Abstract: A shielded connector assembly having a small number of parts and high resistance against prying forces exerted by another connector. When shield shells are mounted to shielded connector portions of an integrally formed insulative housing, side walls of the shield shells are positioned within paths of the housing. Latch tongue pieces of the side walls engage shoulders of engagement recesses of the housing, and latch tongue pieces of upper walls engage stopper portions. The shield shells are prevented from being pulled out from the housing. The side walls are supported so that movement in the direction perpendicular to partition walls is prevented due to its position between support surfaces of the partition walls and a base portion of the housing.

Abstract: A card connector assembly having a slot for inserting a card that has raised portions and a connector that receives the card that is inserted into the slot. An anti-dust shutter that pivots into an interior of the slot when the card is inserted. The anti-dust shutter having an interference avoiding means in the form of a cut-out or a projection that enables the card to be withdrawn from the slot without interference from the raised portions. The card connector assembly making it possible to withdraw cards having raised portions, such as PC cards that handle card busses, from the card connector assembly without interference with the anti-dust shutter.

Abstract: An electrical connector has an insulative housing that is mounted on a circuit board. The insulative housing has a plurality of contacts with tines that extend through a bottom surface of the insulative housing for connection to the circuit board. A movable contact alignment member is positioned adjacent to the bottom surface of the housing and aligns the tines with the circuit board. The moveable contact alignment member is temporarily fixed to the insulative housing by latch arms and is urged into permanent fixture with the insulative housing by the circuit board when the insulative housing is mounted thereon. A shield member is attached to the insulative housing. The shield member has an extension portion configured to shield at least a portion of the tines that are exposed between the insulative housing and the movable contact alignment member.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical cable for termination to an electrical component and method for termination that minimizes the mismatching of the differential impedance of a terminal part from which a shielding covering of an electrical cable has been stripped in a cable consisting of two differential transmission signal wires, a drain wire and a shielding covering that covers the electrical wire. Accordingly, a plastic heat-shrink tube is caused to adhere tightly to the terminal part and shielding covering, except for the stripped front end portion of the terminal part, so that the front end portion is exposed. As a result, the heat-shrink tube prevents or alleviates the mismatching of the differential impedance.

Abstract: A low insertion force connector that has a female socket and a male plug. The female socket has a contact element with first and second adjacent contact blades. The male plug has a pin terminal with a first side and a second side. The first side has a first receiving zone adjacent to a second receiving zone. The first receiving zone is offset from the second receiving zone such that deflection of the first contact blade by the first receiving zone differs from the deflection of the second contact blade by the second receiving zone when the pin terminal is mated with the contact element.

Abstract: The male connector 1 has a metal shielding shell 4 that accommodates a housing 2 and a synthetic resin enclosure 8 that covers approximately the rear half of this shielding shell 4. Fastening parts 40 and protruding parts 42 are formed by stamping in the upper-side shell half-body 4a. A metal latching arm 44 which is formed with the approximate shape of a shallow inverted V, and which has an engaging part 54, is disposed between these fastening parts 40 and protruding parts 42. The latching arm 44 can be pressed by means of a finger-catch part 68. This configuration obtains the desired shielding performance while maintaining a compact size in a shielded electrical connector assembly.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly that has an insulative housing for holding an electrical contact that is connected to a wire. A ferrite member is arranged in the insulative housing. The ferrite member includes a first piece and a second piece. The first piece and the second piece each have a groove that forms a wire receiving aperture when the first piece and the second piece are positioned adjacent to each other. An elastic portion is arranged in the insulative housing. The elastic portion urges the first piece toward the second piece so that the first piece is pressed against the second piece in a manner that prevents gaps from forming therebetween.

Abstract: A pluggable connection housing (1) with a boot (2) has at least one contact passageway (7, 8) having plug-in apertures (5, 6) at its two ends. Respective ends of male and female members arranged on cables can be arranged therein and produce a pluggable connection. The book (2) can be at least partially detachably fastened to the pluggable connection housing (1). In order to simplify construction and handling of pluggable connection housing (1) and boot (2) and, at the same time, to allow more ways of arranging the boot (2) relative to the pluggable connection housing (1), the boot (2) is substantially tubular and has a peripheral undercut at least in certain places in the peripheral direction at one plug-in end, which undercut engages with at least one undercut element (12) arrange in the plug-in aperture (5, 6) in the plugged-in position (13) of the plug-in end (9).

Abstract: A card connector defining one card-accommodating slot adapted to accommodate a thin card, such as a smart card, and another card-accommodating slot adapted to accommodate a thick card, such as an IC card. The insertion of thin cards completely into the card-accommodating slot which accommodates thick cards is prevented by a member which pivots into the thick card-accommodating slot. The member includes a cam surface adapted to be contacted by a thick card upon insertion into the thick card-accommodating slot and a groove adapted to accommodate a thin card upon insertion into the thick card-accommodating slot. The member is pivotally mounted by a shaft to a card guiding arm defining the thick card-accommodating slot.

Abstract: The electrical connector is provided with a locking member which is disposed on the base housing so that the locking member can move between an open position and a locking position in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of movement of the slide member. The locking member is positioned in the open position when the slide member is in a first position. Furthermore, when the slide member is in a second position, in which pins of an electronic component and contacts of the electrical connector are in contact, the locking member moves to the locking position and contacts the slide member, so that the movement of the slide member is checked. Furthermore, an engaging part, which engages with a tool that is used to move the locking member, is disposed in the upper surface of the locking member.

