A connector for installation on a printed circuit board a contacting part has which includes at least two contact elements, each of which can be connected, on the connection side, to an individual conductor and, on the plug-in side, to a conductive track of the printed circuit board, wherein the connector a connection part which encloses the individual conductors and, in the region of each individual conductor, has a recess, into each of which a contact element engages for the electrical connection between individual conductor and contact element. The contacting part is formed in an injection molding process, wherein at least two contact elements having an insulation-displacement connector are inserted or engaged in the contacting part or are directly encapsulated, and the connection part is formed in an injection molding process, wherein at least two individual conductors, each having a cable sheath, are thus placed in an injection molding tool and are encapsulated.

A circuit card assembly includes a circuit card having front and back ends, substantially parallel longitudinal edges between the front and back ends, and a bus connector extending from one of the longitudinal edges. The circuit card assembly includes a bracket structure providing a mounting surface, the mounting surface comprising a bracket for engaging with a plurality of adjacent ones of a plurality of bracket slots with openings at a fixed pitch. The circuit card assembly includes a connector assembly at the surface of said circuit card at the first end, with at least a first input/output (I/O) connector, and a second I/O connector in a stacked arrangement with respect to the surface of said circuit card, where the first I/O connector and the second I/O connector extend through the bracket and are separated by the fixed pitch.

A plug-in connector includes a first housing part having a plug-in contact element and a plurality of blades electrically connected to the plug-in contact element and a second housing part having a receiving region with a receiving direction. The second housing part has a first pair of spring elements arranged resiliently in the receiving region on a first side of the receiving direction and a second pair of spring elements arranged resiliently in the receiving region on a second side of the receiving direction.

A plug connector includes a first housing part having a plug contact element with a plurality of blades that are electrically conductively connected and a second housing part having a receiving area receiving a conductor foil. The second housing part has a first ridge pressing the conductor foil in the receiving area in a direction of the blades while the first housing part and the second housing part are pushed into each other. The first ridge engages in a fit with a first blade of the plurality of blades when a first area of the first blade is bent in a direction of the first ridge.

A board connector includes: a metal housing having a base portion, four mating tubes opening forward, and four receiving grooves opening through a rear face and a bottom face of the base portion and communicating with corresponding mating tubes; four terminal assemblies received and retained in corresponding receiving grooves; and a rear plate, wherein the base portion of the metal housing has a rear guiding slot and a supporting portion at each side wall thereof, the supporting portions extend horizontally, the rear plate slides into the rear guiding slots from the bottom face, and the supporting portions block a bottom face of the rear plate from moving downwardly.

A plug includes at least one spring or blade contact element which is disposed in a housing and is connected in an electrically conducting manner to at least one insulation displacement contact that contacts and secures at least one insulated single-core cable. The at least one insulation displacement contact extends at a 90 angle from the spring or blade contact element in the plug-in direction of the spring or blade contact element in such a way that the at least one insulated single-core cable extending in the plug-in direction is contacted and secured by an insulation displacement contact.

A board mount electrical connector (3) includes an insulative connector housing (1100) including a longitudinal bottom wall (1102) defining a plurality of contact openings (1104) for receiving a plurality of contacts (1200), first and second side walls (1106, 1108) extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing sides thereof, first and second end walls (1110, 1112) extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing ends (1102c, 1102d) thereof, first and second pairs of latch openings (1114, 1116) at opposing ends of the bottom wall, and first and second protrusions (1154, 1156) extending upwardly from the bottom wall and disposed between respective first and second pairs of latch openings. Each latch opening extends through the bottom wall and through a side wall and is configured to allow a latch to eject a mating connector by moving within the opening. Each of the protrusions is configured to engage a corresponding opening in a latch of a mating connector cover or strain relief assembled to the electrical connector.

An electrical connector includes an insulative connector housing including a longitudinal bottom wall defining a plurality of contact openings for receiving a plurality of contacts, first and second side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing sides thereof, first and second end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing ends thereof, first and second pairs of latch openings at opposing ends of the bottom wall, and first and second protrusions extending upwardly from the bottom wall and disposed between respective first and second pairs of latch openings. Each latch opening extends through the bottom wall and through a side wall and is configured to allow a latch to eject a mating connector by moving within the opening Each of the protrusions is configured to engage a corresponding opening in a latch of a mating connector cover or strain relief assembled to the electrical connector.

An electrical connector includes an insulative connector housing including a longitudinal body portion and first and second pairs of opposing end portions. The body portion has a plurality of contact openings extending therein in an insertion direction for supporting a plurality of electrical contact terminals. The first and second pairs of opposing end portions extend from opposing ends of the body portion in the insertion direction. At least one end portion in each pair of opposing end portions includes a ridge extending in the insertion direction for guiding a cover latch along a side surface of the ridge and guiding a strain relief latch along an opposing side surface of the ridge. The ridge has an inclined top surface for resiliently deflecting a cover latch and an inclined side surface for resiliently deflecting a strain relief latch. The ridge has an end portion for latching onto a cover latch and a strain relief latch.

Disclosed herein are various implementations of communications connectors. In some implementations, a communications plug may include a housing and a body positioned in the housing. A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) may be wrapped at least partially around the body, a and a plurality of metal contact pads may be positioned on the flexible PCB to mate with plug interface contacts (PICs) of a communications jack when the communications plug is inserted into the communications jack.