Abstract: In water cooled electric generators, an electrical and fluidic connector connects a stator bar to an electrical bus and to a water source. The connector comprises two pieces, a clip and a sleeve. During installation, the sleeve is brazed to the stator bar in a fluid tight manner, and the clip is then brazed to the sleeve. Fluidic connection from the generator's water source to the stator bar is provided by a hose attached to a fluid port on the clip. Connection to the electrical bus of the generator is provided by copper leaves and/or copper piping brazed onto the clip. The clip and the sleeve are both formed from copper to form an electrical connection between the copper leaves and/or copper piping and the stator bar. The connector may be further used to replace a defective electrical and fluidic connector that terminates a stator bar in a water cooled electric generator.

Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting to a card medium having electrical connecting terminals. The electrical connector includes a case having a horizontal surface including opposite first and second sides, and an inclined surface including opposite third and fourth sides, wherein the fourth side is connected to the first side and the inclined surface is inclined so as to descend from the fourth side toward the third side. Supporting structure is provided opposite to the inclined surface for supporting contacts provided at the side thereof opposite to the inclined surface. A fixing structure is provided for fixing the card medium when the card medium is inserted between the inclined surface and the contacts in a state where the electrical connecting terminals contact the corresponding contacts.

Abstract: A connector assembly for detachably connecting a coaxial transmission line to a micro-strip lead formed on a printed wiring board is disclosed.

Abstract: An assembly for connecting inputs and outputs to a printed circuit board subassembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an electrical connector 2 that includes a housing 4 and a plurality of terminals 6 located in openings 28 extending between a mating face 22 and a rear face 24 on the housing 4. Both the terminals 6 and the openings 28 are C-shaped and adjacent terminals and openings are inverted. The terminals have a contact tab portion 12 for forming a separable connection with a mating connector 56 and a termination or weld tab section 14 for attachment to a conductor 8 joining each connector terminal 6 to a printed circuit board 10. The termination tabs 14 are located in a single row to facilitate the attachment of a wire 8 to each terminal 6 by a process such as the use of an ultrasonic bonding applicator 62.

Abstract: An electrical outlet adapter has a base that has a support face and a room face. The support face has a cord end, an oppositely disposed nose end and two sides. The room face is spaced from the support face and comprises a cord end socket surface and a nose end socket surface, spaced from each other and substantially parallel, each socket surface forms an angle with the support face of between 90.degree. and 135.degree.. A medial surface connects the cord end socket surface with an adjacent socket surface relatively noseward. Piercing each socket surface is at least one set of socket holes adapted to receive a multi-prong electrical power plug. Adjacent each set of socket holes is an electrical conductor configured to mate with the multi-prong electrical power plug when inserted into the set of holes. Connected to each of the electrical conductors, is an electrical network that is configured as a multi-prong electrical power plug. The adapter may also have a cover.

Abstract: In order to provide an intermediate terminal for an electrical connection box with an enhanced degree of freedom in terms of a tab inserting direction, an intermediate terminal having a column with hollow end portions and connecting spring portions (5g-5j; 3b, 3c) projecting inwardly into the hollow interior of the end portions so as to allow the insertion and fitting of a tab (1a, 2a) at each end portion, wherein the connecting spring portions (5g-5j; 3b, 3c) at at least one end portion are provided such that a tab (1a, 2a) can be inserted and fitted in at least two different rotational orientations with respect to the longitudinal axis of the column.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector having a body, a conductive terminal, a cavity and a pair of flexible walls defining a keyway therebetween. A second electrical connector having a protruding finger with a tab transversely extending therefrom is insertable into the cavity and keyway of the first electrical connector such that the tab is sized to press firmly against the keyway walls so as to flexibly expand them away from each other.

Abstract: In a lance defect detection construction, if a lance lacks a beak at its distal end because of defective molding, the lance can not be displaced by a distal end of a terminal. In such a case, an insertion prevention surface, which is so arranged as to interfere with a retaining piece portion of the terminal, formed on a rear edge of each of side beaks formed respectively on opposite side surfaces of the lance, abuts against a front edge of the associated retaining piece portion, thereby hindering the insertion of the terminal into a terminal receiving chamber 1. As a result, the terminal is held not in a pseudo-retained condition but in an clearly incompletely-inserted condition, so that a molding defect in the lance can be easily detected.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved receptacle connector for an IC card, which includes a housing having terminal-receiving cavities with terminals mounted therein. Each terminal is fixed to a stopper and the terminal-and-stopper assembly is press-fit within the housing to provide a seal which prevents the ingress of foreign particles into the IC card to avoid contamination of and damage to the circuitry of the internal circuit board of the IC card in which the receptacle connector is assembled.

Abstract: A safety lamp socket including a socket body for holding a lamp bulb, a socket cap fastened to the socket body to hold down an electric wire, a center contact metal plate and a side contact metal plate fastened to said socket body and disposed in contact with the positive and negative conductors of the electric wire, a center metal spring plate and a side metal spring plate spaced inside the socket body, wherein when the lamp bulb is threaded into the socket body, the ring contact of the lamp bulb becomes fastened to the screw threads of the two mounting rods of the socket cap, the center and side metal spring plates are respectively forced by the tip and ring contacts of the lamp bulb to contact the center and side contact metal plates, causing the lamp bulb electrically connected to the electric wire.

Abstract: A telecommunications wiring device comprising first and second connectors, a first cable segment and a diversion lead. Preselected wires from the first cable segment are terminated in the first connector, while all wires from the other end of the first cable segment are terminated in the second connector. Wires in the diversion lead are preselectively terminated in the first connector in unoccupied termination locations. As a result, certain electronic signals entering the first connector will continue through the first cable segment while other signals entering the first connector will be diverted through the diversion lead. This construction allows electronic signals to be diverted to a user telecommunications device without creating bridge tap on the signal path.

