Abstract: An electrically coupled insulation displacement system comprises a first contact having a first insulation displacement slot therein having an open end and a closed end. The first insulation displacement slot has a first portion having a width adjacent the open end and a second portion having a width intermediate the first portion and the closed end, the first portion has a larger width than the second portion. The insulation displacement system further comprises a second contact, which includes a second insulation displacement slot therein having an open end and a closed end. The second insulation displacement slot has a first portion having a width adjacent the open end and a second portion having a width intermediate the first portion and the closed end, the first portion has a smaller width than the second portion.

Abstract: The interface apparatus has a connector-receiving unit for receiving a connector that is electrically connected via a conductor to a first device. The connector has a receiving opening corresponding to the conductor. The apparatus further has a port for receiving a cable terminator electrically connected to a second device that is configured to communicate with the network component. Furthermore, the apparatus has a component electrically connected to the port that has a conductive probe movably positioned with respect to the receiving opening corresponding to the conductor of the connector. The component has an actuation component that moves the conductive probe into the receiving opening of the connector when actuated thereby establishing a conductive path between the first device and the second device.

Abstract: A plug connector consisting of a female plug and a male plug comprises a plurality of signal contacts that are combined into an assembly, and a plurality of power contacts that likewise are combined into an assembly. The power contact assembly has a housing provided with insulation piercing contacts, as well as a cable guide that includes a cable receiving opening and is pivotally provided on the housing, so that it can swivel between an open position in which a cable can be pushed into the cable receiving opening, and a closed position in which the cable is forced into the insulation piercing contact.

Abstract: A termination device comprising a body having a plurality of protruding terminals and a cover having slits so that, upon closing, the cover guides and forces wires respectively associated with the terminals down into respective terminals and respective slits of the cover to provide an electrical connection between the wires and the terminals, and wherein the cover is hinged to the body such that the wires may be positioned correctly in an open position of the cover, and such that the wires are in the respective terminals in a closed position of the cover, characterized in that a first number of terminals distributed in a direction crosswise of the hinge axis is greater than a second number of terminals distributed in a direction parallel to the hinge axis and that distances from the hinge axis to the terminals respectively vary substantially evenly between smallest and greatest of the distances.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for contacting an electrical conductor, having a base body (1), having a closing element (2) with a receptacle area (3) for receiving the conductor, having an insulation piercing connector (4) held in the base body (1) with a contact region (5), wherein the closing element (2) is movable in a linear direction from an open position to a closed position relative to the base body (1), with the insulation piercing connector (4) being disposed such that its contact region (5) is located outside of the receptacle area (3) relative to the closing element (2) in the open position and inside the receptacle area (3) relative to the closing element (2) in the closed position.

Abstract: An electrical terminal has a housing including at least one side wall with two elongated holes, the two elongated holes are positioned spaced apart on a common circular path. The terminal also includes a busbar and at least two insulation piercing elements which produce electrical contact between the inserted conductor and the busbar. The electrical terminal includes at least two actuating elements arranged so as to turn relative to the insulation piercing elements in the electrical terminal. The actuating elements further includes two journals. Each journal is located in a corresponding one of the elongated holes and is restricted so that the actuating element, when pivoted out of a first position in which the insertion of an incoming conductor is possible into a second position in which the conductor makes contact with the insulation piercing element, is guided and restricted by the movement of the journals within the elongated holes.

Abstract: In a connector to be connected to a cable by an insulation displacement connection, a first housing has a holding portion for receiving the cable. A second housing holds a contact and coupled to the first housing with its rotation with respect to the first housing. The contact is adapted to be contact with a mating connector and has a pair of insulation displacement portions faced to each other with a gap and adapted to be connected to the cable by the insulation displacement connection. The holding portion is inserted into the gap following the rotation of the second housing so that the cable is clamped between each of the insulation displacement portions and the holding portion.

Abstract: The electrical connector assembly includes a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end. A second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end and the second connection end are in contact. A connector having a pair of wire receiving passages movable between a first position in which a pair of wires are held apart from the second termination end and a second position in which the pair of wires are inserted into the second termination end. The connector is capable of removing the pair of wires from the second termination end and reinserting the pair of wires into the second termination end. A surge arrestor can be provided to protect the connector from over-voltage or over-current to the system.

