Abstract: A connector for electronic elements with recessed contacts, such as flash memory cards, is disclosed. The connector enables substantially linear insertion of the card through a wall of an electronic component utilizing the card. A floating guide member receives the card and permits clearance movement toward and away from the connector contact terminals. A simplified form of compression connector is disclosed. It employs multiple point engagement of the terminal with the side walls of the terminal receiving passage to hold the contact terminals in the housing prior to installation.

Abstract: In a slidably attaching type connector in which a female type connector housing is attached to and detached from a male type connector housing by using a slide member and a lever, one of the connector housings is slidably received within the slide member. At the time of moving the slide member to one direction, the tip portion of the lever engages with one engaging portion of the other connector housing to draw the one of the connector housings within the other connector housing thereby to attach the male type and female type connector housings to each other. Further, at the time of moving the slide member to a direction opposite to the one direction, another tip portion of the lever engages with the other engaging portion of the other connector housing to detach one of the connector housings from the other connector housing.

Abstract: A compression connector includes an insulator insert molded with a plurality of contact elements. Each contact element has a terminal portion, a cantilevered portion, and pair of engaging brackets upwardly extending from opposite edges of the terminal portion. Each bracket defines a notch in opposite distal ends thereof and a hole in a central portion thereof. The hole facilitates proper bending of the bracket with regard to the terminal portion during a metal stamping and bending process. The insulator is formed around the brackets and the terminal portions are flush with a bottom surface of the insulator. Plastic molded through the aligned holes and notches strengthens the engagement between the contact elements and the insulator.

Abstract: A connector comprises a header and where multiple contacts are mounted in such a manner as to extend to the respective post part of the contacts and a socket where multiple contacts for electrically connecting to respective post parts of the header are mounted. The socket further has multiple guide grooves to receive the post part of the header at the corresponding contacts of the socket. The housing of the guide grooves are stretched to adjoining three planes of the housing.

Abstract: A resilient contact 11 rise upwards diagonally towards the open end of an electrical terminal. A supporting member 11b is formed by folding an end of the contact 11 downwards and making the end of this folded over portion make contact with the base face of the protecting cover B. By these means, even if the point of contact is set towards the open end, the contact force can be maintained, and the rising member 11a is supported by the supporting member 11b when bending.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a hollow socket, an insert engageable with the socket and a plural number of terminals located in the terminal slots formed in the insert. The socket has two rows of pressing rib to press the terminals against a terminal stopper so that terminals may be held securely and precisely in a plural number of separating ridges. The insert has two levels of V-shaped terminal slots and wedge slots to hold terminals securely therein. Each terminal has pointed bulges on lateral edges to engage with the terminal slot. The socket has fully covered walls to prevent crosstalk interference.

Abstract: A mechanism for ejecting an electronic card inserted into a card connector is driven by applying an electrical current to a memory alloy wire to cause the wire to retract and the mechanism to move from a first position to a second position. Immediately after the mechanism reaches the second position, another card can be inserted into the connector without waiting for the wire to resume its original length.

Abstract: A connector assembly which includes inner and outer connector housings and a locking spacer attached to the inner housing. The connector assembly may be obtained by the user with the locking spacer in a pre-installed position relative to the inner housing. Such pre-installed assembly includes a gasket contained within the connector assembly and held in place by the locking spacer. Latching members are provided which permit the locking spacer to be moved from the pre-installed position to a final installed position wherein the locking spacer will serve to maintain the gasket, and contacts within the inner housing, in place during use of the connector assembly.

Abstract: A card connector for electrically coupling a PC card to an electrical device is provided. The card connector comprises a header section having a plurality of terminal pins disposed within the header section. A first and second elongated arm section are integrally coupled with the header section. Each one of the arms extend from a first end to a second end thereby forming a slot which is adapted to receive the PC card and guide the PC card into electrical contact with the terminal pins. A guide housing is securely disposed over said first arm. A push-rod is slidably mounted within the guide housing and adapted to move from a first position to a second position. A post is disposed within the guide housing. A swing arm is pivotally mounted on the push-rod and is adapted to engage and disengage with the post as the push-rod moves from the first position to the second position. A first spring is in communication with said swing arm.

Abstract: A partial lock portion 11c is provided on an inner surface of a connector receptacle 11 provided in a container 10 for a lever connector. A lever 12 is rotatably mounted on the connector housing 13, and is formed with a lock portion 12a thereon. When the lever 12 is inclined in one direction, the lock portion 12a of the lever 12 is partially locked with the partial lock portion 11c of the container 10. When the lever 12 inclined in the other direction, the connector housing 13 is accommodated in the receptacle 11 with the lock portion 11c of the lever 12 partially locked with a partial lock portion 13a of the connector housing 13.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an electrical connector having an outer metal shell with an inner dielectric insert and a central contact pin received within the dielectric insert. The outer metal shell has a mating end with forward passageway. The outer metal shell has a dielectric insert receiving passageway which is narrower than the forward passageway. A shoulder is disposed along the inner wall between the forward passageway and the dielectric insert receiving passageway. The shoulder being angled towards the forward passageway. The shoulder is deformable over the dielectric insert to secure the dielectric insert within the outer metal shell.

