Abstract: A plug connector includes an electrically insulating body including a housing and a pair of arms; a plurality of pairs of first and second right-angled signal contact elements supported by the housing such that the first right-angled signal contact element is arranged above the second right-angled signal contact element, each of the right-angled signal contact elements having a substantially right-angled contact portion protruding backward from the housing and a leading portion inserted into the housing, the contact portion having a horizontal part and a vertical part; a plurality of ground contact elements supported by the housing and disposed alternately with the plurality of pairs of first and second right-angled plug signal contacts, each of the ground contact elements provided with two ground terminals; and upper and lower electrically insulating brackets assembled to the housing.

Abstract: A connector for engaging a mating connector comprising: (a) a housing having a longitudinal axis and a front and back orientation and being adapted for receiving a signal carrying medium; and (b) an articulated latch connected to the housing at one or more primary joints and having a plurality of sections, wherein at least one of the sections has an engagement structure which is adapted to engage a corresponding structure on the mating connector such that the connector and the mating connector cannot be separated without actuating the latch, and wherein at least two sections are connected at a secondary joint, the primary and secondary joints being configured such that, when an actuating force is applied to the articulated latch, a moment on one side of the actuation point is reduced by an opposing moment on the opposite side of the actuation point, thereby reducing the axial force on the connector.

Abstract: An integrated circuit package includes a semiconductor die, a base, and a plurality of external contacts. The base is coupled to the semiconductor die and includes at least one contact pad coupled to the semiconductor die. The plurality of external contacts extend from the base and are coupled to the semiconductor die. A circuit assembly includes a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit package, and a socket. The integrated circuit package includes a semiconductor die, a base coupled to the semiconductor die, and a plurality of external contacts extending from the base and being coupled to the semiconductor die. The base includes at least one contact pad coupled to the semiconductor die. The socket is coupled to the printed circuit board and adapted to receive the base. A contact is adapted to interface with the contact pad and one of the printed circuit board and the socket.

Abstract: A plug connector includes an electrically insulating body including a housing and a pair of arms; a plurality of pairs of first and second right-angled signal contact elements supported by the housing such that the first right-angled signal contact element is arranged above the second right-angled signal contact element, each of the right-angled signal contact elements having a substantially right-angled contact portion protruding backward from the housing and a leading portion inserted into the housing, the contact portion having a horizontal part and a vertical part; a plurality of ground contact elements supported by the housing and disposed alternately with the plurality of pairs of first and second right-angled plug signal contacts, each of the ground contact elements provided with two ground terminals; and upper and lower electrically insulating brackets assembled to the housing.

Abstract: An improved inserter/ejector device is disclosed for the insertion or removal of printed circuit boards (PCBs), particularly in environments in which many such boards are to be located in close proximity. In such environments, it is often difficult, if not impossible, to reach between boards so that one may be inserted or removed without damaging others. The inserter/ejector provides various improvements over the prior art, for example, the PCB may attached on either side of a mounting portion using a threaded boss, and the device implements a lockable lever arm to ensure that the PCB is not accidentally removed. The present invention also features a guide pin which, when mated to a corresponding hole in a host system chassis, serves to positively locate the PCB relative to the host system chassis for proper insertion. The inserter/ejector further includes a label area molded into the lever arm for clearly identifying the attached PCB.

Abstract: This slit-type insulation-displacement connector for electrical wire comprises a conducting connection piece (2) with a straight stripping and retaining slit (8) for the core of a wire. The slit is made longitudinally along a profiled part of the conducting piece. This connector furthermore comprises a metal reinforcement (4) made in a resilient material, which follows the shape of conducting piece (2) by surrounding it.

Abstract: A terminal assembly includes a main block made of an electrically insulating material having a number of connection spaces for cables and contacts. The terminal assembly further includes contacts each having a connecting portion to be connected to a cable, a fixing portion to be fixed to the main block and a connection portion to be connected to a mating component. Each of the connection spaces includes a set screw having a washer inserted in the main block for electrically connecting and fixing the cable to the contact, and a nut inserted in the connection space for threadedly engaging the set screw having the washer. The main block is formed with set screw receiving apertures for the set screws.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector wherein a retainer slides from a side direction of a connector housing in which it is to be installed. An object of the present invention is to provide a connector capable of preventing a connector connected in a condition in which the retainer is not installed, and transferred to subsequent processes. As a solution, a housing main body is provided with a slider capable of sliding, the slider is hooked in a regulating position in a condition in which the retainer is not installed on the housing main body, and interferes with detection pins provided on a male connector. Therefore the connection of both the connectors becomes impossible. To the contrary, when the retainer is installed on the housing main body, the slider is transferred from a regulating position to a permitting position by the slider contact part provided on the retainer which does not interfere with the detection pins, and the connection of both connectors is permitted.

Abstract: A track and connector arrangement for a track light in which the connecting unit at each end of the connector has two conductor holders holding positive and negative conductors at a respective metallic spring plate, and the track has two electrically conductive wire rods of rectangular cross-section that are respectively inserted into the conductor holders and held in contact with the respective metallic spring plate in each conductor holder to receive power supply from the positive and negative conductors after connection of the connector to the track.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a contact element, especially suitable for mobile applications, made of a electrically conductive material, preferably a metal, and comprising a first contact and a second contact which are connected to one another by means of a spring. The contact element further comprises at least one rigid element which is attached either to the first or to the second contact, which element bridges the spring and runs parallel to at least part of the other of the said contacts.

