It is aimed to reduce friction resistance generated in a resilient contact portion. A shield connector is provided with a dielectric for accommodating an inner conductor, a tubular outer conductor for surrounding the dielectric, a resilient contact portion formed in the outer conductor, and a cut portion formed in the outer conductor and enabling a supporting portion supporting the resilient contact portion, out of the outer conductor, to be resiliently deformed. If the resilient contact portion contacts a mating outer conductor and is resiliently deformed, the supporting portion supporting the resilient contact portion is resiliently deformed by a reaction force from the mating outer conductor. Since a resilient deformation amount of the resilient contact portion is reduced by as much as the supporting portion is resiliently deformed, friction resistance generated in the resilient contact portion is reduced.

A connector assembly includes a housing with a terminal cavity and a terminal lock adapted to retain an electrical terminal in the terminal cavity. A terminal position assurance is attached to the housing and engages the terminal lock. The connector assembly also includes a protector plate with a protector body having a front plate face and an opposed back plate face. Terminal openings pass through the protector body. A plurality of staged locks are attached to the protector body for relative rotational movement. The staged locks extending beyond the front plate face and also extending beyond the back plate face. The protector plate is movable relative to the housing in a mate direction from a pre-stage position to a pre-lock position. The protector plate is retained in the pre-lock position relative to the housing against further movement in the mate direction by a staged lock.

An insulating housing and an electrical connector including the insulating housing are provided. The electrical connector, for transmitting power and signal with a mating electrical connector, comprises a body portion, a plurality of power terminals, a power mating portion, at least one signal terminal, and a signal mating portion. The power mating portion has a plurality of column bodies extending from a front surface thereof and accommodating the plurality of power terminals therein. The signal mating portion is connected with the body portion and located over one side of the power mating portion and accommodating at least one signal terminal.

An electric connector comprises a male terminal and a female terminal. The male terminal comprises a first connecting member, a first elastic member, a first wire opening, and a first connecting opening. The first elastic member comprises a first elastic arm extending towards the first connecting member and being configured to be inserted through the first wire opening, and the first connecting member is configured to be inserted through the first connecting opening. The female terminal comprises a second connecting member, a second elastic member, a second wire opening, and a second connecting opening. The second elastic member comprises a second elastic arm extending towards the second connecting member and being configured to be inserted though the second wire opening, and the second connecting member is configured to extend through the second connecting opening. The first connecting member and the second connecting member are in electrical contact with each other.

A board connector A includes a housing 10 to be mounted on a circuit board P, and first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 mounted in the housing. The first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 include first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 projecting from a facing surface 15 of the housing 10 facing the circuit board P and to be surface-mounted on the circuit board P. The first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 extend in a direction intersecting a facing direction of the circuit board P and the facing surface 15. A jig accommodating portion 16 recessed from a region of the facing surface 15 not facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 is formed in a region of the facing surface 15 facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32.

A board connector A includes a housing 10 to be mounted on a circuit board P, and first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 mounted in the housing. The first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 include first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 projecting from a facing surface 15 of the housing 10 facing the circuit board P and to be surface-mounted on the circuit board P. The first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 extend in a direction intersecting a facing direction of the circuit board P and the facing surface 15. A jig accommodating portion 16 recessed from a region of the facing surface 15 not facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 is formed in a region of the facing surface 15 facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32.

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, and a pair of contacts which are secured together by a clamp mounted within the housing. Each electrical contact includes a planar body, spring fingers extending from a first end of the body, and a coupling extending from the body to couple the electrical contacts to the housing. A first deflection zone between the clamp and first ends of the spring fingers allows the spring fingers to deflect in a lateral direction to receive the conductive component within the receiving space. A second deflection zone between the first ends of the spring fingers and the second ends of the bodies allow the bodies and spring fingers to deflect in the lateral direction when the conductive component is received within the receiving space, but the conductive component is not directly aligned with the receiving space.

A contact is accommodated in a contact accommodating portion of a second insulator, an end portion of an electric wire is accommodated in an opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion of a projection of a first insulator, the projection is accommodated in a projection accommodating portion of a contact with a flexible conductor being sandwiched therebetween and such that the opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion is opposed to an electric-wire connection piece of the contact, the electric wire extends from the electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion and makes contact with an electric-wire contact portion of the electric-wire connection piece of the contact, and a part of the flexible conductor is sandwiched between an outer surface of the projection and a conductor contact piece of the contact and makes contact with the conductor contact piece of the contact, whereby the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the contact.

A contact is accommodated in a contact accommodating portion of a second insulator, an end portion of an electric wire is accommodated in an opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion of a projection of a first insulator, the projection is accommodated in a projection accommodating portion of a contact with a flexible conductor being sandwiched therebetween and such that the opened electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion is opposed to an electric-wire connection piece of the contact, the electric wire extends from the electric-wire-end-portion accommodating portion and makes contact with an electric-wire contact portion of the electric-wire connection piece of the contact, and a part of the flexible conductor is sandwiched between an outer surface of the projection and a conductor contact piece of the contact and makes contact with the conductor contact piece of the contact, whereby the electric wire is electrically connected to the flexible conductor via the contact.

A connector clip is disclosed. The connector clip includes a base, a cover, a hinge coupling the cover and the base, and a fastener. The base has a first base side joined to a second base side via a connecting base side. The cover has a first cover side joined to a second cover side via a connecting cover side. The fastener holds the first base side and the first cover side in a fixed position when the connector clip is in a closed configuration in which the connecting base side is parallel to the connecting cover side. An internal cable opening is formed in part by the connecting base side and the connecting cover side when the connector clip is in the closed configuration. The connector clip secures a cable passing through the internal cable opening and connected to a board in its place in the closed configuration.