Abstract: A tolerance ring including a sidewall having a first and a second opposite major surfaces spaced apart by a thickness, wherein the first major surface defines an inner diameter of the tolerance ring at a first location of the sidewall and an outer diameter of the tolerance ring at a second location of the sidewall. A method of forming a tolerance ring including providing a strip of material comprising a first, a second, a third, and a fourth edge, shaping the first edge of the strip toward the third edge, and shaping the second edge of the strip toward the fourth edge.

Abstract: A splice for connecting a first and second cable tray includes first and second connectors. The first connector has a first base, a first tine extending from the first base having a first female connecting feature, and a second tine extend from the first base having a first male connecting feature. The first and second tine are separated by a first opening. The second connector has a second base, a third tine extending from the second base having a second female connecting feature, and a fourth tine extend from the second base having a second male connecting feature. The third tine and the fourth tine are separated by a second opening. The first and second connectors are configured to be connected together with the first female connecting feature mating with the second male connecting feature and the first male connecting feature mating with the second female connecting feature.

Abstract: A push-in electrical connector for connecting one or more electrical cables at a knockout of an electrical junction box or panel. The electrical connector includes a substantially tubular connector body with a sidewall, a flange, an inner body portion extending from the flange to an inner end, and an outer body portion extending from the flange to an outer end. The inner body portion includes two flexible gripper jaws and an inner seat. The outer body portion includes two compressible arms and an outer seat. The electrical connector body may include a dividing wall for maintaining separation between electrical cables. The gripper jaws and compressible arms enable secure attachment of one or more cables to an electrical panel or box.

Abstract: A signal module and a signal relay device that can suppress the effect of noise are provided, and the signal module is a signal module of a tool changer including a first coupling member to be detachably attached to a body side of an industrial robot and a second coupling member to be detachably attached to a tool side, the signal module including a signal relay connector attached to the first coupling member or the second coupling member, and upon the first coupling member and the second coupling member being coupled, forming a signal path between the first coupling member side and the second coupling member side, wherein in the signal relay connector, a plurality of terminal pairs to be used for communication using differential signals are provided, and two terminals of each of the terminal pairs are arranged at mutually-adjacent positions.

Abstract: A cable gland and method for earthing, bonding, and electromagnetic capability with armored, metal-clad, and metallic-sheathed cable types. The cable gland includes an adjustable earthing coil arranged internally in a gland body of the cable gland that secures around a cable inserted in the cable gland. When fully coiled, the adjustable earthing coil is relaxed and as the adjustable earthing coil is expanded it generates a restoring force. An earthing strap attached to the adjustable earthing coil in the cable gland, provides grounding capabilities to the cable gland.

Abstract: An electronic connector includes a base and a tapered extension. The tapered extension includes a platform and a plurality of electrical contacts. An alignment tolerant joint couples the tapered extension to the base, such that the tapered extension is movable relative to the base in three orthogonal dimensions responsive to an external force applied to the tapered extension. One or more biasing components bias the tapered extension away from the base.

Abstract: Embodiments of an integrated piping conduit in accordance with aspects of the present invention include a push-to-connect fitting integrated with an adaptor device and associated methods. Embodiments include an adaptor having a body portion, and an ear member extending at least partially radially outwardly and at least partially axially outwardly from the outer surface of the body portion.

Abstract: Coaxial connector assembly includes a connector module having a connector body and a plurality of coaxial contacts. The coaxial connector assembly also includes a mounting frame having a mating side and a mounting side that face in opposite directions. The mounting side faces in a mounting direction along the mating axis and is configured to interface with a support wall. The mounting frame defines a passage that extends through the mating and mounting sides. The passage includes a connector-receiving recess that opens to the mounting side and is defined by blocking surfaces. The blocking surfaces include a first blocking surface that faces in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the mating axis and a second blocking surface that faces in the mounting direction. The first and second blocking surfaces are sized and shaped relative to the connector module to permit the connector module to float.

