Molex Corporation

Adv Antest Corporation

Molex Japan Co., Ltd.

Teruhito Suzuki

Akinori Mizumura

Hideyuki Hirata

Shin Sakiyama

Hiroyuki Yajima

Cong Li

Yasuyuki Miki

Hiroyuki Hama

Toshihiro Niitsu

Nobumasa Motohashi

Hirotaka Wagata

Koji Murakami

A conductor having a conductive terminal; an intermediate insulator housing the terminal; an outer conductor part that is an integrated molded product formed from a conductive metal plate housing the intermediate insulator; and a housing formed from an insulating material, which housing houses the outer conductor part; wherein the outer conductor part includes: a cylindrical main body part formed from a curved plate, a plate-like rear plate part electrically connected to a rear end of the main body part, which rear plate part closes the rear end of the main body part; and left and right leg parts extending downward from a cylindrical wall of the main body part, the rear plate part includes left and right anchor parts extending forward from left and right ends of the rear plate part, the housing includes slit-shaped left and right anchor housing parts extending forward, and the outer conductor part is housed in the housing, and each anchor part is inserted into and retained by a corresponding anchor housing part.

Coaxial connector with an outer conductor part having a rear plate part

In a cable assembly, when auxiliary ground conductor is provided so as to face the lower surface of supporting insulating member, elastically-deformed piece in an elastically deformed status comes in contact with the tip of ground terminal protruding from the lower surface of supporting insulating member.

Coaxial cable member coupled to a signal terminal, a ground terminal and an auxiliary ground conductor with an elastically-deformable piece

The connector includes an enclosure including insertion holes formed therein, into which tip end portions of coaxial cables provided with signal terminals and with ground terminals arranged at parts of peripheries of the signal terminals are inserted, and auxiliary ground conductors, which are retained by the enclosure, are electrically connected to the ground terminals, and are arranged at other parts of the peripheries of the signal terminals.

Connector, cable assembly, and semiconductor testing device

A connector includes a signal terminal, an insulating member, a ground terminal and an enclosure. The signal terminal has a main body extending in one direction, and a contact arm provided on each side of the main body for contacting another conductor. The insulating member encloses the main body. The ground terminal has a cylindrical main body enclosing the insulating member, and a contact arm provided on each side of the cylindrical main body for contacting another conductor. The cylindrical main body includes first and second semi-cylindrical parts, each having semi cylindrical shapes. The semi-cylindrical parts make a cylindrical shape as a whole by both end parts of the circumferential direction being assembled so as to mutually overlap. An insertion hole is formed in the enclosure where an assembly of the signal element, the insulating member and the ground terminal are inserted.

Connector and semiconductor test device

To provide an electric connector capable of securing a sufficient distance between a position at which a projecting portion of a flat electric cable is placed and a position soldered on the surface of a circuit board even when the electric connector is formed having a low profile an electric connector, for connecting an FPC, having a projecting portion formed on an edge thereof, to a circuit board, is disclosed. The electric connector has a plurality of terminals, a housing, and a reinforcing member fixed to the housing. The reinforcing member has a pull-out stop portion positioned outside in the width direction of the FPC relative to the plurality of terminals, and a fixed portion positioned apart from the pull-out stop portion toward the outside in the width direction of the FPC and fixed on the surface of the circuit board.

FPC U-shaped nail

A flat flexible cable connector () has a housing () with an insertion opening () in its front face. Two lengths of flexible cable () are placed end to end and are inserted into the opening. The connector has terminals () with top and bottom opposing contact portions () which are aligned with the exposed conductive leads on the two lengths of flexible cables. A moveable actuator () applies pressure to the terminal contact portions to effect a reliable connection between the flexible cables.

Relay connector

A connector holder has a U-shaped frame and supports an internal connector-receiving part within the U-shaped frame. Guide pieces are provided that grip the ends of a connector and the cable to which the connector is attached. The connector-receiving part thereby floats inside of the U-shaped frame so as to be positioned accurately for mounting to an opposing connector.

Floating connector holder

A cable connector includes a housing with an insertion recess for receiving an end of a flat cable and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing for connecting to conductive leads of the flat cable. An actuator is attached to the housing so that the attitude of the actuator can be changed between a first position at which the flat cable can be inserted into the opening and a second position at which the actuator presses the conductive leads of the inserted flat cable into contact with the terminals. The actuator is attached to the housing at a cable insertion end side thereof and brought to the second position when the attitude of the actuator is changed in an insertion direction of the flat plate-like cable. A fulcrum of the attitude-changing movement of the actuator in the insertion direction is positioned further from the second position, as viewed from an effort point of a force applied by the flat cable to the actuator at the second position, than a point of action of the force being applied.

FPC connector with rotating latch

A relay connector () for joining together two lengths of flat printed circuitry or flat flexible cable is formed from two connector housings () of identical shape. The two housings are joined together by a set of conductive terminals () and housing engagement members. The terminals are bilaterally symmetrical and have contact and engagement portions at their ends which are received in terminal-receiving grooves in the rear of the two housings. A pair of actuators () are rotatably mounted to the housings and they move in opposite directions to open and close.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Teruhito Suzuki