Abstract: A connector includes an insulator having contact receiving portions and a retainer receiving portion that communicate with each other. The connector further includes conductive contacts inserted into the contact receiving portions from a first direction, respectively. The connector further includes a retainer inserted into the retainer receiving portion from the first direction for preventing the contacts from coming off in a direction opposite to the first direction. The retainer includes a body portion and a pair of elastic pieces each elastically deformable and joined to the body portion. The body portion has a pair of excessive deformation preventing portions each for preventing excessive deformation of the corresponding elastic piece toward the body portion.

Abstract: A locking connector is provided for electrically interconnecting first and second electrical conductors. The connector includes an enclosure that accommodates an electrical contact component electrically interengaged with the first conductor. At least two spring locking clips are mounted in the enclosure and serially arranged to face away from the inlet such that the clips are sequentially and resiliently opened by introducing the second conductor into the enclosure through the inlet. The clips are spring biased to grip the second conductor at a plurality of locations and hold the second conductor in electrical interengagement with the contact component. This enables the second conductor to resist disengagement from the contact component.

Abstract: A plurality of electrical interconnections may be formed in an electrical device including a first component having a plurality of contact pads and a second component having a plurality of contact pads. The two components are placed in a confronting spaced relationship such that each contact pad of the first component locationally corresponds to one of the contact pads of the second component. The contact pads of the second component are further arranged such that at least two of the contact pads are laterally offset relative to their locationally corresponding contact pads on the first component with one of the at least two contact pads being offset in a first direction while the other is offset in another direction. A mass of conductive material is disposed between each contact pad of the first component and its corresponding contact pad of the second component.

Abstract: A high-density multi-port-module patch panel system includes angled multi-port modules. The system accommodates a high density of cable connections, while also providing effective cable management without increasing the maintenance costs or sacrificing the network performance. The angled multi-port modules exert less stress on the connectors and portions of the cabling adjacent to the connectors. Further, the angled arrangement provides a neater arrangement, and better facilitates maintenance and service procedures by providing improved visibility of labeling surfaces.

Abstract: A connector for providing semi-permanent connection between a bus bar and a connector contact is formed by ovelapping a bus bar tab with at least one contact tail of the connector contact and gripping the overlapped bus bar tab and the contact tail with a spring clip. In this manner, the spring clip produces the pressure required to establish adequate contact between the bus bar tab and contact tail. According to another feature, the junction including the bus bar tab, the contact tail and the spring clip are isolated by covering them with an electrically insulating sleeve, this sleeve also serving to retain the spring clip in position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for field attaching an electrical connector to an MC-HL type of cable includes a housing having a built-in ninety degree radius. The housing includes sockets at each end, one for attachment to an oil field wellhead, for example, and the other end to the MC-HL cable. Various component parts are described along with both audible and visual verification that proper attachment has occurred. A method of securing the cable to the connector to provide the required strain relief and not damage the metal cladding is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a connector device for card, which can easily take out plural kinds of cards of different shapes mounted in a predetermined mount position. The connector device 1 for card according to the present invention comprises a housing 2, and a card insertion opening 2a for inserting a first wide and thick card 15 and a second narrow and thin card 16 into the housing 2, wherein the housing 2 is provided with a first ejection mechanism for ejecting the first card 15 inserted into the housing and a second ejection mechanism for ejecting the second card 16, and the second ejection mechanism is movable to a position which does not interfere with the insertion of the first card 15 when the first card 15 is inserted.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) comprises an elongate insulative housing (1), a contact set (2), a shield (3), and a plurality of cables (6). The housing has a base portion (11) and a plurality of passageways (111) defined in the base portion. The contacts set is assembled into a rear end of the housing. The contact set comprises an insulative insert (21), a plurality of signal and grounding contacts (22) and a grounding bar (23) assembled in the insert. Each contact comprises a mating section (224) extending beyond the insulative insert and received into the corresponding passageways of the housing and a connecting section (226) remained in the insert, and a step section (228) between the mating section and the connecting section so that the mating section is not coplanar with the connecting section. The plurality of cables extends into the insulative insert and is electrically soldered to the connecting sections.

Abstract: A wire connector includes a main body, an upper cover, an upper cutter, a lower cover, and a lower cutter. Thus, the oblique jaw portions of the pliers are closely urged on the oblique faces of the action portions of the upper cover and the lower cover, so that the upper cover and the lower cover are pressed by the pair of pliers to move into the receiving chamber of the main body smoothly and conveniently without incurring deflection.

Abstract: A Serial ATA connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) consisting of a first housing member (11) and a second housing member (12), and a plurality of terminals (140, 141) received in the housing. The first housing member defines a plurality of depressed molding areas (116, 117, 118, 119) for being filled with injected molding materials to form the second housing member. A pair of reinforcing posts (115) is provided on the first housing member to further increase the strength of the housing.

