Abstract: A power adapter assembly includes a first adapter and a second adapter. The first adapter comprises a first housing, pluralities of first electrical terminals and first signal terminals. The second adapter comprises a second housing, pluralities of second electrical terminals and second signal terminals. When the first adapter and the second adapter match with each other, a first latching element is axially coupled with the second latching element to a first position, wherein the two electrical terminals are coupled with each other. When an external force is provided, the first housing is radial with respect to the second housing, and rotates with each other until the two latching elements move to a second position to be securely fastened. The two signal terminals are coupled with each other to send an enabling signal to the control module, so as to enable the power transmission between the two electrical terminals.

Abstract: A terminal sealing member is provided which includes a shaft portion and a flange disposed on the shaft portion and attached to a terminal slidable in a front-rear direction, an urging member which is attached around the shaft portion and urges the flange forward, an elastic tubular member which includes a central hole into which the shaft portion is slidably inserted and has the urging member embedded therein, and an elastic adhering member which includes a central hole into which the shaft portion is slidably inserted and is attached to front and back ends of the elastic tubular member.

Abstract: A high-power Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) includes a housing having side walls, an upper opening, and a lower opening, a VRM circuit board oriented within the housing, a plane of the VRM circuit board oriented in parallel to at least one of the side walls of the housing, an upper Printed Circuit Board (PCB) coupled to the upper opening of the housing, a lower panel coupled to the lower opening of the housing, a coolant inlet port formed in the lower panel, and a coolant outlet port formed in the lower panel. The high power VRM may include a coolant inlet adapter coupled to the coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet adapter coupled to the coolant outlet port. The coolant inlet adapter and the coolant outlet adapter may provide support for the VRM.

Abstract: An electrical connection device includes: a probe (10); and a probe head (20) including a top portion (21) allowing penetration of the probe (10), a bottom portion (23) disposed closer to a distal end portion than the top portion (21) and allowing penetration of the probe (10), and an upper guide portion (24) and a lower guide portion (25), which are disposed between the top portion (21) and the bottom portion (23) and allow penetration of the probe (10), wherein the probe (10) is held in a curved state between the top portion (21) and the bottom portion (23), the probe (10) buckles by contact of the distal end portion with an inspection object (2), and at least a continuous portion of the probe (10), which ranges from a portion where the probe (10) in a buckling state penetrates the bottom portion (23) to a portion where the probe (10) penetrates the lower guide portion (25), is a high-rigidity portion (101) made to have higher rigidity than a buckling portion of the probe (10).

Abstract: A self-locking extension cord for extending electrical power to an associated auxiliary electrical cord includes a power cord having opposed first and second ends, the cord constructed of an elongate adjustable metal material containing a plurality of conductive wires. The extension cord includes male and female electrical receptacles fixedly attached to first and second ends of the cord member. The extension cord includes a male plug receiving member selectively and releasably coupled to the first end of the cord member, the male plug receiving member including first and second pivotally connected receiving portions movable between a closed configuration in which the first and second receiving portions receive one of the male electrical receptacle or the auxiliary male electrical receptacle associated with the auxiliary extension cord. A female plug receiving member is coupled to female electrical receptacle, the male and female receiving members having locking structures for being locked together.

Abstract: A method of assembling an electrical connector that is configured for mounting to a printed circuit board. The method has the steps of providing contact wafers with a plurality of contacts; bending the tail ends of each contact wafer; interleaving the contact wafers to form one or more contact wafer assemblies; loading the contact wafer assemblies into an insert of the electrical connector, such that the one or more contact wafer assemblies form a predetermined arrangement of mating ends of the plurality of contacts at a mating interface of the electrical connector; and inserting the insert into a shell of the electrical connector.

Abstract: A fiber optic connector and cable assembly includes a cable with one or more strength members secured to a connector that is connectable to both a hardened and a non-hardened fiber optic adapter. The cable can include multiple cable types with various shapes and strength member configurations. The connector includes a connector housing having a one-piece main body and a cover piece mounted thereon. The one-piece main body defines a plug portion compatible with the adapters. A ferrule assembly is mounted in the plug portion and biased outwardly by a spring. An insert within the connector housing includes a spring stop for holding the spring and a cable retention portion for securing the strength members of the cable. The spring stop and the cable retention portion can be included on a one-piece insert or they can separately be included on separate inserts.

