Abstract: An audio connector having a stationary member adapted to be mounted on a chassis or panel and a detachable member adapted to be interfitted with said stationary member. The stationary member has a post-like conductive housing disposed within a hollow collar member. The hollow collar member has an intermediate escutcheon plate for mounting the collar member to the chassis or panel. The stationary member has a plurality of female conductive pin receptacles for mating with male pins of the detachable member. The stationary member includes a unitary resilient latch having an elongated tongue-like conductive portion and a pair of conductive wing-like members offset from the elongated conductive portion.

Abstract: An actuator button assembly for a push-button switch having a reciprocally movable actuator shaft, the button assembly including a shell mounted on the shaft and having an end surface lens, a rotor carrying a peripheral array of position indicating panels and mounted within the shell for rotation about an axis substantially parallel with said lens, the rotor having an end surface provided with a radially extending slot, and a fixed arm extended within said slot for converting reciprocal movement of the actuator shaft into rotary movement of the rotor to align a respective one of said panels with said lens for indicating the operative condition of the switch.

Abstract: A switch device including a base having extended therefrom a bowed spring provided with a peak portion, and a slidable actuator having a cam-shaped surface urged against said peak portion of the spring, the cam-shaped surface having at least one detent portion disposed for releasably engaging said peak portion of the spring to provide a tactile indication of the actuator position relative to said base of the device.

Abstract: An audio connector comprising the combination of a pair of detachable members, one of such members including a hollow sleeve-like conductive housing and a plurality of male conductive contact pins, the other one of such members having a post-like conductive housing and a plurality of female conductive pin receptacles adapted to mate with the male contact pins. A mechanical latching system including a unitary resilient latch having an elongated tongue-like conductive portion and a pair of conductive wing-like members offset from the elongated conductive portion is mounted on one of the pair of conductive housings. A manually actuated release means is mounted on the latch. The elongated tongue-like portion of the latch is adapted to slide within a polarization groove formed within the other one of the pair of conductive housings, such groove being cut through a lip formed on the inner periphery of the hollow sleeve-like conductive housing.

Abstract: An improved electrical slide switch having a housing portion, a slidable actuator within the housing, and a resiliently engageable and removable cap which may itself be the actuator, the actuator having a pair of precisely spaced integral leaflike elements which form a trackway of predetermined length which slide over an integral centrally disposed fixed pin carried by the base, with the pin being adapted to repose at opposite ends of the trackway when terminals within the housing are properly engaged with selected slider elements carried by the actuator.

Abstract: Pushbuttons which are especially useful in illuminating pushbutton electrical switches are provided which have a hollow housing with an open face and sides extending inwardly from said face to an open rear end wherein said face constitutes a frame in which one or more separate resilient flat sheet-like display inserts or colored filters are mounted.

Abstract: An electrical coupler and adapter is provided which is simple to make and can be used for coupling electrical plugs of the tip and ring type and of different sizes either for two-conductor circuits or three-conductor circuits.

Abstract: The invention provides a modular structure for electrical connections with an integral molded frame wherein a forward portion of the frame has holes to receive electrical conductors and a rearward portion carries one or more electrical contact assemblies, said frame being adapted to fit into the rear of a panel, with or without elimination of screws previously used for panel mounting, and with the elimination of separate sleeves that have to be brazed on the jack frame, thereby reducing manual operations and simplifying manufacture while providing versatile modular components especially useful in telephone switchboards and apparatus, multiplex and microwave systems, television and broadcast equipment and other control panel applications where small size and reliability are prime engineering and operating parameters. Other features are the provision of a new extruded panel, and the provision of a special type of jack sleeve made from a wrapped up stamping.

Abstract: An improved electrical slide switch is provided having electrically conducting terminals embedded in a molded supporting structure thereby eliminating the conventional terminal board in which the terminals have to be mounted in openings provided for that purpose, and further characterized by slidable contacting elements which reduce to a minimum frictional contact during position changes thereby reducing wear and increasing the durability.