A shielded flat cable including conductors 110, a lower insulating layer 122 bonded on lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110, a lower dielectric layer 132 bonded on a lower surface 122a of the insulating layer 122, a lower shield layer 142 bonded on a lower surface 132a of the lower dielectric layer 132, a terminal T in which the conductors 110 are exposed at an end in a longitudinal direction, a reinforcing plate 160 bonded on the lower surface 122a of the lower insulating layer 122 and the lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110 at the terminal T, and a grounding member 170 bonded on a lower surface 162 of the reinforcing plate 160 and a lower surface 142a of the lower shield layer 142 to be electrically coupled to the lower shield layer 142 is provided, wherein the grounding member 170 extends to under the terminal T.

A cable connector comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; an insulator having an insertion groove into and from which a plate-shaped connection object is insertable and removable; and an actuator. The first terminal rotatably supports the actuator by an engaging portion that engages an engaged portion of the actuator. The second terminal includes: a first arm portion including a first contact portion configured to come into contact with one surface of the connection object by elastically deforming in a plate thickness direction of the connection object; and a second arm portion facing the first arm portion in the plate thickness direction, and including, at a tip thereof, a second contact portion configured to come into contact with an other surface of the connection object. The first contact portion is a part of an elastic piece that extends from an end of the first arm portion so as to be folded back, at the end, toward a side toward which the connection object is inserted. The second contact portion is located more to a side toward which the connection object is removed, than the first contact portion.

A connector assembly comprises a connector and a mating connector. The connector is attachable with a connecting object having a sheet-like shape. The connecting object has a wiring layer, a conductive layer and an insulator. The wiring layer includes at least one trace. The trace has a first contact portion. The conductive layer has at least two second contact portions. The connector is mateable with the mating connector along a first direction. The mating connector comprises at least one mating first terminal and at least two mating second terminals. Under a mated state where the connector in the attached state is mated with the mating connector, the first contact portion is positioned between two of the mating second terminals in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second contact portions are brought into contact with the mating second terminals, respectively, under the mated state.

A radio-frequency connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector, which is plugged and matched with the male connector. The male connector includes a male substrate and a shielding case covering the male substrate. The female connector includes a female substrate and a shielding frame having the female substrate disposed therein. Multiple bumps which are distributed along an inner peripheral wall of the shielding case are disposed on at least one of the inner peripheral wall of the shielding case and an outer peripheral wall of the shielding frame, and a distance between every two adjacent bumps is less than or equal to one quarter wavelength of the operating frequency of the radio-frequency connector assembly. Signals in all directions can be shielded in the connector, effectively improving the shielding effect of the radio-frequency connector and the electrical properties of the radio frequency connector.

A connecting object is used for connection to a device. The connecting object has a sheet-like shape. The device has at least two ground pins and at least one signal pin. The at least one signal pin is arranged between two of the ground pins in a pitch direction. The connecting object has a wiring layer, a shield layer and an insulator. The wiring layer is formed with only a signal line which is configured to be connected with the signal pin. The wiring layer is formed with no ground line which is configured to be connected with the ground pin. The shield layer covers the wiring layer via the insulator which is positioned between the shield layer and the wiring layer.

The present invention suggests an electrical connection device having a noise blocking and damage preventing structure by comprising: a receptacle consisting of a plurality of conductive terminals and a plurality of conductive members; and a connector comprising a plurality of connector terminals corresponding to the plurality of conductive terminals.

A cable connector comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal; an insulator having an insertion groove into and from which a plate-shaped connection object is insertable and removable; and an actuator. The first terminal rotatably supports the actuator by an engaging portion that engages an engaged portion of the actuator. The second terminal includes: a first arm portion including a first contact portion configured to come into contact with one surface of the connection object by elastically deforming in a plate thickness direction of the connection object; and a second arm portion facing the first arm portion in the plate thickness direction, and including, at a tip thereof, a second contact portion configured to come into contact with an other surface of the connection object. The first contact portion is a part of an elastic piece that extends from an end of the first arm portion so as to be folded back, at the end, toward a side toward which the connection object is inserted. The second contact portion is located more to a side toward which the connection object is removed, than the first contact portion.

A lower insulating layer 122 bonded on lower surfaces 112 of conductors 110, a lower dielectric layer 132 bonded on a lower surface 122a of the insulating layer 122, a lower shield layer 142a bonded on a lower surface 132a of the lower dielectric layer 132, a terminal T in which the conductors 110 are exposed at an end in a longitudinal direction, a reinforcing plate 160 bonded on the lower surface 122a of the lower insulating layer 122 and the lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110 at the terminal T, and a grounding member 170 bonded on a lower surface 162 of the reinforcing plate 160 and a lower surface 142a of the lower shield layer 142 to be electrically coupled to the lower shield layer 142 are provided, wherein the grounding member 170 extends to under the terminal T.

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.

A compact connector for transmitting super-high-frequency signals is adapted to connect a printed circuit board (PCB) to a single or multiple high-frequency signal lines transmitting super-high frequency signals therethrough. The compact connector includes: a male connector connected to the single or multiple super-high frequency signal lines and including a male connector housing receiving, securing, and protecting terminals of the single or multiple super-high frequency signal lines; and a connector socket mounted on the PCB and receiving the male connector housing fastened to the male connector, wherein the super high-frequency signal line terminals in the male connector are brought into direct contact with and connected to signal line terminal pads formed on the printed circuit board, respectively.