Abstract: A terminal module includes: a conductive terminal to be contacted and cooperated with a mating terminal, the conductive terminal including a base and a mating end at a front of the base, the mating end including a contact portion to be contacted and cooperated with the mating terminal and a front end portion at a front end of the contact portion; and a plastic part, wherein the plastic part is arranged at the front end portion so that a gap between the contact portion of the conductive terminal and the mating terminal is less than 0.1 mm after cooperated.

Abstract: A plug connector system includes a first plug connector having a shielding sleeve and a second plug connector having a shielding bushing with a plurality of spring elements. The shielding sleeve has an at least partially circumferential bead on an outer side of the shielding sleeve. The shielding sleeve is partially received in the shielding bushing and the at least partially circumferential bead contacts the spring elements when the first plug connector is connected to the second plug connector.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electrical connector system including a first connector having a plurality of cantilevered fingers disposed along a mating face thereof, and a second connector having a conductive central core including a plurality of open slots designed for receiving the plurality of cantilevered fingers. When the connectors are mated, each cantilevered finger sits within a respective slot at a sufficient depth therein to improve vibration resistance of the mated electrical connector.

Abstract: A male terminal disclosed in this specification is a male terminal 10 fittable to a female terminal 20 including at least a pair of resilient contact pieces, and includes a terminal contact portion 11 having a pin shape and configured to contact the resilient contact pieces 21 of the female terminal 20 when the male terminal 10 is fit to the female terminal 20, and projections 12 projecting from an outer peripheral surface of the terminal contact portion 11 and arranged to be fit between side edges 24 of pairs of adjacent ones of the resilient contact pieces 21 of the female terminal 20 when the male terminal 10 is fit to the female terminal 20.

Abstract: A contact for an electrical connector having a connecting section a contact section. The connecting section has a connecting mounting member. The contact section has a contact mounting member engageable with the connecting mounting member of the connecting section. The contact section is separable from the connecting section, electrically connectable to the connecting section at a contact region, and detachably mechanically connectable to the connecting section at the contact region.

Abstract: A receptacle terminal for receipt of a mating terminal therein. The receptacle terminal includes a contact portion having a bottom wall and resilient arms which extend from either side of the bottom wall. The bottom wall has a raised portion with a first embossment position proximate a lead-in surface at a mating end of the contact portion. The bottom wall has a second embossment spaced from the first embossment, the first and second embossments providing additional strength and stability to the contact portion to prevent unwanted bending of the terminal. This provides a stable electrical connection while allowing for a lower insertion force of the mating terminal into the socket terminal.

Abstract: A reverse-gender pin contact for use with a connector having a high density layout, includes a body having a hollow first portion extending along an axis for receiving a conductor. The first portion extends along the axis to a neck, the neck extending along the axis to an engaging end for insertion inside a mating socket contact. A retention feature extends from the neck transverse to the axis.

Abstract: It is aimed to suppress backlash between a receptacle and a connector main body without reducing the operability of a connector connecting operation. Backlash preventing portions (70) project on an outer peripheral surface of a connector main body (10) to be fitted into a mating receptacle (92). The backlash preventing portions (70) include circumferentially spaced front backlash preventing portions (71) on a front part of the connector main body (10) in a fitting direction into the receptacle (92) and circumferentially spaced rear backlash preventing portions (72) on a rear part of the connector main body (10) in the fitting direction into the receptacle (92). The respective front and rear backlash preventing portions (71, 72) are separated in a front-back direction without being connected to each other and are displaced from each other in the circumferential direction.

Abstract: Provided is a terminal locking structure for an electrical connector excellent in assembly even when the locking position of a lance of a terminal is restricted, wherein, in the terminal locking structure that locks a terminal into a housing of the electrical connector with a lance, the terminal includes the lance and a stabilizer on an outer circumference of a cylindrical part thereof, the housing includes: an insertion part into which the terminal is inserted; a lance locking part provided only at a predetermined position along an inner circumference of the insertion part; and a guide part for the stabilizer, the guide part being inserted along the insertion part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connection member for secondary batteries to achieve the electrical connection in a battery pack including two or more cylindrical secondary batteries in a physical contact manner, the connection member including an outer circumferential contact part contacting an electrode terminal of a lower battery cell along the outer circumferential region of the electrode terminal of the lower battery cell, such that the outer circumferential contact part can be electrically connected to the electrode terminal of the lower battery cell in a surface contact manner and a central contact part contacting an electrode terminal of an upper battery cell or the central region of a sidewall of the battery pack for providing an elastic contact force to the entire connection member mounted between the electrode terminals of the respective battery cells or between the electrode terminals of the battery cells and the sidewall of the battery pack.

