Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals secured within the housing for mounting a mating connector or an electronic module or the like having a plurality of electronic leads disposed thereon to a printed substrate. A first contact beam is cantilevered from a base portion and has a distal end, while a second contact beam is similarly cantilevered from a base portion and also has a distal end wherein a gap is formed between the distal ends of the contact beams. The leads of the mating connectors or the like are inserted into the gap for contacting engagement with the contact beams. A gap adjustment integrally connected to the base portion provides for simple adjustment of the size of the gap between the contact beams.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular jack having a first plurality of wires which extend in a common vertical plane from the bottom wall of the housing across the opened end and to the top wall and then extend horizontally forward and then angularly downwardly and rearwardly back toward the rear opened end. A second plurality of wires extends first in a common vertical plane from the bottom wall across only a part of the rear opened end and then extends obliquely, horizontally and upwardly toward the front opened end. A method of use is also disclosed.

Abstract: A card connector according to the current invention provides a substantially low profile when it is placed on the board. Stoppers and solder tails are situated at the bottom of the housing of the card connector and extend in the perpendicular direction with respect to the housing. In one embodiment, the connector housing is inserted into a mount opening of a circuit board from a rear side of the circuit board. A portion of the housing may be positioned above the front surface of the circuit board while stoppers and solder tails are positioned on the rear surface of the circuit board. Since the solder tails are soldered to the circuit board, it is possible to reduce the height of the connector housing that extends over the front surface of the circuit board.

Abstract: A connector assembly 10 includes a receptacle 12 and a pin header 14 adapted to mate with the receptacle. A row of resilient enhancement contacts 18 extend through a backplane 16 and is held in place in fixed relation to the receptacle. The receptacle and pin header each comprise an insulative body portion 20, 19, respectively. The receptacle 12 comprises contact pins extending through body portion 20 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row (3.times.32). The pin header 14 likewise comprises contact pins extending through body portion 19 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row. The pin header 14 includes a row of contact strips 24 disposed on an outer surface of body portion 19. The contact strips are preferably of uneven lengths to provide for stage mating between the contact strips 24 and corresponding enhancements pins 18.

Abstract: An electrical connector (2) for interconnecting a plurality of printed circuit boards or the like. A circuit board (6) is disposed in a recess (22) in the connector housing such that the circuit board is electrically interconnected to another circuit board (4) on which the connector is mounted. A latch (28) provides a retentive force for maintaining the circuit board in the recess of the connector housing. Actuation of a lever (48) coupled with the latch provides an effective force to disengage the latch from the circuit board such that the circuit board can be removed from the connector housing. A projection (42) can be provided on a latch-forming member for securing the connector on a circuit board or the like.

Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly which comprises a printed circuit board on which there is mounted a component of an electrical connector. The printed circuit board and the electrical connector component have aligned mounting apertures. A boardlock member extends axially through these apertures and has a mounting foot engagement structure from which two resilient spaced legs depend. These spaced legs each have projections which are axially spaced from one another so that the connector member may engage a circuit board of one thickness on the projection of one leg and also engage a circuit board of another thickness by the projection on the other leg.

Abstract: A removable shroud latch for securing a printed circuit board (PCB) or second connector (device) to a first connector has a rectangular base which surrounds the first connector. The shroud latch engages the device by means of two pairs of inwardly biased arms that extend from the top of the elongated sides to engage opposite sides of either a hole in the PCB by means of knobs centered on the inward side of outwardly flared flanges at the upper ends of the arms or to an edge of the second connector. A plurality of inwardly extending shoulders on the bottom of the elongated sides engage the bottom edge of the first connector to prevent upward vertical movement of the shroud latch.

Abstract: An ejection mechanism for an electrical connector, especially a double-deck PCMCIA card header/electrical connector, has a single card eject selection button and associated ejection shaft that is manually positionable to selectively engage and actuate upper or lower card ejectors through respective upper or lower ejector push-rods. The user manually positions the selection button so as to only eject one of the upper or lower cards. Upon actuation of the selection button and subsequent ejection of the desired card from the selected upper or lower connector slot, the selection button returns to a pre-selection or initial position. The selection button includes a safety mechanism that prevents accidental ejection of the nonselected card.

