Abstract: A self-adjusting shelf mounted interconnect is disclosed including a bus connector having a series of electrical contacts to engage respective conductive strips of a first electrical bus that runs along a shelf carrying gondola. The self-adjusting interconnect is mounted below a shelf so that when the shelf is removably attached to the gondola, the contacts of the bus connector are automatically mated to the conductive strips of the electrical bus, whereby information transmitted from a remote computer to the first electrical bus can be transmitted to a second electrical bus that runs along the front of the shelf and to a particular one of a plurality of electronic price tag modules that are coupled to the second electrical bus to receive and display the information transmitted from the remote computer.

Abstract: An adaptor is provided for facilitating testing a coaxial cable connector assembly in the field with a test connector, wherein the coaxial cable connector assembly has a projecting pin of a selected length. The adaptor comprises a tubular member having a first end and a second end. The first end receives the coaxial cable connector assembly and the second end is for mounting the test connector. The first and second ends are joined by a bore which extends from the first end to the second end with the bore having a length at least as long as the pin.

Abstract: Disclosed is an inexpensive structure for mounting a flexible printed circuit board to a hard circuit board without using a connector. The terminal section of the flexible printed circuit board is mounted to a holding member, which is secured to the hard circuit board to electrically connect the wiring pattern of the terminal section to the electric circuit of the hard circuit board, whereby it is possible to mount the flexible printed circuit board to the hard circuit board without using an expensive connector, thereby achieving an improvement in terms of cost and operability.

Abstract: A low-current busway which includes a busbar spacing compatible with a high-current busway is described. A common bus plug connector for use with a high-current busway and a low-current busway is also described. The low-current busway includes busbars defined by first centerline-to-centerline spacing and a first thickness. The high-current busway includes busbars which include plug-in tabs with a second centerline-to-centerline spacing generally equal to the first spacing. The plug-in tabs are of a second thickness generally equal to the first thickness. The common bus plug connector includes a plurality of conducting fingers spaced at a third centerline-to-centerline spacing generally equal to the first and second spacings.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes electronic components within the connector body to provide integrated filtering to elongate contact elements extending therethrough. Toward this end, the connector body defines a receiving area in which a component subassembly is located. The component subassembly includes an insulative cartridge defining a plurality of component holes. A planar terminal element, such as a common ground plane element, is juxtaposed to the insulative cartridge. A plurality of electronic components, such as capacitors, are located respectively in the component holes.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having an alignment member extending outwardly from the first connector and having an aperture extending vertically therethrough. The first connector also includes a locking mechanism disposed within the alignment member. A second connector is interconnected with the first connector and includes a connector receiving cavity for cooperatively receiving the first connector. The second connector includes an alignment channel extending vertically along an inside surface of the connector receiving cavity for cooperatively receiving the alignment member. The second connector also includes a lock stop positioned within the alignment channel for cooperatively engaging with the locking mechanism to lock the first connector into the second connector.

Abstract: A swivel connector including a first and a second receptacle connected to each other by an intermediate plug that has an end rotatably mounted to an inner end of the first receptacle and another end plugged into the second receptacle. A circular disc having concentrically arranged conducting rings is mounted to an end of the intermediate plug to electrically connect at one side to conductors arranged in the first receptacle and at the other side to conducting strips arranged in the other end of the intermediate plug. The second receptacle has conductors arranged therein to extend their two ends separately into two jacks provided at two ends of the second receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a harpoon-type clip (1) for positioning, on a printed circuit, a connector fitted with right-angled contacts, the clip (1) having two parallel resilient arms (4, 6) provided at their respective ends (8) with a protuberance (10) which is intended to ensure that the connector is retained on the printed circuit.According to the invention, each of the arms (4, 6) has at least one lug (12) extending towards the other arm, the lugs (8) being intended to be soldered after the connector has been fitted onto the printed circuit, so as to prevent the clip (1) from becoming detached from the printed circuit.

Abstract: A ceiling socket for ceiling lights includes a socket 25 and of a support piece 5, which is accommodated therein and has electrical clamping contacts. The support piece 5 is assigned a pivotably articulated suspension hook 6 which, in its use position, is folded out, pointing away from the ceiling, and, in its non-use position, is arranged with its suspension portion 14 parallel to the surface of the support piece 5. The suspension hook 6 has an anchoring piece 7 which is displaceably mounted in a guide 26 assigned to a fastening piece 27. In its non-use position, the anchoring piece 7 of the suspension hook 6 is arranged eccentrically in relation to the suspension position, which is arranged substantially centrically relative to the ceiling socket 1.

Abstract: Electrical connector, the two parts (1, 2) of which each comprise, in a housing (5, 8), an insulator divided into a front part (6, 9) and a rear part (7, 10) which are provided with retaining means (23) for the contacts (3, 4) and with means (15) for securing the retaining means (23) in the plugged-in position of the contacts (3, 4). The two parts (6, 7; 9, 10) of the insulator of the two connector parts (1, 2) may be injection moulded from plastic, without any remachining.

