Abstract: A multicontact connector insert may be configured to be placed in a housing of a connector casing. The housing may be formed at least in part by a tubular wall. The insert may include: a front face and a rear face; a side wall extending between the front and rear faces; at least one cavity extending between the front and rear faces and configured to receive at least one contact element; and at least two sealing lips, extending over the side wall and configured to bear against the tubular wall of the connector casing when the insert is placed in the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic relay comprising: a base comprising at least one printed circuit card, which card has at least two conductor tracks forming respective switch accesses; at least one conductive contact element movable between a closed position in which it presses against said two conductor tracks in order to establish an electrical connection between them, and an open position in which the contact element is spaced apart from at least one of said two tracks; a contact element support, the support comprising at least one flexible arm carrying the contact elements; and an actuator mounted on the printed circuit card, and comprising at least one coil constituted by a winding of electric wires; wherein the support includes at least one portion, in particular a portion in the form of a tongue, on which a moving member of the actuator acts in order to move said flexible arm of the support.

Abstract: A connection assembly may include:a first case including locking zones including a series of teeth perpendicular to an axis and regularly spaced apart, the locking zones being separated by a gap including a first height measured along the axis; and a second case to be assembled with the first case, the second case including a body and a locking cap movable relative to the body perpendicular to the axis between unlocked and locked positions, the locking cap including two elastically deformable tabs, each provided with a locking zone including teeth perpendicular to the first axis and regularly spaced apart, each locking zone of the elastically deformable tabs co-operating with a corresponding locking zone of the first case when assembled with the locking cap in the locked position, the locking zones of the second case being separated by a gap including a second height measured along the first axis and different from the first height.

Abstract: A multi-contact connector case may be configured on a support. The case may include a case body including at least one fastener portion configured to co-operate with the support when the case is mounted on the support; at least one bolt element movable relative to the case body between an unlocked position and a locked position in which the bolt element presses against the support when the case is mounted on the support, the bolt element moving closer to the fastener portion of the case body on passing from the unlocked position toward the locked position; and at least one resilient return member configured to move the bolt element from the unlocked position toward the locked position, the bolt element including at least one elastically deformable tab configured to press against a first abutment of the case body when the bolt element is in the unlocked position.

Abstract: A multi-contact connector may include: a case body including a cable-attachment portion configured to enable cables to be attached to the portion, preferably using an attachment piece that is distinct from the case body, for example, a conductive or insulating collar. The attachment portion may project from a rear of the case body and preferably includes a cross-section that is substantially U-shaped. Electrical contact elements may be mounted in the connector, the contact elements being connected to cables, wherein the cables are secured to the cable-attachment portion of the case body by a clamping fitting such as a collar. The case may be deprived of a shielding cap.

Abstract: A contact element for a multicontact connector may be configured to be connected to a complementary other multicontact connector element. The contact element may include: a body including two longitudinal ends, the body being configured to be capable of being mounted, preferably in a removable manner, in a slot of an insulating insert of a multicontact connector; at least one optical termination at one of the ends of the body; at least one electrical termination at the other one of the ends of the body; and an optoelectronic converter housed at least in part in the body and configured to convert an optical signal, or an electrical signal, respectively coming from the optical termination or the electrical termination, into an electrical signal or an optical signal, respectively, for sending to the electrical termination or the optical termination, respectively.

Abstract: A multicontact connector insert may be configured to be placed in a housing of a connector casing. The housing may be formed at least in part by a tubular wall. The insert may include: a front face and a rear face; a side wall extending between the front and rear faces; at least one cavity extending between the front and rear faces and configured to receive at least one contact element; and at least two sealing lips, extending over the side wall and configured to bear against the tubular wall of the connector casing when the insert is placed in the housing.

Abstract: A connection assembly may include: a support including an opening, in particular a panel element including an opening, the opening extending substantially in a plane; an electrical connector housing; and an assembly for assembling the connector housing to the support, the assembly being arranged firstly to enable the housing to be held relative to the support in a rest position in which the housing extends at least in part through the opening in the support, and secondly to enable the connector housing to move relative to the rest position, at least in a direction parallel to the plane of the opening, the assembly including at least one resilient return member arranged to be capable of deforming elastically to accompany movement of the connector housing in a direction parallel to the plane of the opening and to return the connector housing to the rest position.

Abstract: An adapter may be for a multi-contact connector including at least one insert including at least two cavities. The adapter may include a first face configured to be pressed against a front face of the insert, and a second face opposite from the first face, a plurality of cells extending from the first face to the second face. The cells may include at least one cell of a first type configured to be placed in line with a first of the cavities of the insert and to receive an alignment sleeve configured to co-operate with a ferrule of an optical contact element when engaged in the first cavity, and at least one cell of a second type configured to be disposed in line with a second of the cavities so as to receive an end portion of a female electrical contact element when engaged in the second cavity.