Abstract: A board-mountable electrical connector (10, 110) comprises a housing (20, 120) which holds a plurality of contacts (30, 120) in a row. Each of the contacts includes a supporting part (31, 131) that is secured to the housing, a connecting part (33, 133) disposed at one end of the supporting part for connection with a circuit board, and a contact part (32, 132) disposed at an opposite end of the supporting part for electrical contact with a mating body. The contact part extends from the supporting part with successive portions including, first, a downward-facing projection (51) adjacent to the supporting part, a projecting shape (56) extending upward to an apex (56a) and then downward to a bent part (52) at a forward end of the contact part, and an arm part (53) extending upwardly and rearwardly from the bent part to a pair of contact projections (54) which can make electrical connection with the mating body. The contact projections (54) are disposed rearwardly of the apex (56a) of the projecting shape.

Abstract: A shielded connector assembly having an electrical connector and a recharging connector portion. The electrical connector having a first insulating housing with contacts disposed therein, a first fixing portion, and a shielding shell disposed about the first insulating housing. The recharging connector portion including a second insulating housing having a terminal, and a second fixing portion that engages the first fixing portion to detachably mount the recharging connector portion to the housing.

Abstract: A plurality of inertial locking connectors wherein each inertial locking connector has a first housing having a locking part and a second housing having a locking arm with a locking projection. The locking projection has a contact surface formed on a front end of the locking projection with respect to a direction of mating and at an inclination with respect to the direction of mating. The contact surface engages the locking part when the first housing and the second housing are mated. Electrical contacts having a number of poles are accommodated in the first housing and the second housing. An angle of inclination is formed by a direction perpendicular to the mating direction and the contact surface. The angle of inclination decreases as the number of poles of the electrical contacts increases in each of the connectors.

Abstract: A board mountable connector has a pair of mounting portions to be mounted on a board. A mounting aperture is formed in each mounting portion, and a keying protrusion is formed on one of the pair and aligned with the mounting aperture. A pair of openings, corresponding to the mounting apertures in the mounting portions of the connector, are provided in the board. A slot that receives the keying protrusion is aligned with one of the openings. This slot is formed thin, to correspond to the keying protrusion of the mounting portion. The mounting portion serves as a securing means by a bolt as well as a keying means to prevent erroneous mounting. Connector retention is therefore improved while minimizing the area required on the board.

Abstract: A relay box having a carrier plate and a plug-in module is disclosed. A conductor to be switched is brought into electrical contact with a relay through the plug-in module and a plug contact arranged in the plug-in module. The relay is plugged both into the plug-in module and into the carrier plate of the relay box through plug contacts. Because of the modular arrangement, increased flexibility is possible when using a prefabricated carrier plate having terminal positions provided for a plurality of relays.

Abstract: The module-type connector according to the present invention defines the connectable connectors with a rigid supporting plate which extends along the connecting direction in order to make it easy to properly fit a male connector to a female connector. In the module-type connector, the contacting portions of the contacts that are shifted in the separation direction of the corresponding terminal with which the contacting portions contact are almost uniformly distributed. Further, the male connector that receives a preliminary load from different levels in the direction so that opposing elastic contacting portions are widened by engaging between the first end portion of each contact within a housing and the different levels of the housing, has at least a protruding portion that protrudes from the contacting surface of the plurality of contacts toward the contacting surface thereof and that is provided between contacts.

Abstract: A card connector assembly having intermediate contacts with dimensions corresponding to the attachment height at which an insulating housing that accommodates a card is attached to a board. Signal contacts are attached to the insulating housing and are connected to the card. A ground plate is ground-connected with the card. The contacts and the ground plate are connected to the board. Intermediate contacts are disposed in the insulating housing. One end of each of the intermediate contacts is ground-connected to the board. The ground plate is ground-connected to the board via the intermediate contacts. Accordingly, even if the attachment height at which the connector assembly is attached to the board should vary, the dimensions of the intermediate contacts can easily be adjusted to accommodate the difference in height.

Abstract: A connector assembly has at least one base housing accommodating a number of pin-type contacts and one pressure plate housing, which may be mounted on a connecting end of the base housing and which may be latched together therewith at least in the mounted position. Each contact is inserted releasably into a longitudinal chamber in the base housing and comprises an insulation displacement end, a contact end opposite thereto and a central zone arranged between said ends.

Abstract: A watthour meter testing device for testing watthour meters is provided that includes a measuring device, a switch, a transmitter and a receiver. The measuring device is in communication with the power measured by the watthour meter. The switch is operable to test electromechanical watthour meters in a first position and operable to test electronic watthour meters in a second position. The transmitter is operative to transmit a light signal to a consumption indicator on the watthour meter when the switch is in the first position for testing electromechanical watthour meter. The receiver is operative to detect the light signal transmitted from the transmitter and reflected from the consumption indicator on the watthour meter when the switch is in a first position. The receiver is further operative to detect a consumption light signal emanating from the electronic watthour meters when the switch is in a second position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an armature spring (4) for a relay comprising a fastening section (3), a connected oblong spring section and a lever (7). The lever is located on the side of the longitudinal axis of the spring section opposite to that of the fastening section (3) so that the spring section is subject to torsional stress. Due to the torsional stress of the spring section, an even progression of the spring characteristic curve can be achieved. The stress is very even, so that the spring is very small and simple. In advantageous embodiments, the spring section extends parallel to the armature pivot axis and is formed by a torsion web (6). The lever section can be flexibly deformable. As a result the spring characteristic can be particularly easily and flexibly adjusted. As a result the spring armature can be combined with a magnet system exhibiting opening angles of 10° to 15°.