Abstract: A connector structure includes a male connector housing having concave grooves, a female connector housing having convex parts for engagement with the concave groove and a manipulating lever for engaging the male connector housing with the female connector housing. The manipulating lever is provided with a pair of cam plates having pivot bearing pins and cam grooves. While, the female connector housing has a pair of cam pins formed on the convex parts for engagement with the cam grooves. When the male connector housing is engaged with the female connector housing by pivoting the manipulating lever, both sides of each concave groove are brought into contact with both sides of each convex part. Therefore, a smooth sliding movement of the male connector housing into the female connector housing can be accomplished without causing relative inclination between the male connector housing and the female connector housing.

Abstract: Each grounding plate 31 or 32 includes main body 31b or 32b and grounding bars 31a or 32a which extend forward from the main body 31b or 32b. The grounding bars 31a or 32a and the signal lines Ce of coaxial cables are sandwiched between an insulation displacement piece 11 or 12 and the housing 10 to press the grounding bars 31a or 32a and the signal lines Ce into the insulation displacement portions Ta of the contacts T in the housing. The grounding plates 31 and 32 include barrels 33 to which the shielding wires Cc of the coaxial cables are connected for retaining the coaxial cables C in alignment such that the shielding wires Cc and the grounding bars 31a and 32a are electrically connected. In this way, an insulation displacement connector for coaxial cables is realized to make the connection of the coaxial cables to the contacts easy even for a multi-terminal connector and to prevent faults in the performance of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical tap assembly is provided for connecting at least one tap wire to at least one through wire. The assembly includes a dielectric housing body having a wire slot for receiving the tap wire, a through wire passage for receiving the through wire and a terminal-receiving cavity extending in a direction transverse to the wire slot and the through wire passage. A terminal is positionable in the terminal-receiving cavity and includes a first insulation displacement end for connection to the tap wire and a second insulation displacement end for connection to the through wire. The terminal is movably mounted in the cavity for movement between a first position allowing insertion of the tap wire into the wire slot and a second position with the first insulation displacement end terminating the tap wire. A shoulder is provided on the terminal for engagement by an appropriate insertion tool to drive the terminal from its first position to its second position.

Abstract: A modular electrical connector coupling has a plurality of connector parts which can be plugged into one another. One of the connector parts has an enveloping housing with double-walled side walls and latching hooks for retaining the other connector parts. A locking slide is inserted into the gap formed by the double-walled side walls and prevents the latching hooks from springing back.

Abstract: An electrical connector having a front retaining shell and a rear housing with aligned longitudinal contact receiving passageways. A molded wafer is positioned between the housing and a circuit board. This wafer has apertures for receiving conductive contacts and the grounding legs on the front shell. A pair of rigid posts project upwardly from the wafer to engage the housing. Another pair of rigid posts project downwardly from the wafer to engage the circuit board. Relative dislocation of the conductive contacts, the grounding legs and the circuit board attachments is thus avoided so as to facilitate robotic placement of the connector.

Abstract: A set of wire harnesses for the interconnection of a plurality of light fixtures, for example, ornamental light fixtures, turn signal lights, marker lights and etc., for vehicles. Each light fixture has a connector base with two or more female sockets. The set of wire harnesses include four types of wire harnesses. The first type of wire harness comprises two terminal contacts, a male connector, and conducting wires connecting the terminal contacts to the male connector. The male connector of the first type of wire harness has two or more male prongs. The second type of wire harness comprises two configurations. The first configuration includes a pair of male connectors, a female connector, and conducting wires connecting the male and female connectors. The second configuration includes a pair of female connectors, a male connector, and conducting wires connecting the male and female connectors.

Abstract: Connector block (3) comprising at least one contact member (22) provided with a first contact terminal (10) for electrical contact to a contact terminal (6) of a mating connector (2), a second contact terminal (9) and a spring part (13) giving the contact member a resilient capacity in its axial direction, the first contact terminal (10), the second contact terminal (9) and the spring part (13) being integrally made and the spring part (13) having a corrugated structure; separate ground means (19, 19') are arranged to provide a static discharge capacity for vulnerable electronic components connected to the second contact terminals (9).

Abstract: For providing multiple-conductor circuit interconnections where there is a lack of precise dimensional control, as in manufacturing flexible printed circuits used to make high density electrical interconnections between ultrasonic transducer elements and the probe cable in a medical ultrasound probe, connection pads are formed in fanout arrays, with the longitudinal axes of individual pads extending along radial lines from the center of a circle. The fanout arrays are formed within generally trapezoidal areas, each having two parallel opposite sides extending along respective parallel chords to accommodate significant variation in dimensions of the respective substrates being connected. Multiple-row connection pad arrays may be provided, each with a plurality of fanout arrays of connection pads that may be parallel to each other and positioned at respectively different distances from the center of the circle, or may be arranged around, and positioned at equal distances from, the center of the circle.

Abstract: An initiator positioned in a retainer having a single pin and a arcuate conductive ring shaped and positioned so that the ring can be in conductive shunting contact with the pin or separated from the pin by a connector. The connector may be connected to the initiator or to the retainer.