An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a metal casing. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and a number of conductive terminals. The insulating body includes a slot. Each conductive terminal includes an abutting portion. The metal casing includes a receiving cavity. When a mating connector is inserted into the receiving cavity and has not yet made contact with the conductive terminals of the electrical connector, a better shielding effect can be achieved. Some of the abutting portions are adapted for electrically connecting with a circuit board, and some of the abutting portions of the conductive terminals are connected with a cable. The metal casing includes a hook portion locking with a lock surface of the circuit board. Therefore, the metal casing can be prevented from detaching from the circuit board in case an external force is applied to pull the cable.

High-speed connectors and connector assemblies that include structures for alignment and/or improved thermal performance.

An edge connector is configured to connect to a circuit board. The edge connector includes a base wall, a first terminal mount extending upwardly from the base wall, the first terminal mount having a plurality of passageways, terminals mounted in the passageways, a second terminal mount extending upwardly from the base wall, the second terminal being spaced from the first terminal mount, the second terminal mount having a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, terminals mounted in the passageways of the second terminal mount, and a moveable latch extending from the upper surface of the base wall, the latch positioned between the first and second terminal mounts. Each terminal mount extends along part of the length of the base wall such that a platform is formed by the upper surface of the base wall rearwardly of the terminal mounts. A latch protection wall extends from each terminal mount to the rear end of the base wall, and the latch protection walls are proximate to the latch.

According to an embodiment, a high-speed transmission connector includes: a row of first contacts, a row of second contacts, a row of third contacts, a row of fourth contacts, an upper housing that supports the row of first contacts, a lower housing that supports the row of second contacts, and an inner housing that supports the row of third contacts and the row of fourth contacts. The upper housing, the lower housing, and the inner housing are assembled in such a manner that the upper housing and the lower housing face each other in a vertical direction with a gap therebetween, and the inner housing is accommodated in the upper housing and the lower housing. The gap forms a slot into which a header of a device as a communicating counterpart is to be fitted.

A multi-line electrical assembly that includes a multi-line cable (14), including a multiplicity of insulated conductive wires (59); and a multi-line electrical plug (16), physically connected to the cable. The plug has a housing (56) and a plurality of spaced-apart printed circuit hoards (PCBs, 48), housed in the housing and having a first end (47) that is connected to the cable and having a second end (46), separated from the first end. Further, the PCBs bear a plurality of conductive traces (50), at least some of the traces being electrically connected to the wires proximal to the first end. The traces terminate proximal to the second end.

It is aimed to prevent a reduction in connection reliability. A terminal fitting is to be mounted into a housing having a board accommodation space and is provided with a connection terminal including a resilient contact piece to be brought into contact with a circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space and a protection terminal separate from the connection terminal and attached to the connection terminal. The connection terminal is movable with respect to the protection terminal between a protection position where the resilient contact piece is accommodated in the protection terminal and a connection position where the resilient contact piece is exposed to outside of the protection terminal to be contactable with the circuit board.

A plug connector includes a tongue plate, a metal shell and a plug power terminal. At least one side of the tongue plate is provided with a number of conductive pads arranged at intervals along a transverse direction. The metal shell includes a receiving space for receiving the tongue plate. The plug power terminal is located on at least one side of the conductive pads in the transverse direction. The present disclosure also discloses a receptacle connector matched with the plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle power terminal. The present disclosure also discloses a connector assembly having the plug connector and the receptacle connector. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure enables the plug connector, the receptacle connector and the connector assembly to have a power supply function by providing the plug power terminal and the receptacle power terminal.

Examples described herein relate to a system that includes: a circuit board comprising a plurality of layers, first and second conductive connections, first and second trace portions, first, second, and third routings, and a via wherein: the first conductive connection is coupled to the first trace portion, the second conductive connection is coupled to the second trace portion, the first routing is formed in a first layer of the plurality of layers, the second routing is formed in a second layer of the plurality of layers, the third routing is formed in the first layer of the plurality of layers, a portion of the first routing overlaps with a portion of the second routing to provide a capacitive region, and the via conductively couples a portion of the second routing overlaps with a portion of the third routing.

An electrical connector for high speed signals. The connector has multiple conductive elements that may serve as signal or ground conductors. A member formed with lossy material and conductive compliant members may be inserted in the connector. The conductive compliant members may be aligned with conductive elements of the connector configured as ground conductors. For a connector configured to carry differential signals, the ground conductors may separate pairs of signal conductors. The member may further include a conductive web, embedded within the lossy material, that interconnects the conductive compliant members. For a receptacle connector, the conductive elements may have mating contact portions aligned along opposing surfaces of a cavity. The conductive elements may have contact tails for attachment to a printed circuit board and intermediate portions connecting the mating contact portions and the contact tails. The conductive compliant members may press against the intermediate portions.

A connector includes a housing and a contact elongated in a frontward and rearward direction. The contact has a fixed portion fixed to the housing in a middle in the frontward and rearward direction, a first contact portion formed in a front end portion for coming into contact with a first circuit board, a second contact portion formed in a rear end portion for coming into contact with a second circuit board, and a deflective portion formed between the fixed portion and the second contact portion. The deflective portion is adapted to deflect when the second contact portion receives a force from the second circuit board.