Abstract: A self-lubricating connector with a housing having a contact receiving cavity with a contact provided therein. A lubricating device is positioned in the housing proximate the contact. The lubricating device extends into the contact receiving cavity and has lubricant provided therein. The lubricant from the lubricating device is deposited or on the outside surface of the contact as the contact is moved between the first position and the second position, reducing wear on the contacts as the contacts are moved between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a signal contact section and a power contact section. The housing has a plurality of signal contact channels at the signal contact section and a plurality of power contact channels at the power contact section. A signal contact assembly is coupled to a rear of the housing and has a plurality of signal contacts. The signal contacts are configured to be terminated to a circuit board. A power contact assembly is coupled to the rear of the housing and has a plurality of power contacts received in corresponding power contact channels. The power contacts are terminated to ends of power wires. The power wires are configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board remote from the signal contacts.

Abstract: A multilevel metal interconnect structure and method of fabrication for semiconductor integrated circuits. A first horizontal metal interconnector line, for example copper, is topped by a stack of horizontal insulating layers alternating between etch stop and dielectric layers so that the bottom etch stop layer is selected to be etchable at a first rate by a selected etchant, while the upper etch stop layers are selected to be etchable at a second rate by the same selected etchant. Preferably, the first etch rate is about ten times faster than the second etch rate. When a vertical trench and via are etched into the stack, the bottom stop layer can be opened for contact to the first metal line without etching the other stop layers substantially. Trench and via are finally filled with metal, for instance copper, to form the second level interconnector line and the via contact to the first level metal line.

Abstract: A moving electrical contact for connecting a track-mounted moveable carriage to a signal rail. The moving electrical contact comprises a spring plate secured to the moveable carriage on one end and a contact pad attached to the other end of the spring plate. The contact pad is biased against the signal rail by the tension in the spring plate. The contact pad is constructed from approximately sixteen layers of a wire mesh consisting of tin coated, stainless steel conductive wire knitted in a tricot pattern and may include conducting jelly.

Abstract: A submersible connector of the plug and receptacle type intended for use in environments characterized in having high or variable pressures includes a fluid-filled bladder into which open a plurality of ports for receiving a plurality of electrical probes. The internal environment of the bladder protects electrical contacts with which the probes mate to form electrical circuits. The integrity of the bladder environment is maintained by use of an end seal providing a radial constricting force on each of the ports, which acts to form a pressure-tight seal on a probe inserted into the port to complete an electrical connection. The integrity of the internal bladder environment is maintained when the probe is withdrawn by means of a plurality of socket assemblies, internal to the bladder, each associated with a respective one of the ports and including a movable stopper which initially protrudes through the socket assembly into the port.

Abstract: An end terminal is provided for an underwater electrical cable, the terminal having a booted seal and being field installable and repairable.