Abstract: A layered interface device comprises an interface box and a supporter. The interface box is connected to a computer or other similar system. The supporter is connected to the interface box. The supporter includes at least one arm. The arm has two connecting portions. The first connecting portion serves to be connected to the interface box. The second connecting portion is connected to a respective supporter of another interface box. Thereby, a plurality of interface devices are assembled by using respective supporters so that the interface boxes connected to the respective supporters are overlapped with one another.

Abstract: A socket for testing integrated circuit has opposite cantilever probing pads hinged at the far ends of the cantilevers to a circuit board. The leads of the IC are pressed over the free nearer ends of the cantilevers. Cushions are inserted under the two free nearer ends of the cantilevers to absorb in the pressure of the IC leads. For in-line lead IC packages, a common cushion can be used for each line of leads. Metallic pedestals can be mounted on the between the nearer ends of the cantilever and touching the IC under test for heat sinking and common ground. The pedestals can be inserted through the circuit board from a base plate at the bottom of the circuit board.

Abstract: A connector for interconnecting or mutually isolating two circuits one of which is connected to a first connector element (1) and the other of which is connected to a second connector element (2) which is interengageable with the first. One of the connector elements supports a first contact (12) connected to a respective circuit and a displaceable contact holder (4) carrying interconnected second (14) and third (15) contacts. The contact holder is displaceable between a first position in which the first (12) and second (14) contacts are separated and a second position in which the first and second contacts are interconnected. The connector elements are formed such that on interengagement the contact holder is displaced from the first to the second position after the third contact is interconnected with a contact (34) of the other connector element (2). The arrangement is such that on disengagement of the connector elements (1, 2) the contact holder is displaced from the second to the first position.

Abstract: An optical module locking mechanism has locking means for locking a locking member swingably arranged in a case which forms part of an optical module and a cage for housing the case to each other, and a lever pivotably arranged on the case and capable of moving the locking member to release a locking state of the locking means. The locking means is released from the locking state by pulling the lever in a direction in which the optical module housed in the cage is drawn out of the cage. According to this optical module locking mechanism, the locking means can be released from the locking state by pulling the lever in the direction in which the optical module housed in the cage is drawn out of the cage, and the optical module can be removed from the cage by subsequently continuing to pull the lever in the same manner.

Abstract: An electric distribution block includes a block body integrally formed with a connector mounting portion having a cavity therein, and a bus bar integrally formed with a terminal portion. A slit is formed in the connector mounting portion. The terminal portion is inserted into the connector mounting portion through the slit.

Abstract: The present invention is a testing apparatus which includes a contact connector comprised of a housing with contact blades extending from the housing. The contact blades are pivotally mounted to the housing by pivot rods. A biasing element is coupled to the contact blades, providing resistance against rotary movement of the contact blade in one direction. In one embodiment, the housing has a comb structure including a plurality of slots and slot division walls between the slots. A spacer is disposed in each of the slots, and the contact blades are aligned with the slot division walls.

Abstract: A power adapter having a freely rotatable plug connection comprises a main body, a DC wire, and an AC wire. The main body includes a casing that respectively encloses an adapter circuit board, a DC connector port and an AC connector port, the DC connector port and the AC connector port being respectively arranged on the adapter circuit board. A terminal of the DC wire electrically connects a DC plug that mates with the DC connector port according to a freely rotatable manner, and another terminal of the DC wire electrically connects an output plug to deliver a signal to an electrical device. A terminal of the AC wire electrically connects the AC connector port and another terminal of the AC wire electrically connects another plug.

Abstract: A card connector has a housing with contacts. A cover is mounted to the housing and has a card insertion slot that receives a card. The card has a contact portion corresponding to the contacts of the housing. A locking member locks the cover to the housing. The locking member is slideably mounted on the housing and has a cam surface that engages an end of the card. The locking member pushes the card adjacent to the contacts so that the contact portion slides across the contacts of the housing to wipe contaminants from a surface of the contact portion and the contacts to improve an electrical connection there between.

Abstract: A connection panel comprising a frame member and a plurality of first terminals provided on the frame member. The first terminals are arranged in a horizontal row on the frame member, are identical and are each a sixty-four position standard type of terminal. The connection panel also comprises a plurality of second terminals provided on the frame member. The second terminals are arranged in a horizontal row on the frame member and have a position layout that is the same as a position layout of the standard type of terminal. Each of the second terminals is a sixty-four position standard type of terminal. The connection panel further comprises connections disposed within the frame member providing electrical connections between the first terminals and the second terminals.

Abstract: A circuit board terminal (10) has a board connecting portion (12) with a pair of resilient contacts (14) that bulge out with a deformation space (15) therebetween. A resiliently deformable strut (17) bridges the facing inner surfaces of the two resilient contacts (14). The board connecting portion (12) can be inserted into a through hole (23) in a circuit board (20). Thus, the resilient contacts (14) are pressed against the inner surface of the through hole (23) by a resilient force of the strut (17) acting in elongating directions and their own resilient forces acting in opening directions.