Abstract: A seal and strain relief member comprises a plastic injection moulded strain relief member and an elastomeric seal overmoulded to the strain relief member thereby forming an integral part. The strain relief member comprises clamping halves pivotally attached by hinges to a base section having wire receiving cavities therethrough, the base section extending into seal support walls. The clamping halves can be pivoted towards each other to clamp conducting wires therebetween and thereby provide a strain relief means. The strain relief member support walls purport not only to provide a bonding surface for the seal thereto, but in particular provides support to the seal with respect to axial and radial compression thereby preventing excessive or uneven deformation of the seal to ensure reliable and effective sealing. The strain relief member can be integrally moulded to a carrier strip for connection to other strain relief members thereby reducing handling and assembly costs, in particular of the seal members.

Abstract: A battery current tapping vane is welded to a connecting strap at its one end region. The vane has weld burls and is bent over transversely to the flat side of the remaining current tapping vane. To improve the welding process and to reduce waste, the weld burls are produced in full bodied version at least in the bent end region which is provided on both sides with recesses or reduced thickness portions. The depth of the recesses or portion is greater than the amount of settlement in the course of welding on. The weld burls are alternatively formed by material archings with sides projecting transversely from the bent end region of the current tapping vane and merge into the current tapping vane, with a radius of curvature corresponding to no greater than twice the wall thickness of the current tapping vane.

Abstract: A connector system is provided wherein each connector (12, 16, FIG. 2 ) has a grommet retainer (102, 120) that retains a grommet (100, 114) at the rear of the connector, and wherein when the connectors are mated they securely hold a first connector within a mounting wall. Each connector has a retainer lying rearward of a grommet and having a plurality of retainer holes (104) that pass wires that extend through the grommet, the retainer having walls which engage the grommet to retain it and assure proper orientation of the retainer so the holes of the retainer and grommet are aligned. A first connector (12) which can be inserted into a hole (30) of a mounting wall (14), has resilient tines (36, 38) that press against the hole surface and that have latch parts (56) at their front ends that form shoulders (60) that engage a face (34) of the wall.

Abstract: In accordance with the invention, a low inductance surface-mount connector comprises a slotted, hollow rectangular parallelepiped. The device permits interconnection by pick-and-place techniques, and the interconnection has advantageous qualities of compactness, low inductance, and mechanical compliance. A first circuit device having one or more circuit components is interconnected with a second circuit device by surface mounting such connectors on the first circuit device, providing corresponding solder pads on the second circuit device, and mounting the connectors of the first circuit device onto the pads of the second.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement including a closure cap and an integral mounting gasket for sealing a mounted electrical connector housing. The closure cap and the gasket are formed as a one-piece, unitary member. The closure cap is designed to engage a shroud of the electrical connector housing for covering the electrical contacts of the electrical connector. The gasket is designed to seal the interface between the electrical connector housing and a wiring enclosure. The closure cap is coupled to the gasket by a strap so that the closure cap will be readily accessible to the user even when the closure cap is not being used.

Abstract: A connector for quickly clamping onto and releasing from an associated generally cylindrical battery post which includes a unitary metallic body having first and second elongated portions disposed in generally parallel spaced relationship with the first and second elongated portions having respective first and second cylindrical section shaped portions disposed therein in opposed relationship. The apparatus also includes the first and second opposed cylindrical section shaped portions biased toward each other, whereby good electrical contact is made with the associated generally cylindrical battery post. The apparatus also includes an oblong member disposed intermediate the first and second elongated portions which enables the connector to be easily removed from the associated battery post.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a modular electrical receptacle including a housing and a faceplate. The faceplate is integral with or attached to the housing, and has at least two parallel blade openings and at least two T-slot blade openings. The parallel blade openings are disposed along a common longitudinal axis, and each T-slot blade opening is associated with a respective parallel blade opening. At least one plug-in electrical connector is attached to the housing and/or the faceplate. A conductor member defines at least two T-slot blade sockets, with each T-slot blade socket associated with a respective one of the T-slot blade openings. The conductor member interconnects at least one connector with each T-slot blade socket. The conductor member can be of monolithic or two-piece construction.

Abstract: A modular power outlet system employing a starter module for connection to a source of electrical power, an outlet strip module containing a plurality of power outlets, an inline passthrough coupler module for electrically connecting two or more outlet strip modules, and an inline crossover module for switching circuits to which power outlets are connected, and an end cap module for terminating an outlet strip module is disclosed herein. In a single circuit embodiment of the system, each power outlet is connected from the same electrical circuit. In a first two circuit embodiment of the system, power outlets in an outlet strip module alternate between the two circuits. A plurality of outlet strip modules can then be electrically connected using an inline passthrough coupler module. In a second two circuit embodiment of the system, each power outlet in an outlet strip module is connected to the same electrical circuit.

Abstract: A lockable electrical connector is provided for mating and locking with a complementary connector along a mating axis. A conductive shield is positioned substantially about a housing and a plurality of terminals. A pair of latch arms are provided generally on opposite sides of the connector and are adapted for locking engagement with appropriate latches on the complementary connector. The latch arms are flexible transversely of the mating axis from locked positions outwardly to unlocked positions. A support member is slidably mounted on the assembly for movement between a first position allowing free flexing movement of the latch arms and a second position whereat integral portions of the support member are located outside the latch arms to block flexing of the latch arms outwardly to their unlocked positions.