Abstract: The general field of the invention is that of the devices for connecting an electronic module in a rack comprising an opening of dimensions close to those of the front face of the module and a seat for fixing and connecting said module, said connection device comprising a first and a second male connector mounted on the rear face of the electronic module; and a first and a second female connector mounted on the fixing seat. In the device according to the invention, the second female connector is mounted in a structure comprising mechanical means for self-centring said second female connector within a clearance range greater than the mechanical positioning tolerances and elastic means arranged so as to hold said second female connector in position. These various means are arranged in such a way as to be able to ensure the blind electrical connection of the electronic module in the rack, its front face resting on the opening.

Abstract: A raintight compression connector has a connector body with first and second portions and a bore extending therethrough. The first portion is dimensioned for receipt of an EMT or RMC conduit. A gland nut threads onto the first portion and a split compression ring contacts the gland nut so as to secure the connector body to the conduit. An upper sealing ring makes sealing contact with the conduit; and a wedge-shaped sealing ring is positioned in the bore of first portion against a shoulder formed in the first portion. The sealing ring contacts a terminating face of the conduit so as to pliably deform around the face so as to form a watertight seal. The second portion is securable to an enclosure. A coupler with two portions similar to the first portion of the connector has corresponding components to form a watertight seal with two conduits.

Abstract: The electrical connector or device includes a first center contact, a first outer conductor, a first insulation material, a second center contact, a second outer conductor, a second insulation material, a spring, and a flexible wire. The first center contact has a longitudinal axis. The first insulation material is retained between the first center contact and the second outer conductor. The second center contact has a longitudinal axis. The second insulation material is retained between the second center contact and the second outer conductor. The longitudinal axis of the second center contact is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first center contact. The spring is in contact with the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor. The flexible wire is attached to the first center contact and the second center contact.

Abstract: A utility service apparatus having at least one utility segment with a conduit system having an elongated body. A coupling structure is positioned at both ends. The coupling structure at one end is attachable to the coupling structure at the other end. A plurality of utility service components extend through the elongated body. Coupling a first end of a first utility segment with the second end of another utility segment assembly operably connects each of the plurality of utility service components to another utility segment assembly. Some of the segment assemblies include a unit head positioned along the elongated body. The unit head has a plurality of utility service ports coupled to the utility service components. Service implements can be attached thereto.

Abstract: A connector can include: a body and a clip. The body can have a hollow core formed by walls and capable of receiving a conduit, and a side tab extending from the wall. The clip can have a transverse portion with an engagement configured to engage the side tab; and a member extending from the transverse portion to the first end and having a protrusion with an engagement surface and an entry surface. The protrusion can be configured to deflect radially inward.

Abstract: In order, in the case of a cable feedthrough comprising a cable fixing unit with a fixing housing which is provided with a cable fixing member and a holding section as well as a shield contact element making contact with a cable shield of a cable guided through the cable feedthrough, to configure the cable fixing unit as simply and inexpensively as possible, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, to provide an electrically conductive connection between the cable shield and a wall section bearing the cable feedthrough which is as good as possible it is suggested that the cable feedthrough have a mounting unit which can be connected to a wall section of an appliance, that the mounting unit be connectable or connected to the cable fixing unit in a form locking manner and that the mounting unit be designed such that it provides an electrically conductive connection between the shield contact element and the wall section.

Abstract: A connector 1 comprises a connector body 2 comprising an inlet end 16 and an outlet end 14 and a bore 7 extending therethrough; a threaded portion 3 on the outlet end 14; a flange 10 circumscribing the threaded portion 3; a spring 23 located in the connector body 2, wherein the spring 23 comprises a first spring portion 33 and a second spring portion 43, and an angle ? located therebetween, wherein the first spring portion 33 is located adjacent to a first connector body edge 4; and a locking device 24 located adjacent to the second spring portion 43, wherein the locking device 24 comprises a locking edge 34 and a leading edge 44, wherein the locking device 24 attaches to a portion of electrical metallic tubing 18 when tubing is inserted into the inlet end 16 of the connector body 2.

