Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of modular plug connectors and in particular to a configuration in which different types of contacts are combined in a modular plug connector. To present a solution with which it is possible to combine different types of contacts in a space-saving manner, a module system for a modular plug connector comprising a module block to be received in the modular plug connector is proposed, wherein the module block is designed with a plurality of contact receptacles which are each provided to receive a contact of a first type, and an adaptation component which is designed to be received in one of the contact receptacles of the module block, wherein the adaptation component is provided to receive a contact of a second type, and wherein the contact of the second type has a smaller cross-section than the contact of the first type.

Abstract: A connector includes an electric wire, an inner housing, an outer housing and a cover part. The electric wire includes a terminal which is provided at an end of the electric wire. The inner housing includes a terminal accommodation chamber configured to accommodate the electric wire with the terminal. The outer housing is configured to accommodate the inner housing. The inner housing has an opening which opens in a terminal fitting direction intersecting with an extending direction of the electric wire so that the electric wire and the terminal are inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber through the opening. The cover part is configured to cover a part of the opening.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector mounted on a circuit board and including: a first connection terminal whose one end is electrically connected to the circuit board; a housing for supporting the first connection terminal while having the other end of the first connection terminal surrounded by lateral walls and disposed inside the housing, and having an opening toward an upper part opposite to a bottom part where the housing makes contact with the circuit board; a second connection terminal whose one end is electrically connected to the other end of the first connection terminal and whose other end is electrically connected to an external connection terminal inserted in the electrical connector; a lid for engaging the opening of the housing and covering the other end of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The lid has a penetration hole configured to ventilate the housing.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector mounted on a circuit board and including: a first connection terminal whose one end is electrically connected to the circuit board; a housing for supporting the first connection terminal while having the other end of the first connection terminal surrounded by lateral walls and disposed inside the housing, and having an opening toward an upper part opposite to a bottom part where the housing makes contact with the circuit board; a second connection terminal whose one end is electrically connected to the other end of the first connection terminal and whose other end is electrically connected to an external connection terminal inserted in the electrical connector; a lid for engaging the opening of the housing and covering the other end of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The lid has a penetration hole configured to ventilate the housing.

Abstract: A wiring device terminal may include a contact having an aperture formed therethrough for receiving a fastener. One or more conductors may be engaged in the terminal directly between the fastener and the contact without requiring a pressure plate. When the fastener is tightened, the one or more conductors may be securingly held between the contact and the fastener.

Abstract: An electrical contact terminal includes a base portion for positioning and retaining the electrical contact terminal within a connector housing, an insulation displacement connecting portion extending upwardly from the base portion and comprising a pair of spaced apart arms defining an opening therebetween for receiving and making electrical contact with an electrical conductor, and a contact portion extending downwardly from the base portion and configured to float when the electrical contact terminal is retained and positioned within a connector housing. The contact portion includes a first arm, a second arm, and an arcuate base portion. The first arm extends downwardly and includes a first end attached to the base portion and an opposite second end. The second arm extends downwardly and includes a free first end closer to the base portion and an opposite second end farther from the base portion. The second arm is configured to deflect when making electrical contact with a mating contact pin.

Abstract: An electrical assembly for a building power circuit includes an electrical component having front and rear ends, a centerline extending generally between the front and rear ends, two opposing side ends, and a front surface extending between the two side ends, the component including a switch or/and a socket. Two mounting tabs each have an inner end connected, preferably pivotally, with a separate component side end, an opposing outer end connectable with a mounting box, and a front surface extending between the inner and outer ends. At least one mounting tab is movable toward the centerline between a first position, at which the mounting tab front surface extends generally parallel with respect to the component front surface, and a second position at which the tab front surface extends generally perpendicular with respect to the component front surface, such that the component is disposable within the cavity of a mounting box.

Abstract: A power connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a spacer fixed to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating surface, an end surface opposite to the mating surface and a plurality of passageways extending through the mating and the end surfaces. A depression and a cavity are recessed into the insulative housing from the mating surface and the end surface, respectively. Each contact includes a main portion received in corresponding passageway and a tail portion located in the cavity in condition that at least one side wall of the tail portion is exposed to the air for excellent heat dissipation.

