A coil substrate includes a flexible substrate having a first end and a second end on the opposite side with respect to the first end, and coils formed on the flexible substrate such that the coils are positioned substantially in a row between the first end and second end of the flexible substrate. The coils are formed such that the number of coils is K and that the coils include the first coil positioned close to the first end and the K-th coil positioned to form a predetermined distance between the K-th coil and the second end, where K is an integer equal to or greater than 2.

A mounting structure for mounting an electrolytic capacitor on a printed circuit board (PCB) of an airbag electronic control unit (ECU) includes a cap for receiving a lead end of the capacitor. The cap includes openings for receiving electrical leads of the capacitor. The cap supports electrical connectors, which electrically contact the electrical leads when a lead end of the capacitor is installed in the cap. The electrical connectors include portions for interfacing with the PCB to electrically connect the electrical connectors to the PCB. The cap also includes a vent that provides fluid communication from inside the cap to outside the cap. The vent is configured to vent dielectric liquids and gases discharged from the lead end of the capacitor during thermal cycles and/or charging cycles of the capacitor.

An electronic device includes: a circuit board having a wiring board on which wiring is formed, and an electronic component that is electrically and mechanically connected to the wiring via a first solder. A base is provided to accommodate the circuit board, and has a side wall that faces a side surface of the wiring board. A leaf spring arranged on the circuit board, and is configured to be contactable with the base. The leaf spring includes a fixing portion arranged on the circuit board and a pressing portion extending from and connected to the fixing portion and pressing the side wall, and the pressing portion in a biased state toward a housing establishes a contact thereto when the circuit board is put in and accommodated by the base.

An antenna apparatus includes an antenna substrate with opposite first and second surfaces; and a PCB having opposite first and second surfaces. Antenna elements are disposed at the first surface of the antenna substrate. Electrically conductive columns, each having a first end attached to the second surface of the PCB and a second end attached to the second surface of the antenna substrate, secure the PCB to the antenna substrate and provide an electrical interconnect between the PCB and the antenna substrate. RFIC chips are each attached to the second surface of the antenna substrate and are coupled to the antenna elements. At least one circuit element is attached to the first surface of the PCB and electrically coupled to at least one of the RFIC chips through at least one of the electrically conductive columns.

A cable assembly module includes: a front mating member; a rear cable linked behind the mating member and including a pair of signal wires; a pair of signal contacts retained upon the front mating member, each of said signal contacts including a middle retaining section associated with the front mating member, a front mating section spaced from the front mating member in a deflectable manner, and a rear connecting section mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal wires, respectively; and a pair of grounding contacts located by two sides of the pair of signal contacts; wherein the front mating sections are adapted for being directly mated with circuit pads of a printed circuit board disposed in a plane, and the rear cable extends along a direction inclined with the plane.

An electronic component includes: an insulator part (10) of rectangular solid shape; a coil element (32) provided inside the insulator part (10); bottom electrodes (40) provided on a bottom face (14) of the insulator part (10) and electrically connected to the coil element (32); a plating layer (62) provided in a manner overlapping each bottom electrode (40) so that its end (64) on the bottom face (14) is away from the end (42) of the bottom electrode (40); a plating layer (60) which is arranged between the bottom electrode (40) and the plating layer (62) and overlaps the bottom electrode (40), and which is constituted by a metal having lower solder wettability and higher melting point than those of the plating layer (62); and an insulation layer (70) provided on the bottom face (14) in a manner covering the end (42) of the bottom electrode (40).

A system is provided for installing a heatsink onto a circuit board. The heatsink has a base, a first hook and a second hook. The system includes a heatsink holder, a circuit board arm, a heatsink pusher, and a hook pusher. The heatsink holder is operable to receive the heatsink. The circuit board arm is operable to move the circuit board onto the heatsink received on the heatsink holder such that the bottom surface of the heatsink is adjacent to the circuit board. The heatsink pusher is operable to move the heatsink holder in a first direction so as to move the first hook relative to the first catch. The hook pusher is operable to push the first hook in a direction normal to the base from the top surface to the bottom surface.

An electrical connector and an assembly method thereof are disclosed. The electrical connector includes a substrate provided with multiple accommodating holes, and multiple terminals. Each of the first terminals has a first insertion portion inserted downward into a corresponding accommodating hole, a first strip connecting portion to be connected to a first strip, and a first soldering portion located outside the corresponding accommodating hole and soldered on an upper surface of the substrate. A bottom portion of the first insertion portion, the first strip connecting portion and the first soldering portion are located on a same first plane, such that the first terminals are not easy to twist when the strip is bent and when being inserted into the substrate, thereby allowing the first terminals to be assembled stably.

A circuit arrangement, in particular for an electrically driven motor vehicle

A circuit arrangement (1), in particular for an electrically driven motor vehicle, has at least one bus bar (5) which is connected electrically to a supplier (2) and which is connected to a first consumer (3) at a first transfer point (6) and to a second consumer (4) at a second transfer point (7). Both the first and the second transfer point (6, 7) are formed as flexible contact points.

Disclosed is a printed circuit board having a holder for a battery, wherein the holder includes first and second contacts connected to conductive traces of the printed circuit board and wherein the holder is embodied such that a battery inserted into the holder is clamped so that poles of the battery on opposite end faces of the battery make electrical contact with the first and second contacts. The battery lies clamped between the contacts on a support region of the printed circuit board and is oriented with reference to the printed circuit board so that an imaginary line connecting the poles of the battery is essentially in parallel with the plane of the support region. The printed circuit board has connected with the support region a rigid first section, which is essentially perpendicular to the support region, and wherein the first contact is arranged on the first section.