Abstract: Provided is a connector of an electronic device, in which a space in a housing of the electronic device can be enlarged, the number of circuits can be increased, a battery can be made larger, and the housing of the electronic device can be made thinner and more compact. The connector of the electronic device is provided with a substantially cylindrical case; connector-side terminals introduced into the case; and a sealing material that is formed in the vicinity of the end of the case on a plug insertion side so as to protrude to the plug insertion side, wherein a first convex stripe is formed along the inner circumference of the protruding section of the sealing material, and the first convex stripe is formed so as to be circumferentially pressed against and brought into contact with an outer circumferential surface of a part of a cover to be inserted.

Abstract: An electrical penetrator assembly has a ceramic housing with a through bore, a first electrical conductor extending through at least part of the bore and terminating and having an outer end outside the bore and a second end, and a second electrical conductor having a first end in electrical communication with the second end of the first conductor and an outer end. The second end of the first conductor and the first end of the second conductor are in electrical communication and at least one of the conductors is movable relative to the other conductor to accommodate expansion and contraction as a result of temperature variations, and first and second seals extend between respective ends of the ceramic housing and the first and second conductor, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical disconnect for a utility service that has an internal reversible insulator and a separable power connector. In one position, the insulator may allow the flow of electricity through the separable power connector, but, in a second position, the insulator prevents the flow of electricity through the separable power connector. Because the electrical disconnect is located away from the customer's premises, it is difficult for the customer to reconnect his own power.

Abstract: The electrical contact includes a wire crimping portion receiving an electrical wire, a cylindrical power contact portion for connection with a complementary contact. The power contact portion comprises includes a body mechanically retained on the wire crimping portion and spring legs depending from the body and to be contacted with the complementary contact. The electrical contact further includes an electrically insulating cover covering the spring legs. The cover additionally includes fool proof features to prevent incorrect assembly of the cover into passages of the housing.

Abstract: A power connector suitable for being mounted on a circuit board includes an insulating housing and a center terminal. The insulating housing has a plug hole. The center terminal has a center fixing portion, a center contact portion and a center soldering portion. The center fixing portion is fixed into the insulating housing, the center contact portion extends into the plug hole, and the center soldering portion is suitable for passing through a center soldering hole of the circuit board to be soldered to the circuit board. The center soldering portion has a waist segment and a tail segment extending from the waist segment, the waist segment is located inside the center soldering hole, and the minimum transection area of the waist segment is less than the maximum transection area of the tail segment. A center terminal suitable for being utilized in a power connector is also provided.

Abstract: An electrical connector with touch safety contact structure. The connector includes an insulative housing, a contact and at least one protecting insulator. The insulative housing defines a mating direction, a mating face and a receiving cavity recessed from the mating face along the mating direction. The contact is received in the insulative housing and includes a contacting portion exposed into the receiving cavity, a retaining portion extending from one end of the contacting portion to be interferentially received in the insulative housing, and a forward end extending from the other end of the contacting portion to locate more closely to the mating face of the insulative housing than the contacting portion, and a connecting portion extending from the retaining portion to be exposed beyond the insulative housing. The protecting insulator covers the forward end of the contact. An additional grounding contact assembled to the insulative housing may be included.

Abstract: An x-ray source can include an x-ray tube and a power supply. The x-ray tube can be removably affixed to the power supply in a rigid manner with the x-ray tube movable and holdable along with the power supply when affixed thereto. A releasable coupling between the x-ray tube and the power supply can create an interface defining a potential arc path. A means, such as a non-linear plug and socket junction, a gasket, or an electrically conductive sleeve, can be used for resisting arcing along the potential arc path.

Abstract: A battery connecting assembly 20 includes a first coupling unit 21 having a plurality of individual units 20A each accommodating a connecting member 13, and configured by coupling the individual units 20A adjacent to each other; a second coupling unit 22 having a plurality of individual units 20A each accommodating a connecting member 13, and configured by coupling the individual units 20A adjacent to each other, and arranged side by side with the first coupling unit 21; and a positioning member 40 connected to the first coupling unit 21 and the second coupling unit 22 to position the first coupling unit 21 and the second coupling unit 22 relatively.

