Abstract: A surface mount connector is disclosed having an improved terminal construction that avoid shorting between adjacent terminal contact portions, while maintaining a multi-pole structure with a reduced pitch of the terminal solder tail portions. The connector has an insulative connector housing with a plurality of terminals loaded in the housing on opposite sides of an opposing connector engaging slot. The terminals have contact that face into the slot and which are arranged in parallel in a predetermined pitch. Solder tail portions of the terminals extend underneath portions of the terminals and are arranged in parallel in a pitch that is one-half that of the pitch of the terminal contact portions.

Abstract: A wire harness producing apparatus has a wire reel supply section (1), a wire inlet section, primary and secondary sections (3, 4), a wire measuring section (5), a wire-cutting section (6), upstream and downstream connector attachment sections (7,8), a wire harness discharge section (9), and cam drives for propelling the primary and secondary chuck sections subsequent to the cutting of electric wires thereby separating cut wires from the remaining wires extending out from the supply reel. The cam drives are also used to operate the wire-cutting section and the upstream and downstream pressing sections in their crimping of connectors onto the cut wires and the remaining wire extensions and also operating the wire harness discharge section to discharge assembled harnesses to a subsequent staging area. The use of these cam drives permits a substantial reduction of the time involved for making the wire harnesses.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for adapting a portable cellular telephone to receive an external replacement antenna or an external direct feed connection includes an adapter element and a retention element. The adapter element includes an antenna receiving bore at one end, and a positioning member at the other end, and further includes a latching member operable between first and second operative positions. The retention element includes a base cap with an extending actuator that biases the latching member into the second operative position where the adapter element is in engagement with body of the telephone.