Abstract: A flipper for use in pinball-type games has a plurality of grooves disposed on its top surface to permit the player to predetermine and control the path of the ball. When the ball is aligned with one of the grooves and the flipper is activated, the ball is propelled along the path indicated by the groove. The flipper is at least 31/8 inches in length and its impact surface is 1-1/16 inches high. The impact surface is substantially perpendicular to the playfield.

Abstract: A method of making conductors for shunt connectors including deforming a continuous strip of conductive material between lateral edges to form a plurality of electrical contacts integral at opposite ends with a pair of carrier strips. The spacing between electrical contacts is initially equal and the carrier strips are then deformed so that electrical contact assemblies having different spacings can be severed from the continuous strip with one of the carrier strips acting as a conductor between a pair of electrical contacts. The electrical contact assemblies are mounted on a non-conductive housings and locked therein by locking tabs with the housings being identical in configuration except for dimensions and having several gripping tabs formed thereon. The resultant shunt connector assemblies have center-to-center spacings between adjacent electrical contacts which are a predetermined dimension and multiples of that predetermined dimension to be capable of interconnecting pins having different spacings.

Abstract: An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of spaced strip conductors within a supporting body of dielectric material with a contact element for each conductor, all of which are supported in a single housing. Each contact element includes a penetrating end having a plurality of tangs for piercing the dielectric material and a contact mating end, which includes a tubular body having a plurality of deflectable fingers that have free ends adjacent the penetrating end of the contact element.

Abstract: A multi-terminal connector unit includes a block having a plurality of spaced terminal pins extending from a surface thereof and each terminal pin is surrounded by a socket that extends to an opposite surface of the block. The bottom of each socket has at least one opening extending to the adjacent surface of the block to provide a flow-through or drain path for cleaning liquid used to clean the socket and associated PC board.