Abstract: An electrical penetrator assembly has a ceramic housing with a through bore, a first electrical conductor extending through a first end of the bore and terminating short of a second end of the bore and having an outer end engageable with a first cable, and a second electrical conductor extending through a second end of the bore and terminating short of the first end of the bore, the second conductor having an outer end engageable with a second cable. The conductors are in electrical communication at their inner ends and at least one of the conductors is movable relative to the other conductor to accommodate expansion and contraction as a result of temperature variations, and first and second seals extend between respective ends of the ceramic housing and the first and second conductor, respectively.

Abstract: A USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector includes an insulating body which has a base portion, an inserting portion, and a pair of clipping walls and defines a receiving space therebetween. A plurality of signal terminals is assembled to the insulating body. Each of the signal terminals has a connecting arm disposed in the inserting portion and a signal contacting arm hanging out of the receiving space. A fixing body is mounted in the receiving space and clipped between the clipping walls. The signal contacting arms are restrained under the fixing body and further stretching behind the fixing body. A ground terminal has a fixing slice fixed in the fixing body, a resilient arm stretching out of the fixing body to be located above the inserting portion and a ground contacting arm restrained under the fixing body and further stretched behind the fixing body to be aligned with the signal contacting arms.

Abstract: A securely latched power connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector connected with a first leading wire and a second leading wire, respectively. A first conductive terminal of the male connector has a first buckle portion for retaining a core of the first leading wire. A second conductive terminal of the female connector has a second buckle portion for retaining a core of the second leading wire. When the connectors are combined, a hollow plug of the male connector is inserted into a hollow socket of the female connector, and the first coupling structures of the male connector and the second coupling structures of the female connector are firmly coupled, while the second pin of the second conductive terminal being inserted into the hollow plug to contact with the first pin of the first conductive terminal, thereby achieving electrical connection.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing member and a number of contacts attached to the housing member. The contacts include a number of first contacts and second contacts arranged side by side along a transverse direction, respectively. The second contacts include a first pair of differential contacts, a second pair of differential contacts and a grounding contact disposed therebetween. At the mounting end of the electrical connector, a space between the grounding contact and the differential contact of each pair most adjacent to the grounding contact is much bigger than any internal space between the differential contacts of each the first or the second pair. As a result, a rear wall of the housing member can provide adequate area for easily mounting a fiber optical lens.

Abstract: A power adapter cable is adapted to be connected between a charger having mating electrode passages with mating electrode pins therein and a power plug having mating electrode plugs with mating inserting holes. The power adapter cable includes an adapter plug having a base, an adapter socket having an insulating body and a wire connected therebetween. A front surface of the base is protruded forward to form electrode plugs with inserting holes passing therethrough. The electrode plugs of the adapter plug are inserted into the mating electrode passages of the charger with the mating electrode pins being inserted into the inserting holes. A rear surface of the insulating body is recessed inward to form electrode passages with electronic pins therein. The mating electrode plugs of the power plug are inserted into the electrode passages of the adapter socket with the electrode pins being inserted into the mating inserting holes.

Abstract: A connector includes a plug housing configured to engage with a socket. A free spinning nut of the connector is disposed between the plug housing and an angled housing. The free spinning nut includes a first end portion configured to engage with the angled housing and a second end portion configured to engage with the plug housing.

Abstract: A coupling system that forms very high moisture resistance to connectable elements comprising a male element containing female connection points inserted into a female element containing male connection points. These made from rigid and thermoplastic materials. This system has a series of circumferentially barbed receiving grooves on the female element and circumferentially formed barb elements on the male element and designed to fit in the grooves of the female element. These grooves mate to form a first moisture barrier and a rigid lip on the male element circumferentially surrounding the female connection points, presses into a flexible face containing the male connection points on the female element to form yet another moisture barrier. Yet another improvement is the presence of a circumferentially formed shoulder on the male element designed to snugly fit into a circumferentially formed shoulder receiving element on the female.

Abstract: An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments are disclosed. An enhancement to the wearable connector includes OSI Layer 2 (and potentially Layer 3) functionality. Data Link layer functionality is supported by including electronic serial numbers at wearable snap-connector points.

