Abstract: When a slide member of a connector is moved toward a provisionally-retained position, each slanting guided surface is moved into sliding contact with an associated slanting guide surface, and is guided by the guide surface, so that the posture of the slide member is inclined upwardly outwardly. During this movement, the slide member is not interrupted, and therefore an operator's fingers will not be disengaged from the slide member. Therefore, the slide member can be withdrawn in a single continuous motion. Additionally, another feature of the connector prevents a flat cable from being erroneously inserted into a slide member insertion space in a provisionally-retained condition.

Abstract: A connector for a printed circuit board having a housing defining a hollow. There is a plurality of slits in the back wall and a terminal is inserted in each one. The terminal includes a pressing piece which is capable of flexing under the influence of the introduction of a retainer so that it is spaced apart from the circuit board. The gap therebetween is greater than the thickness of the board. The housing is also provided with weakened areas, including slits in the sides of the housing and a line of reduced thickness on an upper wall of the housing, which facilitate movement of the upper wall and the pressing piece into the flexed position. The gap therebetween is greater than the thickness of the board. After the retainer and circuit board have been fully inserted, the pressing piece returns to its rest position, in which the gap is equal to or less than the thickness of the circuit board. This provides a good electrical contact between the pressing piece and the board.

Abstract: A female electrical terminal has a contact end and a terminating end. The contact end includes a pair of opposing walls for receiving a male terminal therebetween. A flexible element is disposed in the contact end for pressing against the male terminal. The flexible element includes a mounting section with spaced wall portions juxtaposed inside the opposing walls of the contact end. Complementary interengaging latches are provided between the opposing walls and the spaced wall portions of the mounting section of the flexible element. An abutment is provided in the contact end to prevent inward collapsing of the spaced wall portions and, thereby, to maintain the latches in interengagement.

Abstract: A connector for microelectronic devices having bump leads and methods for fabricating and using the connector. A dielectric substrate has a plurality of posts extending upwardly from a front surface. The posts may be arranged in an array of post groups each group defining a gap therebetween. A generally laminar contact extends from each post top. The bump leads are each inserted within a respective gap thereby engaging the contacts which wipe against the bump lead as it continues to be inserted. Typically, distal portions of the contacts deflect downwardly toward the substrate and outwardly away from the center of the gap as the bump lead is inserted into a gap.

Abstract: A push-pull edge card electrical connector is adapted for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board having contact pads on opposite sides of the board adjacent the edge. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having a board-receiving face. An elongated slot is disposed in the board-receiving face generally along a longitudinal axis of the housing for receiving the edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of pairs of transversely spaced terminal-receiving cavities are disposed on opposite sides of the slot defining two rows of cavities lengthwise of the housing. The pairs of transversely spaced cavities are separated by transverse walls extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing. A plurality of terminals are received in the transversely spaced cavities. The terminals are in pairs for engaging the contact pads on opposite sides of the printed circuit board. One terminal in each pair is disposed in a respective one of the transversely spaced cavities.

Abstract: A barrel plug for an insulated electrical cable, a power cord and a method of manufacturing the barrel plug.

Abstract: A two way electrical connector for an automotive vehicle includes a terminal insulator having at least one passage to receive at least one socket terminal staked wire, a wedge member cooperating with the terminal insulator to retain the at least one socket terminal staked wire in the at least one passage, a ring seal disposed about the terminal insulator and an end cap cooperating with the terminal insulator to retain the ring seal between the terminal insulator and the end cap.

Abstract: An automatic disconnector for a plug includes an ejector for ejecting the plug from an outlet socket; a sensor for sensing current flow through the plug and for sensing a substantial cessation of the current flow. Upon occurrence of a substantial cessation of current flow, the ejector operates to eject the plug from the outlet. The disconnector is optionally integrally formed with the plug or with the outlet socket. An optional keyed plug is utilizable for selectively enabling the disconnector.

Abstract: A push-pull edge card electrical connector is adapted for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board having contact pads on opposite sides of the board adjacent the edge. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having an elongated slot for receiving the edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of first and second alternating terminal-receiving cavities are spaced along at least one side of the slot and separated by transverse walls extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing. The cavities are disposed between longitudinal side walls of the housing and a reinforcing rib extends across and joins the transverse walls of at least some of the cavities generally adjacent the slot. A first press-fit recess is located generally adjacent but spaced from one of the longitudinal sidewalls of the first cavities and a second press-fit recess is located generally adjacent but spaced from the reinforcing rib within the second cavities.

Abstract: A push-pull edge card electrical connector is adapted for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board having contact pads on opposite sides of the board adjacent the edge. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having a board-receiving face. An elongated slot is disposed in the board-receiving face generally along a longitudinal axis of the housing for receiving the edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of pairs of transversely spaced terminal-receiving cavities are disposed on opposite sides of the slot defining two rows of cavities lengthwise of the housing. The pairs of transversely spaced cavities are separated by transverse walls extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing. The housing includes side walls at each pair of transversely spaced terminal-receiving cavities, with the side walls being of different thicknesses along the length thereof to accommodate different shapes of terminals in each pair thereof.

Abstract: A push-pull edge card electrical connector is adapted for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board having contacts on opposite sides of the board adjacent the edge. An elongated dielectric housing includes a board-receiving face and a board-mounting face. An elongated slot is disposed in the board-receiving face generally along a longitudinal axis of the housing for receiving the edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of pairs of alternating transversely spaced terminal-receiving cavities define two rows of first and second cavities on opposite sides of the slot lengthwise of the housing. The pairs of transversely spaced cavities are separated by transverse walls. A plurality of retention bosses are molded integrally with the housing in alignment with said second cavities and projecting from the board-mounting face a predetermined distance. A pair of first and second shapes of terminals are received in each pair of first and second cavities, respectively.