Abstract: The electrical connector assembly includes a first pair of contact members, each comprising a first termination end and a first connection end. A second pair of contact members, each comprising a second termination end and a second connection end, wherein the first connection end and the second connection end are in contact. A connector having a pair of wire receiving passages movable between a first position in which a pair of wires are held apart from the second termination end and a second position in which the pair of wires are inserted into the second termination end. The connector is capable of removing the pair of wires from the second termination end and reinserting the pair of wires into the second termination end. A surge arrestor can be provided to protect the connector from over-voltage or over-current to the system.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an electrical connector module comprising housings (16) for receiving forwardly-inserted female contacts (18), each contact comprising a forward cage (20) and a rear blade (24) provided with pins (26) to be crimped on a flexible circuit (12). The object of the arrangement according to the present invention is to permit a forward mounting of the contact with an immobilization in its housing.

Abstract: A piercing terminal for a coaxial cable composed of a core conductor wire, an inner insulating layer for covering the core conductor wire, an outer conductor-shielding layer for covering the inner insulating layer, and an outer insulating layer for covering the outer conductor-shielding layer, which can electrically connected with the outer conductor-shielding layer when a pair of piercing blades of the piercing terminal is embedded into the outer insulating layer to penetrate the outer insulating layer. The piercing terminal includes: a pair of strips spaced apart at a distance larger than the outer diameter of the core conductor wire and smaller than that of the inner insulating layer and opposed substantially in parallel; a piercing blade formed in the leading end of each strip; and a pair of curved portions outwardly convex with respect to the pair of strips near to the base portion thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector for contacting the conductors of a cable. The connector includes a receptacle for receiving the cable and a contacting device which may be placed on the receptacle and which comprises at least one piercing contact for contacting a conductor of the cable. The contacting device is adapted to be placed on the receptacle such that the piercing contact comes to lie in a freely selectable position in the receptacle, in order to contact the conductor of the cable received in the receptacle.

Abstract: A electrical connector for coupling to an electrical cable of the type having individual sheathed conductors without having to remove the sheathing. The electrical connector includes a base housing member that is couplable to a power source. Coupling assemblies mounted in the base housing member make electrical contact with a conductive member within sheathed conductors of an electrical cable. Each of the coupling assemblies comprises a top member and a bottom member which are pivotally coupled at one end. A set of piercing members mounted in the bottom member in a staggered pattern protrude through the sheathing and contact the conductive member when the top member is depressed down. The top member has bores which receiver the piercing members to ensure a good electrical contact. A strain relief assembly restricts outward movement of the electrical cable from the base housing member. A cover housing member is removably mountable on the base housing member for selectively enclosing the interior.

Abstract: A suspension lamp includes a switch box, a wire connection base, a circuit board, a power supply wire, a plurality of protective jackets, a plurality of connecting terminals, and a plurality of electric wires. Thus, the operator only needs to insert each of the connecting terminals into a respective one of the protective jackets so as to form an electrical connection state, so that the electric circuit of the suspension lamp is connected easily and conveniently, thereby facilitating the operator mounting the electric circuit of the suspension lamp.

Abstract: Telecommunications terminal blocks for making and breaking connections with a telecommunications conductor include a unitary base that defines a body cavity having a hinge member at an end thereof. In other embodiments a base includes a hinge member on an external surface thereof. First and second connectors are mounted in the base and extend into the body cavity. A toggle member is rotatably connected to the base at the hinge member. The toggle member has first and second conductor receiving openings therein and first and second conductor passages extending from the respective openings past respective ones of the connectors. An environmental sealant material is positioned in the body cavity.

Abstract: The electrical connector has a pair of first and second terminal fittings each connected to each of a pair of first and second electrical cables and a connector housing holding the terminal fittings. The electrical connector comprises a cable distinction device for electrically connecting the first electrical cable to the first electrical cable and the second electrical cable to the second electrical cable. The cable distinction device has a cutout with a shoulder, the cutout allowing insertion of the electrical cables into the connector housing, the shoulder positioned at a middle of an inner edge of the cutout, and the shoulder allows insertion of the first electrical cable but prevents insertion of the second electrical cable into the connector housing. The first and second electrical cables have an outer diameter equal to each other, and the first electrical cable has a protrusion projecting from an outer surface of a sheath to abut against the shoulder of the cutout when inserted in to the cutout.

