An electrical connector includes a body having an opening running vertically therethrough. The opening has a first side wall. The body further includes a recess concavely formed on the first side wall. At least one conductive terminal includes a base fixed to the body, a conducting portion connected to the base to be electrically connected to a second mating member, and an elastic arm connected to the base in the recess. The elastic arm includes a connecting section located in the recess and an extending section connected to the connecting section. Both the conducting portion and the extending section protrude from the first side wall toward the opening. The extending section has a contact portion electrically connected to a first mating member. In a top view, a first central line of the extending section and a second central line of the conducting portion are parallel to each other.

A method for manufacturing an electrical connector is provided. A metal plate is provided, and defines multiple terminals. Each terminal has a base portion and an elastic arm connected to the base portion. A portion of a lower surface of the base portion defines a conducting area. The base portion is cut on the metal plate, thereby forming a cutting slot on the metal plate located at a side edge of the base portion. An insulating body is formed on the metal plate by injection molding, such that the insulating body fills the cutting slot. The insulating body covers only the base portion and not the conducting area and the elastic arm, thereby forming a through hole on the insulating body to expose the elastic arm. Then, the elastic arm is cut on the metal plate, thereby forming a through slot on the metal plate surrounding the elastic arm.

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first connector including a first housing portion having top and bottom surfaces and a second connector including a second housing portion having top and bottom surfaces. The second housing portion has a form factor substantially corresponding to a form factor of the first housing portion. A circuit board having top and bottom surfaces is permanently coupled to the first housing portion and to the second housing portion such that a first portion of the bottom surface of the circuit board contacts at least a portion of the top surface of the first housing portion and a second portion of the bottom surface of the circuit board contacts at least a portion of the top surface of the second housing portion. A contact assembly is coupled to the first housing portion and electrically and directly engages a portion of the bottom surface of the circuit board.

A functional contactor is provided. A functional contactor according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises; a clip-shaped conductor having elasticity which is in electrical contact with a conductor of an electronic device; a functional element which is electrically connected to the clip-shaped conductor in series via a solder and comprises a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on the entire upper and lower surfaces thereof; and an arrangement guide which is formed to surround at least a part of the clip-shaped conductor on the upper surface of the functional element so as to arrange the position of the clip-shaped conductor and is made of nonconductive resin.

A functional contactor is provided. Provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a functional contactor comprising: a conductor which has elasticity and comes into contact with a conductor of an electronic device; a functional element which is connected to the conductor having elasticity and has a first and a second electrode respectively disposed on at least a part of an upper and a lower surface thereof; and a solder through which a lower surface of the conductor having elasticity is coupled with the first electrode of the functional element. The first electrode includes a first part outwardly extending from the lower surface of the conductor having elasticity along one side surface of the conductor having elasticity, and the solder includes an exposure part formed between the first part and a partial lateral surface of the one side surface of the conductor having elasticity.

The construction of a medical device having a disposable element is disclosed. Detachable elements comprising a body having a retention feature, an electrical contactor, and sensors are also disclosed. Further disclosed are detachable elements comprising a body having a hole and a retention pocket, an electrical contactor, and a printed circuit board assembly (PCB) in contact with the innermost surface of the body that forms the retention pocket. Further disclosed are detachable elements comprising a body having an opening and a printed film comprising conductive elements, where the conductive elements comprise a sensor configured to be aligned with the opening to expose the sensor. Further disclosed are reusable components having matching retention features.

A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a plurality of receptacle terminals. The receptacle housing has a bottom surface, a top surface and a plurality of terminal grooves that each includes a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion and a top wall portion, and the top wall portion and the second side wall portion help define an insertion opening portion. Each receptacle terminal has a fixed segment which is fixed to the receptacle housing, an elastic segment which extends obliquely and upwardly from a top end of the fixed segment, then is folded back and extends obliquely and upwardly toward the top wall portion and a tail segment which extends toward the second side wall portion. The elastic segment has a contact portion which is positioned below the insertion opening portion and a guiding surface which is positioned below the insertion opening portion.

A wire harness assembly including a first connector, a second connector, and conductors extending between the first connector and the second connector. Contacts are provided on the second connector. The contacts have termination sections which are mounted on the second connector, compliant sections which extend from the termination sections, and substrate engagement sections which extend from the compliant sections. The substrate engagement sections have curved contact sections which are configured to be positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with circuit pads of a mating printed circuit board. Embossments are provided on the curved contact sections to provide additional strength and stability to the curved contact sections.

The present application relates to a unitary RF connector (1), intended for example to link two printed circuit boards (PCB1, PCB2), the unitary RF connector extending along a longitudinal axis (X), the connector being a unique piece with an electrically insulating block which serves as a rigid support for both flexible conductive elements whose central portions are rigidly respectively held therein for the central contact and on the outer wall of the block for the ground contact, and with an arrangement as crown for the plurality of free ends of the ground contact.

A board-like connector, a single-arm bridge of a board-like connector, and a wafer testing assembly are provided. The board-like connector includes a plurality of single-arm bridges spaced apart from each other and an insulating layer. Each of the single-arm bridges includes a carrier, a cantilever extending from and being coplanar with the carrier, an abutting column, and an abutting end portion, the latter two of which extend from the cantilever and are respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the cantilever. The insulating layer connects the carriers of the single-arm bridges, and the abutting column of each of the single-arm bridges protrudes from the insulating layer. The abutting column and the abutting end portion of each of the single-arm bridges are configured to abut against two boards, respectively.