Abstract: A card connector includes a detecting unit indicating the full insertion of a card into a card-receiving slot that provides no pressure on the card in the direction of its ejection, thereby providing for better reliability of electrical connections between the connector and the card. Card (C) is inserted in card-receiving slot (4) of housing (2) of card connector (1). When the card (C) is fully inserted in the card-receiving slot, one side of the card presses down V-shaped contact section (52a) of sensing member (52) breaking its electrical contact with sensing member (54), thus confirming the full insertion of the card into the card-receiving slot. The V-shaped contact section (52a) exerts pressure against the card (C) in a perpendicular direction.

Abstract: A connector for detachable fastening to a rail comprises at least one modular electric or electronic housing having at least one movable latching means and at least one lever arm for detachable fastening of the housing to the rail, where the latching means can be moved from a first locking position to a second unlocking position by a lever movement of a lever arm, and where the latching means has a spring with a free end which engages with a holding region of the housing in such a way that the latching means moves back from the second unlocking position into the first locking position upon release of the lever arm, and the lever arm has an abutment which cooperates with a side wall of the housing and is arranged at about half the distance between a joint for connecting to the latching means and an actuating region for actuating the lever arm.

Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a 2-layer hermetic coating for on wafer encapsulation of GaAs monolithic microwave integrated circuits and the flip-chip mounting thereof. The present invention utilizes the properties of benzocyclobutene (BCB) for use in high frequency microwave applications to capacitively decoupled the MMIC from the carrier substrate during the flip-chip mounting process. The present invention has the advantage of improved performance and reliable flip-chip mounting by the reduction in stress between the carrier substrate and the MMIC that often occurs in flip-chip mounting of the MMIC.

Abstract: A short circuit terminal has a U-shaped base section formed by a base wall and side walls. Spring contact arms are stamped out of the base wall for short circuiting a pair of terminals arranged in adjacent cavities of a connector housing. The short circuit arms are provided with prestress abutment portions that engage a wall portion of the housing for prestressing the contact arms. The side walls of the base section have cutouts for allowing sliding of secondary locking protrusions through the connector housing.

Abstract: A contact assembly for making contact with a conductor on a foil, in particular a flexible foil, having a first contact region for making contact with a complementary contact and a second contact region for making contact with the conductor where the second contact region has opposing contact arms between which the foil can be introduced and at least one contact arm, on opposing sides, has tongues which can be bent around the other contact arm in such a way that the two contact arms are pressed against one another, to hold the conductor of the foil therebetween.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector base, a contact housing, and a floating latch. The connector base has a first bottom surface, and the contact housing has a second bottom surface. The floating latch couples the contact housing to the connector base. The floating latch is adapted to allow the first and second bottom surfaces to move relative to one another.

Abstract: A distribution device (1) for distributed wiring is constructed with multiple modules (3) that have, respective disconnect hinges (14) mounted disconnectedly to a first rail (4) on a distribution backbone (2), and quick disconnect fasteners (11) disconnectedly secured to a corresponding other rail (4) on the distribution backbone (2).

Abstract: An electrical contact having a connecting region, for connecting with an electrical conductor, a contacting region, for contacting with a complementary contact pin or contact blade, and a transitional region between the contacting region and the connecting region, where the transitional region is narrower in its width than the contacting region and the connecting region in order to interact with a contact locking member of a housing, the transitional region having three walls which are separated from one another by clearances, one wall forming the bottom wall and the two other wall forming the side walls, where the separation enables the required forming.

Abstract: In a connector assembly for mounting on printed circuit boards and consisting of a receptacle connector (10) and a plug connector (20), the plug-side board mount (26) has a contact tab (26c), and the receptacle-side board mount (16) has a spring arm contact section (16c) that engages the contact tab (26c) of the plug-side board mount (26) when the connectors are mated. The spring arm contact section (16c) is disposed within a vertical through-cavity (12b) of the receptacle connector (10). When the connectors are mated, the spring arm contact section (16c) located in the through-cavity (12b) of the receptacle connector fits into the through-cavity (22b) of the plug connector where it engages with the contact tab (26c).

Abstract: An electrical connector (16) is adapted to be secured to a mounting surface (84) of an electrical component (12). A gasket (86) is disposed between the connector and the mounting surface to provide an acoustical seal and to urge the connector outwardly against its latching members (72,76) to provide a firm and stable assembly (10). The connector (16) includes a button (38) which, when depressed, operates contacts (52,54) for receiving a conductor (22,24). Spaced apart projections (100) extend from a surface (88) of the connector into pressing engagement with portions (106) of the gasket thereby having a stabilizing affect on the connector when the button is depressed.

Abstract: An apparatus for propagating high frequency energy hag a wavelength of .lambda. in a dielectric medium has first and second signal lines, substantially coplanar with each other, and carrying high frequency energy, A ground trace separates the signal lines and has a plurality of vias, each spaced a distance greater than one quarter .lambda. and less than one half .lambda. apart from another one of the vias.