Abstract: Disclosed is a card connector comprising a double-deck shell assembly having upper and lower shell compartments for accommodating memory devices in the form of cards, and a pin connector assembly having connection pins adapted to be received in receptacles of each memory device inserted in the associated shell compartment. The pin connector assembly is adapted to be soldered directly to a printed circuit board, and the shell assembly is adapted to be assembled to the connector assembly thus fixed on the printed circuit board. Also disclosed is an assembly method for such a card connector.

Abstract: A printed wiring board for connection to solder tails of connector terminals has conductive traces connected to respective wires of a ribbon cable. The ribbon cable is wrapped around an end of the board to provide strain relief to its connection to the board and then is disposed over the exposed ends of the solder tails. At the other end of the board, the cable is held by a retainer, thereby protecting the solder tails from being short circuited by inadvertent contact with a conductive object.

Abstract: A network interface device is attachable to an intermediate field of a building entrance protector unit. The network interface device includes a jack section having a jack which is designed to receive the plug of a standard telephone. The jack includes wire leads which are connected to the telephone network terminals on the intermediate field. The jack section is mountable into a base module which is in turn attachable to the intermediate field by wedging a portion of the base module between adjacent terminals on the intermediate field. A plug section includes a plug having a pair of conductive blades therein which are connected to a pair of wire leads, which terminate in screw terminals for connection to the customer side equipment. The network interface device performs a connecting function when the plug is positioned within the jack, and an electrical connection is established between the wire leads connected to the telephone company network and the wire leads connected to the customer equipment.

Abstract: There is provided an asymmetric connector including (a) a plurality of L-shaped terminals having first and second ends, and (b) a housing block in which the L-shaped terminals are arranged in a row, the housing block having a side wall formed with an opening in facing relation to the first ends of the L-shaped terminals, and a flat bottom through which the second ends of the L-shaped terminals project, the housing block being formed at the flat bottom thereof with at least one hole, and further being formed at an upper surface thereof with a recess into which a pushing jig is to be inserted for downwardly pushing the asymmetric connector.

Abstract: A network interface device is connectable to the terminals of an intermediate field of a building entrance protector unit. The network interface device includes a jack which is design to receive the plug of a standard telephone. The jack has a connector portion having a plurality of spring clips which are insertable onto the terminals of the intermediate field. A plug section is pivotally connected to the jack by a living hinge. The plug section includes a plug having a pair of conductive blades therein. The network interface device performs a connecting function when the plug is pivoted to a position within the jack, and the conductive blades establish an electrical connection between the telephone company network and the customer equipment. When there is a need to disconnect the customer from the telephone company network or to test the system, the plug can simply be pivoted out of the jack, and a standard working telephone can be plugged into the jack for line testing purposes.

Abstract: A cable connector adapter comprising a segment of tubular elastically deformable flexible conduit, having an outside surface of helical convolutions, connected to a cable connector boot having an integrally formed oval female threaded nut into which the conduit is screwed in a deformed, oval configuration. The conduit is deformed into an oval shape to fit and screw into the oval threaded female nut, said deformation flattening the conduit and adapting it to the generally rectangular shape of the boot and connector, thereby providing the transition in the shape of the bundle of conductors of the cable from round substantially rectangular.

Abstract: A system of interconnected heating conductors, suitable for preventing freezing of water lines in an aircraft for example, includes a plurality of heater units (1, 12) electrically coupled together by respective coupling plugs (9, 10). Each heater unit comprises one or more heating conductor bands or cables (2, 21, 22), with a respective socket contact plug (9) connected to one end thereof and a respective pin contact plug (10) connected to the other end thereof. Each plug (9, 10) includes a housing (6) wherein the conductors of the heater band (2) are crimp-connected to electrical connectors (7), which include pin contacts (723) in the case of the pin contact plug (10) and socket contacts (77) in the case of the socket contact plug (9). The housing (6) is completely filled with a sealing compound (19) which is injected through a fill hole in the housing wall.

Abstract: An electrical contact (6) has a base (18) for surface mount engagement with a circuit board (4), first spring fingers (19) on a first edge of the base (18), and second spring fingers (21) on a second edge of the base (18), the first spring fingers (19) and the second spring fingers (21) projecting upwardly to define respective sides (24, 25) of an electrical receptacle (23), and each of the first spring fingers (19) being offset along the base (18) from each of the second spring fingers (21).

Abstract: A contact member is disclosed for providing electrical connection between two components of a housing for electrical or electronic equipment. The contact member comprises a spring clip for mounting the contact member over an edge of the first housing component. The spring clip has integrally connected front and rear portions for gripping the first housing component therebetween. The contact member also has a spring leaf integrally connected with the spring clip. The spring leaf has a generally U-shaped cross-section defined by a first contact portion, which extends away from the spring clip to the bight of the U at an acute angle to the first component when gripped by the spring clip, to contact the second housing component in use, and a second contact portion, which extends from the bight of the U back towards the spring clip, to contact the first housing component is use.

Abstract: A modular plug electrical connector includes a housing and a circuit board having an array of circuit holes. Terminals in the housing have legs that extend into the circuit holes for electrical connection with the circuit board and mechanical retention of the circuit board to the housing. The circuit board carries contacts for terminating wires in a communications system. A stuffer cap has wire channels that receive the wires, and the stuffer cap is pivotable to urge the wires into engagement with the contacts. The wire channels are arranged in siamesed pairs that each receive a twisted wire pair.