Abstract: An electrical fitting in the form of a connector or coupler for connecting an electrical metallic tube or EMT to an electrical box or panel or to one another. A unidirectional locking device is disposed in an outermost chamber and an O-ring is disposed in an intermediate chamber. The unidirectional locking device has gripping tangs. The intermediate chamber and gripping tangs are sized so as to prevent the gripping tangs from contacting the O-ring. A contact shoulder is used on one end of the fitting to prevent excessive compression of a sealing washer. Internal longitudinal radially increasing ribs are formed in the fitting body improving continuity and support for the EMT. A tube support may also be provided to prohibit any undesirable bending movement of the EMT connected thereto.

Abstract: A conduit fitting that comprises a first shell, a second shell, and a cover, wherein the first shell comprises top and bottom edges and the second shell comprises top and bottom edges, with the edges mating along a common plane to form a conduit fitting body, the body defining a cavity; the first and second shells further comprising attachment members to facilitate mating along a common plane; the first and second shells together defining at least one proximate opening and at least one distal opening to the cavity; the conduit fitting defining a cover opening for access to the cavity; and a cover that removably seals the cover opening.

Abstract: A connector assembly having an external retainer ring for both securing a connector body to an outlet box and also securing a conduit or cable from movement relative to the connector assembly. A multi-function retainer ring having a plurality of finger-like extensions or tabs with at least a portion of the extensions being inwardly bent. The inwardly bent tabs engage and retain a captured wire or conduit upon assembly. Other tabs function to engage an inner wall of a knock-out hole of an outlet box upon insertion of the connector assembly into the outlet box. A method of connecting a wire to a junction box using the connector assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cover for a conduit body device for accommodating wire therethrough including: a substantially flat elongated portion with at least two butterfly-shaped clips located at opposite ends of the elongated portion, wherein the butterfly-shaped clips are designed to engage the interior of the conduit body device. In one aspect, the present invention may include at least one ledge on the cover. In addition, a conduit body device and cover system for accommodating wire therethrough.

Abstract: A moisture proof electrical connector assembly for securing an electrical metal tube or conduit to a connector body having opposed end portions and having a bore extending therethrough wherein an end portion includes a first linear length sized and shaped to receive a metal tube or conduit and a second linear length having a diverging inner surface provided with an intermediate shoulder for delineating the first length form the second linear length, and a complementary sealing gland for rendering the entire assembly moisture proof.

Abstract: An electrical fitting in the form of a connector or coupler for connecting an electric metal tube to an electrical box or panel or to one another. The fitting includes a body having an inlet end portion, an outlet end portion and a bore extending therethrough. An unidirectional locking device is disposed in an outermost chamber and a sealing washer disposed in an intermediate chamber. A split ring having an angularly bent leading end is provided with a series of offset circumferentially spaced unidirectional gripping tangs. The locking device may also be provided with a series of tube support tangs at the trailing end. Also, the locking device includes a tang forming an electrical bonding or ground between tubes, locking device and connector body.

Abstract: A snap fit electrical connector assembly and a snap fit retainer ring circumscribing the smooth outlet end portion of a connector body wherein the retainer ring is formed from an elongated blank of spring steel material having a leading edge and a trailing edge wherein a holding tab is formed out of the plane of the blank and is cantileverly bent inwardly when formed into a ring. The holding tab is providing with an inwardly bent lip at the free end thereof arranged to be snap fitted in a corresponding slot formed in the outlet end portion of the connector body for securing the retainer ring and the outlet portion of a connector body. The retainer ring is also formed with a series of longitudinally combined locking and grounding tangs which are cantileverly bent radially outwardly of the ring for securing and electrically grounding the connector assembly to an electrical box.

Abstract: A swivel coupling for electrical conduit is formed of a pair of arcuate tubular sections joined together at a pair of connecting flanges. A liquid tight seal is provided by an O-ring which seats in registered annular grooves in the face of each flange. A coupling nut tightens the flanges against one another. Formed at the end of one of the sections is a junction box fitting including a threaded nipple which is inserted through an opening of the junction box until a stop nut, positioned on the nipple, engages the box. A tightening nut is engaged over the nipple from the interior of the junction box to secure the swivel coupling to the box. The end of the other tubular section includes a conduit fitting for securing a length of electrical conduit. Because the stop nut is installed after the coupling nut has been advanced past the nipple, a reduced diameter coupling nut may be employed.

