Abstract: A connecter lever locking mechanism in a lever-type connector which includes: a connector housing, an operation lever pivoted on the connector housing and a flexible locking portion formed on the connector housing and provided with a lock releasing operation portion. The operation lever includes a lever horizontal rod portion and a locking engagement portion formed on one surface of the lever horizontal rod portion so as to project toward the flexible locking portion. The connector housing has a tapered surface formed on an outer wall thereof so as to abut against the other surface of the lever horizontal rod portion opposite to the one surface thereof on which the locking engagement portion is formed so as to project therefrom.

Abstract: A conductive cable clamp is provided which may be attached to an end region of a coaxial cable in such a manner that a portion of the cable clamp penetrates the outer insulative jacket of the coaxial cable and contacts the ground wire braid of the coaxial cable. Such ground wire braid is severed at the end of the coaxial cable rather than being folded back towards the outer surface of the outer insulative jacket in the usual manner.

Abstract: A battery receptacle has first and second types of electrical contacts received in guide slots formed in facing end wall surfaces of a housing. The first type of electrical contact has a inwardly facing protrusion extending inwardly of the compartment a distance sufficient to be engaged by the positive electrical contact of a battery but less than the distance required to make contact with the negative electrical contact of the battery. The second type of electrical contact is a tapered spring contact with the wide end positioned inwardly of the receptacle, the diameter of the wide end being larger than the diameter of the positive contact of a battery. With batteries correctly installed, the first type of contact engages the positive contact of the battery and the second type of contact engages the negative contact of the battery. In any other configuration, at least one of the electrical contacts is not engaged with a battery contact.

Abstract: A double-locking connector including a front holder for double locking terminals within a connector housing where the terminals can be removed from the housing without disengaging the front holder from the housing. The double-locking connector includes a connector housing including terminal accommodating chambers which have stoppers against which metal terminals abut when they are inserted into the terminal accommodating chambers from the rear, and flexible locking pieces adapted to lock the metal terminals in the terminal accommodating chambers, respectively. The connector also includes a front holder which is engageable with the connector housing from the front. The front holder has flexible locking pieces which are respectively engageable with the metal terminals. Each of the flexible locking pieces has temporary locking protrusions and final locking protrusions which are engaged with locking portions forming the front end of the respective terminal accommodating chamber.

Abstract: An electric adapter including a PC board, two electric connectors respectively mounted on the PC board at two opposite sides and insulated from it by a respective insulator, each metal contact having a bottom end, a lead portion radially and outwardly extended from the bottom end of the respective metal contact and closely attached to one insulator, a tip welded to the circuit of the PC board, and a bent portion connected between the lead portion and the tip and closely attached to the periphery of the corresponding insulator.

Abstract: A single-piece electrical receptacle terminal comprises a contact section having an inner box-shaped contact body and an outer body wrapped therearound. The outer contact body provides a more robust structure that protects the inner contact body, as well as providing a window for engagement with a connector housing locking lance, and an additional spring beam for increasing the contact arm spring force. The outer body also has a lead-in section for smoothly guiding a male terminal into the contact area as well as enhancing the ease of insertion of the receptacle terminal through a seal cavity. The long outer body that extends over of the whole length of the inner contact also provides a stable support of a cavity of a connector housing. The single-piece design where the layout extends in the longitudinal direction reduces material waste and provides for a more cost-effective design than a two piece terminal.

Abstract: A cable connector, particularly for use in a PC that includes a monitor and a motherboard in a single unit, has a decorative outer cover or shell and a plug at its inner end adapted to be connected to a video socket on the motherboard. Wires in the interior of the connector are connected to the plug and are turned through an angle of 180.degree. to make connection with one end of a cable, the other end of which terminates in a plug for connection to the internal video monitor. The cable is able to pass directly into the chassis and under the motherboard for connection to the monitor such that only the decorative connector outer cover is visible at the external portion of the PC.

Abstract: An electrical harness employs a flexible twisted wire of circular cross-section formed from a multiplicity of electrically conductive strands. Electrical connectors are secured to the wire at equidistantly spaced positions along the length of the wire. Each connector is an integral one-piece structure having a center section and two wing sections. Each connector is crimped in position by folding the wing sections over the wire such that the wire is sandwiched between the center section and the wing sections. A transverse orifice extending through the connector and the wire facilitates forming an electrical connection between a threaded terminal and the wire.

Abstract: A flat rectangular rear holder having groovelike wire inserting parts and a thickness. On a side surface of the rear holder are retaining projections for retaining a housing and a releasing hole for inserting a releasing jig. The rear holder is engaged with the housing that has a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers on a rear end thereof and retaining holes corresponding to the retaining projections along the peripheral wall thereof. With the rear holder engaged with and retained by the housing, an upper end part of the rear holder is projected from the rear end of the housing, so that the upper part of the releasing hole is exposed. This exposed part has an opening area so large as to allow a rear holder releasing jig to be inserted thereinto.

Abstract: The description relates to a contact spring arrangement. The contact springs have contact heads (2) each having a convex contact surface and two side surfaces. According to the invention, recesses (7, 17, 18) are embossed in the surfaces of the contact head, with the result that the contact surfaces (4) are smoothed and made wider.