Abstract: The invention comprises, in one form thereof, an electrical connector for connecting a first conductor and a second conductor, the first conductor and the second conductor both having an insulation coating and the second conductor having a stripped end, including a housing and an electrical terminal disposed with the housing. The electrical terminal includes at least one insulation displacement contact for electrical connection with the first conductor, and including at least one releasable pressure contact for connection and disconnection with the stripped end of the second conductor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to conveyor control system and methodology that may be operatively coupled with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular conveyor system. A module and/or series of modules are provided that clamp to a cable, the modules having associated logic and inter-module communications for control. This includes relatively inexpensive power distribution, interconnection and motion logic for industrial conveyor systems.

Abstract: The invention concerns a part for supporting and fixing an electric or electronic component, comprising a compartment supporting the electric component, two clamps each engaged and in electrical continuity with a pin of the electric or electronic component arranged in the compartment between the two clamps and a removable closure cap. The invention is characterised in that a blade is fixed on the closure cap to cut a electric wire engaged and in electrical continuity with the two clamps so as to mount the electric or electronic component in series on the electric wire. Preferably, the supporting and fixing part comprises a block to act as support for the electric wire when it is being cut by the blade and apertures providing clearance for the two strands of the cut electric wire.

Abstract: A terminating device for interconnecting service provider wiring with subscriber wiring includes a base, a customer bridge, a removable cover and insulation displacement contacts for terminating the service provider wiring and the subscriber wiring. The insulation displacement contacts for the subscriber wiring are housed within the customer bridge and terminate the subscriber wiring by moving an actuating arm from a disconnected position to a connected position. The insulation displacement contacts for the service provider wiring terminate the service provider wiring by moving a stuffer from a disconnected position to a connected position. The cover includes a locking slide having a movable clasp for deterring unauthorized access to the customer bridge, while permitting authorized access. A plug on the cover and a jack on the base each have a resilient seal that telescope together to effectively seal test contacts located within the jack when the plug is inserted into the jack.

Abstract: A connector junction block of flat thin design is adapted for connection with one or more insulated electrical conductors, and includes base and cover members that cooperate to define a chamber, and an operating member that is mounted in the chamber for movement between first and second positions relative to at least one of the base and cover members. One end of the insulated conductor is inserted into the chamber via a first conductor opening contained in the cover member, and extends into a second conductor opening contained in the operating member. The operating member carries an insulation piercing arrangement that is operable when the operating member is displaced toward its second position to pierce the insulation and electrically engage the conductor. In one embodiment, the cover and base member are connected to define a rigid housing within which the operating member is displaced by an external operating tool.

Abstract: The electrical connector has a pair of first and second terminal fittings each connected to each of a pair of first and second electrical cables and a connector housing holding the terminal fittings. The electrical connector comprises a cable distinction device for electrically connecting the first electrical cable to the first electrical cable and the second electrical cable to the second electrical cable. The cable distinction device has a cutout with a shoulder, the cutout allowing insertion of the electrical cables into the connector housing, the shoulder being positioned at a middle of an inner edge of the cutout, and the shoulder allows insertion of the first electrical cable but prevents insertion of the second electrical cable into the connector housing. The first and second electrical cables have an outer diameter equal to each other, and the first electrical cable has a protrusion projecting from an outer surface of a sheath to abut against the shoulder of the cutout when inserted in to the cutout.

Abstract: A connector for twisted pair cables used to transmit high frequency data signals. The conductors of the twisted pair are connected to contact blades by an auto-latching mechanism adapted to ensure contact with the corresponding contact blades of a mating connector. Each contact blade has constant thickness but has an initial width in its rectilinear part and a narrower second width in the portion where contact is made with the corresponding portion of the contact blade of the other connector, such that the common mode impedance is the same in the rectilinear part and in the portion where the contact takes place.

Abstract: Telecommunications terminal blocks for making and breaking connections with a telecommunications conductor include a unitary base that defines a body cavity having a hinge member at an end thereof. In other embodiments a base includes a hinge member on an external surface thereof. First and second connectors are mounted in the base and extend into the body cavity. A toggle member is rotatably connected to the base at the hinge member. The toggle member has first and second conductor receiving openings therein and first and second conductor passages extending from the respective openings past respective ones of the connectors. An environmental sealant material is positioned in the body cavity.

