H01R13/2485

Electrical connector with hybrid contact set

An electrical connector includes a plurality of contact units each having a first part and a second part mechanically and electrically connected to each other wherein the first part provides the spring contacting section for performing the superior mechanical resiliency while the second part provides the mounting section soldered upon the printed circuit board and configured to lower the impedance compared with the first part and provide strong retention thereof.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH INSULATED CONDUCTIVE LAYER
20210305196 · 2021-09-30 ·

An interconnect that has an electrically conductive layer, where a first and second insulator layers are coupled with the conductive layer. A region of the conductive layer includes an opening of a portion of the first insulator layer the second insulator layer that are adjacent to the region. An electrical connector of a first device is electrically coupled to a portion of the region on a first side of the conductive layer and an electrical conductor of a second device is electrically coupled with a portion of the region on the second side. Also, an interconnect coupled with a substrate that includes a cylinder extending from a side of the substrate with a plate coupled at the end of the cylinder with an opening that includes two or more tabs of the plate extending into the opening to receive a connector.

Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly for connection to a circuit board with zero insertion force
11043763 · 2021-06-22 · ·

An electrical connector and an electrical connector assembly are provided. The electrical connector assembly includes: a mating assembly including a support plate and multiple insertion portions provided on the support plate and protruding downward out of the support plate; and an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes: a substrate, provided with multiple accommodating holes running through the substrate vertically; and multiple terminals accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each terminal has a base and two clamping portions configured to clamp a corresponding insertion portion. The two clamping portions are located in front of the base. A top end of the base is lower than top ends of the two clamping portions. When the two clamping portions jointly clamp the corresponding insertion portion, a portion of the corresponding insertion portion lower than the top ends of the clamping portions is located right above the base of an adjacent terminal.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
20210175656 · 2021-06-10 ·

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and multiple terminals accommodated therein. Each terminal has a connecting portion, two side portions bending backward and extending from left and right sides of the connecting portion, two extending portions provided opposite to each other and extending downward from the two side portions, and two embracing arms connected to lower ends of the two extending portions. The two embracing arms jointly embrace a solder ball, which has a first vertical central plane in a front-rear direction. The two embracing arms are located on two sides of the first vertical central plane. A distance between the front ends of the two embracing arms is less than a distance between the rear ends of the two embracing arms of each terminal. The front ends of the two embracing arms are attached with solder liquid formed by melting of the solder ball during soldering.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
20210175654 · 2021-06-10 ·

An electrical connector includes an insulating body and multiple terminals accommodated in the insulating body. Each terminal has a base portion, a strip connecting portion extending upward from the base portion to be connected to a strip, and an elastic arm extending from the base portion. The elastic arm has a first tearing edge torn from the strip connecting portion, a second tearing edge torn from the strip, and a blanking edge blanked from the strip. The second tearing edge or the blanking edge has a dividing point. When each terminal is connected to the strip and expanded in a same vertical plane, the dividing point and a top point of the first tearing edge are vertically aligned. After the elastic arm is formed by bending, the dividing point and the first tearing edge are both located at a back side of the strip connecting portion.

Connector receptacle

A connector receptacle for connecting with a corresponding connector plug coupled with electrodes being used for performing EMG procedure on a patient is provided. The receptacle includes a first ball bearing pressing against a first end of a housing of the plug and, preferably, a second ball bearing pressing against a first end of the housing of the plug when the plug is connected to the receptacle for exerting a retention force against the plug. The first and the second ball bearings are pressed against the first and the second ends respectively by using a spring force generated, for example, by a retention band.

Terminal-free connectors and circuits comprising terminal-free connectors

Provided are terminal-free connectors for flexible interconnect circuits. A connector comprises a housing chamber defined by at least a first side wall and a second side wall oppositely positioned about the base. An edge support is positioned at each of the first side wall and the second side wall. The edge supports allow for precise placement of the flexible interconnect circuit inside the housing chamber. A cover piece is coupled to the base via a first hinge, and is configured to move between a released position and a clamped position. The cover piece includes a clamp portion securing the flexible interconnect circuit against the edge supports in the clamped position. A slider may be configured to move between an extended position and an inserted position within the housing chamber, and may include a convex upper surface configured to urge the flexible interconnect circuit upwards in the inserted position.

Pogo module and electronic device comprising same

Various embodiments relating to a pogo module comprising a pogo pin for maintaining an electrical connection state when an electronic device is rotated and not rotated are disclosed, and according to one embodiment, the pogo module comprises: first and second housings; module circuit boards provided inside the first and second housings; at least one pogo pin provided to the module circuit board and comprising a rotatable structure electrically connected to at least one electrode pattern included in a printed circuit board of the electronic device; and a support body coupled to the module circuit board to support the at least one pogo pin, wherein the rotatable structure can maintain an electrical connection state with the at least one electrode pattern when the electronic device is rotated or not rotated. In addition, various other embodiments are possible.

Substrate electrical connector with terminals in accommodating holes
10971837 · 2021-04-06 · ·

An electrical connector includes a substrate and multiple terminals. The substrate is provided with multiple accommodating holes running through the substrate vertically. A shielding member is provided on a lower surface of the substrate. The terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes respectively. The terminals include multiple signal terminals and at least one ground terminal. An interval exists between the ground terminal and the shielding member. The ground terminal has a conducting portion extending downward out of a corresponding accommodating hole. The conducting portion is soldered to a main circuit board through a solder, and the solder is in contact with the conducting portion and the shielding member. According to the present invention, the conducting portion of the ground terminal is connected with the shielding member through the solder, thereby reducing a spurious charge, reducing the capacitance, and improving a high frequency.

Electrical contact, connector and method of manufacture
10985488 · 2021-04-20 · ·

An electrical contact and connector (also known as elastic electrical contact and system) are disclosed herein for testing semiconductor devices such as integrated circuit (IC) packages, particular high density IC packages. The elastic electrical contact comprises a plurality of interlaced or interwove and unsupported conductive wires. The electrical contact system comprises the elastic electrical contacts and a carrier having a plurality of through openings. The elastic electrical contacts are placed in their respective through openings with both ends exposed from the through openings. Method of making and using the elastic electrical contact are also provided.