This application provides a board-level architecture and a communications device. The board-level architecture includes a support board, a switch board, and a press fit component. The press fit component includes a cable, a first connector component press-fitted on a side edge of the support board, and a second press fit cable connector press-fitted on a side edge of the switch board. The first connector component includes a first press fit cable connector and a pluggable connector that is electrically connected to the first press fit cable connector, and the pluggable connector is farther from the support board than the first press fit cable connector. The first press fit cable connector is connected to the second press fit cable connector through the cable.

A board mount connector includes: a housing having a press-fitting hole; and a terminal press-fitted into the press-fitting hole. The terminal includes: a first terminal portion including a first contact portion contacting and conductively connected to the counterpart terminal when the first contact portion is connected to the counterpart terminal, and a press-fitting portion that is press-fitted into the press-fitting hole; and a second terminal portion including a bent portion extending from the first terminal portion and bent around a bending axis along an axis line of the first terminal portion, and a second contact portion located at a position offset from the first contact portion in an intersecting direction intersecting the axis line of the first terminal portion and conductively connected to the conductor pattern when the boar mount connector is mounted on the circuit board.

The invention relates to an electrical functional component (01) having at least one electrically conductive conductor strip (02), at least one contact pin (03) being arranged on the conductor strip (02), said contact pin (03) being able to be contacted with a contact element complementary in function, in particular a plug or a socket, and a contact zone being provided between the conductor strip (02) and the contact pin (03), said contact zone electrically connecting the conductor strip (02) and the contact pin (03) to each other, the electrically conductive contact zone being formed in the type of an annular cold-pressure-welded transition zone (11), the surface material of the conductor strip (02) and/or the surface material of the contact pin (03) comprising at least one cold-working area (12, 14) in the transition zone (11), a welding zone (13) being provided at least in sections on or in at least one cold-working zone (12, 14), the contact pin (03) and the conductor strip (02) being connected to each other in the welding zone (13) in an electrically conductive manner by material bonding.

A connector for providing an electrical connection between at least one terminating mating terminal to a substrate. The connector includes a housing having at least one terminal receiving cavity. A receptacle terminal is positioned in the at least one terminal receiving cavity. The receptacle terminal has a latching projection which cooperates with the at least one mating terminal to retain the at least one mating terminal in electrical engagement with the receptacle terminal when the at least one mating terminal is fully inserted in the at least one terminal receiving cavity. A release mechanism is provided in the housing in line with the latching projection of the receptacle terminal, the release mechanism is configured to cooperate with the receptacle terminal to depress the latching projection when the at least one mating terminal is to be removed from the at least one terminal receiving cavity.

A terminal fitting having a smaller terminal insertion force than before. The terminal fitting includes a backing material made of a metal material and a plating coating covering a surface of the backing material. The plating coating contains a Sn parent phase and Sn—Pd based particles dispersed in the Sn parent phase and includes an outermost layer having an outer surface in which the Sn parent phase and the Sn—Pd based particles are present. Further, the number of the Sn—Pd based particles present in the outer surface of the plating coating in a state where only the Sn parent phase is removed is 10 to 400 Sn—Pd based particles per 500 μm.sup.2.

An electrical contact element includes a base body and a coating covering the base body at least in sections. The coating includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is applied to the base body and the outer layer is applied to the inner layer and forms a surface at least in sections of the electrical contact element. The inner layer is made of tin and the outer layer of silver, and the outer layer has a thickness of 50 nm-5.0 μm.

A receptacle connector is provided that is used for board-to-board connection. The connector includes: a housing including: first sidewall portions protruding along both side borders of a bottom portion that face each other; second sidewall portions protruding along the other side borders of the bottom portion that face each other to be connected with the first sidewall portions; a center protrusion portion protruding from a center of the bottom portion; and a connection recess portion formed between the first sidewall portions and the second sidewall portions, and the center protrusion portion; metal brackets soldered to a board and coupled to the second sidewall portions and protruding ends of the center protrusion portion; and terminals received in terminal holes formed on the housing, and the metal bracket includes a connection sensing member configured to provide a feeling of clicking of completion of connection by pressing a plug metal bracket.

Provided is a modular housing output system provided for conducting electronic signals out of a housing by electric contacts. The modular housing output system boasts a particularly large panoply of variants as a result of the modular use of different housing output ports. Housing output ports providing very different connection possibilities can be connected to the housing via a uniform interface.

A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a card receiving slot extending along a longitudinal direction, a plurality of terminals retained in the housing and by two sides of the card receiving slot in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a metallic guiding member retained to the housing at the end of the card receiving slot. The metallic guiding member includes a main body extending in a vertical direction perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction, and a curved resilient guiding section upwardly extending from a top end of the main body. The housing forms a constraining wall at the end with a step structure so as to allow the guiding section of the guiding member to be freely support upon the step structure to function as a constrained beam during confrontation with the inserted card module.

An electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a mating cavity and a contact module. The contact module comprises at least one contact group and an insulative component, the one contact group has a first power contact and a second power contact, each one of the first power contact and the second power contact has a retaining portion, at least one contacting portion and at least one soldering portion. The retaining portions of the first power contact and the second power contact in one contact group are arranged in a height direction in the insulative component, the contacting portions of the first power contact and the second power contact in one contact group are arranged in a transverse direction of the insulating housing, the soldering portions of the first power contact and the second power contact in one contact group are arranged in a front-and-back direction.