Abstract: An electrical connector adapted for staged disassembly to test for high voltage includes a plug having an enclosed electrical terminal with a first opening exposing the terminal and a socket having another enclosed electrical terminal with an opening exposing the other terminal. The socket opening is substantially complementary to the first opening to receive the plug sufficiently into the socket to electrically engage the terminals in first and second positions. A port in one of the socket or plug provides access to one of the terminals in one of the positions but is obstructed from access to a terminal in the other of the positions. The port is small enough to prevent a finger from accessing a terminal but large enough to receive an electrical meter probe for voltage testing. A latch on the box portions positions the port in each of the two positions.

Abstract: A submersible connector has releasably mateable first and second connector units. The first connector unit has at least one electrical pin extending through a bore in a retaining base and projecting outward from the forward end of the base. The second connector unit has at least one electrical socket module which receives a forward portion of the electrical pin when the units are mated. A pin seal device is located in one of the connector units and has a through bore which engages part of the pin at least in the mated condition of the units. The seal device has a first and second seals in sealing engagement with portions of the connector units when mated, and a chamber between the seals extends over an opposing portion of the pin at least in the mated condition of the units.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for connecting together two abutting superconductive cables, each cable being constituted by at least a resistive conductive central support of substantially cylindrical shape, by at least one layer of superconductive material placed around the support, and by an insulating sheath surrounding said layer of superconductive material, the end of each cable being stripped to reveal the central support and said layer of superconductive material, the device being provided with an outer covering of insulating material. According to the invention, the device comprises at least one respective conductive sleeves engaged around the stripped portion of each of the cables, together with a conductive tube containing said sleeves and connected to them.

Abstract: A lamp base may include a cylindrical body having an end surface, a first step portion and a second step portion, a first upper pin connector provided on the first step portion, a second upper pin connector provided on the second step portion, and a first and second lower pin connector provided on the end surface. Interfitting keys and recesses may also be used to insure that a lamp base is only coupled to an appropriate socket. Adapter blocks may be used to apply such recesses to an existing lamp.

Abstract: A connector apparatus comprises a connector, an annular member, and a cover member covering a rear surface of the connector. An engaging portion with a rear end surface is provided in the annular member. A step portion with a front end surface is provided in a rear portion of the connector. The cover member has a hook portion in the front end thereof. When the cover member covers the rear portion of the connector, the hook portion engages with the step portion. Thereafter, when the annular member is fixed to the connector, the rear end surface of the engaging portion and the front end surface of the step portion clamp the hook portion to prevent the hook portion from coming off.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector, a second electrical connector, and a connecting member. The first electrical connector includes an insulative main body with a receiving recess defined therein. The second electrical connector includes an insulative main body with a receiving recess defined therein. The connecting member is slidably engaged in the receiving recess of the first electrical connector and is configured for being slidably engaged in the receiving recesses of the first and second connectors simultaneously, thereby combining the first and second connectors together.

Abstract: A connector assembly (10) is provided including a first connector (12) and a second connector (14) configured to mateably engage the first connector (12). The first connector (12) includes a housing (16), a conductor assembly (18) positioned within the housing and projecting from housing, and a resilient seal member (30) enclosing an interface between the housing (16) and the portion of the conductor assembly projecting from the housing. The second connector (14) includes an outer contact (60), an inner contact (62) nested within a portion of the outer contact (60), and a housing (64) containing the inner and outer contacts. Conductors of the conductor assembly (18) of the first connector (12) engage the outer (60) and inner (62) contacts of the second connector (14). Another resilient seal member (45) includes a flexible skirt (50) formed at an end portion thereof.

Abstract: A modular base for an electrical device and an electrical device including same and also removable modules are disclosed. The modular base comprises a plurality of base components adapted to be arranged relative to each other to define a backplane comprising a plurality of module mounting locations, wherein each mounting location comprises a first electrical base connector of one base component and a second electrical base connector of another base component. A plurality of removable modules are adapted to be respectively removably connected to the backplane in the mounting locations to provide a modular electrical device. Each of the modules comprises a first module connector adapted to be mated with a first base connector of a mounting location and a second module connector adapted to be mated with a second base connector of the mounting location The backplane comprises one or more coupling devices for releasably engaging a module.

Abstract: A bipolar endoscopic device is provided having a detachable power cord with a plug capable of forming a sealed connection with the endoscopic device. The plug is connected at a back face of a movable guide member of the endoscopic device and can be oriented in different orientations to accommodate different operators. The detachable plug forms a sealed connection with the endoscopic device so that the electrosurgical connection cannot be short-circuited by the outside environment such as a saline irrigation fluid.