Abstract: A pair of connectors with an engaging lever comprising: a first housing having an engaging lever pivotally attached thereto; a second housing which is coupled and uncoupled to the first housing by being engaged by with the engaging lever; wherein the engaging lever is composed of an operative piece and an actuating handle which are separately formed, connecting portions being provided on each of the operative piece and the actuating handle for connecting with each other, and the connecting portions being connected to form the combined engaging lever. Engaging levers having the same operative piece in structure or size and having a modified actuating handle only in length can be applied to various connector housings differing in lateral width.

Abstract: A inclined guide part which comprises an inclined surface for pushing up a spacer is formed in a connector housing and an inclined slide contact part is formed for the inclined guide part in the spacer an a position lower than the inclined guide part while the inclined surface for pushing down the flexible lock lance is formed at the tip of the antideflection plate. An up-face inclined guide surface for the spacer is formed on the rim of the opening of the connector housing. Temporary lock units are equipped in the connector housing and the spacer to temporarily hold the inclined guide part and the inclined slide contact part in their mutually proximate position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a connector from a memory card in which the eject plate bears on the link arm at a first contact position during insertion. During ejectment a separate contact position is engaged. The distance between the first contact position used during insertion and the pivot point of the link arm is greater than the distance between the second contact position and the pivot point of the link arm by a factor of between 3:1 to 6:1. A significant mechanical advantage is therefore realized so that the card may be inserted with little resistance force while ample ejecting force is available.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, the foregoing objectives are realized by providing a connector assembly comprising an outer connector for engaging the outer conductor of the cable, an inner connector having a threaded portion adapted to fit into the hollow inner conductor in threaded engagement with the interior surface of the inner conductor, the threads comprising a plurality of interleaved concentric threads, and a dielectric spacer between the inner and outer connectors. In a preferred embodiment, the multiple interleaved threads are self-tapping threads so that the inner connector can be simply threaded into the hollow inner conductor without any advance tapping of the inner conductor.

Abstract: A connector housing coupling mechanism includes an engaging projection which is formed on a side face of one of female and male connector housings, and an operating lever which is rotatably supported on a side face of the other one of the female and male connector housings, the operating lever including a cam groove which receives and guides the engaging projection depending on a rotation position of the operating lever, an innermost portion of the cam groove being closer to a rotation center of the operating lever than an entrance of the cam groove, the female and male connector housings being coupled with and uncoupled from each other by rotating the operating lever.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical connector, such as a modular plug, which offers improved transmission performance, particularly reduced crosstalk and decreased insertion loss. The connector, in its preferred embodiment, comprises a dielectric housing having a central cavity therein extending from a conductor receiving end to a conductor termination end. The termination end includes a plurality of individual staggered slots, each slot receiving an insulated conductor, and means communicating with each slot for receiving a single insulation piercing blade to electrically engage a conductor within the slot. The blades are arranged in plural longitudinally aligned planes and consist of an insulation piercing end and an opposite end for electrically engaging complementary terminals in a matable connector. The blades are further aligned in staggered relationship in two transverse planes while the respective insulation piercing ends are transversely staggered.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is comprised of a housing member having a slidable cover, together which is interconnectable to a header member. The header includes camming grooves positioned on inside surfaces of upstanding walls whereas the connector assembly includes locking lugs positioned on outside surfaces of the cover member. The cover member is transversely slidable relative to the housing such that moving the cover transversely can bring the connector assembly into full electrical engagement with the header assembly.

Abstract: A connector (10) including a PC board (12) which is fastened to a block (30) and presses against an elastomeric electrical component (40). Electrical device (20) includes a circuit trace (23) and printed circuit board (12) includes a circuit trace (13) which both engage a flexible film circuit (42) on the elastomeric electrical connector (40). Wedge member (50) engages a bottom edge (40b) of elastomeric electrical component (40) for biasingly engaging the component (40) and urging the component (40) and flexible circuit (42) towards and against circuit traces (13,23). Additionally, good electrical contact and compliance to planar irregularities are maintained between circuit traces (13,23) and flexible film circuit (42) thereby ensuring good electrical contact therebetween.

Abstract: A multiple lever connector assembly includes a plurality of male and female connector housings accommodating terminals. Each male connector housing has a pair of lever support shafts, with a shaft protruding from each side wall and an operating lever having two bearing holes in which the lever support shafts of each male connector housing are fitted, so that the operating levers are rotatably mounted. The female connector housings include a plurality of cam action sections formed by projections for displacing the male and female connector housings by the cam action of the operating levers so that the male and female connector housings are moved together and apart. The male connector housings are coupled by a coupling member so that the housings are arranged side by side with a predetermined clearance between one of the side walls of each male connector housing and one of the side walls of the adjacent male connector housing opposite the one of the side walls of each first connector housing.

Abstract: An electric connector includes an insulated seat and multiple pairs of terminals fixably mounted therein. Each terminal has a V-shaped bent contact portion at an inner side thereof and an S-shaped bent portion at a lower end thereof, which is connected to a leg for insertion into a circuit board and projecting therefrom. The configuration of the contact portion and bent portion of the terminal provides a greater resilience and a greater force for holding an insertable card in the seat. The electric connector further has a couple of hooks disposed at opposite ends thereof. The hooks are pivotally connected to the seat by means of pins. Each hook is provided with a push portion at a lower end thereof and a retaining portion at an upper end thereof, such that when an insertable card is plugged into the seat, the hook may retain notches in the sides of the card to enhance the gripping effect.