A spring clip for a flat flexible cable includes a first beam and a second beam connected to the first beam and resiliently deflectable toward the first beam. The second beam has a first contact bend extending toward the first beam. The flat flexible cable is positioned between the first beam and the second beam and the first contact bend abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable to electrically connect the spring clip with the conductor.

A connection device electrically connects a textile to an electrical contact of a connector. The connection device is received in an insertion direction in the connector. The connection device includes a body and an attachment device. The body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the insertion direction. The body has a first surface extending between the first end and the second end and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The body has a portion at the first end extending essentially transversely from the first surface, the portion having an aperture into which the textile is inserted. The attachment device for the textile is connected to the second surface at the first end.

A ribbon cable connector is fixed at an end of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable has a plurality of electrical conductors extending parallel and distanced to one another. The ribbon cable connector includes an insertion slot extending in a plugging direction and receiving the ribbon cable, a plurality of contact element receptacles extending parallel and distanced to one another, a plurality of bulges in the insertion slot extending parallel to one another and aligned with the contact element receptacles, and a clamping device configured to clamp the ribbon cable in the insertion slot. An end of the insertion slot inside of the ribbon cable connector adjoins the contact element receptacles in the plugging direction. The bulges are each separated from one another by a partition wall.

A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a spring clip disposed in the housing. The housing has a main body and a cover. The cover is movable with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed position. The spring clip is resiliently deflectable by the cover. The spring clip is in a first state with the cover in the open position in which the spring clip abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable with a first contact force. The spring clip is in a second state with the cover in the closed position in which the spring clip abuts the conductor with a second contact force greater than the first contact force.

Provided are a cable securing clamp and a data transmission device. The cable securing clamp includes a clamp body and a snap member. The clamp body is provided with a first through hole, a side wall of the clamp body is provided with a second through hole communicating with the first through hole, and the first through hole is configured to allow a cable to pass through. A first end of the snap member is pivotally connected to the clamp body, a second end of the snap member is in interference fit with the second through hole, a surface of the second end of the snap member is provided with a tooth structure, and the tooth structure is configured to snap the cable in the first through hole such that the cable is secured in an extending direction of the first through hole.

An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing, an actuator mounted to the housing and configured to move relative to the housing, and a locking terminal mounted to the housing, the locking terminal comprising a locking arm extending through an interior portion of the actuator and into a cavity within the housing, the cavity having an upper surface and a lower surface. Movement of the actuator relative to the housing may cause the interior portion of the actuator to push against at least part of the locking arm and rotate the at least part of the locking arm. When the actuator is in a first position, the locking arm may contact a surface of the cavity within the housing, which may inhibit the actuator from rotating in a first direction.

[Problem] To provide an electrical connector with flat-type conductors, a counterpart electrical connector, and an electrical connector assembly, in which the size of the connector is not increased in the thickness direction of the flat-type conductors when using two flat-type conductors disposed in parallel opposite each other.

[Means of Solution] The flat-type conductors C1, C2, whose faces whereon the contact portions C1A-1, C2A-1 are arranged are used as interior side faces, have a pair of said interior side faces placed in a face-to-face relationship at locations spaced apart from each other in the thickness direction of the flat-type conductors C1, C2, and have a receiving space 10D, which is intended for receiving the nesting portion 54 of the counterpart electrical connector 2, formed between said pair of interior side faces; the housing 10 has a mating portion 10A which, along with holding and being able to support the front end sections of the flat-type conductors C1, C2, mates with a counterpart housing 50, and the mating portion 10A can support the exterior side faces with mating walls 11, 12 that are placed in a face-to-face relationship with the exterior side faces of the front end sections of the flat-type conductors C1, C2.

A connector for connecting a flexible interconnect circuit comprises a base comprising a first set of protrusions and a second set of protrusions. The first set of protrusions and second set of protrusions are configured to secure the flexible interconnect circuit at a first set of apertures and a second set of apertures of the flexible interconnect circuit, respectively. The first set of protrusions may be positioned at a first distance from the second set of protrusions on the base. The first set of apertures may be positioned on the flexible interconnect circuit at a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the second set of apertures. The base causes the flexible interconnect circuit into an arched configuration when the apertures are secured to the respective protrusions. The connector further comprises a cover piece configured to secure the flexible interconnect circuit in the arched configuration.

A connector assembly includes an inner housing, a substrate inserted into the inner housing, and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member supporting the substrate for the substrate not to be separated from the inner housing. The TPA member having a hot staking protrusion penetrating through the substrate and the inner housing.

Embodiments provide for a method for pluggable Land Grid Array (LGA) socket for high density interconnects. A method includes inserting an electrical-to-optical transceiver into an opening of a channel housing that is positioned above a land grid array connector located on an electrical package. After the electrical-to-optical transceiver is inserted into the channel housing, a tapered opening remains between an upper portion of the channel housing above the electrical-to-optical transceiver, wherein a gap of the tapered opening decreases progressively starting from the opening. The method includes inserting a conductive wedge into the gap of the tapered opening prior to communications through the electrical-to-optical transceiver between a component on the electrical package and a component external to the electrical package.