An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector is to be attached to a cloth in which a conductive pattern is formed. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a boss portion provided on a surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the boss portion is inserted into the cloth; a connection terminal provided to the housing; and a conductive pad provided around the boss portion on the surface of the housing, where the surface is to be in contact with the cloth, and the conductive pad is electrically connected to the connection terminal. The conductive pad has a protrusion protruding in the same direction as the boss portion of the housing protrudes.

A semiconductor device, including a semiconductor module, a positioning member and a printed board. The semiconductor module includes a case that stores a semiconductor chip, a plurality of external terminals electrically connected to the semiconductor chip and extending upward from a front surface of the case, and a reference pin extending upward from the front surface of the case. The positioning member has a reference hole and a plurality of supporting holes penetrating therethrough. The printed board including a plurality of terminal holes that respectively correspond to the plurality of external terminals. The printed board is disposed on the front surface of the case via the positioning member. The plurality of external terminals of the semiconductor module are respectively attached to the plurality of terminal holes.

A connector with a tolerance module includes a socket and a plug adapted to the socket, wherein the socket includes a first housing, the plug includes a tolerance module and a third housing, the tolerance module includes a second housing, the second housing includes second contact members, the second housing is movably arranged on the third housing in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector, and the second contact members are floatingly assembled in the second housing to enable displacement in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the connector. The second housing only generates translational motion without displacement when the connector is inserted. The tolerance of the plug and the socket is realized by the floating assembly of the second contact members in the second housing.

A circuit arrangement (1), in particular for an electrically driven motor vehicle, has at least one bus bar (5) which is connected electrically to a supplier (2) and which is connected to a first consumer (3) at a first transfer point (6) and to a second consumer (4) at a second transfer point (7). Both the first and the second transfer point (6, 7) are formed as flexible contact points.

A printed circuit board assembly having a printed circuit board with at least one footprint for attaching a plug connector, wherein the footprint has three or more coupling points for coupling electrical contacts of the plug connector, and a plug connector attached on the footprint, wthe plug connector has exactly two signal conductors for transmitting a differential signal, wherein the first signal conductor has a first electrical contact coupled at a first coupling point and the second signal conductor has a second electrical contact coupled at a second coupling point, wherein the second coupling point is not one of the coupling points which is directly adjacent to the first coupling point of the footprint.

A process for producing a backplane circuit board (20) having an internal face (142) adapted to be connected to connectors (13) of circuit boards (12) and an external face (143) adapted to be connected to an external connector (15), blind holes (146, 148) opening on the internal face (142) and external face (143) of the backplane circuit board (20), wherein bonding layers (31, 32) having zones (41, 42) cleared of material facing the blind holes are used between the printed circuits (21, 22, 23).

Described herein are connector components for selectively connecting to a PCB or other type of secondary device. Such a connector component comprises a body, electrically conductive contact pins, and latching pins. The body includes opposing sides at which are located pinch tabs. The electrically conductive contact pins and the latching pins each includes a portion thereof also extending from the bottom of the body. The pinch tabs are configured to normally bias the latching pins in a first position where the latching pins are angled relative to a central axis of the connector component when the pinch tabs are not being pinched inwards towards one another. Additionally, the pinch tabs are configured to bias the latching pins in a second position where the latching pins are substantially parallel to the central axis of the connector component when the pinch tabs are being pinched inward towards one another.

Described herein are connector components for selectively connecting to a PCB or other type of secondary device. Such a connector component comprises a body, electrically conductive contact pins, and latching pins. The body includes opposing sides at which are located pinch tabs. The electrically conductive contact pins and the latching pins each includes a portion thereof also extending from the bottom of the body. The pinch tabs are configured to normally bias the latching pins in a first position where the latching pins are angled relative to a central axis of the connector component when the pinch tabs are not being pinched inwards towards one another. Additionally, the pinch tabs are configured to bias the latching pins in a second position where the latching pins are substantially parallel to the central axis of the connector component when the pinch tabs are being pinched inward towards one another.

An apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes a plurality of through-holes extending through the PCB between a PCB first surface and a PCB second surface that opposes the PCB first surface, where each through-hole includes a via extending from the PCB first surface to a depth within the through-hole that is distanced from the PCB second surface. An integrated circuit surface mount is connected at the PCB first surface with vias of the through-holes, and a cable interconnect assembly is surface mount connected at the PCB second surface. The cable interconnect assembly includes a plurality of contact pins, each contact pin extending within a corresponding through-hole and having a sufficient dimension to engage and electrically connect with the via of the corresponding through-hole so as to facilitate exchange of an electrical signal between the integrated circuit and the cable interconnect assembly.

A process for producing a backplane circuit board (20) having an internal face (142) adapted to be connected to connectors (13) of circuit boards (12) and an external face (143) adapted to be connected to an external connector (15), blind holes (146, 148) opening on the internal face (142) and external face (143) of the backplane circuit board (20), wherein bonding layers (31, 32) having zones (41, 42) cleared of material facing the blind holes are used between the printed circuits (21, 22, 23).