Abstract: A holding frame for plug connectors, in particular for receiving similar and/or different plug connector modules, is provided wherein the holding frame comprises or consists substantially of a plurality of holding frame modules. The holding frame is utilized first and foremost in applications in which a certain stability is certainly necessary but no particularly high mechanical plug loads occur. In addition, the holding frame is usable flexibly and is adaptable to user requirements.

Abstract: A plurality of signal terminals are disposed in parallel and comprise an embedded part embedded and held in a base member of insulating material and a protruding part that protrudes from the base member, the protruding part forms a connecting part that is electrically connected by contacting or solder-connecting to a mating connecting body, the base member comprises a main body holding part that covers the entire circumference of the circumferential surface of the signal terminals and holds the signal terminals, and a semi-exposed holding part that exposes a portion of the circumferential surface of the signal terminals while covering and holding the remaining portion, with the protruding part of the signal terminals protruding from the semi-exposed holding part with regard to the main body holding part.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are disclosed for genderless electric terminals of vehicles. An example genderless electric terminal includes a first arm, a second arm opposite the first arm, and a wall integrally connecting the first arm and the second arm to define a slot. The example genderless electric terminal also includes a first flexible contact extending from an end of the first arm and protruding into the slot to engage a first arm of a different genderless electric terminal that is inserted into the slot.

Abstract: An electrical outlet that is structured to be mounted to a wall and to be electrically connected with an AC power source employs a removable and replaceable power module that includes its own USB power outlets. The electrical outlet includes a base having a receptacle formed therein within which the power module is receivable. The base additionally includes its own AC power outlets. The power module may include, for example, one or more USB power outlets, such as USB type-A outlets, and the power module can easily be removed and replaced with an alternative power module that includes, for example, one or more USB type-C power outlets.

Abstract: Examples herein relate to cuts in a circuit board. In some examples, a circuit board can include a signal connector located on the circuit board, and cuts extending through at least a body of the circuit board that are adjacent to the signal connector and extend from a perimeter of the circuit board to an inner portion of the circuit board, where the circuit board flexes relative to the signal connector responsive to the circuit board experiencing a force.

Abstract: Provided are a connector and a connector assembly which can be attached for use to a bendable object of interest such as clothing. A connector, which is mated with a mating connector, is provided with a plate-shaped housing, electrically conductive contacts arranged on the housing, and a plurality of retainer members formed from a magnetic metal and arranged in the housing. When the connector is mated with the mating connector, the retainer members are attracted to a magnet that the mating connector has so as to hold the mating state. The housing is formed from a bendable insulating rubber, and the plurality of retainer members are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction (the X direction) parallel to a front surface of the housing.

Abstract: Elongated flexible probes can be disposed in holes of upper and lower guide plates of a probe card assembly. Each probe can include one or more spring mechanisms that exert normal forces against sidewalls of holes in one of the guide plates. The normal forces can result in frictional forces against the sidewalls that are substantially parallel to the sidewalls. The frictional forces can reduce or impede movement parallel to the sidewalls of the probes in the holes.

Abstract: A device for data transmission from a plug connector housing includes a data module for storing and forwarding data, a plug connector housing with a cable outlet opening and a threaded cable connection, and an adapter module which has at least one cable passage area. The adapter module has a cable inlet opening on a first end of this cable passage area and a cable outlet opening on a second end of this cable passage area, wherein the adapter module can be fastened with its cable inlet opening on the cable outlet opening of the plug connector housing, and the threaded cable connection can be fastened to the cable outlet opening of the adapter module so that the adapter module can be fastened between the cable outlet opening and the threaded cable connection.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power line assembly and an electronic device using the power line assembly. The power line assembly may include: a power line; a power plug disposed at a first end of the power line and configured to couple with a power outlet; and a power line base disposed at a second end of the power line and having a top surface and a bottom surface, each of the top and bottom surfaces having one or more power-delivery contacts, wherein when the power line base couples with a power-receiving assembly of an electronic device, at least one of the power-delivery contacts contacts with a power-receiving contact of the power-receiving assembly, to deliver power to the electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method and structure for forming three-dimensionally routed dielectric wires between discrete points on the two or more parallel circuit planes. The wires may be freely routed in three-dimensional space as to create the most efficient routing between the two arbitrarily defined points on the two or more parallel circuit planes. Metalizing the outer surfaces of these three dimensional dielectric wires electrically coupling the discrete wires to their respective discrete contact points. Two or more of these wires may be in intimate contact to one another electrically coupling to each other as well as to two or more discrete contact pads. These electrically coupled contact pads may be on opposite sides or on the same side of the structure and the formed metalized wires may originate on one side and terminate on the other or originate and terminate from the same side.

