Abstract: A female electrical contact including at least one axial elongate flexible spring offset from the axis (A) of the contact and elastically deformable in a transverse direction.

Abstract: An overmolded electrical connector including an insulative block, the insulative block receiving connecting members and being mechanically joined to a rear connection housing, the insulative block being protected by a first metal half-shell and a second metal half-shell adapted to be coupled together to form a shielded housing having electrical continuity with the rear connection housing, the rear connection housing being overmolded with an insulative material jacket. Both the first metal half-shell and the second metal half-shell are twinned and include a female member and a male snap-fastener member for coupling the first metal half-shell and the second metal half-shell together in pairs.

Abstract: An electrical connector portion fixable in a floating manner to a support (2) and including a body (1) that is polygonal in cross-section, with links (5, 13, 20) imparting six degrees of freedom to the body (1) relative to the support, and with a resilient return spring (12, 19, 22) for returning the body (1) to an equilibrium position relative to each degree of freedom. A first link arrangement (5) between the body (1) and the support (2) comprises a first link structure (6, 7) in rotation conferring degree of freedom in rotation about an axis (Y) perpendicular one to the coupling direction, and link structure (9, 10, 11) in translation conferring one degree of freedom in translation along an axis (Z) parallel to the coupling direction.

Abstract: The blade (12) is intended for a female contact for an electrical connector and arranged in order to extend into an elongate slot of a tubular socket of the contact by bearing against an external tube and by being engaged inside this socket and radially movable in an elastic fashion when a pin of an associated male contact is introduced into the socket. It comprises a central portion (13) bearing against the external tube, located between a tail end (7) and a contact end (9), which has a continuous longitudinal curvature of large radius and without folding so that the bearing surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular electrical-connection element including an insulating body having a U-shaped cross section including a central branch (11) for receiving electrical contact elements and two lateral branches (12,13), said cross section having a width (1) equal to that of a module, characterized in that each lateral branch includes an electrically conductive screening element (40) extending over a major part of an outwardly directed surface of said lateral branch, said screening element including at least one means (46,48) for elastic electrical contact positioned on an inner face of said lateral branch and at least one means for electrical connection through said insulating body, said screening element (40) having a means (45) for retaining said screening element in position in the insulating body, at least in the direction of a pull-out substantially parallel to an axis of the U-shaped cross section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and a device for determining operating characteristics of a cylinder (1) in a combustion engine in which each cylinder is provided with an intake duct (4) for the air/fuel mixture which is equipped with a member (5) for controlling the flow rate of the said mixture and which opens into the cylinder via an inlet port (6), a pressure sensor (11) being connected to the said intake duct between the control member and the port (6); the pressure sensor (11), which is independent of the components to be monitored, is used to detect in continuous fashion the pressure in the intake duct (4) between the control member (5) and the port (6); this pressure is converted in continuous fashion into an analog electrical signal representative of the pressure and of its variations; and this electrical signal is processed (in 12) in such a way as to obtain at least one desired operating characteristic of the cylinder.

Abstract: A press-fit connector has an insulative body carrying a series of right-angle pins one branch of which can be force-fitted into a through-plated hole in a printed circuit. The insulative body comprises an angle-bracket having a mounting flange whose outside surface is adapted to bear against the board and a pressure block with bearing surfaces adapted to bear against the pins in order to apply to them a force which forces them into the through-plated holes and other bearing surfaces adapted to bear against the mounting flange. The geometry of the assembly is such that when the first bearing surfaces bear without external loading on the pins there remains a clearance between the second bearing surfaces and the mounting flange which is greater than the permanent deformation of the pins and the insulative body after the pins are forced in and the external loading is removed, so that the angle-bracket is held perfectly against the board.

Abstract: A polygonal section connector comprises a male portion (1) and a female portion (9) that are suitable for coupling together, each supported by a respective support, with at least one of said portions being supported in floating manner. The female portion and/or the male portion is/are provided with alignment means (7, 16; 8, 17) for aligning the male portion in the female portion. One of the connector portions is fitted with centering means for centering it relative to the other portion, which means are suitable for prepositioning said portion, even when presented with an offset and/or an inclination relative to the other portion. The alignment means comprise prealignment means for prealigning the male portion in the female portion and including a skirt (12) which is polygonal in section and designed to receive the male portion as precentered by the centering means. The skirt (12) and the male portion (1) are provided with complementary reliefs (7, 16) for prealigning the male portion in the skirt (12).

Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a front insulating body formed with a plurality of parallel passages formed with respective abutment shoulders and having a rear tubular skirt; a plurality of electrical contacts each in a passage and in abutment against the shoulder thereof and an electrically insulating plate insertable into and within the skirt. The plate has catch fingers arranged for abutment against a rearwardly directed shoulder formed on each contact for locking the contact. The plate can be locked in abutment against the front insulating body. The passages in the front insulating body have such a shape that they prevent the catch fingers from spreading apart and that they maintain the catch fingers against the shoulders of the contacts when the plate is in abutment against the insulating plate.

