Abstract:
Assembly of mating first and second connectors (3, 5) and an ejector latch (1) for latching the mating connectors (3, 5), comprising first coupling means (2, 9) for coupling the ejector latch (1) to the first connector (3) and second coupling means (4, 10) for coupling the ejector latch (1) to the second connector (5), in latched position of which assembly the ejector latch (1) is coupled to both the first and the second connector (3, 5) whereas in unlatched position the ejector latch may be coupled to one of the connectors, whereby said second coupling means (4, 10) are constructed such as to provide a detachable coupling between said second connector (5) and said ejector latch (1) and whereby said first connector (3) and/or said ejector latch (1) are constructed such as to provide sufficient space to enable the unlatching of the connectors by moving the ejector latch (1) towards the first connector (3), thereby separating both the ejector latch (1) and the first connector (3) from the second connector (5).
Abstract:
A system or connector/board assembly for electrically detachably interconnecting component boards (1) having connectors (10, 13) positioned opposite one another on both sides of a board (1). The connectors (10, 13) are each mounted rigidly on the board (1) because at least one terminal end (24) of a contact element (16, 18; 17, 19) of a connector (10, 13) is received in a hole (27) of a pattern (26) of holes (27) provided in the board (1), which terminal end (24) is provided with means (25) for the clamping mounting thereof in the respective hole (27). In this manner, connectors (10, 13) can be mounted adjacently on the component board (1) without the loss of position of a contact element.
Abstract:
A sliding contact for providing an electrical connection between a side contact of a PC card and a terminal accessible to a host device is disclosed. The disclosed sliding contact is disposed in a side rail of an ejection mechanism for receiving and ejecting the PC card and comprises a channel (16-5) in the side rail; a sliding member disposed in the channel and comprising a first part (16-2) and a second part (16-3) attached to the first part, the first part being electrically conductive; a first electrically conductive spring member (16-1) connected at a first end to the terminal (16-6) accessible to the host device and having at a second end a sliding contact with the first part (16-2) of the sliding member, the first spring member providing a first force for urging the sliding member toward the PC card; and a second spring member (16-4) providing a second force for urging the sliding member toward the PC card.
Abstract:
Connector block (3) comprising at least one contact member (22) provided with a first contact terminal (10) for electrical contact to a contact terminal (6) of a mating connector (2), a second contact terminal (9) and a spring part (13) giving the contact member a resilient capacity in its axial direction, the first contact terminal (10), the second contact terminal (9) and the spring part (13) being integrally made and the spring part (13) having a corrugated structure; separate ground means (19, 19') are arranged to provide a static discharge capacity for vulnerable electronic components connected to the second contact terminals (9).
Abstract:
An anti-electrostatic discharge electrical connector assembly (10) includes a housing (12, 18), a plurality of terminals (14, 16) supported in the housing, and a grounding system for electrically connecting at least a group of the terminals to ground when the connector is not fully mated to a mating connector. In the preferred embodiment, the grounding system includes a printed circuit board (26) that is in contact with the terminals (14, 16) and has a grounding area (38) thereon, a conductive grounding bar (48) that is biased into contact with the grounding area, and a camming system (50, 54) for moving the grounding bar away from the grounding area when the connector assembly is substantially fully mated with a mating connector or interface, any electrostatic discharges will be passed to ground through the terminals, the grounding area and the ground bar.
Abstract:
Filter unit for connectors comprising at least a substrate (2) made of electrically insulating material and having two mutually opposite sides and through openings (3) for contact elements of the connector, capacitors being situated at least one of the two sides of the substrate in the region of the through openings, which capacitors each comprise at least one first conducting layer (5) in contact with the substrate, a dielectric layer (7) and a second conducting layer (9) and there being provided above each of the capacitors a cover layer (13, 22) composed of at least one first flexible layer (13) substantially covering the top surface of each of said capacitors and having a low moisture absorption coefficient and a high moisture diffusion coefficient and a second hard layer (22) at least entirely covering the first flexible layer and having a high moisture absorption coefficient and a low moisture diffusion coefficient.