Abstract: A vertical probe device includes a lower die having engaging holes and needle holes, a positioning film having limiting holes and needle holes, probe needles inserted through the needle holes, and supporters having at least an upper stopping surface and at least a lower stopping surface for moveably limiting the positioning film therebetween. Each supporter has a head, a neck passing through the limiting hole and having a length longer than the thickness of the positioning film, a body, and a tail inserted into the engaging hole, which are connected in order, and at least one of the upper and lower stopping surfaces. The supporters can prevent the positioning film from being lifted and flipped over and enables the positioning film to move so that the probe needles are reliable.

Abstract: A plug structure comprises a seat body, an electric power line and a housing, wherein the front end of the seat body includes at least two conductive plates, the inside of the seat body has a main fuse electrically connected to the conduct plate and a backup fuse, and the electric power line can be set up at the rear end of the seat body and clipped by the contraction plates respectively installed on the two sides of the rear end of the seat body; therefore, when the housing is sleeve installed towards the seat body from the electric power line, the contraction plate squeezes the electric power line due to the structure at the rear end of the housing such that the zigzag tooth-wise pattern configured on the inner surface of the contraction plate can tightly press upon the surface of the electric power line so the electric power line may not be easily pulled out from the rear end of the seat body.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a number of contacts received in the insulative housing. The contact includes a first body and a second body extending from the first body. A first protrusion portion is formed by drawing the first body and a second protrusion portion is formed by stamping the second body. The first projecting portion and the second projecting are insert molded in the contact, therefore the contact has a larger intensity.

Abstract: A contact stopper is provided and includes a conductor receiving receptacle and a protective housing. The protective housing includes a body and a fork-shaped mating section positioned opposite the conductor receiving receptacle. The fork-shaped mating section includes a pair of contact slots that run parallel to a length thereof and extends into an interior of the body.

Abstract: A connector pair includes a connector and a mating connector. A movement of the connector to a first position along a first direction and a subsequent movement of the connector from the first position to a second position along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction completes a connection between the connector and the mating connector. The connector includes a magnetic portion, and the mating connector comprises a mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the first position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which urges the connector to be moved toward the second position, from the mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the second position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which binds the connector at the second position, from the mating magnetic portion.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a male housing having at least one coaxial cavity and terminal cavities. At least one female housing is shaped to be disposed in the male housing when in a connected position. The at least one female housing includes a corresponding coaxial cavity relative to the male housing and corresponding terminal cavities relative to the male housing. At least one front loaded male terminal position assurance structure is disposed in the male housing. At least one front loaded female terminal position assurance structure is connected to the at least one female housing. The front loaded male and female terminal position assurance structures lock coaxial connections and terminal connections within the male and female housings when in the connected position.

Abstract: The invention deals with a support for light source(s) for a light module, notably for a motor vehicle, comprising a substrate; at least one surface light source of the organic light-emitting diode type supported by the substrate, the at least one surface light source comprising, at one or more edges, at least two electrical contact zones; electrical tracks deposited on the substrate; and electrical contacts between the electrical contact zones of the light source or sources and the electrical tracks. The electrical contacts comprise elastic blades, in contact under pressure with the contact zone or zones of the surface light source or sources and with the electrical tracks on the substrate.

Abstract: An electrically conductive contact element can include a first base and a second base with elongate, spaced apart leaves between the bases. A first end of each leaf can be coupled to the first base and an opposite second end of the leaf can be coupled to the second base. A body of the leaf between the first end and the second end can be sufficiently elongate to respond to a force through said contact element substantially parallel with the first axis and the second axis by first compressing axially while said force is less than a buckling force and then bending while said force is greater than the buckling force.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of contact elements to provide electrical continuity between an integrated circuit and an electronic subassembly, wherein a contact element includes a spring element and a separate lead element, wherein the spring element is arranged to be substantially vertically slidable over at least a portion of the lead element in response to a force applied to the contact element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lighting device comprising a light source, a light source support, and a cover that extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end. Each of the first and second ends includes an opening and the light source support is adapted to be moved in part or in full through a said opening. The lighting device also has a closure member for closing at least one of the openings at the first and second ends, the closure member being movable between a closed position and an open position, and a connector (18) having a first connection member and a second connection member. In the closed position of the closure member the first and second connection members are connected together by an electrical contact, which is a butt contact inside the inside space of the cover. The invention also provides a method of taking action on such a device.