Abstract: An electrical connector has a flexible boot to create a flexible, sealed interface. A connector body has a plurality of pin receivers positioned within a tubular sleeve. The flexible boot is received in the connector body and includes a tubular body of elastically flexible material. The tubular body has a body diameter dimensionally controlled to provide an interference fit when received in the tubular sleeve. A boot flexible sleeve is positioned outward of the tubular body. A boot joining wall homogenously joins the tubular body to the flexible sleeve. A flange extends from a free end of the flexible sleeve defining a circular ring oriented transverse to and encircling the flexible sleeve. A boot ring fixes the flange to a panel. The connector body is thereafter elastically displaceable with respect to the panel when the tubular body deflects with respect to the flexible sleeve and the flange.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly for securing electrical metal conduit to a junction box or the like, having a connection body with an inlet end portion includes a first portion sized to snugly receive an end portion of a conduit and a second portion having an internal surface that diverges outwardly toward the opening of the inlet end portion. A unitary sealing and compression ring, with a compression ring portion having a greater degree of slope than the sealing ring portion, is positioned so that the sealing ring portion of the unitary ring is received within the inlet end portion. A fastening nut secures the conduit to the inlet portion by causing the sealing ring portion to form a water or fluid tight seal and forming a mechanically sound connection between the connector body and the conduit. The unitary sealing and compression ring formed of metal provides electrical grounding.

Abstract: A snap fit electrical connector assembly and a snap fit retainer ring circumscribing the smooth outlet end portion of a connector body wherein the retainer ring is formed from an elongated blank of spring steel material having a leading edge and a trailing edge wherein a holding tab is formed out of the plane of the blank and is cantileverly bent inwardly when formed into a ring. The holding tab is providing with an inwardly bent lip at the free end thereof arranged to be snap fitted in a corresponding slot formed in the outlet end portion of the connector body for securing the retainer ring and the outlet portion of a connector body. The retainer ring is also formed with a series of longitudinally combined locking and grounding tangs which are cantileverly bent radially outwardly of the ring for securing and electrically grounding the connector assembly to an electrical box.

Abstract: A water proof electrical connector assembly for securing metal tubing to a junction box or in an end to end connection having a connecting body with opposed open ends, and an electrical metal tubing secured to at least one open end. The open end includes a linear length sized to snugly receive the end of the metal tubing and a diverging linear length immediately adjacent the open end. A sealing gland having a complementary tapered outer surface with a radially outwardly extending flange and a split compression ring fitted onto the metal tubing so that when assembled, the sealing gland provides a fluid tight seal, and the split ring effects a mechanically tight, electrically grounded, connection between the connecting body and the metal conduit.

Abstract: A duct coupled air sampling detector housing includes a box to contain the detector. The box has a slotted sleeve adapted to receive tubular conduit having a protruding conduit tab. The conduit upon passing the protruding conduit tab through the sleeve slot is rotated such that the tab rests against a notch in the sleeve end that prevents the conduit from disengaging from the box. A conduit retainer overlies the inner end of the sleeve. A cover seals against the front face of the box to enclose the box volume containing the detector.

Abstract: A weatherproof non corrosive, non-metallic conduit box molded preferably of a sturdy plastic material, such as, for example, polyvinyl chloride, which is a fire resistant and resilient material. The conduit box is ultraviolet (UV) resistant and has high tensile strength for good impact resistance. The conduit box is resistant to corrosion from water exposure and has high impact resistance, with resistance to cracking. The polyvinyl chloride pipes also resist acid rain, which reacts to accelerate corrosion of either the aluminum or the metallic fasteners used for attachment due to differences in contact potential.