Abstract: An electrical connector for detachable connection of a multi-core cable to a mating connector with a grip body which surrounds the cable and the cable cores, a contact carrier which holds a plurality of contact elements and a pivotally arranged sleeve-shaped threaded part. The individual contact elements are connected electrically conductively to the individual cores and the sleeve-shaped threaded part can be screwed to a corresponding sleeve-shaped threaded part of the mating connector. The connector contact elements mounted in corresponding open grooves of the contact carrier which run parallel to its longitudinal axis, and a side of the contact carrier facing the mating connector, bordering the grooves, has through holes corresponding to the number of grooves, through which holes the ends of the contact elements that face away from the cores project in the longitudinal direction of the contact elements, being inserted obliquely and pivoted in to a parallel orientation.

Abstract: A circuit board module includes a circuit board, a plurality of electronic components, a plurality of connectors and a cover. The circuit board includes a heat dissipation unit. The electronic components, the connectors and the heat dissipation unit are disposed on a first surface of the circuit board. The cover has a plurality of openings with the shapes and the sizes corresponding to the connectors and the heat dissipation unit. When the cover covers the circuit board, the openings expose the connectors and the heat dissipation unit. Users can plug and pull the connectors of the circuit board through the openings. The size of the cover is corresponding to the circuit board. The circuit board module is dust-proof and can prevent the users from accidentally touching the electronic components.

Abstract: Provided is an electrical connector including an insulative housing having a main body and a supporting board extending downward from the main body so as to form an L shaped configuration. The main body defines a plurality of receiving passageways extending along a front-to-rear direction and then runs through the supporting board along a vertical direction. A pair of guiding grooves are respectively formed at opposite inner sides of the main body. A plurality of terminals are retained in the receiving passageways. A cover defines locking portions at opposite sides thereof for movably received in the guiding grooves and covers the terminals for preventing outward movement of the terminals.

Abstract: An electric device has a plug connection provided with a plug that has at least one contact pin and further provided with a mating plug receptacle that has at least one contact tube. A closure device is arranged on the plug receptacle and has a closed position for protecting the at least one contact tube. The closure device is moved by the plug into an open position when the plug is inserted into the plug receptacle, wherein in the open position the at least one contact tube is released.

Abstract: A plug assembly for a compressor having a shell, a terminal body on the shell, and a conductor pin extending through the terminal body, wherein a connector body of the plug assembly includes a plurality of electrical receptacles for electrical communication with the conductor pin at least partially disposed within a fence disposed around the terminal body. The plug assembly may be formed of a thermoplastic or thermoset material having a tensile modulus between 9500 MPa and 18000 MPa, and/or about 30 percent glass fibers. At least one electrical receptacle may be housed by an inner core of the plug assembly for electrical communication with the conductor pin. An annular sealing member may be supported by an outer body of the plug assembly for sealingly engaging the fence.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a circuit board is provided with a relay member connection body and a relay member receiving body. The relay member connection body is provided with terminals and a terminal holding body to hold the terminals. The relay member receiving body is fitted into the relay member connection body and receives a relay member that is to be connected with the terminals. The relay member receiving body is provided with receiving grooves extending in the assemble direction to receive the relay member. One end side of the terminal is held, and a contact portion elastically bendable inward of the receiving groove is provided in the other end side of the terminal. A distal portion of the terminal on the other end side abuts against the relay member receiving body, so that the terminals receive pre-compression in an elastically bending direction of the contact portion.

Abstract: A semiconductor manufacturing method that includes depositing a first layer over a substrate, providing a layer of hardmask over the first layer, patterning and defining the hardmask layer to form at least two hardmask structures, wherein each hardmask structure includes at least one substantially vertical sidewall and one substantially horizontal top, and wherein the hardmask structures are separated by a first space, depositing a photo-insensitive material over the at least two hardmask structures and the first layer, wherein an amount of the photo-insensitive material deposited on the top of the hardmask structures is substantially greater than an amount of the photo-insensitive material deposited on the at least one sidewall of the hardmask structures, wherein the hardmask structures with the photo-insensitive layer on the sidewalls thereof are separated by a second space, and wherein the first space is greater than the second space.