Abstract: A terminal connector includes a housing, at least one conductor-retaining terminal each including an insertion passage for receiving the conductor of one respective electrical wire inserted into the housing and two springy suspension arms bilaterally disposed near a rear side and respectively curving toward the inside of the insertion passage for clamping the conductor, and at least one slide block each including a sliding cover panel coupled to the housing two beveled pushing surfaces located at a bottom side of the sliding cover panel and movable with the sliding cover panel between a first position where the pushing surfaces are kept away from the springy suspension arms for allowing the springy suspension arms to clamp on the conductor and a second position where the pushing surfaces are engaged into the gap between the springy suspension arms to release the conductor from the constraint of the springy suspension arms.

Abstract: On the circuit substrate 40, flat plate-like conductors 41 serving as external input contacts are disposed in positions against which contact portions 22 of terminal fittings 20 abut, so that electric conduction between the terminals fittings 20 and the flat plate-like conductors 41 can be obtained by abutment between the flat plate-like conductors 41 and the contact portions 22.

Abstract: There are provided in the substrate connector a connector main body that has a leading end face butted against the circuit board, thereby bringing leading end faces of terminal fitting, which are housed and retained in the connector main body, with contact point patterns on the circuit board, thereby butting; and a connector receiving member that is attached to the circuit board and that holds the leading end face of the connector main body butted against the surface of the circuit board. The terminal fitting is provided by spring pieces that impart predetermined contact pressure as a result of contact points, which contact the contact point patterns, experiencing elastic deformation upon contact with the corresponding contact point patterns.

Abstract: A connector includes a shell and a coupling mechanism rotatably coupled thereto. The coupling mechanism includes an inner coupling nut and an outer coupling nut separate from the inner coupling nut. The inner coupling nut has internal threads configured to be threadably coupled to a mating connector. The inner coupling nut has a plurality of ramped steps disposed at different circumferential positions along the rear. The outer coupling nut has a detent successively engaging the ramped steps as the outer coupling nut is rotated in a tightening direction. The detent is released from the corresponding ramped step when the connector is fully mated to the mating connector. The detent engages a corresponding ramped step as the outer coupling nut is rotated in an untightening direction causing the inner coupling nut to rotate in the untightening direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector housing consisting of at least one housing upper part and at least one housing lower part which together form a plug connector housing. The housing upper part and the housing lower part each have a contact surface, said contact surfaces being at least partly in contact with each other when the housing upper part and the housing lower part are connected to each other. The housing upper part and the housing lower part are made of an electrically conductive material, said housing upper part and lower part having a surface coating that protects against corrosion for example, and the contact between the two contact surfaces is formed along an edge.

Abstract: A multiport zero insertion force (ZIF) connector can include a multiport connector housing defining an opening and an interior space for receiving a multi-path circuit device having multiple types of electrical connection paths therethrough and multiple LIGA springs positioned within the interior space to apply pressure to the multi-path circuit device while in a first position. A locking component can be configured to cause the LIGA springs to move to a second position responsive to a user pressing the locking component, wherein the LIGA springs do not apply pressure to the multi-path circuit device while in the second position.

Abstract: An electrical connector for testing of missile launch rail is provided. The electrical contacts of the connector move from a rear disengaged position to forward engaged positions via the energy of a compressed spring. The connector base has rail mounts for securing to a missile launch rail. A housing attaches to the base and houses a plunger, an insulator, electrical contacts, and a tube, which move forward and aft as a unit. A knob on a rear tube end enables user to limit the initial impact of the electrical contacts on contact pins or striker points of missile launch rail. The connector can provide electrical connection with launch rail pins as rail pins recede into the missile launch rail. Electrical contact position is governed, in part, by locating pins which ride in a track cut into an outer surface of the tube and move with rotation of an indexing ring.