Abstract: Coaxial connector (10) including an outer conductive housing (16) with a contact band (22) annularly therearound. Contact band (22) includes an array of convex spring members (24) that engage under spring bias the cutout periphery when connector (10) is mounted through the cutout of a bulkhead (32), compressing the spring members radially inwardly into the shallow groove (20) in which contact band (22) is seated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector with a low height which makes it possible to make highly-reliable electrical connections with cards in which signal contacts are disposed on a surface of the card. The card connector (10) has grounding contacts (60) and electrical contacts (50), which are used to electrically connect with ground contacts and signal contacts disposed on one surface of the card accommodated in the card connector. The grounding contacts (60) and electrical contacts (50) are disposed side-by-side on the same side of the card connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (30) includes an insulating housing (32) and assembled thereto a plurality of terminal modules (50). Each terminal module (50) has a plurality of terminals (56), each including a cantilevered beam (58) having a protuberance (59) at the leading end thereof, a conductor connecting portion (62) and an intermediate portion (60) therebetween encapsulated in an insulative web (76). The beams (58) of all the terminals (56) extend in a single line. The protuberances (59) of a first group (64) of adjacent terminals (56) in the row extend in one direction in the single line and the protuberances (59) of the beams of a second group (66) extend in an opposite direction in the single line.

Abstract: A ballasted transistor structure reduces thermal runaway. A heterojunction bipolar junction transistor array includes a plurality of transistors, each having an emitter, a base and a collector. Each of the bases is an alloy of silicon and germanium and each of the collectors and emitters is silicon. A ballast resistor, of doped silicon, that prevents thermal runaway, is electrically connected to each of the collectors.

Abstract: A connector assembly having a first electrical connector with an actuating slide and a second, complementary connector, where the actuating slide is integrated into the first connector and co-operates with the second connector in order to plug the connector pair together, at least one pin being moved through a guide groove during the actuation of the actuating slide in order to connect the connectors, and the pin being moved in the opposite direction through the guide groove during the actuation of the actuating slide in order to separate the connectors, the actuating slide and the first electrical connector having complementary guide means which guide the actuating slide essentially on a circular track during the actuation.

Abstract: An electrical connector 10 includes a housing 12 with a plurality of terminals 60 disposed in housing cavities 20. A molded deflectable latch 40 extends from the housing 12 into each cavity 20. The latch 40 engages a terminal 60 positioned within the corresponding cavity 20. The latch 40 deflects to permit insertion of the terminal into the corresponding cavity 20. Each cavity 20 is formed by at least one interior wall 30. Each molded latch 40 deflects relative to an adjacent interior wall 30 and has a finger 50 protruding from the latch 40 toward the adjacent interior wall 30. Each interior wall 30 has an outer shoulder 32 projecting toward an adjacent latch 40 and positioned relative to the finger 50 to prevent excessive deflection of the molded latch 40. The finger 50 is positioned relative to the adjacent interior wall 30 to prevent the latch 40 from lateral movement toward the adjacent interior wall 30 as the latch 40 is deflected.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) mountable to a surface (41) of a printed circuit board (40, 48) for electrically connecting a component (50) to the board (40, 48). The connector (10) has a plurality of contacts (12) supported in a plurality of contact receiving apertures (18) of a connector housing (14). Each of the plurality of contacts (12) is in the form of a thin flat plate (12) having a conductive element engaging portion (32) and a tail portion (33) which is electrically connectable to the board (40, 48), and each contact receiving aperture (18) is a narrow slot (18) which receive a contact (12) and maintains the contact (12) properly positioned in the housing (14).

Abstract: A bandolier splice assembly 10 includes at least two bandoliers 20 connected by a splice member 30. Each bandolier 20 includes a bandolier strip with electrical contacts 20 secured at regular intervals by retaining sections 23. The splice member 30 is inserted into the trailing end of a first bandolier and into the leading edge of a second bandolier so that the electrical contacts 24 can be continuously fed to an assembly machine or operating station without any down time for changing bandoliers 20. The flat splice member 30 includes resilient legs 33 separated from the remaining body of the splice member 30 by slots. Each leg 33 includes a tooth 37 with inclined camming surface 38 for deflecting the flexible leg 33 and a gripping surface 39 to engage endmost retaining sections 23. A splice stop member 36 positions the two bandoliers 20 relative to each other so that the electrical contacts continue to spaced on the same regular intervals for sequential input to an operational station or machine.

Abstract: A switched amplifying device for use in a wireless telecommunications receiver as an amplifier of an RF signal has an amplifying device electrically connected in parallel with a switch. The switched amplifying device has a bypass mode in which an electrical path of the RF signal bypasses the amplifying device and is connected to an RF output port. The switched amplifying device also has a amplification mode in which, the electrical path of the RF signal flows through the amplifying device prior to presentation of the RF signal at the RF output. In the bypass mode, the amplification device is in an off state. Similarly, in the amplification mode, the bypass device is in an off state. Use of the switched amplifying device according to the teachings of the present invention in a receiver permits accommodation of a larger dynamic range in amplitude of received signal with less signal degradation and noise figure than in prior art amplification devices.