Abstract: A method of mounting an electrical connector on a coaxial cable may include: providing an electrical connector including: a central contact provided with at least one crimping portion; an insulating body including a bearing portion with a top face on which the crimping portion of the central contact bears, at least in part; and at least one empty space adjacent to the side wall of the bearing portion of the insulating body; and crimping the central contact onto the central conductor by using a crimping tool including a bearing surface bearing against the crimping portion of the central contact, the tool being movable into an end-of-stroke position in which the bearing surface of the tool extends at least in part into the empty space and beneath the crimping portion of the central contact.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial electrical connector element for providing electrical connection between at least one contact element and a main printed circuit card, each contact element(s) comprising a central conductor and an outer conductor, the connector element comprising a support element suitable for receiving the contact element(s) and an intermediate printed circuit card carrying conductor tracks enabling the central conductor(s) to be connected electrically to conductor tracks of the main printed circuit card. In the connector element, the intermediate printed circuit card has an end face presenting at least one projecting portion, one of the conductor tracks of the intermediate printed circuit card extending over said projecting portion and coming into contact with a conductor track of the main printed circuit card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch device for opening and closing at least one electrical line, the device comprising: at least one pair of contact terminals; at least one drive member each drive member including a contact piece suitable for being displaced axially between a closed position in which the contact piece presses simultaneously against the two contact terminals of said at least one pair, interconnecting them electrically, and an open position in which the contact piece is spaced apart from said two contact terminals; and at least one actuator comprising an actuator element that is movable and suitable for driving said drive member(s); at least one of the actuator element and the drive member being connected to a stationary portion of said device by means of a generally flexible holding element, which element has at least one region secured to said stationary portion of the device, and at least one region secured to the actuator element or the drive member, which region is suitable for fl

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial connector for a printed circuit card, the connector having a connector body suitable for being secured to a printed circuit card, wherein the connector body is in the form of a shell surrounding the outer contact of the coaxial connector over substantially half of its circumference, said body presenting a plane bottom surface suitable for pressing against a surface of the printed circuit card, and a convex top surface of profile having a section that is curvilinear or polygonal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coaxial connector for a printed circuit card, the connector having a connector body suitable for being secured to a printed circuit card, wherein the connector body is in the form of a shell surrounding the outer contact of the coaxial connector over substantially half of its circumference, said body presenting a plane bottom surface suitable for pressing against a surface of the printed circuit card, and a convex top surface of profile having a section that is curvilinear or polygonal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connector for a cable having a plurality of insulated twisted conductors, in particular a twinaxial cable or a dual twinaxial cable, the connector comprising: at least two contact elements, each suitable for being secured to one end of a conductor of the cable; a spacer made of insulating material, having at least two open housings extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the spacer, each of the housings being arranged to receive one end of a conductor of the cable with a contact element secured thereto; wherein, on said spacer, it includes projecting or recessed means for encouraging retention of the end of a conductor of the cable with a contact element secured thereto while they are being inserted into a housing of the spacer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connection block suitable for being inserted in a cavity of a metal box of a multicontact connector, the block comprising: an insulating body having a bottom face and a top face together with a side wall extending substantially between said faces, said insulating body being provided with a plurality of holes designed to receive individual contacts, said holes extending between said bottom and top faces; one or more housings each designed to receive a ground pin; and a metal ground element suitable for being electrically connected to the ground pin(s) inserted in said housing(s), said ground element having a contact wall configured in such a manner as to extend over at least a major portion of the periphery of said side wall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a housing for a coaxial connector element, the housing comprising: a body suitable for receiving a coaxial contact element; a locking member configured to co-operate with a shape of a complementary coaxial connector element, and movable between a locking position and an unlocked position; and a blocking member movable between a blocking position preventing the locking member from unlocking, and a disengaged position allowing the locking member to be unlocked, the blocking member being made integrally with the body.

Abstract: A structure for separating and prepositioning a set of fibers, and a device designed to contain a set of separate fibers prepositioned using the structure. The separation and prepositioning structure includes at least one recess to contain and preposition a single fiber. The recess includes a bottom wall, a top wall, and at least one side wall formed by the side wall of a pattern with a front edge that is oblique with respect to the bottom wall of the recess. At least one inclined connection surface connects the oblique front edge to the rest of the side wall. The structure and device are applicable particularly to the alignment of optical fibers with microguides contained in an optical device.

Abstract: An antenna mounting system includes a first mount having a positioning portion adapted to extend through an opening in a vehicle panel to position and hold the first mount relative to the vehicle panel, a second mount adapted to be disposed adjacent the opposite surface of the vehicle panel, and a connector adapted to couple the first and second mounts to each other. A conductive plate associated with one of the mounts forms a capacitive coupling with the vehicle panel and in conjunction with an inductor or resistor provides a selected resistance to ground. A connector screw in the system has a weakened section which during installation will break should excessive forces be applied thereto, thus to protect other components in the system.

Abstract: The plug connector has a first connector element (2) and a second connector element (3), which are connected to one another by means of a coupling member (26). The two connector elements (2, 3) form an outer conductor (9) and an inner conductor (10). A contact element (16) which is in the form of a cup spring and exerts an axial force on the connector elements (2, 3) in order to compensate for tolerances is arranged between the two outer conductor parts (11, 12). The contact element (16) forms a closed circular contact surface (A, B) with the respective outer conductor parts (11, 12). The plug connector can be produced at low cost and has low RF characteristics, in particular good passive intermodulation and RF emission.