Abstract: The invention relates to a wall feedthrough, in particular for a metal wall and for a high-voltage coaxial cable, said feedthrough comprising an insulating socket which is affixed to the wall and which includes a central segment, an upstream end and a downstream end, said ends each projecting on its side from the wall. The insulating socket allows passing a cable inner conductor through it, and the feedthrough furthermore includes primary mechanical fasteners at the downstream socket end which cooperate with secondary mechanical fasteners affixed to the sheathed part of the cable. This feedthrough is characterized in that the cable's inner conductor is electrically insulated from the wall by pre-stressed electric insulators.

Abstract: A mounting for a jumper assembly bus assembly where the jumper assembly includes a housing assembly and a bus assembly. The jumper assembly housing assembly has a housing assembly planar member and a plurality of side walls extending generally perpendicular to and downward from the planar member defining at least one raceway. The bus assembly includes a bus assembly planar member with two terminal ends extending therefrom. The mounting includes at least one bus assembly mounting boss disposed on a housing assembly side wall, the mounting boss disposed adjacent to, but spaced from, the housing assembly planar member, and at least one elongated bus assembly clip extending from the housing assembly. The bus assembly mounting boss is structured to retain the bus assembly planar member adjacent to the housing assembly planar member and the at least one bus assembly clip is structured to retain a bus assembly terminal end against the housing assembly planar member.

Abstract: A jumper assembly which includes a housing assembly and two or more bus assemblies. The housing assembly has a planar member, a plurality of lower side walls and plurality of upper side walls. The housing assembly planar member has an upper side and a lower side. The lower side walls forming a plurality of bus assembly raceways. The two or more bus assemblies each have a planar member and two terminal ends. The bus assembly planar members are disposed in the lower raceways adjacent to and parallel to the housing assembly planar member lower side. Thus, the bus assemblies are in a single plane.

Abstract: The present invention incorporates a hermetic glass bead 206 and a grounding lip 208 into an outer conductor insert 216 to form a microwave coax connector 201. The glass bead 206 forms both the hermetic seal and the support for the coax center conductor pin 214. The outer conductor insert 216 of the coax connector 201 includes the ground lip 208 to provide a short ground path for the connection to a microstrip substrate 10 provided on a carrier 12 in a housing 2. The coax connector 201 is soldered into a cavity 235 in the housing 2 to assure a short ground path between the coax connector 201 and the carrier 12. There is no need for soldering a separate glass bead into the housing 2, which at these high frequencies, is very difficult due to the small size of the glass bead.

Abstract: A coupling system includes an optical plug-in connector, a coupling partner and a retaining element. The housing of the plug-in connector is provided with a sliding key and with two springy detent limbs which include a detent nose for engaging with the coupling partner. In order to receive the plug-in connector, the coupling partner is provided with a plug inlet which has recesses that correspond to the detent noses of the plug-in connector. A retaining element includes a laterally displaceable outer housing and an inner housing that is pivotally arranged therein. A locking element is provided as a two-limb lever that is arranged on the inner housing and that serves to lock the plug-in connector in the retaining element. When inserting the plug inlet, this locking is released once the plug-in connector and plug inlet are engaged with one another.

Abstract: An outlet unit for providing a supply voltage to the prongs of a plug comprising a housing having a plurality of electrically conductive plug channels for receiving the prongs of the plug, a shutter rotatably mounted to the housing and operative in one of a first and a second position, the shutter having openings for receiving the prongs of the plug wherein only when in the second position the openings of the shutter and the plug channels are aligned permitting axial displacement of the prongs into the housing, and a strike plate located between the housing and the shutter for preventing the rotation of the shutter to the second position absent axial displacement of the prongs sufficient to engage the strike plate.

Abstract: A socket apparatus for receiving and supporting a plug-in module in a host device such as a peripheral device. The socket apparatus is mounted and fully supported by a printed circuit board and requires no additional support from the host device chassis or by a cosmetic case or housing. The apparatus is elevated relative to the printed circuit board so that valuable real estate on the board is not appreciably diminished by the apparatus. The apparatus provides an effective low impedance REI ground path, provides support to the host electrical connector and minimizes a number of parts and tolerance stack-up.

Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting wire leads of a first cable to corresponding wire leads of a second cable. A terminal housing structure has a first base, and a second base facing opposite to the first base. First pairs of connector terminals are configured to connect with pairs of wire leads of the first cable, and second pairs of connector terminals are configured to connect with pairs of wire leads of the second cable. A wiring board captured between the first and second bases has sets of conductive terminal openings at corresponding locations in the board. The first pairs of connector terminals are mounted on one side of the board in first pairs of terminal openings, and the second pairs of connector terminals are mounted on the opposite side of the board in second pairs of terminal openings which are electrically connected to the first pair of openings. The sets of terminal openings are spaced apart sufficiently to avoid cross-talk between the pairs of connector terminals.

Abstract: A connector (21) includes at least one terminal (23) and a connector housing (22) having a terminal receiving chamber into which the at least one terminal (23) is insertable. The connector housing (22) has at least one connection port (33) through which a mating terminal is insertable, a detection-pin inserting port (34) through which a lance-displacement detecting pin of a connector conduction-test tool is insertable, and a contact-pin inserting port (35) through which a conduction contact pin (24) of the connector conduction-test tool is insertable. The contact-pin inserting port 35 is formed in such a manner as to cut away an edge portion of the connection port (33).

Abstract: The invention describes an electrical connector having a multitude of adjacent contacts and side walls. At least part of the side walls are flexibly moveable, and the side walls are positioned so that they surround at least part of the contact element region. Because of the flexibility of the side walls, an electrical connector of this type can be connected to a second electrical connector under any circumstances and without any problems.