Abstract: A simplex receptacle body (102) includes a front portion (108) with a front surface (104) and a rear surface (106). Terminals (110) extend through the front portion (108). A clip (138) is “snap-fit” on a rear housing (132), so as to provide waterproofing.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a male connector component supporting connecting terminals, which are electrically connected to to-be-connecting terminals of a female connector element, and a cover element attached to the male connector component to the connecting terminals. The male connector component includes a peripheral wall, which forms a cavity for a ferrite member and which includes flexible latches to restrain movement of the ferrite member. The cover element includes an outer peripheral wall adapted for fitting the peripheral wall of the male connector component. The cover element also includes a latching part disposed on an outer surface of the outer peripheral wall and expanding outward. The latching part engages with a recess formed in an opening of the female connector component when the cover element is fitted into the opening together with the male connector component.

Abstract: A compressor is provided with a fluid tight electrical connector. The electrical connector is sealed against the seal compressor housing, and a cable end connector is detachably attached to a connector housing . Since the cable is separately attached to the connector housing, it is not directly connected to terminal pins in the compressor. This reduces damage to those terminal pins. Further, unique sealing arrangements make the electrical connection fluid tight.

Abstract: A connector has a housing (10) with a terminal accommodating portion (11) for receiving terminal fittings (13) and a receptacle (12) that surrounds the terminal accommodating portion (11). A holder (50) is mounted on the terminal accommodating portion (11) from the front and includes a front wall (51) for supporting the terminal fitting (13) at their front limit positions. A retainer (40) is mounted sideways through a retainer insertion hole (33) in the receptacle (12) and into a retainer mount hole (26) in the terminal accommodating portion (11) for locking the terminal fittings (13). The terminal accommodating portion (11) has a holding groove (29) for holding the holder (50). The holding groove (29) is exposed laterally through the retainer mount hole (26) and the retainer insertion hole (33). The holding grooves (29), the retainer mount hole (26) and the retainer insertion hole (33) are molded by the same mold when the housing (10) is molded.

Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting electrical wires to an electrical apparatus (1) consists of a receiving socket (10), a contact carrier (14) arranged in the receiving socket, insulation piercing contacts (18) which are held in the contact carrier (14), and arresting means (28, 30; 32, 34) by means of which the contact carrier (14) is held in the receiving socket (10).

Abstract: The present invention is related to a cable coupling system for supplying DC power in rack-mounted server systems. The cable coupling system involves grouping related power supply and power return cables and placing ends of those cables in a cable-end housing. Electrically contacting the ends of the cables takes place through apertures in the back surface of the cable-end housing and corresponding electrical contact pins on a connection area of the rack-mounted system. The system also includes a connection guide having a lip that insures that the cable-end housing only connects to the electrical contact pins in one direction, thereby insuring that the polarity is not reversed in the supply of DC power. Further, the lip portion of the connection guide, in combination with a pry aperture on the top of the cable-end housing, assists removal of the cable-end housing by providing locations whereby a screw driver or other mechanism can be used to pry the cable-end housing.

Abstract: An electrical connector for an automotive headlamp includes a connector housing formed from an insulating material and electrical terminals which are electrically conductive and inserted into the respective sleeves of the connector housing. Respective planar connecting portions of the electrical terminals are disposed in the same plane and are disposed to as to about a plane in which corresponding external terminals provided in the lamp are disposed. Thus, the length of the connector housing in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the planar connecting portions can be reduced, thereby reducing the width of the electrical connector. As a result, the overall height of the headlamp can be reduced.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly provides for connection between a mating connector and a printed circuit board. The assembly includes an elongate insulative housing having a connection face and an opposed mounting face. A plurality of elongate electrical contacts are supported within the housing. The contacts include connection ends adjacent the connection face and contact tails extending from the mounting face for insertion into through-holes of the printed circuit board. The contacts further define a securement member between the connection end and the opposed tail. The housing includes contact support members adjacent the mounting face. At least one of the contact support members is positioned at a location closer to the connection face than the other contact support members so as to position the connection end of at least one contact at a different longitudinal position than the other contacts.