Abstract: A lamp holder for comprises a socket having an axis, a part extending substantially at right angles to the axis, and at least one first snap connector; a base having an axis, a tubular stem including an inner end connected to the base, a first clamping member in the base adjacent the inner end of the stem, and at least one second snap connector engageble with the first snap connector, the socket and the base being connectable co-axially together upon being pressed against each other in a direction substantially parallel to the axes; and a second clamping member supported in the base adjacent the inner end of the stem for movement from an inoperative position to an operative position moving closer to the first clamping member; the second clamping member including a part for pressing by the socket part in a direction substantially parallel to the axes.

Abstract: A screwless connecting terminal, in particular a modular terminal, is described. The terminal has a conductor rail situated in a terminal housing, an insulation-piercing connection connected in an electrically conductive fashion with the conductor rail, and between whose cutting edges, which face one another, an electrical conductor can be contacted that can be introduced into the terminal housing via a housing lead-through. An insulation-piercing contacting of the immovably positioned conductor takes place through a translational movement of the insulation-piercing connection along the conductor rail in a longitudinal direction of the rail. At least one bead is formed in at least one clamp limb of the insulation-piercing connection.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed for electrically connecting a conductor to a terminal. The connector has a body and an electrically conductive member. The body has a passage for positioning the conductor therein. The passage has an aperture to an outer surface of the body. The electrically conductive member has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends through the aperture for crimping the conductor in the passage, and the second portion is for electrically connecting to the terminal. The electrically conductive member moves to disconnect the second portion from the terminal while still crimping the conductor in the passage.

Abstract: A connector, connecting an electric wire of a newly added electronic device with a provided electric wire easily, has a first connector housing 11, a terminal 12, a second connector hosing 13 and a pressure contact terminal. The first connector housing 11 has a terminal receiving portion 16 and a wire holding portion 17. The wire holding portion 17 holds a provided electric wire 7. The terminal 12 is connected with a first electric wire 3 of the newly added electronic device. The second connector housing 13 is supported slidably along a direction B intersecting with the first electric wire 3. The second connector hosing 13 holds the pressure contact terminal contacted with pressure to the second electric wire 7.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed for electrically connecting a conductor to a terminal. The connector has a body and an electrically conductive member. The body has a passage for positioning the conductor therein. The passage has an aperture to an outer surface of the body. The electrically conductive member has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends through the aperture for crimping the conductor in the passage, and the second portion is for electrically connecting to the terminal. The electrically conductive member moves to disconect the second portion from the terminal while still crimping the conductor in the passage.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an insulation displacement connector (IDC) and the manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of an insulation displacement connector for a conducting wire, including steps of providing a main body, setting a terminal/plural terminals disposed in the main body, providing a pivotable cover on the main body, placing a conducting wire between the terminal and the pivotable cover and pivoting the pivotable cover against the main body, thereby the terminal piercing into the conducting wire and electrically connecting therewith.

Abstract: A butt joined electrical apparatus has an open end face carrier or housing on which is positioned an electrical element. An electrical device and a coplanar transmission structure is formed on the electrical element with the coplanar transmission structure disposed toward the open end face of the carrier or housing. The electrical device coupled an electrical signal to and from a mating opto-electrical apparatus or housing. The coplanar transmission structure is independently aligned in three mutually perpendicular directions and in a proximate abutting relationship with another matching coplanar transmission structure formed on an opto-electrical element of the mating opto-electrical apparatus or housing. The electrical and opto-electrical apparatuses are independently positioned and mechanically joined together with the matching coplanar transmission structures electrically coupled together via substantially flat electrical conductors.

Abstract: A butt joined opto-electrical apparatus has an open end face carrier or housing on which is positioned an opto-electrical element. An opto-electrical device and a coplanar transmission structure is formed on the opto-electrical element with the coplanar transmission structure disposed toward the open end face of the carrier or housing. The opto-electrical device is coupled to receive and optical signal from an optical waveguide. The coplanar transmission structure is independently aligned in three mutually perpendicular directions and in a proximate abutting relationship with another matching coplanar transmission structure formed on an electrical element of a mating electrical apparatus or housing. The opto-electrical and electrical apparatus are independently positioned and mechanically joined together with the matching coplanar transmission structures electrically coupled together via substantially flat electrical conductors.

Abstract: A wire connector has a housing with a conductive clip therein. First and second retaining fingers are formed in the clip. Each finger engages a wire inserted into the housing to hold the wire in the housing. The fingers can be arranged for either a push-in or insulation displacement type connection. A conductive extension is electrically connected to the clip and extends out of the housing for connection to the terminus of an external electrical apparatus.