Abstract: A retention mechanism for an electronic assembly which has a substrate and a heat sink. The retention mechanism includes a substrate slot that receives the substrate and a heat sink slot that receives the heat sink. There may be two retention mechanisms that are attached to a printed circuit board adjacent to an electrical connector. There may be two heat sink slots symmetrically located about the substrate slot so that the mechanism can be mounted to a left side or a right side of the connector. The symmetric slots eliminate the need for a left side mechanism and a right side mechanism. The retainer mechanism may also have a nut retainer that captures a nut that is used to attach the mechanism to the printed circuit board. The nut retainer allows the nut to be transported with the retainer mechanism during an assembly process.

Abstract: An organic luminescent element includes a substrate, an anode, a cathode, at least one organic material layer interposed between the anode and the cathode, and a sealing film containing a ferroelectric material provided on the anode or the cathode on the organic material layer. Preferably, the organic luminescent element further includes a counter electrode provided on the sealing film. Preferably, the substrate is transparent, and the anode is composed of indium tin oxide.

Abstract: A coaxial plug connector with an adjustable length is disclosed that can be used for adjusting the phase of a coaxial cable. The outer conductor of the coaxial plug connector is on the connection side received in the outer conductor of the coaxial plug connector on the cable-side by a press fit. The inner conductor of the plug connector can be displaced in an insulator support member by at least the adjustment distance of the outer conductor of the connector on the connection side.

Abstract: A connector (10) includes a cylindrical main body (20) which can be inserted between a braided conducting shield (63) and an insulating sheath (64) of a shielded wire (60) in the longitudinal direction thereof, a connection portion (30) provided at the base end portion of the main body (20), and a main-body-diameter reducing mechanism (40) for reducing the diameter of the leading end portion of the main body (20).

Abstract: A connector for an electrical cable, comprising a body in which is formed a passageway having a longitudinal axis, a contact element which projects into the passageway in order to make contact with the electrical cable when in the passageway, and a retaining element for hindering longitudinal withdrawal of the cable from the passageway, the retaining element comprising a pair of resiliently deformable lips extending into the passageway from a face thereof in a first direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, each of the lips being separated from a face of the passageway in a second direction transverse to both the first direction and the longitudinal axis, thereby to allow flexing of the lips in the second direction. The lips are advantageously shorter than the depth in the first direction of the passageway, typically 40 to 80% of the passageway depth. Further lips can be provided on a lid which covers the passageway, the further lips extending in a direction opposed to the first lips.

Abstract: The invention is directed to apparatus for making an accessible connection between a cable and a coupler, wherein electrical wires extend between the cable and the coupler. A removable stop is provided which is adapted to engage the cable and the coupler to hold the cable and the coupler apart to form a gap therebetween wherein the electrical wires extend between the cable and the coupler by way of the gap. A sleeve is provided which is movable between a closed position wherein the sleeve engages the cable and the coupler and surrounds the wires and the stop, and an open position wherein the gap is exposed and the wires are accessible. Also provided is a fastening mechanism for removably fastening the sleeve in the closed position and for allowing the sleeve to be moved from the closed position to the open position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular jack system that utilizes magnetic attraction to draw a plug 16 into a jack 18 and then maintain it therein. The modular jack system utilizes plug 16 and jack 18 having at least one pair of cooperating magnets 30, 32 polarized so that the magnets on the plug 16 are drawn to the magnets on the jack 18 thereby pulling the plug 16 into the proper connected position and maintaining it therein. Installation of the plug 16 into the jack 18 is simplified because the magnets will guide the plug 16 into the jack 18 once in the proximity thereof The system could also be adapted for use with other similar applications such as coaxial cable 44 connections to replace the threaded and slip-on types of connections known in the prior art.

Abstract: The invention provides a divided connector wherein, after a sub connector housing has been housed within a frame, the locked state of these two can be checked easily. A divided connector 1 has a sub connector housing 4 provided with terminal housing chambers 16 for housing male terminal fittings 3, and a frame 5 capable of housing the sub connector housing 4. Lock receiving members 14 protrude from left and right side faces 4A of the sub connector housing 4, and resilient locking members 13, these being capable of bending resiliently, are formed at inner wall faces 5A of the frame 5. When the two members 4 and 5 have reached a correct joining position, the resilient locking members 13 return resiliently to their original position, this causing spaces 15 to have a specified size which allows a detecting probe 20 to be inserted therein.

Abstract: A modular connector having a housing with one or more compartments, each compartment being structured and arranged to receive a plug. Within the housing are one or more conductive planes. Preferably, there are two conductive planes, a voltage source plane and a voltage ground plane. These source and ground planes are provided on a printed circuit board within the housing. The source and ground planes create a low impedance path for the source and ground connections by directly connecting the source and ground planes to a system printed circuit board of the equipment unit by a common voltage source pin and a common voltage ground pin, each of which extend from the housing. The voltage source connections and the voltage ground connections for each RJ jack are respectively connected to the voltage source plane and the voltage ground plane such that each of the RJ jacks share a common voltage source and ground.

Abstract: A core mounting assembly includes a printed wiring board having a substrate with opposite sides, a winding on one side and a plurality of through holes extending through the substrate adjacent to the winding. A pair of mirror-image core sections are positioned against the sides of the board opposite the first winding, the core sections having corresponding portions which project into the through holes. A bracket has a back portion engaging one of the core sections and at least two legs extending from the back portion through two of the through holes in the board. A resilient cover member has a first end releasably secured to one of the legs, a second end releasably secured to the other of the legs and a bridging portion extending between the first and second ends and pressing against the other of the core sections so as to bias the core sections together.