A connector includes a contact having a contact point that is electrically coupled to a connecting terminal of an external device by pressing the connecting terminal onto the contact point, a protective member having an aperture for exposing the contact point from a surface of the side for pressing the external device and movable between a first position and a second position, a first shell covering the protective member with the aperture exposed, a base accommodating the contact and the protective member, and a ground contact having a first elastic portion that pushes up the protective member and the first shell, having a first held portion held by the base, and being grounded. The ground contact pushes up the protective member and the first shell with an elastic force of the first elastic portion. The contact point is positioned inside the protective member at the first position.

An exemplary miniature support has upper and lower spaced-apart engagement surfaces each having at least a portion that are parallel to each other. Two supports each with an end supporting the upper engagement surface and another end supporting the lower engagement surface. The two supports have a spring-like property so that the upper and lower engagement surfaces can repeatedly move between an uncompressed state when not engaged to provide an interconnection and a compressed state when engaged between two opposing boards to provide an interconnection between the boards. The connector is preferably made using 3-D printing and may be integrally made as part of a board also made using the same 3-D printing. The support may have upper and lower engagement surfaces and at least one of the at least two supports that are conductive to establish connectivity between the upper and lower engagement surfaces.

A connector comprises an insulating housing (10) defining a plurality of isolated terminal chambers and a plurality of conductive terminals (20) disposed in respective terminal chambers of the insulating housing. Each of the terminal chambers has a bottom portion (101) on one side of the insulating housing and an opening (102) through a surface (103) on the opposite side of the insulating housing. Each of the conductive terminals comprises a fixing portion (201) that is fixed on the bottom portion of a corresponding terminal chamber, a contact portion (203) that is projecting out of the opening, and a middle portion (202) that is connected between the fixing portion and the contact portion and slanting from one end of the fixing portion towards the other end of the fixing portion. The middle portion and the contact portion are configured to move both towards the bottom portion and in a longitudinal direction of the insulating housing in response to pressure imposed on the contact portion.

In order to create favorable structural conditions, at least one first component longitudinal portion and a second component longitudinal portion are provided, where the first component longitudinal portion has a greater level of rigidity than the second component longitudinal portion, such that thereby reducing contact zone wear is reduced, while favorable mounting characteristics are also created at the same time.

A coaxial connecting member (1) for transmitting radio-frequency signals between a first and a second circuit board (2, 3) includes an inner conductor (4), an outer conductor (5) and an insulating member (6) arranged between the inner conductor (4) and the outer conductor (5). The inner conductor (4) and/or the outer conductor (5) comprise a first and a second end section (7, 8) to interconnect the inner conductor (4) to the first and the second circuit board (2, 3). The first and the second end section (7, 8) are interconnected to each other by at least one elastically deformable transversal section (9) to compensate axial and/or lateral misalignment of the first and the second circuit board (2, 3) with respect to each other.

An electrical terminal block with simplified switching operations, which can be produced in a cost-effective and time-saving manner.

The present disclosure provides a terminal assembly, which comprises a first terminal component, a second terminal component, and an elastic member. The first terminal component comprises a first flat terminal, which comprises a cable connecting end part and a first contacting end part. The second terminal component is disposed on one side of the first terminal component. The second terminal component comprises a second flat terminal including a second contacting end part and an electrical connecting end part. The first contacting end part is contacting with the second contacting end part. Two ends of the elastic member are respectively connected to the first terminal component and the second terminal component. The second terminal component is able to move toward or move away with respect to the first terminal component through the elastic member. The first contacting end part is frictionally contacting with the second contacting end part.

An interposer for a test system includes coaxial cables, each of which is configured to transport a first portion of current originating from a current source, and printed circuit boards (PCBs), each of which is connected to a set of the coaxial cables in order to receive the first portion of the current from each coaxial cable in the set and to transport a second portion of the current. A spring leaf assembly includes spring leaves, each of which is connected to a PCB in order to transport a third portion of the current obtained from the PCB to a device interface board (DIB) that connects to devices under test (DUTs) to be tested by the test system. The coaxial cables on each PCB are arranged in parallel, the PCBs are arranged in parallel, and the spring leaves on each PCB are arranged in parallel.

The present disclosure provides, in one aspect, method of controlling an autonomous cleaning robot, the method comprising: navigating the autonomous cleaning robot to a docking station; sensing that the autonomous cleaning robot is navigating to the docking station; increasing a vacuum power of a vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot to reduce an amount of debris from an airflow channel proximate to an inlet of a cleaning bin disposed in the autonomous cleaning robot; and then decreasing the vacuum power of the vacuum assembly of the autonomous cleaning robot.

A flat plug-in connector assembly includes a flat contact, a mating plug connector, and a contact chamber. The flat contact has a middle strip having opposite first and second sides and further has a first end that forms a blade contact section. The mating plug connector includes a pair of contact springs for accommodating the blade contact section. The flat contact further includes first and second spring arms for damping relative movements between the blade contact section and the contact springs. The first and second spring arms are integrally formed in one piece at the first and second sides of the flat contact. The first and second spring arms have first and second free end sections in a form of first and second detent hooks. The flat contact is inserted in the contact chamber with the first and second detent hooks being displaceable supported in the contact chamber.