A connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes an insulator (20) including an insertion space portion (21) into and from which a cable (70) including a to-be-locked portion (74) can be inserted and removed, an actuator (50) including a locking portion (51) and supported by the insulator (20) rotatably about a rotation axis (C) between a lock position at which the to-be-locked portion (74) and the locking portion (51) engage with each other when the cable (70) is in an inserted state and an insertion/removal position at which the cable (70) can be inserted into and removed from the insertion space portion (21), and a biasing member (60) supported by the insulator (20) and including an abutting portion (64) that abuts on the actuator (50), the biasing member (60) applying a force to bias the actuator (50) toward the lock position through the abutting portion (64), wherein the locking portion (51), the abutting portion (64), and the rotation axis (C) are positioned apart from one another in an insertion/removal direction in which the cable (70) is inserted into and removed from the insertion space portion (21).

A connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes an insulator (20) including an insertion space portion (21), an actuator (50) supported by the insulator (20) rotatably about a rotation axis (C) toward a lock position at which the actuator (50) locks a cable (70), and a biasing member (60) supported by the insulator (20) and including an abutting portion (64) that abuts on the actuator (50), the biasing member (60) applying a force to bias the actuator (50) toward the lock position through the abutting portion (64), wherein the actuator (50) includes an extending portion (55) extending in a direction orthogonal to both an insertion/removal direction in which the cable (70) is inserted into and removed from the insertion space portion (21) and an extending direction of the rotation axis (C), and a hook portion (56) formed at an end of the extending portion (55) and positioned to face the insulator (20) in the orthogonal direction, and the rotation axis (C) is positioned between the hook portion (56) and the abutting portion (64) in the insertion/removal direction.

A cable termination assembly configured for mounting to an interior portion of a printed circuit board. The cable termination assembly has a frame shaped to receive a paddle card to which a plurality of cables are terminated. A lid, when closed, may force the paddle card into contact with an interposer, which in turn may be pressed into a printed circuit board on which the cable termination assembly is mounted. Electrical signals may pass between the cables and traces in the printed circuit board via the paddle card and interposer. The termination assembly may be mounted near a processor or other high speed component on the printed circuit board, enabling high speed signals to be coupled with low loss between a periphery of the printed circuit board, or even a location off the printed circuit board, and the high speed component.

A connector (10) according to this disclosure includes an insulator (20) into/from which a connection object (60) can be inserted/removed and an actuator (50) capable of rotating between a closed position where the actuator closes relative to the insulator (20) and an opened position where the actuator opens relative to the insulator (20). The actuator (50) rotates from the removal side to the insertion side of the connection object (60) with respect to the insulator (20) when moving from the closed position to the opened position and holds the opened position independently.

With respect to a connector for attachment to a shielded flat cable including a signal wire and a ground wire arranged in parallel, an insulating layer covering the signal wire and the ground wire; and a first shield layer and a second shield layer respectively covering both sides of the insulating layer, wherein a terminal in which the signal wire and the ground wire are exposed is formed on a first shield layer side at an end in a longitudinal direction, the connector includes a casing, wherein the casing includes a bottom to face the first shield layer or the second shield layer, a top to face the first shield layer or the second shield layer, a side wall connected to the bottom and the top, a signal wire contact member, a ground wire contact member, and the connector further includes a signal wire contact member configured to come in contact with the signal wire of the terminal upon the shielded flat cable being attached, a ground wire contact member configured to come in contact with the ground wire of the terminal upon the shielded flat cable being attached, a first shield layer contact member configured to come in contact with the first shield layer upon the shielded flat cable being attached, and a second shield layer contact member configured to be electrically coupled to the second shield layer upon the shielded flat cable being attached, wherein the ground wire contact member is electrically coupled to the first shield layer contact member.

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing that is configured to receive a planar first substrate, The first substrate includes an electrically conductive first contact region. The electrical connector assembly is further configured to receive a planar second substrate that includes an electrically conductive second contact region defining a ridge protruding from a surface of the second substrate. The housing is configured to align the first contact region with the second contact region. The electrical connector assembly also includes a force application device applying a compressive contact force to the first and second substrates, thereby putting the first contact region in intimate compressive contact with the second contact region.

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.

An electrical connector includes wiring with first and second wires. Each of the first and second wires have a conductor covered in insulation. The insulation includes webbing that interconnects the first and second wires to one another. The first and second wires have a stripped portion that exposes the conductors. A housing has first and second housing portions. The first housing portion receives the stripped portions. The second housing portion includes first and second spring features respectively configured to engage the stripped portions of the first and second wires when the first and second housing portions are secured to another in an assembled connector condition.

An electrical connector for connecting to flat-wire conductors of a flexible circuit (FC) is described. The electrical connector includes an elongated body, a split-blade terminal, and a spring terminal. The elongated body has a longitudinal axis. The split-blade terminal has two prongs separated by a distance and is configured to interface with an electrical terminal of an electrical device. The spring terminal is configured to mate with one or more of the flat-wire conductors within a connection area of the FC. The spring terminal and the split-blade terminal are positioned on the longitudinal axis at opposing ends of the electrical connector.

A connector includes a housing fittable with a fitted portion of a counterpart housing of a counterpart connector. The housing includes a base and a fitting portion. The fitting portion is integrated with the base and fittable with the fitted portion. The fitting portion extends in a direction intersecting a fitting direction with respect to the counterpart housing and faces the base. The fitting portion includes a wall configured to close an opening of the fitted portion when the fitting portion is fitted with the fitted portion.