Abstract: A connector (9) for electrically connecting a cable (10) including a bundle of electric wires (13) to a printed circuit board where the connector includes a connector body (1), a housing (12) formed to support wires of the cable integrally with one another and capable of being coupled to the connector body. The connector body includes at least one pair of facing supports (4) provided at edges of the connector body and adapted to support the housing so as to prevent the cable from being easily separated from the connector body when external force or tension is applied where at least one support of the connector body has a hook (5) adapted to engage with an edge of the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum pick up cap for use with receptacles. This vacuum pick up cap has a planer top section which is adapted to be engaged by a vacuum nozzle and a lower section from which a plurality of pegs project to engage apertures in the top surface of the receptacle. These pegs have upper and lower longitudinal sections having different axial dimensions so as to be engageable with receptacles having different size apertures. These upper and lower sections may also have longitudinal axes which are laterally displaced from each other to enable the cap to be used on receptacles having rows of apertures which are displaced at different distances.

Abstract: Disclosed is an insertion and ejection printed circuit board edge connector assembly. A circuit board fits into a slot in an elongated housing, and at each end of the housing there is an ejectment mechanism having an upper engagement arm and a lateral engagement arm which is pivotally connected to the housing at a point between the engagement and ejectment arm. The engagement arm is fixed to one end of the circuit board by a flexible latch which may be disengaged to allow the ejectment arm to pivot upwardly to eject the circuit board.

Abstract: An insert for a modular jack assembly insert comprising an insulative member having top and bottom walls; a front end and a rear recess; a first wire extending from adjacent the bottom wall of the insulative member across the rear recess to the top wall and then through the front end of the insulative member; and a second wire extending from adjacent the bottom wall of the insulative member across the rear recess in non-contacting, overlapping relation with the first wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector comprising a front retaining member with a pin receiving passageway, a plurality of conductive pins extending through the passageway, a rear retaining means with a plurality a pin receiving means and a printed wiring board with capacitors and central apertures and being interposed between the front and rear retaining members so as to receive the pins in said apertures.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising a socket, a plug and a medial wire termination device which includes an insulative housing with a socket receiving recess at one end and a plug engaging projection at the other end. Between the socket and the plug there are transversely spaced, generally parallel metallic contacts. On each of these metallic contacts there are a pair of wire receiving terminals each of which terminals is adjacent to a wire receiving aperture in the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a header which may be used on a disc drive base or on another such plate between a higher pressure space and a lower pressure space and which will effectively prevent or retard pressure loss from the higher pressure space. A molded plastic wafer member is positioned in an aperture in the plate. A fiberglass reinforced polymer board member is superimposed over the wafer. There are axially aligned transverse apertures in the board member and the wafer member and conductive pins pass through these aligned apertures. Adjacent the apertures in the board member are metallized surfaces and the pins are soldered to board member at this point to effect the pressurized seal.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector comprising a front retaining member with a pin receiving passageway, a plurality of conductive pins extending through the passageway, a rear retaining means with a plurality a pin receiving means and a printed wiring board with capacitors and central apertures and being interposed between the front and rear retaining members so as to receive the pins in said apertures.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical header assembly comprised of an insulative housing having pins extending from its mounting and mating sides and a mounting bracket adjacent its mounting side. A coding bar is superimposed over its mating side and is retained in position by a horizontal support having a vertical footer positioned between the bracket and its mounting side.

Abstract: A connector comprising a body of electrically insulating material having contact holes each provided with an electrical conductive contact element and arranged in at least two columns and at least two rows is provided. Each column has a longitudinal direction. Each contact element comprises a set of contact springs arranged for contacting a contact pin of a mating connector. Shielding elements of electrically conducive plate material being disposed in the body are provided. Each shielding element is shaped and arranged so that neighboring contact elements are always entirely shielded from each other by parts of the shielding elements. The shielding elements are square wave shaped and are each arranged within one column in such a way that an open portion of each of the square wave shaped shielding elements is not adjacent to an open portion of a neighboring square wave shaped shielding element.

Abstract: An electrical connector 12 is provided which can be fixed to a printed circuit board 10 through the utilization of an automatic soldering station. A peg 16 is projected from a housing body 14 of the connector 12 and inserted through an insertion hole 28 of the printed circuit board 10. A solderable conductor 30 is arranged around an insertion hole 28 on the solder side 10b of the board 10. A cylindrical metal ring 32 is fitted over the peg 16. The cylindrical metal ring 32 has a wedge-like projection 34 on its inner wall which bites into the peg 16 thus fixing the ring 32 to the peg 16. When the board 10 is subjected to an automatic soldering operation, a solder connection is achieved between the conductor 30 of the board 10 and the cylindrical metal ring 32 fitted over the peg 16, thereby fixing the connector 12 to the board 10.

Abstract: A terminator for multiple electrical conductors has a forwardly projecting ground contact provided on the ground structure thereof. A corresponding receptacle has a die cast frame to which nosepieces are attached. Cantilevered contact elements extend from contact blocks and are received in windows provided in the nosepieces.