Abstract: A terminal comprises an inner contact and an outer body. The inner contact is U-shaped and has a spring section positioned between a connection section and a contact section for resilient longitudinal movement of the contact section with respect to the connection section for preventing fretting corrosion. The spring section is comprised within side walls and a bottom wall whereby this U-shape is easy to stamp and form thereby increasing the ease of manufacture, which is particularly important from miniature terminals.

Abstract: A single-piece electrical receptacle terminal comprises a contact section having an inner box-shaped contact body and an outer body wrapped therearound. The outer contact body provides a more robust structure that protects the inner contact body, as well as providing a window for engagement with a connector housing locking lance, and an additional spring beam for increasing the contact arm spring force. The outer body also has a lead-in section for smoothly guiding a male terminal into the contact area as well as enhancing the ease of insertion of the receptacle terminal through a seal cavity. The long outer body that extends over of the whole length of the inner contact also provides a stable support of a cavity of a connector housing. The single-piece design where the layout extends in the longitudinal direction reduces material waste and provides for a more cost-effective design than a two piece terminal.

Abstract: An IDC terminal is shown comprising a contact body and a back-up spring having an IDC back-up portion for resiliently supporting the IDC contacts. The back-up spring further has a contact spring section comprising bowed-in resilient beams supported on both ends to cavities respectively that are supported to side walls of the contact body. The contact spring section forms a top wall of the contact and provides a very high spring force onto a complementary male tab for producing high contact pressure. The IDC back-up portion comprises a central reinforcing rib for increasing the spring strength thereof, whereby positioning the IDC back-up spring within the IDC contact section, provides for a very compact design. Due to the use of a back-up spring, the contact material can be optimally chosen. Advantageously therefore, the terminal is compact yet has a high current carrying capability and is well adapted for cost-effective automated assembly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of acetates by a transesterification reaction in the homogeneous liquid phase in the presence of a catalyst selected from metallic alcoholates. The process comprises more particularly the introduction of the catalyst into a reactor (R) and the introduction of the reagents, comprised of an acetate (I) and an alcohol (II), into a distillation column (D1) surmounting the reactor (R) and operating at a pressure (P1) identical with that in (R). The acetate (III) formed is withdrawn from (R) mixed with the catalyst, which is separated and recycled in (R). An azeotropic mixture (M1), comprising the acetate (I) and the alcohol (IV) formed, emergences at the head of (D1) and feeds a distillation column (D2) at a pressure (P2) lower than (P1), so as to produce at the head of the column an azeotropic mixture (M2) depleted in alcohol (IV), the mixture being recycled in (D1).

Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with three orthogonally arranged tabs, e.g., on an automobile head lamp base, comprises a housing having three cavities arranged in line and each receiving an electrical terminal having opposed first and second tab-engaging contacts. The terminals are identical with one another. The housing defines three tab receptacles which are also orthogonally arranged. The first contact of each terminal in each of the two cavities is engageable with a tab inserted into a respective one of two of the receptacles and the second contact of the terminal in the center cavity is engageable with the remaining tab.

Abstract: In an electrical contact for mating with a flat tab male contact and comprising a receptacle portion (1) for receiving the male tab and a wire connection portion (2) the whole being stamped and formed from a single piece of sheet metal, the receptacle portion (1) comprising a base (5) and a pair of opposed side walls (6) upstanding from the base (5), free edge portions (7, 8) of the side walls (6) being turned in over the base (5) whereby the base (5), side walls (6) and free edge portions (7, 8) together define a passage to receive from one end a flat tab male contact, one free edge portion (8) is used for establishing an electrical connection to a mated tab while the other free edge portion (7) is used primarily to establish a releasable locked mechanical connection to the mated tab.