Abstract: A distribution box has a housing carrying inlet and outlet connector sockets on two major faces and contains an internal printed circuit providing connections between the sockets and enabling the contacts of the connectors to be interconnected. The internal printed circuit is carried by two single-face boards placed back-to-back and interconnected by a flexible connecting circuit and the contacts of the connectors-and optionally of fuse-carriers placed on a single side of the board bearing the printed circuit are soldered in plate through-holes in the boards.

Abstract: An electrical connector for interconnecting two electrically conductive members suitable for conveying very high currents, in particular short circuit currents, the connector comprising: a first connector part provided with a socket; a second connector part suitable for being coupled mechanically to the first part, and provided with a pin suitable for being received in the socket when the two parts are coupled together, each of the two parts having at least one axially-extending annular skirt respectively around the socket and around the pin, and at least one contiguous annular recess shaped and positioned to receive the annular skirt of the other connector part when the two parts are coupled together, and at least two contact rings disposed concentrically and at least approximately in mutual radial alignment, the rings being interposed between the mutually engaged facing surfaces of the socket, the pin, and the skirts when the two connector parts are coupled together.

Abstract: The invention relates to electrical connectors having a plug and a socket which can be coupled into each other by insertion and carrying cooperating contacts provided with locking means comprising a fork lever whose branches rotate on one of the elements (socket or, more frequently, plug) about an axis transversal to the plug-in direction and have claws engaging on a ramp provided on the other element (plug or, more frequently, socket) during the tilting of the lever about its axis in a direction bringing it onto the element which carries it.

Abstract: The connector comprises an insulating support 20 in which are provided uniformly spaced passages and electrical signal contacts, each intended to connect a pad and a track, which are arranged in at least some of the passages.

Abstract: An electric test connector is arranged for temporary for connection with another connector, for checking the electric continuity of units connected to the other connector. It comprises: a pluggable casing and a lock carried by the casing and arranged for retaining the other connector. An electrically insulating plate is movable in the casing along the plugging direction and arranged for abutting connection with the front face of the other connector. The plate is resiliently biased. Electrical contact pins carried by said plate are resiliently biased forwardly towards a position where they have a predetermined amount of projection with respect to the plate. The pins are distributed according to a predetermined pattern corresponding to that of electrical contacts in the other connector.

Abstract: A system for connecting a flat shielded cable of the type comprising a stacking of three conductors, namely, one high voltage conductor and two low voltage equipotential conductors. The system comprises linking electric conductors partially uninsulated at their extremities, which are in intimate contact with corresponding tracks of the flat cable (10), elastic pads (40-43) making it possible to transmit sufficient pressure to the electric contact pickup linkages, and a casing (50, 51) formed of two half-shells closed on the unit constituted by the linkages and the elastic pads, and a device (60, 70) for retaining the two half-shells in either spaced apart or closed position. The system is used for the connection of high voltage cables.

Abstract: A connector component for connecting a coaxial cable comprising a central core and an outer braid to respective first and second contact pins, wherein the connector component is constituted by a core ferrule and a ground ferrule each made of a conductive material having shape memory and shaped so as to fit closely, when in a first shape memory state, respectively on the central core and on the outer braid, and so as to be able to engage and/or disengage the core and ground ferrules when in a second shape memory state, the core and ground ferrules being respectively connected to first and second sockets for providing electrical connection and mechanical cohesion respectively with the first contact pin and the second contact pin. The invention is applicable to electrical connections.

Abstract: Plug for fiber-optic waveguide with an optically active core, a jacket surrounding the core, as well as an outer coating arranged around it for detachable coupling to electro-optical components emitting high-energy laser light.

Abstract: An electrical contact terminal for use in a connector comprises a body having a front tubular contact fractionated into circumferentially distributed contact fingers by longitudinal slots and a rear shank. The shank is shaped to receive an electric wire and is continuous, thereby improving connection with the wire. The connecting zone between the tubular contact and shank is radially expanded and the expansion is clamped in the flared end part of an external protection tube surrounding the front tubular contact.

Abstract: In an electrical connector which has to operate in fluid-tight manner in a liquid medium, in which one of the connector elements comprises contacts distributed circumferentially around an axial bore provided with a movable obturator and the other connector element comprises a cylindrical body adapted to penetrate into the bore by pushing back the obturator and provided with contacts distributed over its periphery and borne by insulating bodies of PTFE, the contacts are borne by insulating bodies of elastically deformable elastomer with the possibility of limited radial movement (springs) of the contacts with respect to the insulating bodies.