Abstract: An electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device is proposed. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element establishes, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body, at least in part. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet. The electrical bushing includes at least one head part. The head part includes at least one plug connector element that enables electrical connection of at least one plug element from the external space to the plug connector element.

Abstract: An implantable connector includes: first and second detachable mating parts configured to be implantable in living tissue, to terminate first and second segments of a cable, and have first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively; and a protection structure configured to protect against contaminant intrusion between the first and second interfacing surfaces. And a device for decoupling and re-coupling the detachable mating parts in an environmentally controllable volume is provided.

Abstract: A set of outlets including a sheet and a base adapted for electrical work to each other in a detachable manner, the sheet including at least two electric tracks in a concentric ring configured to respectively cooperate with electrical contacts of an electrical socket. A magnetic mechanism generates a first control force for positioning and holding the sheet on the base. The base includes at least two movable electric contacts movable between a first position inside the base and a second position outside the base to be respectively in direct electrical contact with the electrical tracks, the first force control to move the electrical contacts between the first and the second positions.

Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting a first printed circuit board (PCB) with a second PCB wherein, in one example, the connector includes a housing having a keyed feature adapted to mate with a correspondingly keyed feature provided to each of the first and second PCBs and at least one connecting terminal carried by the housing having at least partially exposed opposed ends each of which electrically engages a contact pad formed on an underside of the respective PCBs. The connecting terminal may be arranged to accept a conductor and to thereby electrically couple the conductor to the first and second PCBs.

Abstract: Isolated pressure compensating electrical motor connections and related methods are provided. According to an example of a sealed motor electrical connection, the connection incorporates a sealed female motor connection positioned to receive a male motor connector. The female motor connector has one or more independent dielectric oil chambers each pressure compensated by a bellow or similar device interfaced with the motorhead oil and/or well annulus fluid to thereby pressure compensate the chamber pressure of the female motor connection with that of the internal motor and/or well annulus. This configuration locates the electrical connection point of the motor lead extension with the motor lead wires to a separate area outside the motor to thereby prevent the occurrence of phase to phase or phase to ground shorts occurring in this critical area due to conductive element contamination that may reside in the motor oil or the well bore fluids.

Abstract: An electrical contact coupling for a track-borne vehicle has a coupling housing and a protective flap articulated to the coupling housing. In order to ensure a reliable sealing of the coupling housing in the closed state of the electrical contact coupling, a seal is utilized which exhibits an upper sealing area running parallel to the axis of rotation and a lower sealing area running parallel to the axis of rotation. The upper sealing area associates with a sealing face aligned perpendicular to the housing end face and the lower sealing area associates with a sealing face aligned substantially parallel to the housing end face.

Abstract: An implantable lead has a distal lead portion with at least one electrode electrically connected to a connector ring through a conductor running in a lumen of the lead. A proximal lead portion includes the connector ring, a connector pin and a connector coupling mechanically and coaxially connected to each other with the connector coupling as a bridging element. A rotational lock in the form of a circumferential element of an elastically deformable, flexible material is provided in the connector coupling in the interface between the coupling and the connector ring. This rotational lock prevents any rotation of the connector pin to be propagated into a rotation of the connector coupling and consequently reduces the risk of damages to internal lead components due to any such unintentional coupling rotation.

Abstract: An electrical connector forms electrical contact by tightening of a movable, electrically-conductive spiral around un-insulated wire or wires. The spiral coils around the wire multiple times and tightens on the wire(s) when either one or the other end, or both ends, of the spiral is/are rotated relative to the other. Various housing portions may be provided for connection to different portions of the spiral, to facilitate the tightening of the spiral and to cooperate with a latch/lock system to retain the spiral in tightened condition. Multiple spirals may be provided in one connector, including spirals that tighten around separate wires at opposite ends/side of the connector and/or in spiral ports extending transversely from a main spiral(s). Terminal ends or additional spiral units/ports may be connected to a given spiral, either permanently, semi-permanently, or detachably, for producing a wide variety of configurations and modular connection devices.

