The connector includes: an axial member that is a cylindrical conductor; a central contact disposed inside along a central axis of the axial member; an insulating member interposed between the axial member and the central contact and which holds the central contact; a first flange and a second flange provided on an outer peripheral surface of the axial member; and a metal spring provided along an outer peripheral surface of the axial member. The metal spring includes: a C-shaped metal spring body; curved parts; elastic pieces that extend from the curved parts so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the metal spring body; inner protrusions provided on an inner peripheral surface of the metal spring body so as to protrude inside the metal spring body; and outer protrusions provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the elastic pieces so as to protrude outside the elastic pieces.

A contact assembly includes a leadframe having signal contacts and ground contacts including intermediate portions extends between mating ends and terminating ends. The contact assembly includes a contact holder holding the intermediate portions. The contact assembly includes cables terminated to the leadframe having signal conductors held by insulators and ground shields surrounding the signal conductors to provide electrical shielding and drain wires electrically connected to the ground shields. The signal conductors are terminated to terminating ends of corresponding signal contacts. The drain wires are terminated to terminating ends of ground contacts to electrically common the ground shields and the ground contacts of the leadframe. The contact assembly includes a ground bus separate and discrete from the leadframe terminated to each of the ground contacts to electrically common the ground contacts.

A contact assembly includes a leadframe having signal contacts and ground contacts including intermediate portions extends between mating ends and terminating ends. The contact assembly includes a contact holder holding the intermediate portions. The contact assembly includes cables terminated to the leadframe having signal conductors held by insulators and ground shields surrounding the signal conductors to provide electrical shielding and drain wires electrically connected to the ground shields. The signal conductors are terminated to terminating ends of corresponding signal contacts. The drain wires are terminated to terminating ends of ground contacts to electrically common the ground shields and the ground contacts of the leadframe. The contact assembly includes a ground bus separate and discrete from the leadframe terminated to each of the ground contacts to electrically common the ground contacts.

An electrical connector is provided, including an insulating body, multiple terminals, and a metallic plate. The insulating body has a base portion and a tongue portion. The terminals are disposed at the insulating body and extending from the base portion to the tongue portion, respectively. Portions of the terminals exposed from the tongue portion are configured to be mated with terminals of another electrical connector. The metallic plate is disposed in the insulating body. The terminals are divided into two groups by the metallic plate. The metallic plate has at least one strip connecting portion, and the strip connecting portion exposes at the base portion of the insulating body.

A cable card assembly includes a circuit card having cable conductors at a cable end and cables terminated to the circuit card having signal conductors and ground shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors. The signal conductors include exposed portions terminated to corresponding cable conductors. The cable card assembly includes a ground bus electrically connected to the ground shields. The ground bus includes a molded body having tunnels receiving the exposed portions of corresponding signal conductors. The molded body is contoured to control impedance along the exposed portions of the signal conductors.

The present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a wire-end connector. The wire-end connector includes a wafer, a shield plate and a twin-ax cable. The wafer includes a frame and a terminal group. The terminal group is supported by the frame. The terminal group includes a signal terminal pair and a ground plate. The ground plate includes a ground terminal on both sides of the signal terminal pair. The shield plate is electrically connected to the ground plate. The shield plate includes an opening that penetrates the shield plate. The twin-ax cable includes a pair of conductors and a ground portion. The pair of conductors extend into the opening of the shield plate and are electrically connected to the signal terminal pair. The ground portion electrically connects at least one of the shield plate and the ground plate.

The present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a wire-end connector. The wire-end connector includes a wafer, a shield plate and a twin-ax cable. The wafer includes a frame and a terminal group. The terminal group is supported by the frame. The terminal group includes a signal terminal pair and a ground plate. The ground plate includes a ground terminal on both sides of the signal terminal pair. The shield plate is electrically connected to the ground plate. The shield plate includes an opening that penetrates the shield plate. The twin-ax cable includes a pair of conductors and a ground portion. The pair of conductors extend into the opening of the shield plate and are electrically connected to the signal terminal pair. The ground portion electrically connects at least one of the shield plate and the ground plate.

A connector includes a housing having a fitting part that is inserted and fitted into a counterpart fitting part, a shield shell having a shell flange part disposed opposite a wall surface of a counterpart wall body with an interval therebetween, a first watertight member between the fitting part and the counterpart fitting part, and a second watertight member that is crushed between the shell flange part and a wall surface of the counterpart wall body. The housing has a housing flange part with an outer peripheral surface thereof disposed inside an outer peripheral edge of the shell flange part and outside an inner edge of the shell flange part, and with a contact surface with an annular shape in contact with the wall surface of the counterpart wall body.

An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, a plurality of terminals, and a metallic plate. The terminals and the metallic plate are at the insulated housing. The terminals are held at the insulated housing and arranged into two rows. The metallic plate is at a tongue portion of the insulated housing and between the terminals which are arranged into two rows. The metallic plate has a main body and a plurality of extension portions. Each of the extension portions extends outwardly from the main body and corresponds to a protrusion of a corresponding one of the terminals. A distance between each of the protrusions and a corresponding one of the extension portions is less than a distance between each of the contact portions and the corresponding one of the extension portions. A retaining spacing is between the protrusions of the terminals and the extension portions of the metallic plate.

A second component (electronic component) includes a second housing, an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and an internal shell. The second housing forms the storage space together with the first housing by being attached to the first housing. The outer conductor has a cylindrical shape and annularly surrounds the inner conductor and extends in the first direction. The internal shell is disposed inside the storage space and electrically connected to the outer conductor. The internal shell has a spring piece that makes elastic contact with the outer conductor.