Abstract: For a connection between two multiple electrical conductors, a connecting arrangement is proposed which consists of a casing that can be disassembled in such a way that even a multiple electrical conductor that has already been laid, for example a round cable, can be connected to additional electrical conductors at any desired point. Under these circumstances, electrical contact with the individual electrical conductors of the multiple conductor that has been laid is made by means of insulation-cutting terminals disposed in the said casing in which an eccentric, which is likewise disposed therein in a rotatable manner, successively forces the electrical conductors, without great expenditure of force, into the insulation-cutting terminals disposed in the form of a circle around the eccentric, and brings them into electrical contact with the severing of the insulation.

Abstract: An electric connector includes a socket having a connecting bite at the bottom, and a plurality of gutters at the front communicating with a rabbet which has a plurality of conductors. The front of each conductor electrically connects to a metal pin and the rear of each conductor electrically connects to a board. The board has a plurality of assembling holes for receiving a plurality of golden pins. The socket and board are installed on a base.

Abstract: Insulation displacement type contacts (3) each having a receptacle portion (9) are individually held in compartments (4) that are formed in an insulated housing (2). A stationary die (21) temporarily holds an electric connector (1) having such contacts (3). A punch (22) facing and cooperating with this die (21) will reciprocate vertically to press wire ends (15) into the receptacle portions (9) so as to establish electric connection between each wire end (15) and each portion (9). In order to protect these portions (9) from being forcibly widened when an insulation displacement operation is done, a pair of upright guards (31,32) formed integral with a supporting plate (33) are disposed in the die (21). These guards (31,32) are spaced from one another a distance equal to the sideways width of the insulated housing (2), so that its end walls (6,6) are propped up by these guards from the outside.

Abstract: An electrical terminal including a housing (1) for receiving a contact element (2) having fork-shaped receptacles and pivotable drive elements (3-6). Contact element (2) has with four receptacles (9-12) each designed to connect a conductor. The receptacles as well as the associated drive elements (3-6) are configured pairwise in two planes one above the other in order to allow as many as four connections while being of minimum bulk.

Abstract: An insulation piercing connector (2) is held inside a base body (1), and a closing element (3) is guided inside said base body. The closing element can be transferred into a closed position at least from one open position, in which a conductor (4) can be inserted into the closing element (3). By transferring the closing element (3) into the closed position, the conductor (4)can be inserted into the insulation piercing connector (2) and can be held and clamped therein. An over spring (7) is arranged on the closing element (3). Said over spring surrounds the insulation piercing connector (2) and contacts the same via contact pieces (8) whereby exerting a pressure force (F) onto the insulation piercing connector (2).

Abstract: The invention concerns a device with a conductive core (10a) and an insulating sheath (10b) comprising a stripping and retaining slot (18). It comprises: a second stripping and retaining slot (18) substantially parallel to the first and offset relative to the direction of the slots; a push-member (8) designed to receive two electric cables (10) and configured such that each cable should be located transversely opposite a stripping and retaining slot (18), and means (4) for producing a relative displacement between the push-member (8) and the stripping slots (18).

Abstract: A modified connector module having integrated push caps for wire termination. The integrated push caps simplify the operation of and allows connection or rearrangement of a single pair of conductors. The modified connector module having alternating height teeth and a plurality of insulation displacement connectors placed therebetween. Each integrated push cap having a pair of ribs for snubbing and seating a pair of conductors into the insulation displacement connectors and one or more pair of chambers for isolating and gripping the ends of the conductors.

Abstract: An insulation displacement connector (IDC) having a body and a cap pivotably connected thereto. A wire channel is defined through the pivotable cap and has an insertion opening and an exit opening that provide separate ingress and egress openings for the wire channel. An insulated wire may be inserted into the wire channel via the insertion opening, and may exit the wire channel via the exit opening. Similarly, any insulation separated from the wire during use of the IDC is not trapped in the wire channel, but may easily be cleared therefrom via either the insertion or exit opening.

Abstract: A screwless terminal, especially a modular terminal (1), with a conductor bar (3) situated in a terminal housing (2) and with an insulation displacement contact element (4) electroconductively connected to the conductor bar (3). An electrical conductor (11) that is introduced via a housing lead-through can be contacted between the cutting edges (7, 8) of the insulation displacement contact element (4) whereby the cutting edges (7,8) face each other. The insulation displacement contact element (4) is moveably arranged on the conductor bar (3). Insulation displacement contacting of the fixedly position conductor (11) is carried out by a translation movement of the insulation displacement contact element (4) along the conductor bar (3).