Abstract: A connector having a housing and at least one spring contact for establishing releasable electrical contacts. Each spring contact has a first contact pin axially movable, and a contact-side end facing a front side of the housing. A planar sealing element is arranged at the front side of the housing, and seals against a first predetermined fluid pressure. At least one through hole is in the sealing element within which a second contact pin is arranged. The second contact pin has a first contact-side end facing the spring contacts, and a second contact side end facing away from the front side of the housing. The second contact pin is arranged within the through hole and seals the through hole against a second predetermined fluid pressure. The first contact pin with the contact-side end mechanically hits the contact-side end of the second contact pin-establishing electrical contact.

Abstract: A protecting device for protecting a cable having a plurality of fibers, includes a conduit which is sleeved on the cable, a distribution member, a first and second clamping members, a first and second fasteners, and a resilient sleeve. The conduit has a first threaded portion on one end of the conduit. The distribution member is being sleeved on the cable, the first clamping member has a plurality of clamping claws for clamping the distribution member; and the first fastener has a restricting portion; the distribution member and the first clamping member are being received in the conduit, the first fastener is engaged with the first threaded portion of the conduit. The plurality of clamping claws of the first clamping member are urged by the restricting portion to tightly clamp the distribution member and the cable.

Abstract: A socket connector includes an insulating body having a base body and a holding body extending upward from a front of the base body. The holding body defines a terminal fillister spread to the base body. A plurality of openings is opened in a front face of the holding body and communicates with the terminal fillister. A terminal group molding in the terminal fillister of the insulating body has a plurality of elastic touching arms stretching outside the insulating body, and a plurality of contact slices exposed through the openings respectively. A magnetic body defines a window. The magnetic body is mounted to a front of the insulating body with the window facing the openings to further expose the contact slices therethrough. The terminal group has a ground terminal elastically projecting forward out of the insulating body to electrically abut against a rear face of the magnetic body.

Abstract: An implantable connector electrically connects multi-conductor leads to an implantable medical device such as a neurostimulator. The connector is applicable to a variety of lead contact terminals, including iso-diametric terminals with ring contacts, paddle-shaped terminals with flat pad contacts, and orthogonal lead contact terminals. The connector is assembled directly into a hermetic feedthrough of the device and utilizes the feedthrough housing as a sustaining structure for connector pressurization. The feedthrough pins are integrated with compressible contacts in a manner that confines, protects, and precisely positions the compressible contacts. The compressible contacts can be coil springs, metal-particle-filled elastomer buttons, and fuzz buttons, and can be used with rigid tips where a contact preload and/or an enhanced contact tip robustness is desired.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a contact, an angled interface, and a resilient member. The contact is disposed in the housing and includes a mating end and an interface end. The angled interface includes a sliding surface that is oriented at an oblique angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The resilient member is coupled with the contact and the housing and is configured to apply a force to the contact in a direction that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis. The mating end of the contact engages a conductive element of a mating connector and the interface end of the contact slides along the sliding surface of the angled interface when the contact is moved in a mating direction toward the conductive element. The angled interface translates movement of the contact in the mating direction into lateral movement across the conductive element.

Abstract: An implantable connector electrically connects multi-conductor leads to an implantable medical device such as a neurostimulator. The connector is assembled directly into a hermetic feedthrough of the device and utilizes the feedthrough housing as a sustaining structure for connector pressurization. The feedthrough pins are adapted to directly connect, confine, protect, and precisely position respective resilient compressible contacts. The compressible contacts can be coil springs, metal-particle-filled elastomer buttons, and fuzz buttons, and can be used with rigid tips where a contact preload and/or an enhanced contact tip robustness is desired. In one method of connector assembly an iso-diametric lead proximal terminal is first inserted into a seal without significant interference, and the resulting lead-seal assembly is subsequently installed in a clamping cover.

Abstract: Embodiments of electrical connectors include substantially identical first and second halves. The first and second halves each include insert molded leadframe assemblies that comprise electrical conductors. Each electrical conductor of the first half engages a substantially identical electrical conductor of the second half when the first and second halves are mated.

Abstract: A separable electrical connection may be provided with a landside pad on one of two electrical components to be joined. The landside pad may be made up of two parts, including a flat portion and a raised edge formed on the flat portion. In some embodiments, the raised edge may have a closed geometric shape. Then, a socket contact engaging the junction between the flat portion and the raised edge is prevented from sliding off of the landside pad by the raised edge. In addition, dual areas of electrical connection can be established between both the flat portion and raised edge of the landside pad and the correspondingly shaped pair of portions on the socket. This increases the electrical efficiency of the connection and its security.