Abstract: A all-plastic ZIF (zero insertion force) electrical connector offers the advantages of low cost and ease of manufacturing inherent to plastic. According to a first embodiment of the invention, an all-plastic ZIF electrical connector has a bias means connected to a first half of the connector for providing a bias force to force the first half of the connector against a PCB (printed circuit board) or other circuitry inserted between the first half and a second half of the connector. According to a second embodiment of the present invention, the all-plastic ZIF electrical connector is attached to a flexible printed circuit which allows a first half of the ZIF electrical connector to be flexed slightly to increase the space between the contact fingers to accommodate insertion of the PCB without the need to force the PCB between the contact-making fingers of the connector when the PCB is inserted into the connector.

Abstract: A wiring construction of an electrical connection box which has an internal circuit including a wire and a plurality of pressing contact terminals connected to the wire and in which an insulating plate is accommodated in a casing, the wiring construction comprising: a plurality of wiring grooves for receiving the wire or a plurality of pairs of wiring projections for guiding the wire therebetween, which are provided on at least one of opposite faces of the insulating plate such that predetermined portions of the wiring grooves or the wiring projections extend to an outer peripheral edge of the insulating plate; wherein a nonconnective portion of the wire is disposed at the outer peripheral edge of the insulating plate by cutting from the wire a portion of the wire projecting out of the outer peripheral edge of the insulating plate.

Abstract: A modular outlet having reduced crosstalk is presented. The modular outlet of the present invention comprises a connector housing which supports a plurality of contacts and a termination cap mated to the housing for terminating a plurality of wires at one end of the contacts. The contacts are positioned on a contact carrier which is received in the housing. The contacts include current carrying plates which are stacked to induce capacitance between selected contacts. This method of achieving a controlled amount of capacitive coupling between selected contacts allows the modular outlet to meet or exceed Category 5 requirements. Further, while the modular outlet connections are positioned in accordance with a standard configuration, the insulation displacement contacts are sequentially positioned, thereby eliminating pair splitting when terminating.

Abstract: An electrically conductive contact beam for use in an electrical interconnect component. The contact beam includes a stabilizing section for securing the contact beam within a support substrate, and a contact section, connected to the stabilizing section, for establishing contact between the contact beam and an electrically conductive contact from another electrical interconnect component. The contact section includes a merge radius section connecting the contact section to the stabilizing section, a flexible section connected to the merge radius section and having an elongated curvature, a contact area, disposed at an end of the curvature opposite the merge radius section, for contacting the conductive contact from the other electrical interconnect component, and a lead-in section, connected to the contact area, for initiating deflection of the contact section upon contact of the lead-in section with a portion of the other electrical interconnect component.

Abstract: There is provided a contact member for use in a lamp socket and particularly suitable for round terminal pins, the contact member and a recess for holding the contact member having a generally inverted V-shaped configuration, the contact member having a pair of opposed concave portions to receive the terminal pin of the lamp, the concave portions being flexible and biased so as to maintain good contact with the contact pin. The arrangement permits the miniaturization of the socket while also assuring excellent electrical contact between the contact member and the terminal pin ever after repeated usages.

Abstract: A high voltage flashlamp connector includes a housing having a well formed therein intersecting a flashlamp supporting opening and having a female connector positioned in the well and aligned with the intersecting flashlamp opening. An electrical conductor is attached through the well to the female connector and the well is filled with an encapsulate forming a seat for the housing. The method includes forming the outer shell of the apparatus of a glass-filled polyphenylene oxide having a well and a flashlamp insert opening having an annular groove formed therein and attaching a high voltage electrical conductor to the female connector which is placed in the outer shell well positioned within the flashlamp opening, and cleaning the shell surfaces, and filling the shell with an encapsulate with a mold pin positioned in the flashlamp opening, and then inserting an O-ring seal and attaching a flashlamp.

Abstract: A push-pull edge card electrical connector is adapted for receiving an edge of a printed circuit board having contact pads on opposite sides of the board adjacent the edge. The connector includes an elongated dielectric housing having a board-receiving face. An elongated slot is disposed in the board-receiving face generally along a longitudinal axis of the housing for receiving the edge of the printed circuit board. A plurality of pairs of transversely spaced terminal-receiving cavities are disposed on opposite sides of the slot defining two rows of cavities lengthwise of the housing. The pairs of transversely spaced cavities are separated by transverse walls extending generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing. A plurality of terminals are received in the transversely spaced cavities. The terminals are in pairs for engaging the contact pads on opposite sides of the printed circuit board. One terminal in each pair is disposed in a respective one of the transversely spaced cavities.

Abstract: This invention aims to protect an electrical element supported in an electrical connector and prevent electrical conduction between electrodes. A lead metal fixture 20 is jacketed by a lead metal fixture cover 12 along with a connector portion 11 in the electrical connector 11 so as to cover portions of the fixture 20 for supporting a reed switch 30. Thus, it is possible to prevent a distal end of the lead metal fixture 20 from being bent such that electrodes 21 and 22 contact with each other when the electrical connector is attached to a reservoir tank. It is also possible to prevent a load from applying directly to the reed switch 30, thereby protecting it from breakage.

Abstract: A battery receiving mechanism includes a battery chamber which receives a battery and a conductor which is connected to one terminal of the battery. A biasing member biases the battery in a direction to connect the terminal of the battery to the conductor. An opening is provided in the wall of the battery opposite the first terminal of the battery to expose the first terminal to the outside.