Abstract: A splitter for interconnecting a first connector with at least two second connectors includes a first electrically conductive layer that is connectable to the first connector and to at least one of the second connectors. The first layer has at least two electrically conductive terminals which protrude from the first layer. The electrically conductive terminals are arranged to provide electrical connection between a first contact of the first connector and an associated first contact of at least one of the second connectors.

Abstract: A connector for plugging into a bus bar comprises a housing with a first side wall, a second side wall, and a connecting channel between the first side wall and the second side wall. A plurality of power terminals each having an electrical connection part are provided inside the connecting channel and are adapted to electrically connect with the bus bar. A plurality of grounding terminals are each disposed on the first side wall and the second side wall outside the connecting channel respectively. Each of the grounding terminals have an elastic first finger. An auxiliary support member is provided and supports the first finger.

Abstract: A force detection device includes a mounting plate, a force sensor installed on the mounting plate, and a lever assembly. The lever assembly is rotatably installed on the mounting plate and is adapted to amplify a pushing force applied thereon and apply the amplified pushing force to the force sensor.

Abstract: A connector assembly having a connector housing with terminal receiving cavities which extend to a mating end of the connector housing. Electrical terminals are provided in the terminal receiving cavities. The terminals have mating portions which extend from the terminal receiving cavities beyond the mating end of the electrical connector. A movable cover is movably mounted on the connector housing. The movable cover extends over the mating portions of the terminals. The movable cover prevents unwanted engagement and damage to the mating portions of the terminals during shipping and assembly.

Abstract: A connector comprises a first fastener and a housing. The first fastener is arranged on the housing and is adapted to secure a wire between the housing and the first fastener. The housing includes at least one side wall, and a finger extending from one end of the at least one side wall. The at least one side wall includes a shoulder adapted to withstand external force applied to crimp the finger into a circuit board. A height from the shoulder to the one end of the at least one side wall is sufficient to prevent deformation of the housing during crimping of the finger to the circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing defining an interior cavity and extending from a mounting end to an engagement end, and at least one signal component disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. The housing is formed from a conductive composite material and engages the at least one signal component to shield the interior cavity.

Abstract: An electrical header for use in an electrical connector assembly includes a body adapted to mount to an object and having an opening formed therethrough for receiving an electrical terminal. The body further defines a plug on a first side thereof and adapted to engage with a mating electrical connector of the assembly. The plug includes a pair of first opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a locking feature adapted to engage with a corresponding locking feature of the mating connector, and a pair of second opposing sidewalls extending from the body and defining a keying feature. The first and second pairs of opposing sidewalls are adapted to mate with a first mating connector oriented in a first direction, and mate with a second mating connector oriented in a second direction distinct from the first direction.

Abstract: A heat exchange assembly includes a component heat exchanger that has a component thermal interface configured to thermally interface with an electrical component of an electrical device. The heat exchange assembly includes a device heat exchanger having a separable thermal interface configured to extend to an exterior of a device housing of the electrical device to interface with an external heat exchanger. The device heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat to the external heat exchanger across the separable thermal interface. The heat exchange assembly includes a thermal conduit between the component heat exchanger and the device heat exchanger.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing having a base at a rear and a plug at a front of the connector housing configured to be plugged into a busbar assembly. The plug includes a slot between a first and second plug walls that receives a busbar of the busbar assembly. The electrical connector includes power contacts received in contact channels having mating ends extending along the plug walls into the slot to mate with a busbar contacts of the busbar. The electrical connector includes a cable connector assembly coupled to the connector housing. The cable connector assembly includes a cable connector housing holding a signal contact. The signal contact is electrically connected to a signal cable of the cable connector assembly. The signal contact extending along an exterior surface of the first plug wall to interface with a signal conductor of the busbar assembly when the plug is plugged into the busbar assembly.

Abstract: A ribbon cable sensor assembly having a ribbon cable with respective individual wires. At least one sensor terminating area is positioned on the ribbon cable. The at least one sensor terminating area has insulation removed from respective individual wires to provide exposed individual conductors. Conductive material is applied to respective exposed individual conductors in the at least one sensor terminating area to form at least one sensor. Nonconductive material may be applied to sensor terminating area on top of the conductive material.