Abstract: A modular base for an electrical device and an electrical device including same and also removable modules are disclosed. The modular base comprises a plurality of base components adapted to be arranged relative to each other to define a backplane comprising a plurality of module mounting locations, wherein each mounting location comprises a first electrical base connector of one base component and a second electrical base connector of another base component. A plurality of removable modules are adapted to be respectively removably connected to the backplane in the mounting locations to provide a modular electrical device. Each of the modules comprises a first module connector adapted to be mated with a first base connector of a mounting location and a second module connector adapted to be mated with a second base connector of the mounting location The backplane comprises one or more coupling devices for releasably engaging a module.

Abstract: An arc discharge preventing device is electrically connected to at least two electronic devices, the arc discharge preventing device. The arc discharge preventing device includes an insulating main body, a first terminal, a second terminal, a low conductive member, and a conductive member. The first terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a first electronic device. The second terminal is provided on the insulating main body, and electrically connected to a second electronic device. The low conductive member is provided on the insulating main body, and having a first resistance value. The low conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals. The conductive member is detachably mounted on the insulating main body, and having a second resistance value lower than the first resistance value. The conductive member is electrically connected to the first and second terminals when the conductive member is attached to the insulating main body.

Abstract: A power adapter (10) includes a first power connector (20) and a second power connector (30). The first power connector comprises a first housing (21) and a first contact module (22) consisted of a plurality of first contact units (40) assembled in the first housing. The second power connector comprises a second housing (50) and a polarity of second contacts (52). Each of the second contact is aligned and cooperated with a corresponding first contact unit of the first contact module to form a transmission path. A plurality of latch devices is provided on each opposite end of the first housing and the second housing for fastening each other. The power adapter is designed to connect a Serial ATA power connector with a Non-serial ATA connector.

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying electrical power to a receptacle connector of a railroad car includes embedding a rigid support ring in an elastomeric nose portion of the receptacle connector. The support ring is disposed substantially in the elastomeric nose portion above a circumferential lip that extends along the inside circumference of the receptacle connector. The support ring preferably includes a raised portion and radius edges.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for a vehicle has a low-voltage bus bar and a high voltage bus bar, received in groove structures of a first insulation plate. Each groove structure is defined by a base wall surface on which the bus bar is disposed and a pair of opposed upstanding side wall surfaces. The first insulation plate has a downward recess or through-hole between the groove structures. A second insulation plate superimposed on the first plate has a downward projection received in the recess or through-hole and extending to a lower end which is below the base wall surfaces of the groove structures. The structure inhibits leak currents between the bus bars.

Abstract: A cable connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10), a plurality of terminals (20) received in the housing, a pair of shells (30, 40) covering the housing, and an insulative casing portion (50) enclosing the shells. The insulative housing includes a main body (11) and a projection portion (12) forwardly projecting from the main body and received into a mating frame (33) of the shell 30. An abutment wall (55) is integrally formed on a front end of the casing portion and extends generally perpendicularly to a lengthwise direction of the connector. Two adjacent flanges (550, 552) of the abutment wall are bent forwardly for tightly engaging with an outer surface of a hand held electronic device. A hole (59) is defined through the abutment wall for extension of the projection portion of the housing and a front portion of the conductive shell.

Abstract: A plug-in connector comprising a plug and a plug socket with a shroud (1) serves to connect a cable containing a plurality of signal lines and current supply lines to a consumer, e.g. the electronic regulator of a vehicle control system. The inside of the plug-in connector is a water-tight housing in which the contacts of the plug engage the connecting contacts of the plug socket (2-6) when plug and plug socket are assembled. According to the present invention, intermediate walls (7,8) divide the interior of the housing into at least three spaces which are separated from each other in a liquid-tight manner. At least one of said spaces is provided for the signal line contacts (6) and at least one each is provided for current supply contacts having the same electrical potential (2,3; 4,5). The current supply contacts are arranged on the end faces of the plug-in connector in such a way that they are separated according to their electrical potential.

