes a signal interface, a wireless communication module and a connector housing. The signal interface is configured to exchange signals between a cable and a communication unit when the connector module is connected to the communication unit. The wireless communication module is configured to exchange information in a first mode between the communication unit and a wireless terminal when the connector module is connected to the communication unit, and, when the connector module is disconnected from the communication unit, to exchange information in a second between a memory internal to the connector module and the wireless terminal mode. The connector housing contains the signal interface and the wireless communication module.

A plug connector device, in particular an RJ plug connector device, has a plug connector unit which is configured to create a plug connection extending along a plugging direction and which comprises a contact unit with at least two electric plug contacts, wherein the plug connector device includes a cable receiving unit comprising a wiring block for an accommodation of conductor cores of an electric cable and comprising a connection unit for creating a connection to at least one further element of the cable that is different from a conductor core, and that the plug connector device includes a wiring assistance unit, which is configured for a tool-less establishing of a connection between the wiring block and the contact unit.

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.

An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.