Abstract: Connectors are formed from insulative, terminal-carrying frames that are open on at least one major surface. The open major surfaces allows rapid insertion of contact terminals and attachment of wires to contact surfaces within the frame. The frame includes wire receiving openings and cavities for positioning wires within the frame. Electrical continuity between the wires and the terminals may be achieved directly or by a circuit substrate that has circuit traces for electrically connecting an attached wire to a connector terminal. High speed cable connectors can be made in an industrially effective manner by such structures.

Abstract: A front end surface of a connector housing serves as a fitting abutment surface for abutment against a mating connector. A recessed portion is formed in the fitting abutment surface, and a front holder for detecting a half-fitted condition of a terminal and for effecting the double retaining of the terminals is attached to this recessed portion. Tapered portions, which respectively guide mating terminals when the two connectors are to be fitted together, are formed at the front holder. The front holder is fitted in the recessed portion in such a manner that a front surface of the front holder is disposed inwardly of the fitting abutment surface of the connector housing.

Abstract: An electrical connection device between a handle and a steering column for a vehicle includes a rotor, a housing for rotatably supporting the rotor and a flexible flat cable accommodated in an annular space defined by the rotor and the housing. The rotor is provided on an outer periphery thereof with a resinous C-ring of which frictional coefficient is smaller than that of the rotor. Consequently, when the rotor rotates with respect to the housing, the sliding resistance of the rotor rotating can be reduced by the C-ring, so that the sliding-noise can be reduced.

Abstract: The electrical connector assembly of the present invention generally comprises an insulating housing (100), a plurality of retention clips (200) disposed in electrical contact receiving cavities (106) within the housing (100), a plurality of electrical contacts (400), and a spacer-cap (300) that is adapted to provide lead-in for a mating connector. Cavities (106) define, within the insulating housing (100), (i) at least two opposing longitudinal slots (120) having opposing recesses (126) and (ii) at least one ledge (130) that protrudes into the cavity (106) above the recesses (126). Retention clip (200) comprises a plurality of cantilevered spring members (204, 206) that project downwardly from an annular portion (202). A first pair of spring members (204) are disposed in opposing outwardly protruding relation to one another. Each of the spring members (204) further includes an outwardly protruding latch (232) disposed at its free end (230).

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector socket pin alignment guide comprising a plurality of straight walled essentially constant diameter short tubular guide paths, one for each contact pin, positioned adjacent the socket receptacle contacts of the connector.

Abstract: A forward housing member for an electrical connector of the type having an array of contacts disposed within a dielectric housing assembly includes a generally planar body section and an array of contact receiving passageways extending therethrough from a forward face to a rearward face thereof, the forward housing passageways having a selected dimension and a selected location. The forward housing member is assembled to a forward face of a discrete rearward housing member such that the passageways are generally aligned with corresponding passageways of the rearward housing member and forward contact sections of the contacts in the corresponding rearward passageways extend in a close fit into the passageways of the forward housing member.

Abstract: An electrically insulated connector housing has a cable receiving end and a mating end and a plurality of spaced cavities extending longitudinally therethrough for receiving terminals crimped onto electrical cables which are positioned within the cavities. The connector assembly also includes an alignment overlay overlying the mating end of the connector housing and which is adhesively secured thereto. The overlay has openings therethrough which are arranged in a plurality of predetermined patterns and which are aligned with certain ones of the terminal cavities in the housing. The housing block has projections extending from the mating end at certain locations and the alignment overlay has notches at certain locations for receiving the projections to ensure that the overlay can only be adhesively secured to the housing if properly oriented relative to the housing block.

Abstract: A new and improved modular jack which employs a unique jack cap that prevents accidental electrical malfunctions when the conductors of the modular jack are in an overstressed condition. The jack cap also features means for inhibiting high voltage arcing, and for securing the cap to the jack housing even under such extreme conditions.

Abstract: To provide for reliable connection of electrical terminal contact elements (5, 5', 5") within a socket body (2) and remove stresses such as tension, pressure, or torsion applied by a connecting cable (9), the contact terminal elements (5) are formed with a plate-like projection, extending essentially parallel to the contact elements, and secured in grooves or slots (12) formed in the inner walls of the body of the socket, or between projecting ribs (21) extending from the contact terminal chamber walls (7).