Abstract: A product cutting system includes a cutting device disposed at a cutting station for cutting a product and a conveying device transporting the product to be cut to the cutting station. The cutting device is separate from the conveying device and can cooperate with a plurality of different conveying devices to cut a plurality of different products.

Abstract: A method for configuring an electrical contact zone of a terminal includes providing the terminal having a contact portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the terminal, forming a contact dome having a radius in the contact portion of the terminal, and forming a contact zone in the terminal at the contact dome. The contact zone is formed subsequent to a start of the step of forming the contact dome.

Abstract: An electrically insulating touch protection device for an electrical conductor includes an insulating tube and a housing receiving an end of the electrical conductor. The housing has an end section pointing toward the insulating tube. The end section has a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is inserted into the insulating tube and the second segment is placed on the insulating tube.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a conductive cable including an exposed conductive first section having a first cross-section, and a second section adjacent the first second and having a second cross-section distinct from the first cross-section. A ferrule is positioned over the conductive cable and includes a body defining a seam formed therethrough in an axial direction. The ferrule defines a first body portion deformed into a cross-section corresponding to the first portion of the conductive cable, and a second body portion deformed into a cross-section corresponding to the second portion of the conductive cable.

Abstract: A housing of an ultrasonic sensor includes a plurality of layers of a housing material integrally connected together to form the housing. A first section of the housing has a first plurality of layers of the housing material each with a first thickness. A second section of the housing has a second plurality of layers of the housing material each with a second thickness. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness and an ultrasonic wave transmitted through the housing has a greater transmission efficiency in the first section than in the second section.

Abstract: A crimp contact includes a crimp barrel having a crimp base, a pair of crimp shoulders, a crimp region, and an impedance matching region. The crimp shoulders in the crimp region form a longitudinal seam when bent around an electrical conductor. An outer surface of the crimp barrel in the impedance matching region has a gradual expansion along a direction of the longitudinal seam.

Abstract: An optical subassembly comprising: (a) an interposer having first and second opposing sides and defining at least one alignment aperture extending from said first opposing side to said second opposing side; (b) at least one fiber having a first optical axis disposed in said at least one alignment aperture; (c) at least one optical component mounted to said second opposing side having a second optical axis coincident with said first optical axis and defining an interface between said at least one optical component and said at least one optical component; and (d) a feedback component disposed on interposer within line-of-sight of said interface to receive at least a portion of uncoupled light emitted from said interface.

Abstract: A terminal strip cutting and welding system includes a conveying module transporting a terminal strip to a cutting station and a welding station, a cutting module located at the cutting station and cutting a front end of a carrier strip of the terminal strip, and a welding module located at the welding station and welding the front end of the carrier strip of one terminal strip with a rear end of a carrier strip of another terminal strip. The welding connects the one terminal strip and another terminal strip into a continuous terminal strip. A distance between a pair of adjacent terminals on the continuous terminal strip is equal to a predetermined pitch.

Abstract: A label pasting device includes a clamping mechanism and a rotating mechanism. The clamping mechanism has a vacuum suction hole and a pair of grippers. The vacuum suction hole adsorbs onto a vertical part of a T-shaped label to pick up the T-shaped label. The grippers are openable and closable to fold and paste the vertical part of the T-shaped label onto a cable. The rotating mechanism has a fixed plate and a rotatable plate. The fixed plate supports an upper half of a horizontal part of the T-shaped label from a back. The rotatable plate is openable and closable relative to the fixed plate to fold and paste a lower half of the horizontal part of the T-shaped label onto the upper half.

Abstract: A hot press welding head includes a main body having a front side surface and a rear side surface opposite to each other in its transverse direction, and a curved bottom surface between bottom edges of the front side surface and the rear side surface. The bottom edge of the front side surface is lower than the bottom edge of the rear side surface in a height direction of the main body. Multiple positioning slots are formed on the curved bottom surface. The multiple positioning slots are arranged in a row along a longitudinal direction of the main body for simultaneously positioning multiple welded wires. The positioning slot extends along the transverse direction of the main body between the front side surface and the rear side surface.