An inverter includes a DC input, a link capacitor including a plurality of input contacts fitted to a capacitor housing, a plurality of half-bridges, each including semiconductor switching elements for converting the DC current into an AC current having a plurality of phase currents, wherein the half-bridges are arranged in a row along a transverse direction to the inverter, a positive DC conductor rail and a negative DC conductor rail for the infeed of DC current to the half-bridges, wherein the positive and/or negative DC conductor rail extends in a transverse direction to the inverter over the row of half-bridges, such that the width of the positive and/or negative DC conductor rail extends to the width of the row of half-bridges, an AC conductor rail assembly for the output of AC current to the electric drive, and a cooler for cooling the half-bridges.

An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a metal shielding shell. The electrical connector includes an insulating body and a number of conductive terminals. The insulating body includes a slot. Each conductive terminal includes an elastic abutting portion for abutting against the circuit board. The metal shielding shell includes a receiving cavity for receiving a mating connector. When the mating connector is inserted into the receiving cavity and has not yet made contact with the conductive terminals of the electrical connector, a better shielding effect can be achieved. Besides, by electrically connecting the conductive terminals and the circuit board in a mutually abutting manner, the requirement on the complexity of the circuit board manufacturing process is reduced.

A power connector assembly includes a busbar having a mounting surface and openings extending into the busbar being open at the mounting surface and power contacts arranged in a power contact array electrically connected to the busbar. Each power contact includes a main body, a first compliant pin extending from the main body, and a second compliant pin extending from the main body. The first compliant pin is received in the corresponding opening of the busbar to electrically connect the power contact to the busbar. The second compliant pin is configured to be received in a plated via of a printed circuit board to electrically connect the power contact to the printed circuit board. The power contact array mechanically and electrically connects the busbar to the printed circuit board.

Photovoltaic panels may be aggregated in various ways and may be aggregated with the use of a backplane where the backplane comprises electrical connectors positioned to electrically connect the PV panels. The PV panels may have various sizes and shapes and may overlap one or more other PV panels or PV panels being aggregated.

An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and a CPU. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity, and a plurality of contacts retained to the housing with corresponding contacting sections exposed in the receiving cavity. A first securing piece is attached upon the CPU, and a second securing piece is attached upon the housing. When the CPU is received within the receiving cavity, the first securing piece is locked with the second securing piece so as to have the CPU retained to the connector in position wherein the corresponding contacts of the electrical connector are mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding contacting pads of the CPU in a compression manner reliably.

This electronic component can reduce assembly costs and also lighten the load to a connection part, and comprises: an electronic component body; a terminal that extends in a prescribed direction from the electronic component body, and has a retaining unit; and a coil spring that is externally fitted to be in electrical contact with the terminal, and that is retained by the retaining unit, wherein the coil spring is in electrical contact with a printed board in a compressed state. The terminal is fitted loosely in a fitting hole of the printed board, for example. Also, the coil spring comprises an electrically conductive coating, for example.

The present disclosure discloses a waterproof connector including an integral insulating body, a number of conductive terminals, and an insulating block. The insulating body includes a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a middle portion. The rear end portion defines a number of terminal grooves. The front end portion defines a mating space. The middle portion includes a receiving channel communicating with the terminal grooves. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves and extend towards the mating space. The insulating block is injection-molded in the receiving channel and seamlessly fixes the conductive terminals in the terminal grooves. The waterproof connector of the present disclosure can prevent water and dust from entering therein. A method of manufacturing the waterproof connector is also provided.

A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board substrate defining an aperture extending therethrough and configured to accept a planar male terminal from a first side of the circuit board substrate. The assembly further includes a female terminal extending from a second side of the circuit board substrate opposite the first side that defines a slot in a U-shaped portion on the second side of the circuit board substrate. The slot has an open end and a closed end. The slot is sized and arranged to receive the male terminal extending through the aperture be in an interference fit with the male terminal. The female terminal has a pair of tines, each tine having a fixed end attached to a base portion and a free end. The free end of one of the tines is disposed within a mounting hole in the circuit board substrate located adjacent the aperture.

An electric contact includes a multilayered coating structure. The multilayered coating structure includes an intermediate layer and a top layer arranged on top of the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer includes Bi.sub.3Ni and the top layer includes a plurality of free bismuth grains.

Assembly parts for connector device including: substrate having through hole; press-fit terminal that is rod shape member to be press-fitted into through hole, wherein press-fit terminal includes leading end, press-fit, and base end portions, press-fit portion includes parallel portion with two parallel contact pieces separated by eye hole; and tapered portion connecting parallel and leading end portions together, in vertical cross section of press-fit terminal, eye hole with curved line constitutes leading end-side portion, lines constitute tapered portion include contact and reference points, contact points first come into contact with opening edge of through hole when press-fit terminal inserted into through hole, reference points are intersections of lines that constitute tapered portion and specific orthogonal lines, specific orthogonal lines are orthogonal lines passing through end points of curved line, of lines orthogonal to lines that constitute tapered portion, contact points are located closer to leading end portion than reference points.