Abstract: A terminal block having a front face and a rear face is provided. An array of counterbores are formed in the terminal block which extend between the faces and define abutment surfaces therein. The counterbores are positioned so that the portion of greater diameter is adjacent the rear face. The counterbores are adapted to receive terminal contacts via the rear face so that the female end of the terminal contacts rest near the front face. Grooves are formed in the rear face which connect selected counterbores. The selected counterbores received one type of terminal contact having a male end of reduced length. A face plate having apertures formed therein is removably secured to the rear face. The apertures are aligned with only the counterbores receiving another type of terminal contact having a male end which extends beyond the rear face to allow the male ends to pass. Ground wires are passed along the grooves and contact the male end of the one type terminal contacts.

Abstract: A socket for an IC, which is made up of a cover having an insulating protrusion and an insulating housing having a recess for receiving the protrusion. The cover includes a flat member which has made therethrough a plurality of arrays of pin insertion holes for insertion of pins of the IC or the like, and the insulating protrusion provided on the underside of the cover and extending along the arrays of pin insertion holes, guide grooves communicating with the pin insertion holes, respectively, being formed in side wall surfaces of the insulating protrusion. Contact pieces are held on side walls of the insulating housing.

Abstract: A channel outlet comprising a housing of insulative material has means for mounting the outlet in an opening in a channel-shaped cover of a channel housing and includes a terminal-receiving member and a cover member. Power terminals and a ground terminal are secured in cavities in the terminal-receiving member. The terminals have a first section adapted to terminate a respective electrical conductor thereto. The power terminals have wrap-around receptacle sections adapted to receive blade terminals of a conventional electrical plug therein. The ground terminal includes a contact member for sliding electrical contact with a ground pin of the electrical plug and a ground tab extending exteriorly of the cover member for ground connection to a channel-shaped base of the channel housing.

Abstract: An improved contact spring connector strip of the type having a housing forming contact chambers and inlets, contact sets in the chambers, and a cover with passageways. The contact sets include springs, which engage stops formed in the inside wall of the housing and have a pair of spring clips, and push-in pins insertable between the clips. Flanges formed on the inside wall separate the clips and extend to ends tapered toward the cover, and have flange end portions with recesses which receive transverse tabs on the push-in pin to firmly support the push-in pin.

Abstract: A bus bar stab and insulator assembly for a motor controller has a two-piece housing and a three-piece stab finger clip. The housing base has a number of partitions which define pathways for the stab fingers. The housing cover is slidably mateable with the base and has a tab for receiving a self tapping screw. The stab fingers extend from the housing for making contact with bus bars. The stab finger clip has two fingers with interlocking tabs secured together with a screw which also connects one or more connector cables to the clip. The fingers are constructed of copper alloy and do not require the use of springs.

Abstract: An electrical connector for supplying electrical power to a machine at particular voltage and phase magnitudes selected, the connector having one part adapted to be mechanically and electrically connected to the machine and another part adapted to be electrically connected to a conductor providing the electrical power to be supplied. The connector comprises a plurality of pins on one of the connector parts and a corresponding plurality of mating slots on the other of the connector parts adapted to receive the pins when the connector parts are connected together. One of the pins and the corresponding one of the mating slots serve to complete an electrical ground circuit and have a fixed orientation independent of the selected voltage and phase magnitude for the particular connector.

Abstract: To provide a low-profile socket for a single-ended high-pressure discharge lamp, a ceramic body is formed with a recess and includes two connection terminal elements (8, 9) secured thereto. A separating wall (7) subdivides the recess in the socket body into two chambers (4, 5; 6), one each of the contact terminal elements being located in a respective chamber (8:4-5; 9:6). The socket body (2) is formed with an access opening (5, 18) to the lamp terminal connection end portions (10, 11) of the connection terminal elements and closed off towards the lamp base (FIG. 3:21) by cover plates (16, 17) presenting a flat engagement surface for matching surfaces on the lamp base. The separating wall (7) which subdivides the socket into the two chambers insures high resistance against high-voltage flash-over, which may be in the order of 25 kV during hot-starting ignition.