Abstract: A shield designed to be installed in exterior frame walls of buildings for the penetration of flexible tubing, cabling, or wiring. Comprised of a round, rectangular or square sleeve attached to mounting plate(s) or angle(s). The mounting plates or angles have holes to allow for the attachment of the shield to the framing of an exterior frame wall. The mounting plates or angles are attached to the sleeve at an angle sufficient to prevent the kinking of flexible tubing, cabling, or wiring.

Abstract: A corrugated tube includes a tubular body, formed with a slit extending in an axial direction of the tubular body; a plurality of ridge portions, formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body and arranged side by side in the axial direction; and a lap portion, protruded from one of opposed end portions of the tubular body which are separated by the slit and extended toward an inner face of the other opposed end portion of the tubular body. A plurality of fixation members are provided on the outer periphery of the tubular body to fix the corrugated tube onto the panel body in a state that the tubular body is so twisted that the slit is spirally extended.

Abstract: A liquid tight connector for connecting metallic or non-metallic conduit to a panels or junction box. The connector includes a forward end that accommodates either a spring steel adapter or a lock nut to secure the forward end to a panel in a liquid tight fit. A cover on the rearward end encloses an annular sealing ring and an annular retaining ring to form a conduit accepting channel including a conduit sealing portion and a conduit retaining portion. A conduit is secured to the rearward end of the connector by simply pushing it within the channel and tightening the cover to achieve a liquid tight fit. By eliminating disassembly and reassembly of parts, the connector provides significant labor savings over prior art liquid tight conduit connectors.

Abstract: A fuse box is mounted on an upper surface of a battery. A battery fuse accommodated inside the fuse box and a battery post projected from the battery are electrically connected to each other through a battery terminal and bus bars. A plurality of drainage holes are formed on a lower case of the fuse box. A droplet-dividing rib having a certain height projects from a bottom wall of the case of the fuse box at a position between adjacent drainage holes to divide and isolate the gap between the drainage holes to prevent current leaks or shorts between the bus bars due to liquid drained from the drainage holes.

Abstract: A liquid tight connector for connecting non-metallic or metallic conduit to panels or similar devices. The connector is an effort and time saving device that allows connection of conduit to panels without the need to disassemble a portion of the connector and then reassemble again as in prior art devices. The connector allows an installer to simply push a conduit into one end of the connector and push the opposite end of the connector into an aperture in a panel. Liquid tight seals are created between the conduit and the connector and between the connector and the panel. By proper selection of the material of construction, the connector may be built for use with either metallic or non-metallic conduit.

Abstract: By providing two integrated components, an outer housing and an inner sleeve member, with the inner sleeve member being securely mounted to the outer housing in a manner which prevents its separation from the housing, an efficient, easily manufactured and assembled cable connector is realized. In the preferred embodiment, the inner sleeve member is press fitted into the housing in order to provide the desired secure, integrated affixation of these components. Furthermore, the inner sleeve member is constructed in a generally hollow cylindrical shape with at least two arm members integrally formed therewith, each of which angularly slopes inwardly from the cylindrical wall of the sleeve member, and comprises a distal end portion which is angularly disposed relative to the arm member in at least one direction and preferably in two directions.

Abstract: A universal conduit body system is provided having an outer housing having a first wall thickness, at least one port and an inner space. Each port has an opening in the housing and a recess in the housing surrounding the opening. Each recess includes a second wall thickness less than the first wall thickness. In use, the port mates with a connector that includes an interface having substantially the same physical shape as the recess.

Abstract: A positioning device of a lamp rod used in a ceiling lamp of a wire box comprises a retaining seat fixed to a via hole of the wire box and an inserting rod inserted into the retaining seat. An inserting portion exactly passes through the via hole. A top surface of the retaining seat at the inner side of the wire box is a platform which has a through hole and a locking hole. The platform is locked with a limiting unit having a size exactly locking the inserting rod. A top end of the inserting rod has a buckling hole. After the inserting rod has been inserted from the engaging hole of the retaining seat, the buckling hole is exactly buckled with the embedding portion of the positioning rod. Thereby, the inserting rod and the wire box are detachable and thus the space for storage and transfer is reduced.