Abstract: A connector formed of two molded parts and a plurality of contacts is provided with means for fixing the contacts such that a plurality of contacts are fixed accurately and rigidly to the body of a connector with a simple construction.

Abstract: A ribbon cable or discrete wires, having a layer of thermally stable, crush resistant, fibril microporous heat sealable thermoplastic crystallizable polymer dielectric surrounding said conductor. The thermoplastic dielectric having a void volume in excess of 70%, a propagation velocity of the insulated conductor greater than 85% the propagation velocity in air and the crush resistance being the recovery rate of the material after being under a 500 gram weight for 10 minutes greater than 92% of the initial thickness.

Abstract: A method for applying solder to a braided shield of a cable, particularly of a coaxial cable. A cable end portion is dipped into a solder bath a defined depth and for a defined time period prior to the removal of the jacket of the cable.

Abstract: An end seal for splice closures or for terminals comprising a core portion of a flexible resilient material, which core portion has an outer periphery and openings extending through the core portion, which openings communicate with the outer periphery, and a tail portion which is integral with and extends from the core portion periphery to be wrapped about the core portion and the cables placed in the openings thereof for filling the space between the core portion and the closure end surface.

Abstract: An aerial terminal for telecommunication wires is preferably blow-molded, and includes a closure for the in-line splices to a cable and a housing for the drop wire connectors can be mounted together, with the housing mounted on the side of the splice closure so both the interior of the closure and the drop wire connectors are readily accessible from one side.

Abstract: A cross-connect cabinet having columns of cross-connect blocks disposed in back-to-back relationship and a connection chamber for connecting the wires of such cross-connect blocks to the wires of an incoming or outgoing cable positioned above the cross connect cables, and being adapted to be sealed and filled with an encapsulant.

Abstract: A hockey puck having a conventional shape and opposite end surfaces, each formed with at least three symmetrically spaced projections preferably having a lower coefficient of friction than the body of the puck. A ring or band of material of a color differing from the remainder of the puck about the periphery of the puck and flush with the periphery of the puck.

Abstract: A connector for coaxial cables, in particular coaxial cables having a small diameter, comprising a tubular housing of electrically conductive material and having first and second opened ends, a signal contact mounted in said housing and connected to the conductor of said cable, said signal contact being electrically insulated relative to said housing, and a ground contact also mounted in said housing and electrically connected to the shield of said cable and/or to said housing, whereby an inner housing is provided compressed of two parts of insulating material which are adapted to be inserted into said tubular housing from at least one said open end thereof, with the outer dimensions of said inner housing corresponding to the inner dimensions of said tubular housing, and said inner housing having inner spaces to receive said signal and said ground contact in fixed relative spaced positions.

Abstract: A cross-connect connector for telecommunication systems reduces the required time to install and effect cross-connections if the wire connections are made by hand and changes are made between circuits by unplugging a modular plug and pluggng it in at a different position. The connector of the present invention has a terminal block accepting a plurality of plugs connected each to a pair of wires and the plugs fit onto the terminal block or can be stacked on each other for half tapping, testing or transferring.

Abstract: An entrance terminal and interface between the telephone company network and the subscriber's premises is more readily serviced by a single module having an enclosed printed circuit board combining the voltage overload device, the demarcation plug and socket and a service circuit such as a half-ringer or maintenance termination unit.

Abstract: An improved sealant pad comprises a rectangular field of viscous sealant supported by a tough flexible film substrate. The substrate and sealant field may have the same dimensions of length and width but generally the substrate will extend beyond the sealant field on at least two opposing sides. One or more of these extending borders of substrate may be advantageously coated with adhesive thereby providing sealant pads with up to four extending flaps of adhesive coated substrate surrounding the sealant field. The sealant pads may be produced in a variety of configurations and are useful for environmentally sealing electrical connections such as are found in wiring harnesses.

Abstract: A solder mask is useful in the preparation of circuit boards when the boards are to be subsequently stacked and a removable plug supported by the solder tail of the contact initially joined to the board affords facile manufacture of the contacts and solder mask and facile assembly of the boards.

Abstract: An ice hockey puck has more uniform play during a period when provided with projections positioned circumferentially about the end surfaces which lift the puck from the surface to reduce the snow plowing effect, and the stability of the puck is maintained when the projections are dome-shaped to terminate in arcuate or flat ends.

Abstract: A multiple wire-splice module for splicing a plurality of wires and for making a bridge connection to a 710 connector module uses multiple connector segments. The module has an elongate base for supporting the wires, which base will mate with an elongate body of insulative material having opposite surfaces, and the body supports a plurality of conductive contacts, each with a slotted wire receiving end portion, a second connecting member at the other end and a third connection portion intermediate the ends of the contact, the slotted insulation displacing wire receiving end portion is adapted to connect to a wire in the base when assembled and the second connecting member and the third connection portion are accessible at opposite sides of the base and body for connection to other modules. A bridging strip is adapted to connect the module to another splice module like a 710 connector.

Abstract: A device for withdrawing flowable filling material through a wall of a bag having flexible walls, comprising a first member having a throughbore and an annular sealing surface surrounding the throughbore, a second member having an annular sealing surface and separating means formed radially inwardly of the sealing surface to cut a bag wall, the first and the second member including cooperating locking means which enter into an interlocking engagement when the separating means makes two cuts through the wall forming the bag. The annular sealing surfaces of the first and the second member are brought into sealing engagement to outer surface of the bag wall, whereby the first and the second member, each, are adapted to be brought into sealing engagement with the outer surface of the wall forming the bag.

Abstract: A pin-grid-array socket which has a cam plate for urging the normally open contacts from a normally open position to a normally closed position. A spring member is positioned in the socket to urge the cam plate to the closed position and maintain a force on the contacts to prevent premature failure of the socket.