Abstract: A female connector housing (4) has a terminal accommodation chamber (5) configured for accommodating therein a pair of male terminals (6) and provided with a leakage prevention wall (7) as a partition for dividing the terminal accommodation chamber (5) into a pair of divided terminal accommodation chambers (8) neighboring to each other for individual accommodation of the male terminals (6). A male connector housing (10) has a pair of neighboring terminal cavity block portions (11) configured for accommodation of female terminals, to be individually inserted into the divided terminal accommodation chambers (8), and to define therebetween a mating recess (13) for the leakage prevention wall (7) to be inserted therein. When the male connector housing (10) is fitted into the female connector housing (4), the leakage prevention wall (7) tight fits in the mating recess (13), thereby preventing water invasion.

Abstract: A first connector 4 has a plurality of first terminal accommodating portions 3 which are disposed at a predetermined distance from each other and which have terminal accommodating chambers 1 accommodating female terminals 2. A second connector 8 has a plurality of second terminal accommodating portions 7 having terminal accommodating chambers 6 accommodating male terminals 5. The male terminal 5 comes into contact with the female terminals 2. The second terminal accommodating portions 7 has a leak preventing piece 11 for preventing a leak between the adjacent terminals 2. The leak preventing piece 11 projects from a connecting side tip end surface 7a of each of the second terminal accommodating portion 7, and the leak preventing piece 11 is inserted into a space 12 between the adjacent first terminal accommodating portions 3.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for use in a vehicle has bus bars in a casing with upstanding connection tabs which are alongside and spaced from each other. Insulation resin embeds the tabs while leaving exposed projecting portions. A connector attached to the casing has a housing containing terminals respectively engaged with the projecting portions of the tabs. The resin material provides a recess located between the tabs and the housing of said connector has a partition wall of insulating material which lies between the terminals and extends into the recess, to prevent leak current between the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical conductor strain relief for connecting electrical conductors to a printed circuit board. The strain relief includes a first member having a first array of first conductor receiving holes and a second member having a second array of second conductor receiving holes. The second member is connectable to the first member at a predetermined fixed location such that the second holes are at least partially aligned with respective ones of the first holes as pairs of holes. The first and second holes of each pair of holes have center axes which are offset relative to each other.

Abstract: A thin profile electrical connector includes an insulating body member having a longitudinally extending leg defined between opposite ends. A plurality of adjacently disposed and spaced apart connector elements are mounted on the longitudinal leg, for example within recesses or grooves defined transversely to the longitudinal leg. Each connector element includes a closed end and an open end defined by extending arms. The closed end wraps around the longitudinal leg at each connector position. Each connector element includes outwardly facing contact surfaces defined on each of the extending arms for mating contact with respective pads of separate facing circuit boards.

Abstract: A high-voltage connector consists of a base connector mating a socket connector. The base connector (10) has: an insulated housing (11), input and output pin contacts (12,13), and a partition (16) dividing the housing into compartments (18,19) to accommodate the pin contacts. The pin contacts respectively consists of front portions (12a,13a) protruding into the housing's front opening (14) and rear portions (12b,13b) isolated by a middle rear extension (17) of the housing. The socket connector (30) has: a bifurcated housing (31), and a pair of socket contacts (32,33) held in this housing and securable on wire ends. The second housing is insertable into the front opening, causing the socket contacts to fit on the front portions. A recess (34) formed in the second housing is fittable on the partition, and two cylindrical chambers (35,36) formed in the housing (31) accommodate the socket contacts isolated and each lying on one side.

Abstract: A shielded male pin connector (10) includes a rigid, insulating body (14), an elongated contact pin (18a, 18b) extending from the body and a cable (20) extending into the body (14) and connected electrically to the pin. To electrically isolate the pin, a flexible, resilient, electrically insulating tubular shield (32) encircles the pin, the shield being longer than the pin. The shield is rotatably mounted to the body (14) coaxial to the pin so that when the connector is coupled to a mating female connector (13) having a locking cap (28a, 28b) received in the shield (32), the locking cap may be turned by squeezing and rotating the shield (32).

Abstract: A safety cap for an electrical outlet having an adhesive section can be attached to a standard outlet cover. Alternately an outlet cover including two slidable plates including a spring or spring groove can be used to prevent access to the outlet by a child. An elongated member on one plate is used to contact a spring on the other plate. Alternately, the elongated member can fit into a spring groove to bias the plates apart into the closed position. Locking pins can be used to lock the plates onto an aperture at the base of a plug's power prong. Additionally, a recess around each electrical outlet can mate with a respective lip of a plug to provide an interlocking interface between the plug and outlet cover to prevent a child from being able to insert a metal object between the plug and the face-plate.