Abstract: A low inductance power connector for reducing inductance in an electrical conductor is provided. An interface connector connects circuit boards together while reducing inductance and increasing current carrying capacity. The connector for connecting circuit boards comprises a first contact having a body, a first mating portion and a second mating portion, and a second contact having a body, a third mating portion and a fourth mating portion. The first and second mating portions are substantially parallel and disposed on opposite sides of the body of the first contact, and the third and fourth mating portions are substantially parallel and disposed on opposite sides of the body of the second contact.

Abstract: The transceiver includes a housing, a transmitting optical sub-assembly mounted in the housing, a receiving optical sub-assembly mounted in the housing, a first electrical connector associated with the transmitting optical sub-assembly, a second electrical connector associated with the receiving optical sub-assembly, and an electro-magnetic shield mounted on the housing. The housing includes a first fiber optic connector receptacle, a second fiber optic connector receptacle, and a first side, and the housing is made of an electrically conductive material.

Abstract: A first contact portion of each of contact pins is formed with a positioning stepped portion, and a socket body is formed with a positioning engaging portion. While the positioning stepped portion is engaged with the positioning engaging portion in a state where a first spring portion of each contact pin is elastically deformed, the positioning stepped portion is pressed against the positioning engaging portion by means of an elastic force of the first spring portion so that positioning of each first contact portion supporting corresponding one of IC terminals is accomplished relative to the socket body with high accuracy. Thus, dispersion of positions of the first contact portions is diminished among the contact pins.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a plurality of electrical circuits borne upon a plurality of substrates is disclosed. A first substrate of the plurality of substrates has a first aperture having a first diametral displacement and a first inner wall. A portion of the first inner wall is electrically connected with a first circuit borne upon the first substrate. The apparatus comprises a sheet of electrically conductive material arranged to a displacement from an axis in a substantially helical orientation about the axis. The material has a spring characteristic when the helical orientation establishes the displacement at a spring displacement. The spring characteristic urges the conductive material to a greater displacement from the axis than the spring displacement and permits insertion of the apparatus in the first aperture. The spring characteristic and the first diametral dimension cooperate to seat the apparatus in the first aperture to establish electrical connection with the first circuit.

Abstract: An adaptable plug is intended to be inserted into power supply hole devices. The plug comprises a grip member and an insertion member, wherein the insertion member comprises a first contact means for power connection at the bottom of the hole, and an adaptation member situated in front of the grip member. The adaptation member is provided with at least one electrically conducting adaptation means. The said adaptation means comprises a base and legs, wherein edges between the legs and the base form at least two connection areas, to be brought into contact to the inner wall of the power supply hole device for supplying power to the plug.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a jack assembly including a jack mount having a front side and a rear side. The jack mount has top and bottom supports defining a jack receiving region that opens outward toward the front side of the jack mount. A jack of the assembly is adapted to be slidably mounted in the jack receiving region defined between the top and bottom supports of the jack mount. The jack includes a jack body formed of a dielectric material, and a plurality of electrically conductive tip and ring springs. The jack body defines a plurality of bores sized to receive plugs having tip and ring contacts. The tip springs are adapted to make electrical contact with the tip contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores, and the ring springs are adapted to make electrical contact with the ring contacts of the plugs when the plugs are inserted within the bores.

Abstract: An avionics test unit adapter for interfacing between an avionics test station and an avionics line replaceable unit, where the test unit adapter is blind mated with both. The test unit adapter has therein at least two rigid circuit cards used for signal distribution or transmission. The two rigid circuit cards being rigidly coupled to each other through an edge connector while each circuit card is mounted within the test unit adapter with the ability to float therein in at least three orthogonal directions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coupling structure for mounting a core of a flyback transformer. The flyback transformer comprises a low-voltage bobbin, a housing, a lower core, an upper core and the coupling structure. The low-voltage bobbin comprises a winding shaft and a skirt. The winding shaft has an upper opening for receiving the upper core. The skirt has a lower opening for receiving the lower core. The lower opening defines an internal surface of the skirt. The coupling structure comprises at least one upper coupling device formed on the housing for mounting the upper core and at least one lower coupling device formed on the internal surface of the skirt for mounting the lower core. The upper core is mounted on the housing through the winding shaft by the upper coupling device. The lower core is mounted on the low-voltage bobbin through the skirt by the lower coupling device.

Abstract: An area array integrated circuit package having contact pads is provided with compliant rectangular shaped connection leads each attached to a contact pad. The leads are arranged and oriented on the surface of the package around the neutral point of the package such that the flat width dimension of each lead faces the neutral point of the contact array, thereby offering optimal compliance against thermally induced deformation and resulting in improved interconnection reliability.

Abstract: An electrical power connector is disclosed having a plug and receptacle. The plug includes a coupling ring having a single handle extending radially therefrom. The coupling ring is freely rotatable within limits on the plug when the plug is not coupled to the receptacle. The receptacle includes one or more bayonet ramps to which the coupling ring can be coupled. Advantageously, the plug can be coupled to the receptacle with 120° rotation or less by rotating the coupling ring 120° or less. The plug and receptacle each include a colored locking indicator to indicate to the person coupling the plug to the receptacle that the receptacle and plug are properly aligned to each other when coupled. Also an audible indication of locking is provided when the electrical plug and receptacle are fully coupled.