Abstract: A customer bridge for a terminating device includes a base defining an interior cavity and a base cap attached to the base and substantially covering the cavity. At least a pair of wire insertion holes formed through the base cap extend into the cavity for receiving twisted-pair tip and ring wires. The customer bridge further includes at least a pair of corresponding insulation displacement contacts disposed within the cavity. An actuating arm pivots between a disconnected position wherein the twisted-pair tip and ring wires do not engage the corresponding pair of insulation displacement contacts and a connected position wherein the twisted-pair tip and ring wires engage the corresponding pair of insulation displacement contacts. The wire insertion holes are located on the top surface of the customer bridge to permit the twisted-pair tip and ring wires to be inserted from immediately above the terminating device.

Abstract: A terminal block assembly includes an actuator member that is displaceable relative to a terminal block housing to transport an insulated conductor toward the insulating penetrating knife edges of a stationary electrical contact mounted within the housing, characterized by the provision of a guide pin and guide groove arrangement for guiding the actuator member during the displacement thereof relative to the housing.

Abstract: A terminal block assembly includes at each end a generally U-shaped support spring having leg portions that extend upwardly in straddling relation on opposite sides of the stationary resilient contacts at opposite ends of the bus bar, thereby to support the stationary contacts as insulated conductors are displaced by actuator members toward cutting engagement with knife edges on the adjacent ends of the reversely inwardly directed stationary resilient contacts.

Abstract: A screwless connecting terminal, in particular a modular terminal, is described. The terminal has a conductor rail situated in a terminal housing, an insulation-piercing connection connected in an electrically conductive fashion with the conductor rail, and between whose cutting edges, which face one another, an electrical conductor can be contacted that can be introduced into the terminal housing via a housing lead-through. An insulation-piercing contacting of the immovably positioned conductor takes place through a translational movement of the insulation-piercing connection along the conductor rail in a longitudinal direction of the rail. At least one bead is formed in at least one clamp limb of the insulation-piercing connection.

Abstract: A tool-less insulation displacement connector comprising a moveable wire receiving portion having a front face and a rear side, the front face having a bottom edge, a top edge and two opposite sides; and a hinged latch having a cross member hingedly connected to the moveable portion and oriented above the top edge of said front face, the cross member having two downwardly projecting arms bordering the front face proximate the opposite sides, the cross member having an inwardly projecting recess oriented above the front face and separated from the front face by a channel, the front face being sloped inward such that the bottom edge is farther from the rear side than is the top edge, the recess having a depth that is at its greatest proximate the channel, the recess and a portion of the sloped front face together defining a recessed tactile feedback area within which a portion of a digit of a user may rest when operating the connector.

Abstract: An insulation displacement connector (“IDC”) and non-IDC terminal block having multiple pivoting wire stuffer elements positioned side-by-side such that each wire stuffer element is retained in its lateral position and may be held in an open position are disclosed. The wire stuffer elements are restricted in the lateral degree of freedom by at least one side retaining structure formed in the terminal block housing. The side retaining structure couples with each wire stuffer element to maintain the wire stuffer in its lateral position within the terminal block housing. A detent structure may also be formed on the wire stuffer element to interact with the terminal block housing such that the wire stuffer element will remain in an open position after being pivoted into that position.

Abstract: Piercing, heat sink, and reflector modules are detachably connected together to provide a lighting fixture adaptable to low voltage, line voltage, halogen, fluorescent, incandescent, and other lighting systems. In heat sensitive applications, such as insulated ceilings, a heat conductive basket sleeve is disposed around the heat sink and reflector modules, and the sleeve, heat sink module and reflector module are enclosed within a heat-sealing cover. Heat from the sleeve is conducted to a trim ring externally disposed on the lighting fixture. The lighting fixture permits direct connection to a continuous insulated cable without the requirement of a junction box connection, thereby facilitating installation of the fixture in either new or existing construction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a potential distribution system for the potential distribution to consumers and suited connectors. The potential distribution system contains a central supply line to which connectors can be joined to the consumer by means of a clamping device, preferably a cutting-clamping device, at freely selectable points. Each connector contains a self reset fuse for the consumer.